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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Cocoanuts (1929) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Cocoanuts (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 Cocoanuts (1929).
About the movie:
During the Florida land boom, the Marx brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
The first use of the overhead camera shot (from the roof of the sound stage looking down at the dancers forming kaleidoscopic patterns) is usually credited to
Busby Berkeley
, the Broadway dance director whom
Samuel Goldwyn
brought to Hollywood to stage numbers for
Eddie Cantor
comedies. But a year before Busbys appearance on the scene in
Whoopee!
, the overhead shot in used for the first time in an American sound movie in this movie.
b.
The original Broadway production of "Star Spangled Girl" by
Neil Simon
opened at the Plymouth Theater on December 21, 1966 and ran for 261 performances. The theater marquee appears on the opening of That Girl (1966).
c.
Meryl Streep
went to Stockholm to do her vocal for the song "The Winner Takes it All". She finished it in one take.
Benny Andersson
, former
ABBA
member and co-composer of the songs, calls Streep "a miracle".
d.
Brad Pitt
returns to voice acting since
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
, another DreamWorks film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
During the "Why a duck?" sequence, it seems that Groucho almost calls Chico "Ravelli", which is Chicos character in Animal Crackers. Since they were shooting The Cocoanuts in the morning and acting in Animal Crackers at night, this mix up is understandable.
b.
Producer Michael Huens negotiated with SAG and got one of the very first Low Budget Agreements on this film, when it was shot in 1994. Today, many filmmakers benefit from these Low Budget Agreements that SAG offers.
c.
Its common practice with a high budget feature film to have more than one unit shooting at any one time, usually two or three. With "The Lord of the Rings", there were occasions when there would be between five and seven units shooting at any given time.
d.
Before filming began,
William Holden
and
Sam Peckinpah
argued over the mustache Peckinpah felt the Pike Bishop character would wear, because Holden reportedly did not like his image on film with one. Director Peckinpah won the argument, and Holden wore a false mustache during filming.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
Jennifer Connellys characters father worked in the garment industry. In reality, Connellys father also is in the garment industry.
b.
During the day, the Marx Brothers worked on this movie. At night, they were starring in "Animal Crackers" on the stage.
c.
Composer
Bernard Herrmann
had his name removed from the credits in protest at the way RKO messed about with his work.
d.
One of
Mary Astor
s lines is, "Who brought me to this dump?" Eight years later
Bette Davis
said "What a dump!", one of her best known quotes, in
Beyond the Forest
. Both original scripts were written by
Lenore J. Coffee
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
Rex Allen
was originally cast as Jim Riley, but was replaced by
Harry Carey Jr.
; however, Rex Allen still provided Jim Rileys singing voice.
b.
Doing her own stunts for the film,
Erica Leerhsen
was nearly hit by the train used in the dream sequence when she lost her balance and lunged forward. Her scene was shot with her only 12 inches from the side of the train as it passed by at 30 miles per hour. Unshaken, she insisted on shooting the scene again.
c.
According to Marx Bros. biographer
Joe Adamson
, the Marxes were so appalled by this film version of their hit Broadway show that they offered to buy the negative from Paramount so that they could burn it.
d.
According to
François Truffaut
, Director
Stanley Kramer
may have watched The Paradine Case before he shot the Nuremberg Trial in
Judgment at Nuremberg
. Truffaut mentioned about some of the similarities between the two films in an audio interview with
Alfred Hitchcock
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
Chico and Harpo are not given character names. They are listed in the credits simply as "Chico" and "Harpo". Chicos name on the Broadway program was "Willy the Wop" which was considered too insensitive even for early movie audiences. Harpos character was called "Silent Sam"
b.
While displaying RoboCops new directives at the police station, the cable plugged into his head is actually a water supply coupling for a toilet.
c.
Matthew McConaughey
had traveled through Mali on his own long before the film went into preproduction; his experiences and personal photographs were used to get the look and story down.
d.
Some of the investors were
Louis B. Mayer
,
H.E. Aitken
and
Jesse L. Lasky
among many others in Hollywood at that time. The films success is what helped the three to form their own film studios--Mayer started Louis B. Mayer Productions, which eventually became MGM, and Lasky started Famous Playes-Lasky, which eventually became Paramount Pictures.among others.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
All paper used as props is soaking wet. This was done to prevent overloading the early sound equipment with paper-crinkling noise.
b.
The first James Bond film that was not released or co-produced by United Artists. Instead, UAs parent company MGM released and co-produced the film.
c.
The first of several
George Clooney
-
Steven Soderbergh
collaborations.
d.
The first film in the trilogy had 540 computer-generated effects. "The Two Towers" had 799 and "Return of the King" has 1488.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
De Niro was tattooed with vegetable dyes, which fade after a few months.
b.
Although rated PG, the use of the word f**k is used at least once.
c.
A comic book version of the film was published by Dell Comics in 1965.
d.
Of the films two directors,
Groucho Marx
once said, "One of them French-born
Robert Florey
didnt understand English, and the other one former dance director
Joseph Santley
didnt understand comedy."
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
In the
The Birds II: Lands End
,
Tippi Hedren
does not play her character in this film of Melanie Daniels but a character named Helen.
b.
After bad reviews and a disastrous box office performance in the States, it was released in UK cinemas without being screened for critics, a first for a major UK release.
c.
Filmed on a stage in New York City. Sound films were still so new that soundproofing was not installed, so the film had to be shot in the early hours of the morning to reduce outside traffic noise.
d.
Werner Heymanns score for this film was nominated for an Academy Award.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
Harpos red wig looks black in this movie. For all subsequent movies, he wore a blonde wig to make it look lighter on film. In some of those films (e.g.
Animal Crackers
) Harpo is referred to as a redhead.
b.
In
Quentin Tarantino
s original script Floyd D. calls Drexl a "white boy". Thats why Drexl kills him and Big Don. In the original script Marty wasnt around when Drexl kills them.
c.
At the premiere of this film,
Gloria Swanson
once said she heard somebody ask of the lions "I wonder which one is stuffed." According to Swanson, all the lions were real, and very dangerous.
d.
Producer
Walter Wanger
had the story in development for several years. Originally it was about the Spanish Civil War but that war ended too quickly and therefore the story lost its relevance to audiences. Wanger insisted that the film be politically up-to-date so rewrites were happening constantly throughout production. Ultimately, 14 writers in all were involved in bringing the story to the screen.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
Naomi Watts
and
Scott Coffey
shot additional footage to the original short version (
Ellie Parker
) over a process of five years. You can mainly tell which are new and old scenes due to Watts changing hair length.
b.
Marcy Lafferty
, who plays DiFalco, was married to
William Shatner
at the time.
c.
The only
Irving Berlin
musical that did not spawn a "hit" song.
d.
After the films release, Marvel made a decision to have Peter Parker undergo a further mutation, which included having him shoot his own webbing, rather than use his artificial webbing from his webshooters which was met with some controversy. However, this was later undone in 2007 after the events of the One More Day storyline where Spider-Man would use his artificial webbing again.
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