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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Good Earth (1937) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Good Earth (1937) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Good Earth (1937).
About the movie:
The story of a farmer in China: a story of humility and bravery. His father gives Wang Lung a freed slave as wife...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Earth (1937)?
a.
The first time that
Irving Thalberg
s name appeared onscreen. The movie - the last one he produced - was dedicated to him "as his last great achievement."
b.
Vincent Gardenia
won the 1972 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actor in a Drama for "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" for the role of Harry Edison.
c.
One of the extras was
Nino Cochise
, the actual grandson of the great Chiricahua chief Cochise. He and his good friend
Apache Bill Russell
were in this movie as well as several others.
d.
The photographs used in the beginning and middle of the movie were actual photographs of director
Brooks Benjamin
and
Jason Benjamin
(Roid)s father. Likewise, the video of Peter Davis playing tee-ball and his dad coaching was a home video of director Brooks Benjamins team when his dad coached.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Earth (1937)?
a.
This movies closing epilogue by Fleet Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz
states: "It is to the everlasting honor and glory of our submarine personnel that they never failed us in our days of great peril."
b.
Because the Sino-Japanese war was in progress, the Chinese government threatened not to approve the movie if any Japanese actors were cast in any role.
c.
The only animated Disney movie from the 1960s not to have a Platinum DVD, a sequel, a TV show, or a live-action remake.
d.
When asked in 1974 why he made a film about Coca Cola,
Billy Wilder
responded, "I just think Coca-Cola to be funny. And when I drink it, it seems even funnier to me."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Earth (1937)?
a.
Victor Adams
, who was
Paul Muni
s stand-in, also played Wang Lung (Munis character) in long shots when Muni went AWOL from the set.
b.
Eugene Levy
and
Jennifer Coolidge
were in
American Pie
,
Best in Show
and
Down to Earth
together.
c.
Several of the music tracks used for background during dialog are used in the video game "Sims 3" when the Sims stereo is set to "Custom".
d.
The company Bill Wall Leather is featured in most of
David R. Ellis
films. In
Final Destination 2
the character Evan Lewis wears a shirt with the name on it as does
Eric Christian Olsen
s character in
Cellular
and in this film the race car that help causes the accident is sponsored by it.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Earth (1937)?
a.
The location shots in China were filmed by director
George W. Hill
for a movie that was later abandoned. Hill had died by the time this film went into production.
b.
Swiss actor
Bruno Ganz
was sought to play the role of Oskar Schindler, but turned it down. Ganz later appeared in an important WWII movie, that of
Adolf Hitler
in
Der Untergang
.
c.
The scene with the bats flying in the evening skies was not computer generated animation. Shot in Austin, the bats under Congress bridge is a well-known phenomenon as one of the largest known bats population in the world, and they all live under a bridge. During spring and fall, the bats can be seen flying out in the evening to begin their daily hunt for food.
d.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Earth (1937)?
a.
At one point
Nicolas Cage
was set to star in the movie. He was seen at a Ring of Honor wrestling event in NYC doing research for the part.
b.
United Artists pressured director
Robert Aldrich
into shooting a more optimistic ending in the final days of shooting. Aldrich reluctantly agreed and was dismayed when the film was released with this alternate ending. He later concluded that "if you shoot two endings, they will always use the other one, never yours".
c.
George Lucas
had ILM watch archival footage of World War II dogfights as reference material for the final battle over the Death Star. This method would evolve into pre-visualization "animatics" in common use today. (Former fighter pilots were also employed as technical advisors, and audio recordings of radio communications made during dogfights were studied, to help with the dialogue.)
d.
For the second year in a row,
Luise Rainer
won a Best Actress Oscar, becoming the first performer to win two Academy Awards and the first to win two Oscars in two years.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Earth (1937)?
a.
The Jokers mouth cuts are reminiscent of the ones inflicted upon
Elizabeth Short
.
The Black Dahlia
, which
Aaron Eckhart
also appeared in, posited that those cuts were inspired by
The Man Who Laughs
, which was
Bob Kane
s inspiration for the Joker.
b.
Kirk R. Thatcher
did such extensive work on the film that he was promoted from "Production Assistant/Visual Effects" to "Associate Producer" by the end of the film.
c.
Irving Thalberg
envisioned casting only Chinese actors for the movie, but gave up the idea because there were not enough suitable Chinese actors.
d.
James Cameron
: [feet] close-ups of the power-lifters feet.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Earth (1937)?
a.
Special effects experts were unable to produce an authentic looking locust plague. Just as they were about to abandon the scene, they received word that a real locust plague was taking place several states away. A camera crew was rushed to the scene to capture it on film.
b.
Geoff Johns
tried to get the film produced in 2000, but the first question he was asked was whether the film could be made without the ring. This discouraged him so badly that he didnt make another attempt until
The Dark Knight
released.
c.
Re-titled, and edited down to less than thirty minutes, it was sold to television in the early 1950s as part of a syndicated half hour mystery show.
d.
The films original title was "Youll Never Die in This Town Again".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Earth (1937)?
a.
Paolo Montalban
: The Sommelier at Restaurant who asked to Scott McKnight and Morgan Alexander.
b.
According to Peter Hays 1991 book "When the Lion Roars", when MGM studio boss
Louis B. Mayer
learned of production chief
Irving Thalberg
s desire to film
Pearl S. Buck
s novel about Chinese peasants, he told him, "The public wont buy pictures about American farmers, and you want to give them Chinese farmers?" Opposed by Mayer, Thalberg had to appeal to Nicholas Schenck, the chief executive of MGM parent Loews Theaters Inc. and President of MGM, to make the film. Permission was given, but Thalberg never lived to see the film completed. This is the only film that bears a Thalberg producer credit.
c.
James Anthony Pearson
, who plays
Bernard Sumner
, learned to play guitar in two months for his role in the film.
d.
The names of the main characters: Rich, Amy, and Mr. Morris are all references to the concepts money, love, and death. The theme of each one of their days doesnt correlate with their name, however, if you reinterpret the characters - Rich is the richest person in the movie, Amy is the object of love, and Mr. Morris is slowly killing himself.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Earth (1937)?
a.
The word "fuck" is used 102 times.
b.
James Stewart
, who worked as a contract player at MGM in the 1930s, tested for, and almost got, the part of Wang Lung.
c.
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by
Harry Medved
and
Randy Lowell
.
d.
Since appearing as himself in the Jolson Story,
Al Jolson
had wanted to play himself in this film too. Though he doesnt play himself, he does appear. During the filming of The Jolson story there is a man standing watching the filming in a gray cowboy hat, this is Jolson.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Earth (1937)?
a.
The character "Alfie" is named after one of director
Jeff C. Smith
s favorite filmmakers,
Alfred Hitchcock
.
b.
The final cinema film of
Cathleen Nesbitt
c.
Kim Basinger
was offered the role of Iris, but had to turn down in order to continue to work as a model.
d.
When
Irving Thalberg
, MGMs production chief, negotiated with Warner Bros. to cast
Paul Muni
, Muni told him, "Im about as Chinese as
Herbert Hoover
." Thalberg had to lend
Clark Gable
and
Leslie Howard
to Warners to secure Munis services.
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