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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Blue Bird (1940) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Blue Bird (1940) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Blue Bird (1940).
About the movie:
Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper's children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past, present, and future to locate the Blue Bird of Happiness.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blue Bird (1940)?
a.
With the exception of
Montgomery Clift
and
Paul Douglas
, all military personnel in the film were actual members of the US military on duty in Germany at the time.
b.
Maureen OSullivan
does not appear as Jane during the films famous nude swimming sequence. OSullivan is instead doubled by
Josephine McKim
, a member of the 1924 and 1928 U.S. Womens Olympic Swim Teams and one of the four U.S. swimmers on that team to win the 1928 gold medal in the 400-Meter Freestyle Relay.
c.
Cinematographer
Stanley Cortez
was fired and replaced (by
Joseph F. Biroc
) after clashing with director
Herbert L. Strock
, but still retained screen credit.
d.
The original Broadway production of "The Blue Bird" or "LOiseau Bleu" by
Maurice Maeterlinck
opened at the New Theatre (followed by the Majestic Theater) on October 1, 1910 and closed on January 21, 1911. Revivals were produced in 1911 and 1924.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blue Bird (1940)?
a.
The song "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" by Vaughn Monroe (I) plays in Samanthas car radio. It also featured at the end of
Die Hard 2
also directed by
Renny Harlin
.
b.
Shirley Temple
s producer,
Darryl F. Zanuck
, decided to make this film after he mistakenly took the success of
The Wizard of Oz
as a sign that childrens fantasy films were popular. With World War II fast approaching, however, audiences had no interest in Temples unsympathetic character.
c.
The two detectives are named "Allan" and "Sherman" (
Allan Sherman
was a popular US comedy singer).
d.
The scenes of the Quantrills Raid on Lawrence, Kansas were filmed in Pattonsburg, Missouri. Pattonsburg was flooded out during the great flood of 1993 and the town was relocated leaving many empty buildings and homes available.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blue Bird (1940)?
a.
Because the much-hyped
The Blue Bird
was a financial flop, press humorists nicknamed the movie "The Dead Pigeon".
b.
Esther Williams
was pregnant during the filming of this movie, unfortunately a couple months later she suffered a miscarriage.
c.
The tones dialed for Lo Kee Battery, the Gentlemans Club, are the first few notes of the tune to "Yankee Doodle".
d.
In the scene where The Narrator is sitting on a toilet, with his pants down while reading an Ikea catalog,
Edward Norton
is actually completely nude from the waist down. Norton talks about it on the DVD commentary to which
David Fincher
says "really?" Norton then says "Did you notice I never had to go to the bathroom that day?"
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blue Bird (1940)?
a.
Brad Pitt
was offered the role of Jason Bourne, but turned it down to do
Spy Game
.
b.
While eating old Chinese, Ashley Judd tells Hugh Jackman that she went to Paul Blazer High School, home of the Tomcats. The Judds are from Ashland KY, home of the real Paul Blazer High School, and the Tomcats.
c.
In the scene where Hedleys men ride through the fake town, there is a quick cut to Lilly Von Schtupp singing a drinking song with the German soldiers. They are singing the same song that
Zero Mostel
and
Gene Wilder
were singing with
Kenneth Mars
in The Producers.
d.
Considered Foxs answer to MGMs
The Wizard of Oz
, the film was an expensive failure and marked the end of
Shirley Temple
s unimpeachable star power. Audiences found the idea of Shirley playing a nasty character hard to swallow.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blue Bird (1940)?
a.
Darryl F. Zanuck
envisioned
Marlene Dietrich
as Margo Channing,
Jeanne Crain
as Eve Harrington, and
José Ferrer
as Addison DeWitt. Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
s early choices for the Margo Channing role were
Claudette Colbert
and
Gertrude Lawrence
. When Crain became pregnant, Mankiewiczs final choice for the Eve Harrington part was
Anne Baxter
because she displayed a "bitch virtuosity" that he believed Crain could not provide. Other actresses were also named and considered for the part of Margo Channing, among them
Tallulah Bankhead
and
Susan Hayward
.
b.
Janet Blair
s last movie role.
c.
A Central City sign can be seen in the film. Central City was the home of Green Lanterns superhuman ally and close friend, the Flash.
d.
The blue bird of the title was paid $50 a day, and flew away from a Los Angeles aviary soon after the movie was finished.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blue Bird (1940)?
a.
Wearing a stocking over his head, this movies chief villains resembles
Tom Noonan
s serial killer Francis Dollarhyde from the later Hannibal Lecter movie
Manhunter
.
b.
John Woo
: [back to back banter] Chance vs. Van Cleef with a wall between them throwing around a few comments before the "showdown".
c.
Gale Sondergaard
was originally cast as the Wicked Witch in
The Wizard of Oz
, but she instead chose the role of Tylette the Cat in this film.
d.
The title, "A Perfect Murder", is a quote from the 1954 Hitchcock version of this story, "Dial M For Murder". See Memorable Quotes from "Dial M For Murder".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blue Bird (1940)?
a.
Besides footage from
The Adventures of Robin Hood
for Don Juans escape into the night - footage also from
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
was used for Don Juans entry into London. A ten year younger
Errol Flynn
can clearly be seen as Essex in the distant shots as he leads his entourage through London to the palace just as Don Juan is doing in the later film
b.
On 24 December 1939, a month before the film premiered,
Shirley Temple
and
Nelson Eddy
performed a 30-minute radio adaptation of the play on the Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater, a program adapting popular films with some of Hollywoods biggest stars. It was during this program, according to Ms. Temples autobiography, that a deranged woman whod been stalking her managed to get within three feet of the stage with a loaded gun before being stopped and disarmed. Ms. Temple, Mr. Eddy, and the rest of the cast somehow managed to keep their composure through all of this, with the listening audience none the wiser.
c.
Songs take up twenty-five minutes of the film and only five minutes were without any musical score at all.
d.
Quentin Tarantino
: [body view] Once Budd is bitten by Elles Black Mamba we see the camera through his eyes at Elle looking down at him.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blue Bird (1940)?
a.
In some scenes,
Cary Grant
whistles the theme music from
Charade
and
An Affair to Remember
, two of his previous films.
b.
One of the reasons
Michael Mann
decided to shoot the film in North Carolina instead of New York was that he felt the woods of North Carolina looked more like the old-growth forests of the Adirondacks, which still show evidence of logging during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of the scenes were shot at Biltmore, George Vanderbilts North Carolina estate; the forest in the estate was carefully planned and planted about 100 years ago.
c.
TerrorVisions entire set of teeth came loose after production concluded.
d.
A scene in which the crippled Angela (
Sybil Jason
) miraculously walks, after Mytyl gives her the blue bird was cut from the film. Director
Walter Lang
recalled, "The finished film didnt make sense at all. One moment Angela is crippled, and the the next minute, without explanation except for Mrs. Berlingots amazement, Angela is outside her house standing up and talking to Mytyl." Sybil Jason decided not to attend the movies premiere, because most of her scenes had been cut from the film.
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