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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Curse of the Cat People (1944) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Curse of the Cat People (1944) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Curse of the Cat People (1944).

About the movie: This mostly unrelated sequel to Cat People (1942) has Amy, the young daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Curse of the Cat People (1944)?
a.		The painting, featuring cats and a child, shown in the Reeds home and described as Irenas favorite piece of art, is the Goya work, "Don Manuel Osorio".
b.		The window shop displaying dead rats actually exists. It is the window of Destruction des Animaux Nuisibles, an exterminator established since 1872, located 8 rue des Halles in the first arrondissement.
c.		Robert Lansing would continue his role as Det. Steve Carella in the 1961-62 television series 87th Precinct, based on the Ed McBain (Evan Hunter) novels.
d.		Apparently, this movie has the first ever recorded use of the phrase "lock and load", said by John Wayne. "Lock and load" is a military command meaning to apply a weapons safety catch, and then load it with ammunition. The expression was used once in this film for this meaning and once as a metaphor to get drunk, as in get loaded.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Curse of the Cat People (1944)?
a.		The Prime Ministers name comes from two Canadian PMs.
b.		The rock band Mute Math composed a rock version of the Transformers theme song, but there was no suitable point to place it in the film.
c.		Robert Wises first directorial screen credit, after he was called in to finish what was going to be short subject director Gunther von Fritschs first feature film debut. Fritsch had fallen behind schedule and was replaced by Wise and the film was completed nine days behind schedule and over budget.
d.		The paper currency that Vito hands to Signor Roberto is historically accurate. The bills used are series 1914 large size $10 Federal Reserve Notes. Large size notes measure 7-3/8 by 3-1/8 inches compared to the small note, printed from 1928 to the present, measuring 6-1/8 by 2-5/8 inches.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Curse of the Cat People (1944)?
a.		The title was translated into Serbo-Croatian as "The Orange From Hell" ("Paklena Naranca" - Croatian, "Paklena Pomorandza" - Serbian). This comes from the term for clockwork bombs - "Paklena Masina" - "Machine from hell". The Italian title was Arancia Meccanica, and the French title was Une orange mecanique. Anthony Burgess felt that these translations were misleading as they suggested a hand grenade, whereas his title meant a natural creature transformed into a machine.
b.		Irena is Serbian in origin (as shown on the precursor Cat People) yet sings a traditional French Christmas carol Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant to Amy.
c.		The Tony Todd character, "Dan", mentions that he is gonna go home and watch Star Trek. Tony Todd appeared in seven episodes and one video game of Star Trek since 1990, John Billingsley starred in Star Trek: Enterprise and screenwriter Jerome Bixby wrote several episodes of the original series. Richard Riehle also guest starred in episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Star Trek: Voyager and "Star Trek: Enterprise".
d.		Pharmacist Gowers sons death at college is attributed to "Influenza" in the telegram that Young George reads, dated May 3, 1919. Around that time, there was the "Spanish Flu" worldwide epidemic that claimed millions of lives.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Curse of the Cat People (1944)?
a.		Recorded in Ultra-Stereo.
b.		In its opening weekend, the film played at slightly over 900 screens, the largest opening engagement for any Woody Allen film. However, the box office take that weekend was only $2.5 million.
c.		Director of photography Dante Spinotti also filmed the movie Manhunter, which was the first adaptation of the novel "Red Dragon". Director Brett Ratner, who had previously worked with Spinotti on The Family Man, so wanted him to shoot this movie that he delayed principal photography so that Spinotti could finish shooting Pinocchio.
d.		The book titled "The Inner World of Childhood" mentioned by Miss Callahan, Amys teacher, is a real work written by American psychologist Frances Wickes around 1930. It was admired greatly by Carl Jung, who wrote an introduction for it in 1931.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Curse of the Cat People (1944)?
a.		The story that Julia Farren performs for Amy is Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow is north of Tarry Town where the Reed family lives.
b.		After completing one scene in the role of Franz Roberti, Francis Lederer refused to shoot a particular set-up, complaining it showed his "bad" side. Katharine Hepburn and assistant director Edward Killy complained to studio head J.P. MacDonald, who fired Lederer and replaced him with Charles Boyer.
c.		Amanda has an empty six-shot revolver and two full speed-loaders in her purse. This means there are twelve rounds of ammunition for the revolver. During the course of the movie, exactly twelve rounds are fired before the revolver is out of ammunition.
d.		The title card of the movie isnt displayed until the end of the opening segment, nearly 25 minutes into the film.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Curse of the Cat People (1944)?
a.		According to the screenwriter DeWitt Bodeen, Val Lewton wanted to call this film "Amy and Her Friend". However, RKO executives insisted on using the "Cat People" name to attract fans of Cat People, which had been an enormous box office success made with a very low budget.
b.		Sgt. Pinbacks real name, Bill Frugge, was based after John Carpenters and Dan OBannons film professor, William Froug.
c.		Real-life students and teachers from Eastside High appeared as extras in this film.
d.		Nicole Kidman signed on without having read any script.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Curse of the Cat People (1944)?
a.		The scene where Kane destroys Susans room after shes left him was done on the first take. Director/star Orson Welles hands were bleeding, and he is quoted as saying, "I really felt it."
b.		The poem quoted by the Miss Callahan is The Unseen Playmate by Robert Louis Stevenson from A Childs Garden of Verses (1913).
c.		A scene with Grant Show as Stellas date in a bar was filmed but cut from the theatrical version. The scene can be found on the DVD.
d.		Sass Parillas Chapter IV killing spree and the Chilapuna boat scenes were shot at the directors parents home in Oxford, Georgia.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Curse of the Cat People (1944)?
a.		When Dhalsim is showing Bison his progress on Blanka, the footage that is seen on a monitor of a man being shot in the head was real, it was historic footage from World War II.
b.		Miss Callahan, Amys teacher, refers to a book, The Inner World of Childhood, written by American psychologist Frances Wickes and published in 1927.
c.		One 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 Universal ever since.
d.		The film flopped with the Depression-era audience as a whole. The movie ended up $110,000 in the red.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Curse of the Cat People (1944)?
a.		New York state trooper David Harding played one of Kits adult sons in the Hall of Fame scene. Within months of the shooting, he was indicted for falsifying evidence in several cases, including a 1989 multiple murder in Ithaca.
b.		The three children playing the lead characters are all from the area depicted (the Treasure Coast of southern Florida) in the film.
c.		Because of the incredibly tight budget, sets from Orson Welles The Magnificent Ambersons were re-used.
d.		Oliver Stone thought of casting Kevin Costner as Sgt. John McLoughlin, his JFK lead. Costner had narrated the 2006 documentary On Native Soil, about the 9/11 Commission Reports investigation of the causes of the terrorist attacks and what could have been done to prevent them from happening. Paramount Pictures was concerned that Stone and Costner would then delve into another conspiracy theory.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Curse of the Cat People (1944)?
a.		The Colonel (Robert Ridgely) can be seen laughing in the back of the shot when Floyd Gondoli (Philip Baker Hall) is trying to pitch Jack on changing to video. He starts right when Floyd describes his sexual turn-ons. Paul Thomas Anderson blurs the shot.
b.		The decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty in the street is inspired by the poster for John Carpenters Escape from New York, which depicts the head of the Statue of Liberty lying in the middle of the street.
c.		The mummers plays referred to by Alice and Miss Callahan are old folk plays performed by travelling groups of players called mummers or guisers. They were often performed in the street or in taverns/ public houses.
d.		Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince: sitting in the London bus together with Sophie and Robert.

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