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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Emperor Jones (1933) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Emperor Jones (1933) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Emperor Jones (1933).
About the movie:
Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Emperor Jones (1933)?
a.
In his autobiography,
Paul Robeson
said he regretted making the film because it deviated too much from the play.
b.
When Paxton is in the slaughterhouse with the German, he delivers a speech in German. He is saying, "If you kill me, itll destroy your life. Every time you close your eyes, youll see me. Ill be in your nightmares every night, your whole life. I will ruin it."
c.
Mary Nash
s costumes from
Heidi
were recycled for this film.
d.
The title of the movie is a word play on "Love in Bloom" which was a hit song for
Bing Crosby
in 1934 and which later became
Jack Benny
s theme song.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Emperor Jones (1933)?
a.
SFX crew claim to have included a "sneaker" as one of the spaceships in a complex dog-fight scene (see also trivia for
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
).
b.
Barred from working under his own name by Will Hays after the 1922 scandal, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle deliberately selected a pseudonym, Will B. Goodrich, that spelled out "Wlll Be Good."
c.
John Breslin
was also thought suitable for OCallaghan (
John Cairney
) and Laffery (
Donal Donnelly
)
d.
Eugene ONeill
s play opened on Broadway, New York City, New York, USA at the Neighborhood Playhouse on 1 November 1920 and ran for 204 performances. Black actor
Charles Gilpin
played the title role, the first time an important black role was not played by a white man in black-face. There were 3 New York revivals;
Paul Robeson
played the title character in the 1925 production.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Emperor Jones (1933)?
a.
The henchman in the Dugout Dogs shootout says (during the gunfire), "Take this, you lousy jerk cop!"
b.
Re-cut to ca. 25 minutes run-time and featured under the title "Demonic Tunes" in the 2005 anthology film Urban Evil: A Trilogy of Fear".
c.
The prison riot was filmed at Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois. 80% of the prisoners there are there for violent crimes. For the first two of four weeks on location, the extras were actual inmates with rubber weapons. For the other two weeks, over 200 extras had to be brought in because the Stateville inmates had been placed on lockdown.
d.
The jungle scenes were originally to be shot in the swamps of the American South, but when
Paul Robeson
signed for the film, he had a clause inserted in his contract that specifically prohibited filming in the South, due to that areas violent racist history and strict racial segregation. The scenes were filmed on a studio set in Astoria, Queens, New York.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Emperor Jones (1933)?
a.
Frank Sinatra
, who was very thin, had to wear prosthetic padding to fill out the seat of his uniform. In a TCM interview,
Ann Miller
said that Sinatra was extremely sensitive about his padding and did not appreciate the usual movie set horseplay involving his lower half.
b.
Claudette Colbert
was sick from April 10, 1934 to April 16, delaying the production.
c.
Because of the objection to the word "nigger", United Artists deleted it from prints to be shown in Negro theaters. Still, the United Negro Improvement Association condemned the film.
d.
The first time
Clayton Moore
is seen as The Lone Ranger.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Emperor Jones (1933)?
a.
Despite numerous appearances together, this is the first time Joe Hammerstone and Erik A. Williams had lines together.
b.
Actor
Brendan Ward
became a New York City Police Officer in 1989, retiring in the rank of Sergeant in 2010.
c.
The original choice to direct the film was
Vincente Minnelli
but when his salary demands were too high, the job went to
George Cukor
.
d.
About a half-hour of completely original material was added to the movie adaptation in order to give the main character, Brutus Jones, a more detailed backstory, leaving only about 45 minutes from
Eugene ONeill
s play.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Emperor Jones (1933)?
a.
After watching some of his early films, director
Martin Scorsese
asked to meet
David Cronenberg
. After meeting him, Scorsese said he looked like a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon. That is why Cronenberg gives himself a cameo as a doctor in this film.
b.
All fights were choreographed by
Chuck Norris
and his younger brother
Aaron Norris
, who was also stunt coordinator.
c.
The original Broadway production of "The Emperor Jones" opened at the Neighborhood Playhouse on November 1, 1920 and ran for 204 performances. Between 1925 and 1927 the play was revived three times, once with
Paul Robeson
who recreated his stage role in this movie version.
d.
Heath Ledger
knocked out one of director
Brian Helgeland
s front teeth with a broomstick when the two were demonstrating a jousting move. It was several months before Helgelands mouth had healed enough to repair the damage. He says it was the only jousting injury during filming.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Emperor Jones (1933)?
a.
Fredi Washington
s scenes were reshot using dark pancake makeup because she looked "too white" in the first rushes. It was feared audiences would think
Paul Robeson
was embracing a white woman.
b.
Maurices boat name is "Tuneman", the same title on
Glenn Plummer
s license plate in
Speed
.
c.
Ray Harryhausen
has related the story of watching a cut of the film with composer
Bernard Herrmann
. In a sequence involving a giant bird, Herrmann told Harryhausen that he was going to score it with "Turkey in the Straw" (he was only kidding).
d.
The original Broadway production of "The Letter" by
W. Somerset Maugham
opened at the Morosco Theater on September 26, 1927 and ran for 104 performances.
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