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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great McGinty (1940) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great McGinty (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 Great McGinty (1940).
About the movie:
Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics. But endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great McGinty (1940)?
a.
Writer/Director
Rob Hedden
originally wrote more of the movie to be set in New York. He had written scenes at Madison Square Garden, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Empire State Building. But Paramount told him that budget would not allow him to spend that much time in New York, so he was forced to rewrite the film and spend more time on the cruise ship. Hedden says he agrees with fans who complain that not enough time is spent in New York, given the title Jason Takes Manhattan.
b.
Sturges got the idea for this film from a Chicago area judge who shared stories with him about city elections.
c.
The movies line "Well, theres something you dont see every day." was voted as the #19 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
d.
Arnim Zolas first appearance, in the form of his face as an image on a television screen, is evocative of the "classic" comic-book Zola, whose body was a headless hulk with a viewscreen on its chest displaying an image of his face.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great McGinty (1940)?
a.
Like the 1939 version, the film has an all-female cast.
b.
When The Torch falls into the sand in the Middle East and rolls over to his back, in close up shots you can see the "4" logo in the sand next to his head.
c.
"Academy Award Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 20, 1946 with
Brian Donlevy
reprising his film role.
d.
Anne Reid
was offered a major role, but choose to do
Roger Michell
s
The Mother
instead.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great McGinty (1940)?
a.
Brian Donlevy
and
Akim Tamiroff
reprised their roles as Governor McGinty and The Boss in
Preston Sturges
s
The Miracle of Morgans Creek
. In the film, McGinty and The Boss provide a retroactive marriage license for
Betty Hutton
and
Eddie Bracken
.
b.
Was banned in several parts of the United States due to the subject matter.
c.
Had a seven-week shoot.
d.
The name "Tovarek", which Mai Lihn uses as an FBI agent, is a Polish word and one of its meanings is "hot chick" (the correct Polish word is "towarek", but its pronounced like this).
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great McGinty (1940)?
a.
George Clooney
campaigned for the part of Jack, but
Alexander Payne
thought Clooney was too big a star.
b.
All the pool shots in the movie are performed by the actors themselves (
Paul Newman
and
Jackie Gleason
) except one: the massé shot (cue ball sends two object balls into the same pocket), performed by
Willie Mosconi
.
c.
On August 19, 1939, Paramount issued a check to contract writer
Preston Sturges
to buy the story and screenplay of this movie, in the amount of $10. Sturges promised to sell the script for that amount if he could direct. The studio took him up on it and the film was a hit and won an Academy Award for the screenplay, probably making it the cheapest Oscar-winning script in history.
d.
The Crawler seen moving in the background of one of the scenes as Apollo 13 is being moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building was the real NASA Crawler.
Ron Howard
got to drive it.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great McGinty (1940)?
a.
John Quincy Adams addresses the Supreme Court and states that when faced with trouble the Mende people invoke the help of their ancestors. As he mentions this we see a portrait of his father
John Adams
just over his left shoulder.
b.
Director
Brian De Palma
wanted to shoot the climax of the film at the World Trade Center in New York but it was the target of a bombing, and he had to shoot it in "another railway station again." (De Palmas
The Untouchables
also featured a scene at a railway station.)
c.
Other titles for this project were "Biography of a Bum" and "Down Went McGinty".
d.
Anna Popplewell
had to absent herself from several days filming to complete her school exams.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great McGinty (1940)?
a.
One of the problems frequently encountered was that Italian films at the time were all post-dubbed. Consequently while
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
was attempting to film his scenes, there was invariably constant hammering going on by the carpenters on the set. The production lost hours and hours, trying to make it clear to the Italian crew that silence was essential on set at all times.
b.
José Ferrer
,
Clifton Webb
and
Sydney Greenstreet
were all considered for the role ultimately played by
Luther Adler
.
c.
The Donnas were formerly called The Electrocutes.
d.
This film was
Muriel Angelus
last screen appearance.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great McGinty (1940)?
a.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on August 27, 1945 with
Brian Donlevy
and
Akim Tamiroff
reprising their film roles.
b.
The entire process of animating the feature (approximately 30,000 drawings over a 1-year period) was captured by a revolutionary device called the "Plympton Ani-Cam". This contraption is simply a small camera, situated about a foot above Bills drawing board, that is connected to an internet server and allows people all over the world to watch the slow, methodical process of an animated feature being created. It was an interesting innovation, because Bill found out that there were thousands of people around the globe who were tuning in daily and became obsessed watching the whole animation process so openly displayed
c.
On the day of the Strip Club shoot one of the actresses called in sick. Tina Krause the star of the film disguised as a dancer leaves the shot through one door and enters as Detective Barnett through another.
d.
Wes Craven chose
Wendy Robie
and
Everett McGill
to play the parts of Mommy and Daddy after seeing them play husband and wife on the TV series,
Twin Peaks
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great McGinty (1940)?
a.
This film was inspired, according to
Kevin Brownlow
, in part by the career of early 20th century politician and lawyer
William Sulzer
. The film was released a year before Sulzers death at the age of 78.
b.
The custom 1950 Mercury driven by Cobretti in the film was a car actually owned by star
Sylvester Stallone
. The studio produced stunt doubles of the car for use in some of the action sequences, such as the jump from the second floor of the parking garage.
c.
Steven Spielberg
: [images shown from a side-mirror] The Nazis chasing Indy and Henry Jones.
d.
Clint Eastwood
signed to do the film mainly because his friend and favorite director,
Don Siegel
, was set to direct it. However, Siegel ran into post-production problems while finishing up
Two Mules for Sister Sara
and had to withdraw from the project.
Brian G. Hutton
was then signed to direct. Eastwood, who had already signed a contract to do the film, couldnt pull out.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great McGinty (1940)?
a.
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.
b.
Bela Lugosi
s first role following Ygor in "Son of Frankenstein," filmed March 1939.
c.
American Internation Pictures rushed out a number of films similar to this in hopes of capitalizing on the success of I Was A Teenage Werewolf. Among them -
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
,
How to Make a Monster
, and
Blood of Dracula
.
d.
Bill Murray
was signed on as Willie but dropped out for
Lost in Translation
.
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