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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Girl Can't Help It (1956) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Girl Can't Help It (1956) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Girl Can't Help It (1956).
About the movie:
Gangster hires down-and-out press agent to make his blonde bimbo girlfriend a singing star.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Girl Can't Help It (1956)?
a.
Though he didnt write the theme (as widely believed), and the music is not his usual style,
Guns N Roses
guitar god
Slash
performs on the title theme.
b.
The wedding dress that
Jayne Mansfield
wears was loaned to her to use for her real-life marriage to
Mickey Hargitay
in 1958.
c.
The topless photo of
Mila Kunis
character was not real, according to director
Nicholas Stoller
.
d.
Clint Walker
was first asked to play Ranger Kelly but instead did the made-for-TV film
Snowbeast
.
Christopher George
got the part of Kelly.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Girl Can't Help It (1956)?
a.
At one time,
Danny DeVito
was set to direct as well as star as The Shoveller.
b.
Like real movies of the early 1940s, the director planned for a card at the end urging the audience to "Buy War Bonds at This Theater."
c.
Producers wanted
Elvis Presley
to perform in the movie, but
Tom Parker
demanded too much money for Elvis to sing one song.
d.
One of the horses in the race in which all of the characters are called to a meeting is Stanley K, named for the director.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Girl Can't Help It (1956)?
a.
Val Kilmer
was originally cast as the films lead but wanted his commitment to the project reduced after being served divorce papers by his then wife
Joanne Whalley
. This lead to him switching roles with Rob Morrow, originally cast as Montgomery, the Doctors assistant. Morrow left the film after director
Richard Stanley
was fired, leading to
David Thewlis
being cast; ironically, Thewlis was one of the people Stanley originally wanted in the film.
b.
Lana Turner
let her hair go back to its natural color, brown, for this role.
c.
Each storyline began as individual short films. It wasnt until the filmmakers saw "21 Grams" that they chose to edit the four short films into one feature film.
d.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 10 seconds
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Girl Can't Help It (1956)?
a.
Redline marks the on-screen debut of the Swedish-made Koenigsegg CCX. Priced at over $500,000, the CCX sports a 4.7 liter twin-supercharged V8 that churns out 806 horsepower and does a top speed of over 245 mph.
b.
The license plate on Ralphs car reads "BVR HUNT"
c.
The African-American character in this film was originally a Jewish character in the original source play by
Arthur Laurents
. The Variety review for this film noted that the change was due to the anti-semitism theme being close to having been overdone in films.
d.
This was the first of two comedies that
Frank Tashlin
adapted the screenplay for and directed which starred
Jayne Mansfield
, the other being
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
. Tashlin once said, "Theres nothing in the world to me thats funnier than big breasts."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Girl Can't Help It (1956)?
a.
Both
Penny Marshall
and
Cindy Williams
had small parts in this film five years before
Laverne & Shirley
, but both ended up on the cutting room floor.
b.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.
c.
The Terminators line "Ill be back" is commonly repeated as "Ill be bock" or "Ill be back!" However, Schwarzenegger delivers the line calmly and with very little accent: "Ill be back."
d.
In the nightclub, when
Jayne Mansfield
is ready to go on stage, there is a chorus girl in the background
Abbey Lincoln
) who is wearing a costume that was previously worn by Marilyn Monroe in
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Girl Can't Help It (1956)?
a.
One of the main reasons for the movie being filmed in B&W was the Nazi flags. The French authorities refused to allow red and black Nazi flags to fly in Paris, even for a movie. They agreed only to have black and gray flags.
b.
Michael Rooker
had previously been in
Mississippi Burning
, another movie about racism in the South.
c.
The production of this film can be traced back to 1971, when the Disney Studio purchased the screen rights to
Lloyd Alexander
s "The Chronicles of Prydain".
d.
Some reference sources and websites erroneously suggest that
Bill Haley and the Comets
appear in this film. They do not.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Girl Can't Help It (1956)?
a.
Made for $50,000, this film grossed an astounding $1.5 million and was the first bona fide hit for Warner Brothers. The success of this film encouraged them to concentrate on film production rather than distribution.
b.
Production began on the film in mid-September 1956 just as
Jayne Mansfield
was finishing up her Broadway triumph in the play "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" The film was made just in time to be released for the Christmas season in 1956.
c.
The actual name of Butch and Sundances gang was The Wild Bunch. However, when the
Sam Peckinpah
film,
The Wild Bunch
, was released a few months earlier, the name of the gang was changed to the Hole in the Wall Gang to avoid confusion with Peckinpahs film.
d.
The last movie
Charles Bronson
made for Cannon Films
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