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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Harvey Girls (1946) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Harvey Girls (1946)

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About the movie: On a train trip West to become a mail order bride Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Harvey Girls (1946)?
a.		Virginia OBrien is noticeably absent from the second half of the film, right after her "Wild, Wild West" number, because she was pregnant during filming.
b.		According to the DVD notes, both John Ireland and Sterling Hayden were approached for the role of Britt.
c.		Tank the Bear, is the second most famous bear actor. The first is Bart the Bear; both are owned and trained by Doug Seus, who plays Klondike Dave.
d.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 7, 1948 with James Stewart and Richard Conte reprising their film roles.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Harvey Girls (1946)?
a.		Angela Lansbury was often hissed at in public after this film was released, simply because she played Judy Garlands rival and Garland was so beloved by the public.
b.		The castle, Schloss Hohenwerfen, is today open to the public and is a falconry. Other than the exterior, the only feature that will be familiar to movie fans is the courtyard.
c.		The movie was produced by star Hulk Hogan and his boss, World Wrestling Federation head honcho Vince McMahon, only to be distributed by New Line Cinema after completion. When the first draft of the script was turned in, Hogan and McMahon disapproved of it, so they checked into a hotel in Redington Beach, Florida, and stayed up for 72 hours rewriting the script together.
d.		All of the "escort" tales in the movie are true, based on research director Gorman Bechard did for his novel "Ninth Square".

