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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Crowd (1928) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Crowd (1928) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Crowd (1928).
About the movie:
The life of a man and woman together in a large, impersonal metropolis through their hopes, struggles and downfalls.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crowd (1928)?
a.
The sequence on the Times Square-Grand Central shuttle took two full days to shoot (without permission from the Transit Authority), even though it lasts for only a few minutes on screen. Car 6609, an R-17, is preserved at the Transit Museum in Brooklyn. A different trainset was apparently substituted between the time filming of that scene began and ended because the car numbers are not the same when Fernando Rey finally outwits Gene Hackman and leaves him behind at the station.
b.
For its release in Spain the films title was just "La Tienda", but in Argentina it was "La Tienda de los deseos malignos", which translates to "The Shop of Evil Desires".
c.
Woody Harrelson
reportedly based his character on boxer Angel Manfredy.
d.
King Vidor
filmed many scenes in New York City streets using real crowds instead of extras, real buses and trains, and even real traffic cops. In one scene, a police officer is looking toward the camera, admonishing someone to "move along". In fact, he was actually addressing Vidor and his disguised film crew. Vidor cleverly incorporated it into the scene.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crowd (1928)?
a.
According to both Paul Seydors book PECKINPAH: THE WESTERN FILMS, A RECONSIDERATION, and David Weddles book IF THEY MOVE, KILL EM, MAJOR DUNDEE was originally budgeted at $4.5 million and scheduled for seventy-five days of principal photography, which was appropriate for a road-show release. But only two days before
Sam Peckinpah
, his cast and crew were to star filming in Mexico, a change in the top brass at Columbia occurred, and the new regime cut the budget down by $1.5 million, and the schedule down by fifteen days, making it a standard western release. As could be expected, Peckinpah considered this an act of extreme betrayal.
b.
Was filmed during a summer in and around St. Louiss Italian neighborhood known as "The Hill". Many of the family-owned businesses there participated, and were transformed into part of the set with temporary facades and storefronts to give a 1950s-era feel.
c.
Early versions of the script used the words "sex menace", "frustrations", "libido" and "tomcat" in scenes involving the character of Mary Carmichael. These were eliminated when PCA director
Joseph Breen
strongly objected.
d.
This film has been hailed by many to be the first film to show toilets. With so many silent films lost, that can only be an assumption not a fact.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crowd (1928)?
a.
Cecilia de Mille
, daughter of
Cecil B. DeMille
, appears in an uncredited bit part.
b.
Sarah Raley-Dale
, who plays the bride, was actually a bride on The Today Show in 2005 when "The Today Show Throws A Hometown Wedding"!
c.
Merle Haggard
s song Mama Tried was originally written as the theme song for this film.
d.
The first American film to show a toilet.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crowd (1928)?
a.
While MGM liked the script they thought there was very little chance it would turn a profit. Despite the risk, studio production head
Irving Thalberg
let
King Vidor
film this as a pet project because Vidor had made many successful pictures for the studio - and even more importantly had made the studio a lot of money. As it turned out, the film grossed more than twice what it cost to make.
b.
Released in the U.S. as the main attraction in a triple-feature package with
Il mostro di Venezia
(US title: The Embalmer, original title: Il mostro di Venezia) and
The Undertaker and His Pals
.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 20, 1939 with
Ginger Rogers
reprising her film role.
d.
Deborah Harry
acted in the movie but was edited out in the final cut. She explained on a live television special that although she was cut, she still got paid.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crowd (1928)?
a.
The story of Nacho Mountain was created by the Directors love of 80s action movies and love of food.
b.
In the theatrical trailer,
Randy Edelman
is credited as co-composer.
c.
WILHELM SCREAM: When the bridge is crushed as the soldiers attempt to cross the river.
d.
King Vidor
shot nine different endings before settling on the one used in the finished film, because MGM did not like to release films without a positive ending.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crowd (1928)?
a.
Some of the dialogue used in the Jet Car sequence is taken directly from Mission Control chatter heard during a shuttle launch countdown.
b.
With the song "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen",
Irving Berlin
paid homage to the Stage Door Canteen in the movie,
This Is the Army
.
c.
A subplot involving Carl keeping one of Kevins eggs (Which could reverse the aging process) from Charles Muntz was conceived in the early stages of production, but never scripted, due to it being (in director Pete Doctors words) "too bizarre".
d.
Despite the widespread critical and mild box office success, MGM head
Louis B. Mayer
despised the picture partly because of the depressing theme but mainly because he thought it was obscene due to the bathroom scene that featured a toilet.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crowd (1928)?
a.
The original Broadway production of "Luv" by
Murray Schisgal
opened at the Booth Theater in New York on 11/11/64, ran for 901 performances and was nominated for the 1965 Tony Award for the Best Play.
b.
Despite the fact that the movie claims to take place in California, most of it was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia. Only a few shots were filmed in California.
c.
Working title for this film was "Woody Allen No. 4". Allen told an interviewer that "I am not even half of the Fellini of 8 1/2".
d.
Included among the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
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