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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Grapes of Wrath (1940).
About the movie:
A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)?
a.
Leila Hashemzadeh was originally cast to play the role of Milla and shot promotional photos as the character, however on the day of shooting her scene the Producers received a call from her letting them know she was regrettably stuck out of town. She was replaced with actress Annie Body.
b.
John Ford
banned all makeup and perfume from the set on the grounds that it was not in keeping with the tone of the picture.
c.
One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may have never been televised.
d.
The access code entered at the very beginning of the movie ends in 1138, most likely in reference to
George Lucas
s first film,
THX 1138
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)?
a.
At the drive in sequence, a Bedrock version of the Universal (Univer-shell) Logo is seen, complete with the main letters spelled out in bones, the older Universal/MCA Television theme music, and the continents on the globe placed together in to the prehistoric continent of Pangaea.
b.
During the rehearsals for
Gypsy
,
Mervyn LeRoy
was not happy with the girl that he had cast to play "Dainty June". (This was before
Ann Jillian
was cast.) He thought that the actress was not as good of a dancer or singer as
Morgan Brittany
, who played "Baby June". He tried to make Suzanne look old enough to play "Dainty June" by having
Orry-Kelly
design older clothes with padding and having her wear high heels, but the transformation didnt work, she still looked too young to play opposite
Natalie Wood
, so another casting session brought the role to
Ann Jillian
. Ann was not really a dancer but her voice was spectacular and Mervyn felt that she made a more believable older June.
c.
The monkey raising his paw and saying (in his own language) "Heil Hitler" was thought up by
George Lucas
and is one of
Steven Spielberg
s two favorite scenes (in the video box set, he says his other favorite is the "where doesnt it hurt" love scene on the ship). In Empire magazine,
Frank Marshall
said that they got the monkey to do the Nazi salute by putting a grape on a fishing pole and getting the monkey to reach for the grape, which was dangling just out of camera range. This took about 50 takes before it actually looked like a Nazi salute. Voice-artist
Frank Welker
provided the chattering sounds for the monkey, including the "Seig Heil"-like chirp that the monkey gives when it raises its paw in salute. (Welker later provided similar monkey chatter for Abu, the spider monkey in Disneys
Aladdin
.)
d.
The novels original ending was far too controversial to be even considered for a film in 1940. It involved Rose-of-Sharon Rivers (
Dorris Bowdon
) giving birth to a stillborn baby and then offering her milk-filled breasts to a starving man, dying in a barn.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)?
a.
Loosely based on the career of fighter
Primo Carnera
.
b.
Malcolm McDowell
found the strange language easy to deal with as he was used to playing
William Shakespeare
s plays with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
c.
Lou Costello
, in his youth a basketball player who specialized in dead-eye free-throw shooting, pumped in many of the shots himself during the films basketball game.
d.
The budget for the film was $750,000.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)?
a.
The eerie whistling motif heard in Brad Fiedels music score is a reference to the rescue whistle that Warren carries in the film.
b.
Hugh Jackman
was originally set to play
George Reeves
, but pulled out of the project due to other commitments.
c.
The production had a fake working title, "Highway 66", so that the shoot of the controversial novel would not be effected by union problems. Much of the dire straits portrayed in the film continued during and after the release of the movie.
d.
One of the earliest of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may have never been televised.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)?
a.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
was originally cast as Alison, but backed out to spend time with her family.
b.
Prior to the lead role of Libby Tucker in this picture, actress
Dinah Manoff
had actually appeared in two significant and well-known movies, they being
Ordinary People
and
Grease
.
c.
The two zombies with missing limbs (the jogger missing an arm and the legless zombie in the parking garage) were both played by actual amputees. The same thing was done for one of the first zombies seen in the original
Dawn of the Dead
.
d.
John Steinbeck
loved the movie and said that
Henry Fonda
as Tom Joad made him "believe my own words".
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)?
a.
Non-US audiences saw the film with a prologue which explained about the effects of the Depression and the Oklahoma Dust Bowl.
b.
A scene cut out of the U.S. theatrical version featured Superman saving a group of Soviet generals from a nuclear missile in Moscow. The scene appears on the video release, but not on the DVD.
c.
The photo shown at the end of the movie is a photo of the real 1965-66 Texas Western team, rather than of the actors playing those parts in the film.
d.
Nedra Volz
s last film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)?
a.
Few of the ground explosions made any real noise when detonated for fear of startling the horses that were all over the set and injuring their riders; most of the sound was added in post-production. The ASPCA later praised the film in their annual report for going out of their way on behalf of the animals.
b.
The character Lucas Lees name consists of the middle names of the editor and designer of the comics: error and
Bryan Lee OMalley
.
c.
While filming the Joads car traveling down the highway,
John Ford
wanted to add a shot showing the large number of caravans heading west, so the films business manager stopped actual cars making the trek and paid the drivers five dollars to escort the Joads jalopy for the cameras.
d.
During production a 1:15 sized Delorean was used for several blue screen shots at a distance. In 2008, models of the Delorean in this size were released to the public. New features included several sound bites from the the films.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)?
a.
Isle of Mann taxi drive/firefighter John Bellis was originally cast as the voice of Thomas. After his recording was heard by American test audiences, they disliked his Liverpudlian tone as it made Thomas sound too old. The role went to Eddie Glenn.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 26, 1952 with
Cary Grant
reprising his film role.
c.
Prior to filming, producer
Darryl F. Zanuck
sent undercover investigators out to the migrant camps to see if
John Steinbeck
had been exaggerating about the squalor and unfair treatment meted out there. He was horrified to discover that, if anything, Steinbeck had actually downplayed what went on in the camps.
d.
The film contains many references to
William Shakespeare
s Romeo and Juliet, which was, according to
Stephenie Meyer
, a major influence for her writing of New Moon.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)?
a.
M. Night Shyamalan
s first R-rated film.
b.
David Berenbaum
: an office worker.
c.
One abandoned concept was that one sign of Chucky turning more human the longer he spent in the doll was that the doll would grow stubble like Charles Lee Ray had when he was human.
d.
The film shot for seven weeks.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)?
a.
Ellen Burstyn
and
Jeffrey Wright
share the same birthday. The two are never in the same scene together.
b.
When
Dave Smith
went on a search for the snowglobe from this movie, which featured birds flying around Saint Pauls Cathedral, he finally found it on a shelf in a janitors office. The janitor explained that he saw the snowglobe sitting in a trash can, but found it too pretty to throw away and kept it himself.
c.
The film was one of the first to be voted onto the National Film Registry (1989).
d.
The character Lightning McQueen is a reference to
Glenn McQueen
, a Pixar animator who died in 2002.
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