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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Circus (1928) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Circus (1928) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Circus (1928)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Circus (1928).

About the movie: The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Circus (1928)?
a.		Charles Chaplins studio burnt down during production. This, combined with a number of major personal issues that arose during production, led to Chaplins nervous breakdown (he spent time recovering in New York after about two-thirds of the film had been shot).
b.		In the film, PT 109 is Navy gray in color, but the real boat was actually painted dark green when JFK commanded her - to camouflage it when moored along the bushes of the shoreline during daylight.
c.		According to Steven Spielberg in the DVD making of documentary, his original idea for introducing Quint was to have him in the local movie theater watching Moby Dick starring Gregory Peck. Quint was to be sitting at the back of the theater and laughing so loudly at the absurd special effects of the whale that he drove the other viewers to exit the theater, leaving Quint by himself. Spielberg says that the only thing that stopped him from doing that scene was Gregory Peck. Peck held part of the rights to that movie and when Spielberg approached him for permission, Peck turned him down. Not because he thought it was a bad idea to use the film that way, but because Peck didnt like his performance in Moby Dick and didnt want the film seen again.
d.		Eddie Fisher wrote in his autobiography "Been There, Done That" that he very much wanted and almost won the role of Michael Whiteacre, the part played by Dean Martin. Fisher says that producer Al Lichtman promised him a part in his next film. Unfortunately, Lichtman passed away on Feb. 20, 1958, shortly before this film was released, so that never happened.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Circus (1928)?
a.		Premiere included live stage prologue written by Joseph Plunkett.
b.		In the book this film is based on ("Scarface" by Armitage Trail), Antonio Tony Camonte is born Antonio Tony Guarino with his brother Ben Guarino. After several crimes the police are looking for him so he goes off to war, gets his scar, and when he returns he finds out he had been reported dead and no one recognizes him because of his scar. He becomes Antonio Tony Camonte and starts a new life. This is where the film begins. That means if were staying true to the book, Insp. Ben Guarino is his brother.
c.		Ogilvys yard was at a real farmhouse. Because the existing exterior cellar door was on the "wrong" side of the house (visually anyway), the crew built an old-looking fake cellar doorway on the opposite side - complete with edging of cast-cement replicas of the local building stone. It looked real and was used in the film, but it leads nowhere. The crew scooped out a foot of earth from under it so that Ray, Rachel, and Ogilvy (when fleeing "into the basement") could appear to descend a little after their first few steps. Action then cuts to the basement interior - filmed on a studio soundstage.
d.		The Hulk doesnt show up in his full form until 42 minutes into the movie.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Circus (1928)?
a.		In October 2010, a clip from this movie was featured on several network morning shows because of speculation that it showed definitive evidence of "time travel." In the scene, an extra appears to be walking down the sidewalk, talking on, of all things, a cell phone.
b.		During the time of production, "9000" was the Detroit Police radio code for "officer down," however that radio term was phased out by the early 1980s.
c.		After completing the film, William Wyler joined the US Army and was posted to the Signal Corps; he was overseas on the night he won his first Oscar. He later revealed that his subsequent war experiences made him realize that the film actually portrayed war in too soft a light.
d.		Susan Sarandons second collaboration in two years with Michael Douglas and Carey Mulligan. She last starred with Douglas in Solitary Man and Mulligan in The Greatest.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Circus (1928)?
a.		Kirk Douglas was originally cast to play Colonel Samuel Trautman. Because of script issues (Kirk wanted Rambo to die at the end, as in the novel), he dropped out of the film and Richard Crenna was cast at the last second.
b.		On the fax that tells Marty hes fired, the address, "11249 Business Center Road, Hill Valley, CA 95420-4345," is obviously fictional, but in reality the ZIP code belongs to the city of Caspar, about 500 miles north of Los Angeles on the coast of California.
c.		Mames line in French at Macys is "Après moi, le déluge" ("After me, the flood"). This quote is attributed to King Louis XV of France and represents a philosophy of living for now when disaster looms in the future. In the movie, it relates to purchasing Christmas gifts on credit so that one doesnt have to worry about paying for them right away, something that a rich socialite would be very comfortable with.
d.		In the 1969 re-issue, the 80-year-old Charles Chaplin sang the title song.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Circus (1928)?
a.		Marcel and Zero are respectively played by Johnny Hallyday and Renaud, two of the most famous French rock singers. In the scene where the two are fighting to decide which radio station theyll listen to, they each want to listen to their own song - Marcel wants to listen to some Johnny Hallyday, and Zero wants to listen to some Renaud.
b.		"He Who Gets Slapped" was originally a Russian book by Leonid Andreyev and was translated into English and adapted for the stage by Gregory Zillboorg. It opened on Jan. 9, 1922 at the Garrick Theatre in New York and ran for 182 performances. With the exception of Consuelo (Norma Shearers character), most of the characters in the stage production did not have names. The Lon Chaney character in the play was simply "He", and the others "a Juggler," "an Acrobat", etc. MGM did not credit Zillboorg for his theatrical adaptation.
c.		Takes place in the fictitious town "Hope Town," but shot in different locations all around Western Massachusetts.
d.		Charles Chaplin practiced tightrope walking for weeks before filming. He actually performed on a rope 40 feet in the air. However, the footage was lost when the negative was scratched during processing. The scene had to be re-shot, and the footage included in the film was not as good as that which had been lost, in Chaplins estimation.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Circus (1928)?
a.		Early in the films pre-production stages, Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft were strongly considered for the roles of Beau Burroughs and Katherine Richelieu. But when Bancroft died and Hoffman had filming commitments for several other projects, the roles were given to Kevin Costner and Shirley MacLaine.
b.		Tommy Kirk claims that Fred MacMurray gave Kirk a verbal dressing-down for some unprofessional behavior, which, Kirk admits, he deserved.
c.		Final Charles Chaplin film of the silent era. He would make two more "silent" films, bucking the trend towards sound, however both City Lights and Modern Times would nonetheless include significant compromises to incorporate sound.
d.		The stage version of "The Matchmaker" opened in New York on December 5, 1955 at the Royale Theatre and closed on February 2, 1957 at the Booth Theatre. Ruth Gordon starred as Dolly Levi and Loring Smith as Horace Vandergelder. Robert Morse as Barnaby Tucker was the only actor to reprise his role in the movie version.

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