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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Courtship of Myles Standish (1923) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Courtship of Myles Standish (1923) Quiz
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About the movie:
A dramatization of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem 'The Courtship of Miles Standish,'...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Courtship of Myles Standish (1923)?
a.
A full-scale reproduction of the Mayflower was constructed on a sound stage located at 1725-1735 Fleming St. (now Hoover St.) in the Silver Lake district of Hollywood. The site, originally home to the Lubin and Kalem film companies, has been acquired by
Charles Ray
in 1922, and he had constructed a state-of-the-art sound stage with a tank specifically for this film. When Rays company went bankrupt, the studio changed hands several times (Monogram purchased it in 1942) and it is now owned by KCET, the Los Angeles station of the Public Broadcasting System.
b.
In the backyard tent scene where the boys are looking at the Playboy magazine, they refer to 1950s actress and pinup girl
Carroll Baker
, the real-life mother of actress
Blanche Baker
, who portrays Ruth Chandler in this movie.
c.
The clowns line, "I love the smell of burning asphalt in the morning!" is a reference to
Apocalypse Now
s "I love the smell of burning napalm in the morning...".
d.
The scenes in the insane asylum were shot in Eastern State Penitentiary, a now-unused prison in Philadelphia.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Courtship of Myles Standish (1923)?
a.
The title is a reference to Polycarp of Smyrna (69-155) was a Christian bishop of Smyrna (now Izmir in Turkey) in the second century. He died a martyr when he was stabbed after an attempt to burn him at the stake failed. Polycarp is recognized as a saint in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
b.
Ray Corrigan
not only plays his familiar character of Tucson Smith, second billed of the Three Mesquiteers, but also, billed as Naba, plays Willie the Gorilla.
c.
Producer-star
Charles Ray
sank most of his fortune into this movie, which wound up costing over $1 million. It was a catastrophic failure and permanently damaged Rays career.
d.
The "War Wagon" itself was built mostly of plywood and other lightweight materials, and painted to look like iron (appropriate "metallic" sound effects-such as when the "heavy" iron doors are opened and closed, etc.) were added to complete the illusion. For many years, at least through the 1980s, the deteriorating remains of "The War Wagon" were displayed in "The Boneyard" (a collection of old outdoor movie props) as part of the Universal Studios Backlot Tour in California.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Courtship of Myles Standish (1923)?
a.
The log cabins built for this film were moved to Rustic Canyon in Pacific Palisades, CA. At this writing (January 2001), the largest--once owned by
Daryl Hannah
--is the center of some controversy over whether it should be demolished, as it has seriously deteriorated. The other two are still being used as residences.
b.
During filming, the
Jane Austen
Society telephoned co-producer
James Schamus
to complain about the casting of
Hugh Grant
claiming that he was too good-looking to play Edward Ferrars.
c.
Several aerial combat scenes seem to be taken from
Battle of Britain
. There are some shots where the distinctive silhouettes of Spitfires are visible, and scenes with a Messerschmitt Bf-109 plummeting into the sea, and an exploding Ju-87 Stuka and a He-111 are also to be found.
d.
Final film of
Brian Donlevy
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Courtship of Myles Standish (1923)?
a.
The car that Santa (the guy Kevin talks to about getting his family back) starts before it stalls out is a 1980 Honda Civic hatchback. It really did stall on camera as the actor was driving it away.
b.
The scenes of Jackson and his students leaving VMI early on in the film and Jacksons funeral procession back to VMI at the end were both filmed on the same day.
c.
Shooting lasted from April 11-May 1, 1944, released September 22.
d.
This is considered a lost film. No prints are known to exist.
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