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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Cocoanuts (1929) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Cocoanuts (1929) - Part (2) 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 original plan for the dinner party was to have the guests dance to "a song by
The Ink Spots
," but
Jeffrey Jones
and
Catherine OHara
suggested the music be calypso.
b.
Otis Skinner was originally set to star in this film, but it was finally made without him.
c.
The first film from Hollywood Pictures in five years.
d.
The sight gags in which Harpo eats the lobbys telephone and drinks from the inkwell were not in the original play.
Robert Florey
improvised the gags to give Harpo bits of silent business to do.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
Jeremy Black
receives an "introducing" credit.
b.
The real Frank Pesce, the first winner of the NY State Lottery, plays his own brother, Vito Pesce
c.
A musical number featuring
Groucho Marx
and
Margaret Dumont
, "A Little Bungalow" was deleted after the previews. In the stage play, it was originally sung by the characters Polly Potter and Robert Adams (the romantic leads). Instead,
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
wrote "When My Dreams Come True" especially for this film as a love theme.
d.
Stephen Lang
has hinted that Colonel Quaritch could return for a sequel: "You think those two arrows in my chest are going to stop me from coming back? Nothings over so long as theyve got my DNA."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
Zeppo Marx
was one of only two of
The Marx Brothers
to play a recurring role in their films (not counting when they used their own names). He played the role of "Jamison" in both
The Cocoanuts
and
Animal Crackers
.
b.
One of the groundhog officials is
Brian Doyle-Murray
, one of
Bill Murray
s five brothers.
c.
In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
d.
Alice Hunt tells her son Lucius, played by
Joaquin Phoenix
, that he reminds her of a colt. In real life, Phoenix was named "The Colt" by Vanity Fair Magazine in 2001.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
The Cocoanuts opened at the Lyric Theater in New York City on December 8, 1925 and ran for 276 performances starring the four Marx Brothers,
Margaret Dumont
and
Billy De Wolfe
with songs by
Irving Berlin
.
b.
Leo Leyden
s last feature film.
c.
The character of Doc Hopper is a parody of
Harland Sanders
, the founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (now "KFC") restaurant chain, who was known for his attire of a white suit and bolo string tie.
d.
In Interviews
Bryan Forbes
has said he had to fight the Screen Actors Guild over the most of the 15 British Equity members he wanted to cast. The Screen Actors Guild wanted British SAG members most who were fairly elderly most not suitable for the film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
Marlon Brando
was originally offered the role of Lester Blaine
b.
Although
Irving Berlin
didnt produce a hit song for this show, it wasnt his fault. Berlin wrote his perennial classic "Always" for this score and submitted it to the shows author
George S. Kaufman
, who admitted he knew little about music. Kaufman commented that he disliked the opening line Ill be loving you, Always" given the numerous stories about men leaving their wives for younger women. He suggested that Berlin use the line "Ill be loving you, Thursday". Although the suggestion was made in jest, Berlin pulled the song and gave it to his wife as a present. The substitute song "A Little Bungalow" was not very successful.
c.
Chris Gardner
: At the end, the real Chris Gardner walks past Chris and Christopher.
d.
Rick Rossovich
stated in the DVD commentary that he was kicked off of the ship used for filming because he smarted off to an officer. Rossovich had gone to sleep in the bunker he was assigned to, but didnt like being so close to the nuclear reactors that powered the ship, so he moved. When he smarted off to the officer who wanted his bunk back, Rossovich was told to report to the captain who ordered him thrown off the ship for disrespect.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
The character of Ralph Garci worships
Freddie Prinze
. In the course of the film, we find out that "Ralphs Garcis" real name is actually Raul Garcia. When Prinze died, his character on
Chico and the Man
was replaced by a character named Raul Garcia.
b.
Released on a double bill with
Range Law
in some theaters in 1932.
c.
The stage rights were originally bought by United Artists in 1928, and sold to Paramount the following year.
d.
The boxing match in the third flashback was filmed in a boxing arena for an audience of 2000 spectators.
Burt Lancaster
trained for two months with a boxing champion and played the part of the Swede with realism, against a real boxer, until his 2nd KD and TKO.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
Saul Zaentz
helped fund the film through his record label Fantasy Records, who agreed to distribute the films soundtrack. Zaentz later produced
The Lord of the Rings
, directed by
Ralph Bakshi
.
b.
The music for the opera Der Korb used in the film was composed by co-writer/composer
Don Caron
of Spokan who mentions in the featurette "Behind the Basket: Composing" that as the screenplay was developed, a story for the opera was also developed. He started composing some of the music during the three year process of writing the script, but the bulk of the music was composed in the six weeks after the movie was posted. The record booklet shown in the film at 16:06 shows the composer as Gottlieb Mueller, possibly taken from Christian Gottlieb Müller, the first music composition teacher of Richard Wagner.
c.
Although his character is not named in the credits, in one scene Harpo is referred to as "Silent Red."
d.
Chapter Titles: 1. Trouble in Canyon City (PCA #8151) 2. The Mystery of Ghost City (PCA #8152) 3. Danger Walks By Night (PCA #8153) 4. Hillside Horror (PCA #8154) 5. Guns in the Night (PCA #8155) 6. The Bottomless Well (PCA #8156) 7. The Man in the Gold Mask (PCA #8157) 8. When the Devil Drives (PCA #8158) 9. The Traitors Shroud (PCA #8159) 10. Death Strikes at Seven (PCA #8160) 11. Satan in the Saddle (PCA #8161) 12. The Mine of Missing Men (PCA #8162) 13. Danger on Dome Rock (PCA #8163) 14. The Door That Has No Key (PCA #8164) 15. Empires End (PCA #8165)
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
When in Wickles mansion, the Gang finds a Celtic book with names written on the first page. Among the names are Harry Hausen (a nod to
Ray Harryhausen
, pioneer of stop-motion animation monsters), Werner Brovas (Warner Brothers), and Munster Mash.
b.
The military aircraft seen in the film did not fire a single shot during filming; all their shots were created through CGI.
c.
Reels 1 and 2 of this 5 reel film survive in the Library of congress, the rest of the film is presumed to be lost.
d.
One of the earliest of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cocoanuts (1929)?
a.
Completed in 1931, and reviewed in Harrisons Reports in November 1931, but not released until 1933.
b.
Co-writer
Morrie Ryskind
claims he was told that movie audiences would not accept the musical convention of having an orchestral background appear from nowhere at the start of a song. For an entire day, an orchestra was hired to be filmed as playing the background to the movies love songs, but the movies crew forgot to film them. The movie went out without the orchestra shots, and, "No one cared, of course," said Ryskind.
c.
Mr. Miyagi is named for Chogun Miyagi, who became the forerunner of karate-jutsu in Okinawa, Japan. Sensei Miyagi as he was called, created his own style of karate-jutsu, which he dubbed Goju Ryu, which means hard and soft style.
d.
Lionel Jeffries
was only forty when he played the elderly King Pellinore.
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