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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Eddie Cantor Story (1953).
About the movie:
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)?
a.
Christopher Nolan
and his co-writers,
Jonathan Nolan
and
David S. Goyer
, made the decision very early on not to explore The Jokers origins. This was so the character could be presented as an "absolute".
b.
David Aames birthday is 22 September 1968.
c.
Larry Parks, who had played
Al Jolson
in
The Jolson Story
and
Jolson Sings Again
, was signed from Columbia by Warner Brothers to reprise his role of Jolson in this movie. However he was blacklisted for being a communist in late 1951, and shooting commenced on January 1952, so Warner Brothers replaced the character of Jolson with that of
Jimmy Durante
.
d.
The opening shot with the train was added after preview audiences did not like the original version. The sequence was created by filming with a helicopter flying away from the train and running the film backwards. (Source - audio commentary by John Sturges on Criterion laserdisc.)
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)?
a.
Near the end of shooting,
Orson Welles
told Columbia executives that he wanted a complete set repainted on a Saturday for shooting on Monday. Columbia exec
Jack Fier
told Welles it was impossible, because of union rules and the expense that would be incurred by calling in a crew of painters to work on a weekend. Welles and several friends broke into the paint department that Saturday and repainted the set themselves, and when they were finished they hung a banner on the set that read "The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fier Himself". When the union painters arrived at work on Monday and saw that the set had been repainted by someone else, they refused to work, threw a picket line around the studio and threatened to stay on strike until a union crew was paid triple time for the work that had been done (which was why Fier had refused to authorize the work in the first place). To placate the union, Fier agreed to pay them what they wanted but put the cost on Welles personal bill. In addition, he had the union painters paint a banner saying "Alls Well That Ends Welles".
b.
The character of "Rocky Kramer," played by
Gerald Mohr
, is based on Louie Lepke, founder of Murder, Incorporated. Lepke and Eddie Cantor grew up together in the same neighborhood.
c.
Winner EXPERIMENTAL AWARD OF MERIT Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood Spring 2010.
d.
William Holden
did not like the part of Sefton at all as written in the script, thinking him too selfish. He kept asking
Billy Wilder
to make Sefton nicer and Wilder refused. Holden actually refused the role but was forced to do it by the studio.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 22, 1950 with
Barbara Hale
and
William Demarest
reprising their film roles.
Al Jolson
who provides the singing for
Larry Parks
in the film portrays himself in this adaptation of his life story.
b.
In advance of the feature, a separately filmed trailer, Vitaphone production reel #2812, was released, featuring
John Boles
who describes the story and introduces the other cast members to the audience.
c.
John Anderson
s first movie role.
d.
Willard Robertson
is in studio records in the role of Sergeant Murdock, but he was not seen in the movie.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)?
a.
After attending the premiere of this film,
Eddie Cantor
said, "If that was my life, I didnt live."
b.
Louis Jourdan
s last film
c.
For the scene when Colonel Nicholson emerges from the oven after several days confined there,
Alec Guinness
based his faltering walk on that of his son
Matthew Guinness
when he was recovering from polio. Guinness regarded this one tiny scene as some of the finest work he did throughout his entire career.
d.
The close-up shots of Maindrian escaping from the roof of the Bricklin and onto the helicopter were achieved by placing the Bricklin on the back of a flat-bed truck and spinning the wheels to give the illusion that the car is moving.
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