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Harvey Girls (1946)?
a.		Byron Harvey Jr., who plays the uncredited role of a train conductor who keeps good time, was the grandson of Fred Harvey and President of the Fred Harvey Company at the time of the filming.
b.		During the filming of a Crawford scene on the veranda, Bette Davis positioned herself in front of the camera. Then during one of Joans close-ups, Bette turned to the director, Robert Aldrich and said in a loud voice, "Youre not going to let her do it like that, are you?" Crawford, trembling, finished the scene and returned to her dressing room.
c.		Many scenes were filmed or in the daily shooting script but not used in the final print: among them, there is a scene after General Reynolds death where his body is carried by stretcher through the Union lines by his staff. They pass by a stunned General Buford on horseback who pauses to watch it go by, before turning his attention back to the raging front line. This was filmed but eventually deleted. The raw footage can be found on the DVD version.
d.		The fictional character of Thurman (Dan Aykroyd) represents an actual team of military code-breakers that deciphered Japanese transmissions days before the attack.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Harvey Girls (1946)?
a.		Andrew Robinson who played Scorpio, claims to have ad-libbed the line "Hubba, hubba, hubba, pig bastard" while taunting Harry on the phone.
b.		Originally conceived as a drama for Lana Turner and Clark Gable, producer Arthur Freed decided instead to attempt a vintage Americana musical after the success of the stage show "Oklahoma!". After Gable returned from serving a tour of duty in the Air Force, Freed attempted to pair him with Judy Garland (who famously had a hit song with "Dear Mr. Gable/You Made Me Love You"). Gable was instead put in a drama, Adventure with Greer Garson. Gene Kelly was briefly considered to co-star before John Hodiak was eventually cast.
c.		In the action scene on the drug farm, Vin Diesel and/or his stunt driver were wearing bulky helmets, which were replaced with a CG version of Diesels head created by the people at Digital Domain, who also repainted parts of the clothing which were obscured by the helmet(s).
d.		The Writers Guild of America denied Andrew Kevin Walker a screenplay credit for his script-doctoring work on this film, so he receives "special thanks" in the end credits.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Harvey Girls (1946)?
a.		After shooting was completed, Fox made back some of the films immense cost by selling many of the set pieces, props, and costumes to Paramount, which then employed them in an even bigger epic, Cecil B. DeMilles remake of The Ten Commandments.
b.		During filming of this movie, Anthony Perkins was diagnosed as HIV-positive when he went to a clinic for routine medical examination.
c.		The Harvey House restaurants were established by Fred Harvey in 1870 to provide good, inexpensive food and lodging in clean, elegant surroundings for travelers in the western United States. At the chains peak, there were some 84 Harvey Houses throughout seven states, all operated in conjunction with the Santa Fe Railroad.
d.		The same bear, same director (William Girdler), same actors (Christopher George and Richard Jaeckel) and same producer (Edward L. Montoro) all returned to make Day of the Animals.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Harvey Girls (1946)?
a.		The filming of the "Last Stand" sequence from this movie involved some 200 horsemen charging around in pretend battle and was so dangerous that one day during filming Anthony Quinn, who played Crazy Horse, arranged as a gag for a hearse to show up at the filming location
b.		Judy Garland missed 11 days of shooting and was late 40 times.
c.		Ron Howard turned down the offer to direct The Chamber to direct this film.
d.		Gilliam admitted he was disappointed with Joseph Melito. He felt he wasnt the right child actor to play Young Cole, and even had a backup on standby if his scenes didnt come off like they should.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Harvey Girls (1946)?
a.		In the big production number "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", from Judy Garlands entrance until the tempo change is one take. Rumor has it they only shot it twice and she was dead on both times.
b.		Liv Tyler and Claire Danes were each considered for the role of "Lyla Novacek" before Keri Russell was cast.
c.		The city of Salamanca may have been chosen to poke fun at the many plot twists in the story. Salamanca (or Salamangka) is a common Tagalog (Filipino) word for "trick" or "sleight of hand." The Philippines were a Spanish colony from 1521 to 1898.
d.		The original script had the nuclear missile from Superman releasing Zod and companions from the Phantom Zone. This scene was added to "The Richard Donner Cut" DVD edition, subsequently for continuity sake, the scene in Paris was deleted.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Harvey Girls (1946)?
a.		The longest British animation film.
b.		The prominent role of Tim was offered to Adam Breske without the knowledge that in two weeks he was going to leave the country for six months. Breske agreed to play the part on the condition that his scenes could be completed before his departure. His entire performance (50 pages of the screenplay) was shot in ten days.
c.		Several technicians are seen wearing shirts reading "Cayuga" on the back. Cayuga Productions was the name of Rod Serlings company that produced The Twilight Zone.
d.		The setting of the story in "Sandrock" and the design of the Harvey House sets that stood on MGMs Back Lot #3 and on the sound stage for this film were inspired by the Castaneda Harvey House in Las Vegas, New Mexico, which still stands as a National and State Historic Landmark of New Mexico, along the old Santa Fe tracks and just to the north of that towns current Amtrak station. Amtraks Southwest Chief still stops at the station, but the Castaneda is vacant and fenced off. Although the studio sets were constructed of wood, elements from the Castanedas basic exterior architecture and of the interior dining room were applied to the set designs for this film. A few of the historic incidents that had occurred at the Castaneda were incorporated into the script. A large outcrop of rock such as that where Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) and Ned Trent (John Hodiak) meet can be seen from the Castaneda across a small prairie. The balcony upon which Garland, Cyd Charisse and Virginia OBrien share a song is a replication of the Castanedas street-side second-floor balcony. And yes, a saloon once existed directly across the street from the Castaneda in a building which is now abandoned. All of the sets from the The Harvey Girls were built in Culver City, California; most of them utilizing existing western street buildings on the back lot; using the Castaneda and Las Vegas, New Mexico, only as a blueprint for elements in the script and for set design. However, the Castaneda and much of Las Vegas, New Mexico, would later be used as an actual location in Red Dawn.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Harvey Girls (1946)?
a.		Ghost Dog shoots Handsome Frank first in the stomach, then in the chest, then in the head. These shots follow the same pattern as seppuku, Japanese ritual suicide, in which the first cut with a sword or knife is made across the belly, the second cut up toward the sternum, and finally the suicide dips his head and is decapitated by his assistant.
b.		Third and final entry in a trilogy of "streamlined" features from Hal Roach featuring Jimmy Rogers and Noah Beery Jr.. First in the series was Dudes Are Pretty People; second was Calaboose.
c.		Ray Bolger was burned by steam from the train during production of the "On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe" number.
d.		Sections of the film were photographed on location in Jamaica and the Bahamas, by director Richard Fleischer and a crew of over 400 technicians.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Harvey Girls (1946)?
a.		After devouring a security guards brain, a zombie picks up a phone the guard had been speaking into and says, "Send more security guards!" This pays direct homage to the original "The Return of the Living Dead" (1985), in which a zombie who devours a paramedic picks up a CB radio the paramedic had been speaking into and says, "Send more cops!"
b.		DeWayne Jessies performance as "Otis Day" was so successful that he legally changed his name to Otis Day, and toured and recorded with Otis Day and the Knights.
c.		Two musical numbers (music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Johnny Mercer), "March of the Doagies" and "My Intuition", the former a Judy Garland production number with a reprise, the latter a Garland-John Hodiak duet, were deleted from the film before its release. The first "March of the Doagies" can be viewed in the film Thats Entertainment! III and both numbers (including the "Doagies" reprise) can be viewed in the special features section of The Harvey Girls DVD and in the "Thats Entertainment" Box Set.
d.		Clyde (Kevin Spacey) asks for and later receives a Superman cape from Santa Claus. Spacey played Supermans archenemy Lex Luthor in Superman Returns.

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