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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Desert Song (1953) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Desert Song (1953) Quiz
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About the movie:
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Desert Song (1953)?
a.
Steven Soderbergh
insisted that this film be made on the same budget as the original
Oceans Eleven
.
b.
Aki Ross was named #87 on Maxim Magazines "Hot 100" list for 2001, and was featured on the cover of the supplemental insert. She is the only nonexistent person to date to make that list.
c.
Practically all of the lyrics for "The Riff Song" have been rewritten, even the words that did not have to be changed. This was common practice in several Broadway musical adaptations made before 1955; it was done frequently in the
Nelson Eddy
-
Jeanette MacDonald
operettas and it was done in the 1954 film version of "The Student Prince". Movie studios did this so that royalties from all sales of sheet music for the film versions would go to the studios that made the films, not to the original lyricists. Exceptions included the 1936 film version of "Show Boat" and all of the songs except "Cotton Blossom" in the 1951 "Show Boat", as well as the 1943 film version of "Girl Crazy".
d.
Leon Askins first film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Desert Song (1953)?
a.
The Desert Song and the Cold War: The original refrain for The Riff Song includes the lines: "Ho!/Thats the sound that comes to warn you/So!/In the night or early morn, you know/If youre The Red Shadows foe/The Riffs will strike with a blow/That brings you woe!" In this remake, filmed in the early Fifties at the height of the Cold War and McCarthyism, the "Red Shadow" sounded uncomfortably like the Soviet and Chinese communists, so the lyrics were changed to "If youre El Khobars foe". When
Gordon MacRae
re-recorded the songs for the record album featuring Dorothy Kirsten as Margot, the original lyrics were restored.
b.
The house that was blown up was actually a fake structure in front of the real house; nevertheless, when it blew up it heavily damaged the real house behind it. The residents and neighbors were moved to a hotel during filming.
c.
The producers couldnt afford enough extras for the boxing match sequences. Whenever a camera angle changed, the extras had to move around to create an impression of a crowded house.
d.
In the party scene in the hotel room,
Daniel Lanois
, a real life famous record producer, makes a cameo appearance.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Desert Song (1953)?
a.
The movie was shot at the Algodones Dunes near El Centro, California. The Sheiks palace, always seen at a distance, was a matte painting. The scenes of the entrance, walls, garden, etc. of the palace were shot on a sound stage.
b.
If the letters in Noyles last name are rearranged, they spell Yen Lo, the name of the Chinese character in the same role in
The Manchurian Candidate
.
c.
Set in Carmel, CA, where
Clint Eastwood
lived and became mayor in 1986.
d.
In 2010,
George Clooney
, who played a character named Ryan Bingham, was only nominated for an Oscar (as an Actor in the Leading Role), while that same year a real-life person named
Ryan Bingham
won an Oscar for the song "The Weary Kind" he wrote together with
T-Bone Burnett
that featured in
Crazy Heart
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Desert Song (1953)?
a.
The Desert Song opened at the Casino Theatre on November 30, 1926 and ran for 471 performances.
b.
The film released on DVD is an edited version, whereas the version shown on cable is the complete version.
c.
Robert Redford
was considered as director, but withdrew due to scheduling conflicts.
d.
Feature film debut of
Dean Stockwell
.
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