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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Profile (1940) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Profile (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 Profile (1940).
About the movie:
Barrymore lampoons himself. A famous actor, given to drink, nearly destroys the show, but his leading lady returns to save it. Meanwhile a young girl tries to reform him.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Profile (1940)?
a.
Although it is never directly stated in the film, allegedly Brooks is in prison for murdering his wife and daughter after a losing streak at poker.
b.
The film was originally intended for
Adolphe Menjou
, but was revamped for
John Barrymore
. Menjou was paid to leave the picture.
c.
Two days before filming was slated to begin, a fire broke out and destroyed most of the costumes, props and sketches.
d.
The role of Bart was intended for
Richard Pryor
, but due to the controversial nature of Pryors stand-up routines of the day and his background,
Mel Brooks
couldnt secure financing for the project with Pryor in that role. So Pryor was made a co-writer of the script, and
Cleavon Little
played Bart. Pryor later got to star in a different western comedy -
Adiós Amigo
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Profile (1940)?
a.
The first theatrical feature film directed by
Steven Spielberg
.
b.
Hyman Roths character is loosely based in real-life mobster
Meyer Lansky
. Lansky, who at the time of the films release was living in Miami, reportedly phoned
Lee Strasberg
and congratulated him for the role as Roth.
c.
The films release (prior to the launch of Apollo 13) about a space disaster led to a real-life crisis aboard Skylab 3 (c. July -September 1973) where a thruster leak developed on board the Apollo CSM. The depiction of a rescue vehicle was as a lifting body (for a description of what a "lifting body" is, see Wikipedia and search for the term). This lifting body was the basis of the Skylab Rescue space vehicle, which based on a Block II Apollo Command Module (CSM #119) which was modified by North American Rockwell. Memos dating back to December 1970 (from NASA facilities at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, and Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral) confirmed that a rescue spacecraft would be next in line if the main Apollo CSM failed during flight. By November 1971, the modified CSM was phased in with evaluation and testing prior to the final lunar mission, Apollo 17, which launched in December 1972. The real-life thruster leak aboard Skylab 3 was neutralized and fixed. Thus the rescue launch vehicle (piloted by NASA astronauts Vance Brand and Don Lind) was pulled from flight duty. The vehicle was on standby for Skylab 4 and the Apollo-Soyuz mission. Brand would fly on the Apollo-Soyuz mission and Lind on STS-51B in 1985. After the final Apollo flight in 1975 (Apollo-Soyuz), the modified command module, CSM #119, was put on display at the Kennedy Space Centers Visitors Complex. NASA engineers have studied the modified Skylab Rescue CSM for the Orion Spacecraft (part of Project Constellation), which will replace the Space Shuttle Atlantis after her final mission in July 2011.
d.
John Barrymore
did not memorize any of his lines for the film, but read them from a blackboard. He never missed a cue or muffed a speech, which is credited for bringing in the film 5 days ahead of schedule, thereby saving the studio an estimated $25,000.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Profile (1940)?
a.
Megan Fox
s last scene was shot 48 hours before the cast & crew attended San Diego Comic Con in 2009.
b.
Director
Mike Hodges
, referring to the numerous production problems that plagued the film, once called it "the only improvised $27-million movie ever made".
c.
Cecil Cunningham
is in studio records/casting call lists for the role of "Miss Perkins," but she was not seen in the movie and her character name was never mentioned.
d.
Betty White
, an animal rights activist, was offered the
Shirley Knight
(Beverly Connelly) role, but turned it down when she learned of how the dog would be mistreated in the movie.
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