Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Black Doll (1938) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Black Doll (1938) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Black Doll (1938).

About the movie: Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Black Doll (1938)?
a.		A Crime Club Mystery. In 1937, Universal had acquired the rights to select 4 books from the publisher of the pulp whodunits annual output of 52 novels. This was the second one produced in the deal. A total of 11 Crime Club mysteries would be filmed. The Crime Club deal ended with the release of The Witness Vanishes in September, 1939.
b.		In real life Paul Reubens was very sick from the flu during the scene where he returns to the bike shop after his bike is stolen and Pee-Wee falls on the bikes. This is mentioned in the commentary.
c.		While originally aimed to have a PG-13 rating to attract a wider audience, the producers wanted the film to have an R rating after Mark Wahlberg signed on for the lead.
d.		In an early draft of the script, The Dudes source of income was revealed. He was an heir to the inventor of the Rubiks Cube. It was Joel Coens idea to drop this and never say.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Black Doll (1938)?
a.		The translation of Steve Lemmes character name, Juan Castillo, is John Castle, which was Patrick Swayzes character name in Dirty Dancing. Lemme and Kevin Heffernan are huge Swayze fans.
b.		The Desert Eagles the Russians use have the hammer and sickle symbol just below the bore of the gun.
c.		At one point, the sheriff mistakenly refers to two suspects as "Wallace and Simpson". This is a topical pun, referring to Wallis Simpson, the American socialite for whom King Edward VIII had recently abdicated the English throne so they could marry. (He could not wed a twice-divorced foreigner and remain King, so he chose love; they remained married until his death in 1972, 35 years later.)
d.		The city of Cairo features in this movies title but was not a filming location during the production shoot and is only a minor setting in the movie.

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