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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Broadway Melody (1929) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Broadway Melody (1929) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Broadway Melody (1929).
About the movie:
Harriet and Queenie Mahoney, a vaudeville act, come to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Broadway Melody (1929)?
a.
The Saturn V rockets (used for launching the Apollo spacecraft) were 365 ft (111.3 Meters) tall, taller than the overall height of the Statue of Liberty.
b.
The first musical to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
c.
Director John Frankenheimer actually owned a similar brown Mercedes that was used in the second car chase scene. Although the script did not mentioned which car Vincent and Sam would use to chase the convoy, he suggested having the Mercedes being used in the movie.
d.
The furious volley of typewriter keys striking paper in the opening scenes was created by layering the sounds of gunshots and whip-lashes over the actual sounds of a typewriter, accentuating the films theme of words as weapons. This is also why the closing scene has a teletypewriter printing headlines with the sound of cannon fire from a 21-gun salute in the background.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Broadway Melody (1929)?
a.
James Bond screenwriters
Neal Purvis
and
Robert Wade
wrote the first draft of the screenplay, a fairly faithful translation of the original with a prologue set in World War II in which Charlie Crokers father tries and fails to recover the gold (tying the film in with
Troy Kennedy-Martin
s other heist film
Kellys Heroes
). A new story was commissioned from writing team the Powers that relocated the action to L.A. Early posters and the trailer still credited Purvis and Wade as co-writers.
b.
The Folksmen are a parody of
The Kingston Trio
, right down to some of the album covers, the uniforms, and the way they perform their songs.
c.
The first all-talking musical feature. Also the first musical to spawn sequels (Broadway Melody films would appear every few years until 1940).
d.
Ron Perlman
was offered the role of Piccolo in
Dragonball Evolution
, but turned it down in favor of reprising his role of Hellboy.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Broadway Melody (1929)?
a.
Near the end of the film, a shuttle behind Spock Prime has the number "12091" on the side. This corresponds to the release date of
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
, the last film to feature the entire original cast, which was released in December 1991.
b.
Eddie Kane
starred as a big shot Broadway producer named Francis Zanfield, which is an obvious take on Broadway legend
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
. While the character name Jock Warriner (played by
Kenneth Thomson
) was meant to sound like
Jack L. Warner
who was the head of Warner Bros. Studio, the main rival of MGM studio at that time.
c.
More squib charges were used in this film than in the three-hour war epic
The Longest Day
.
d.
Except for
Kathy Dunn
(Candy Hull the American),
Lynne Sue Moon
(Mai Ling the Chinese), and
Gina Trikonis
(Natasha the Russian), all of the "Teenage Diplomats" use their own names as the character names.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Broadway Melody (1929)?
a.
Film debut of
Alan Reed
.
b.
According to people on the set, after the mishap when a driver missed a mark and caused "Eleanor" to hit a real light post at 85mph, the first thing that Halicki said when he regained consciousness was "Did we get coverage?"
c.
Co-star
Walter Slezak
, who played a French restaurateur in the film, was a gourmet cook and often treated the cast and crew to French cuisine.
d.
The first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The category of Best Picture was introduced in the second annual Academy Awards in 1930, whereas the first in 1929 had two similar categories, "Best Picture, Production" (awarded to
Wings
) and "Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production" (awarded to
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Broadway Melody (1929)?
a.
Dan Millman
, the author of the book on which the film is based, can be glimpsed for a brief moment as the driver of the car at the gas station during the scenes when Dan exercises for the first time after his motorcycle crash.
b.
This film was not part of the Bloodfist franchise when originally released in the United States. It debuted on video with the title "Manhunt". It was later released on video and DVD in the U.S. with the new title "Bloodfist VII: Manhunt."
c.
All of
Liam Neeson
s characters ex-agency friends were played by actors who had previous roles in spy or cop thriller television shows and movies -
Jon Gries
played a major role in
The Pretender
,
Leland Orser
was in both
The Pretender
and
24
, and
David Warshofsky
has appeared in minor roles in numerous similar shows.
d.
The number "Wedding of the Painted Doll" was filmed in two-color Technicolor, but survived only in black and white. The original choreography was rejected and had to be filmed again. Rather than have a live orchestra perform the music again, the new choreography was filmed during a playback of the music, making this to be the first film sequence filmed during a playback of pre-recorded music.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Broadway Melody (1929)?
a.
The film was shot in eight weeks, and required no retakes. During the scene where
James Stewart
hiccups when drunk, you can see
Cary Grant
looking down and grinning. Since the hiccup wasnt scripted, Grant was on the verge of breaking out laughing and had to compose himself quickly.
James Stewart
thought of hiccuping in the drunk scene himself, without telling
Cary Grant
. When he began hiccuping, Grant turned to Stewart saying, "Excuse me." The scene required only one take.
b.
Le Chiffre is the first leading Bond villain in the EON Productions official series to have not one but two readily apparent physical dysfunctions. He has an inhaler for breathing which is a character trait from the original
Ian Fleming
novel but he also has tear ducts that weep blood. This bleeding of the eye is actually a real medical condition which is known as haemolacria. This usually manifests itself as either partially blood-tinged tears which are part teardrops / part blood or as full blood-drops. Haemolacria can be an indicator of a tumor in the lacrimal apparatus of the brain and can also be an indicator of variety of other diseases.
c.
This movie was MGMs first all-talking picture, and it was the first sound film to win Oscar Best Picture.
d.
Every one of the cast members were injured during filming at some point.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Broadway Melody (1929)?
a.
Followed by
Broadway Melody of 1936
,
Broadway Melody of 1938
and
Broadway Melody of 1940
. Another film in the series was planned, "Broadway Melody of 1943" starring
Eleanor Powell
and
Gene Kelly
. However, that project was abandoned, and a dance number filmed by
Eleanor Powell
was edited into
Thousands Cheer
.
b.
Paul Shaffer
was an original member of the Blues Brothers Band and was supposed to be in the film. But because he was also working on
Gilda Live
, according to Shaffers memoir, Belushi fired him for being disloyal to the band.
c.
The melody to the song "The House Of Singing Bamboo" was actually written in 1945 by Harry Warren for the MGM picture
The Harvey Girls
, which starred
Judy Garland
. The song was called "Hayride" and it originally had lyrics by
Johnny Mercer
. The song was cut from the picture. In 1950, the Mercer lyrics were dumped and the melody was changed slightly for use in this picture.
d.
Miranda Otto
s character was not in the original version of the film.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Broadway Melody (1929)?
a.
The infamous kiss shared between characters Robert E. Howard (Vincent DOnofrio (I)) and Novalyne Price (
Renée Zellweger
) was only shot once. The kiss shown in the movie is a cut and edited version of their single take.
b.
The first film to win Best Picture without winning any other Academy Awards.
c.
While filming the final confrontation in the desert,
Erich von Stroheim
allegedly shouted several times at actors
Gibson Gowland
and
Jean Hersholt
"Hate each other! Hate each other as much as you hate me!"
d.
To gain the feel of
Richard Nixon
,
Anthony Hopkins
watched almost every speech Nixon ever made on tape several times. He also met some people who knew Nixon that could lend Hopkins some insight on him.
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