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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Dolly Sisters (1945) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Dolly Sisters (1945) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Dolly Sisters (1945).
About the movie:
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dolly Sisters (1945)?
a.
The model car that George Loomis (
Joseph Cotten
) is making in the film is a 1907 Maxwell. This is a nod to co-star
Don Wilson
, who plays the boisterous businessman J.J. Kettering. Wilson was the longtime announcer on
Jack Benny
s radio show. On the show, Jack Bennys car was a 1907 Maxwell. Its sputtering, coughing, wheezing engine (a vocal sound effect provided by
Mel Blanc
) was a well-known recurring gag on the show.
b.
20th Century Fox planned to team
Betty Grable
with
Rita Hayworth
for a follow-up film about another legendary vaudeville sister act, the Duncan Sisters. But plans for the film were soon abandoned after Columbia Pictures head
Harry Cohn
refused to loan Hayworth (riding high off her success in
Gilda
) out to her former studio and when producer
George Jessel
ran into legal trouble with the real life Duncan Sisters.
c.
A part-talkie, this film contained 15 minutes of spoken dialog. Warner Brothers promoted it as the first film in which actors actually spoke their roles.
d.
Though
Katy Jurado
plays
Robert Wagner
s mother in the film, she was only six years older than him in real life.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dolly Sisters (1945)?
a.
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.
b.
Betty Grable
, using the pseudonym Ruth Haag (which combined her middle name with that of her husband
Harry James
), performed as vocalist for
Harry James
and His Music Makers on the best-selling commercial disc, released by Columbia Records, of the movies Oscar-nominated ballad, I Cant Begin to Tell You (music by
James V. Monaco
, lyrics by
Mack Gordon
).
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 19, 1949 with
David Niven
reprising his film role.
d.
With the exception of being sucked out of a Cloud City window,
Mark Hamill
did all of his own stunts.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dolly Sisters (1945)?
a.
While driving to the lighthouse, Stevie flips around the radio dial, and a broadcast confirming a search for the ship The Sea Grass is heard. The voice mentions "a sweep south of Waitely Point and Arkham Reef". Both Arkham Reef and the surname "Waitely" are references to writer
H.P. Lovecraft
, as he used both repeatedly in his stories. Carpenter is an admitted Lovecraft fan.
b.
Luca Bercovici
was the original actor to play Ingoe and his scenes were shot, but was replaced because the producers felt that he was not an intimidating villain as he was about the same height and body size as
Martin Short
.
c.
The real
Rosie Dolly
actually loaned her own scrapbooks to Twentieth Century-Fox for research on this movie.
d.
Sam Rockwell
, who was one of the original choices for the role of Tony Stark/Iron Man in
Iron Man
, plays Starks antagonist Justin Hammer in the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dolly Sisters (1945)?
a.
Joel Coen
was an assistant editor on the film. This was one his earliest profession jobs. He and his brother
Ethan Coen
, would produce and make the film
Blood Simple.
three years after the release of this film. In preparing to get funding for that film, the Coens enlisted the help of friends
Bruce Campbell
and
Sam Raimi
to help out and they happily did so. Campbell and Raimi also starred in a short film based on scenes of Blood Simple for the Coens to show to potential investors and it worked.
b.
In the Sin City comic book Marv is a 7 foot giant while Cardinal Roark is a dwarf. In the Sin City movie the actor playing Marv (
Mickey Rourke
) is two inches shorter than the actor playing Cardinal Roark (
Rutger Hauer
).
c.
In addition to the footage of the Klingon vessels in the simulator scenes, other footage was lifted directly from ST:TMP primarily to keep costs down. These include: Kirks shuttle docking with the Enterprise in advance of his inspection, scenes of the ship first being lighted before Saavik is told to clear all moorings, the ship pulling out of space dock, and the few seconds of footage of the saucer of Enterprise just before the scene cuts to Kirk in his quarters, about to read his book.
d.
Twentieth Century-Fox originally planned to have
Alice Faye
and
Betty Grable
star in this movie. However, Miss Faye, becoming weary of musical roles, declined to team again with her "sister" from
Tin Pan Alley
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dolly Sisters (1945)?
a.
The scene in the mens room with the Punks was the only scene shot on set. The set was located at Astoria Studios, Long Island City - Queens.
b.
The courtroom is a recreation of the interior of the Monroe County Courthouse in Monroeville, Alabama,
Harper Lee
s hometown. Prior to filming, production designers traveled to Monroeville, took photographs and measurements, and created a near duplicate on soundstages at Universal Studios.
c.
Fatima Robinson
: one of the Stepp Sisters
d.
Jenny Dolly
,
Rosie Dolly
, and
Harry Fox
were real people.
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