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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Farmer Takes a Wife (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 Farmer Takes a Wife (1953).
About the movie:
A romantic triangle develops on Erie Canal boats in 1850.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)?
a.
Melanie Griffith
auditioned for the lead role, but backed out.
b.
The record label president who offers the Blues Brothers a recording contract identifies himself as representing "Clarion Records, the largest recording company on the eastern seaboard." There actually was a Clarion Records - a budget label that was only in operation for a couple of years in the 1960s. However, it was owned by what had become, by the time of the movie, one of the largest American record companies: Atlantic Records, which, in real life, was not only a renowned blues/R&B/soul label (home of many of the artists mentioned or featured in the movie), but which also released the Blues Brothers albums - including the movie soundtrack.
c.
News items and studio publicity reported that the opening title cards of the Erie Canal during different seasons was painted by noted artist Albert J. Kramer, and that the double wedding ceremony at the end was styled by art director
Addison Hehr
to resemble Grant Woods painting of "Farm House."
d.
Film debut of
George Houston
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)?
a.
The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 30 October 1934 and closed in January 1935 after 104 performances. The opening night cast included
Henry Fonda
,
Margaret Hamilton
and
Francis Pierlot
.
b.
The films director
John Cromwell
was in the Broadway play "The Racket" which opened on November 27, 1927. He starred as McQuigg, the role played in the film by
Robert Mitchum
.
c.
The character played by
Christopher Reeve
in the film is a composite of two different people: in
Kazuo Ishiguro
s novel, Stevens new employer is an American by the name of Farraday, and has nothing to do with Mr. Lewis, the Senator.
d.
Vitaphone production reels #2431-2436; a Vitaphone musical score and sound effects were added to this otherwise silent production.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)?
a.
The characters of Sex Machine and Frost were originally written the other way around: Sex Machine was to be the muscular, scarred, leather-wearing biker while Frost was to be a more slender (yet deadly) individual.
b.
When Ben and Rosie are in her "cousins" apartment, there are pictures of
Kenneth Utt
beneath the poster of a play.
c.
The press book mentions that a 1-reel production number that was rehearsed for a month and filmed with
Betty Grable
was cut before release.
d.
According to director
Curtis Harrington
, The Killing Kind barely saw a release. The problematic distributors cut a deal where the film would only be screened in a few cities in the United States. Other distributors showed an interest in the film but, since no records were kept of where the movie had already been screened, it never secured further theatrical distribution.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)?
a.
Cingular Wireless, whose logo in very prominent within the movie and the movies promotional campaigns, was not actually available in New York City at the time of the movies release.
b.
Of
Betty Grable
s 29 feature-film appearances from 1940 through 1955, only this movie did not play at the Roxy Theatre in New York City. Instead, this picture opened at the Globe Theatre on June 12, 1953. Note: Miss Grables
How to Marry a Millionaire
had its Manhattan premiere simultaneously at the Roxy and the Globe on November 12, 1953.
c.
This is the feature film debut of ten of the actors.
d.
Anne Baxter
was one of the actresses tested by
Alfred Hitchcock
for the leading role. He later cast her in
I Confess
.
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