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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Helen Morgan Story (1957) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Helen Morgan Story (1957) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Helen Morgan Story (1957)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Helen Morgan Story (1957).

About the movie: Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Helen Morgan Story (1957)?
a.		The original play first opened on 5 February 1924 in New York.
b.		Before settling on Mark Ruffalo for the role of Chuck Aule, Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese also considered Robert Downey Jr. and Josh Brolin.
c.		Cel animation was produced and shot for this film, but was cut out at the last minute. Only a few brief segments of the film were drawn from scratch, with much of the film rotoscoped, and some sequences combining non-rotoscoped live-action footage with animation.
d.		Leonid Kinskeys final movie.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Helen Morgan Story (1957)?
a.		According to Rich Little, the voice of Alfonso Bedoya was dubbed by Peter Sellers.
b.		The character Matthew Hooper is named after Richard Dreyfusss character in Jaws.
c.		Patti Page relates in her new book that she had tested for the title role of Helen Morgan wearing a dark wig before they cast Ann Blyth.
d.		An early draft of the script had the young Sil calmly killing a friendly cab driver. In an effort to keep the audiences sympathy for her character (and to make the murder of the porter more shocking) the scene was changed to Sil killing a tramp in self defense after he attempts to attack her.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Helen Morgan Story (1957)?
a.		Natalie Schafers first film performance.
b.		Although Ann Blyth had done her own singing in her other movie musicals, her trained soprano voice was judged too operatic for the role of Helen Morgan, and pop singer Gogi Grants voice was dubbed in. Ironically, the real Helen Morgans light soprano voice was actually closer to Blyths in quality than it was to Grants. Ann Blyth revealed to writer-producer John Fricke that studio head Jack L. Warner had insisted on an intense, belting, Judy Garland-type sound for the films Morgan.
c.		According to Clint Eastwood biographer Marc Eliot the addition of a black partner Early Smith was a "conscious attempt by Warner to ameliorate the outrage that the punk in the Do you feel lucky? scene (in Dirty Harry) was black."
d.		Roald Dahl is one of Wes Andersons heroes.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Helen Morgan Story (1957)?
a.		Dedicated to Rainer Werner Fassbinder with whom director of the film, Ulli Lommel, worked in 1960s and 1970s.
b.		Others considered for the role of Helen Morgan were Judy Garland (who reportedly said about the part, "No more sad endings for me"), Susan Hayward, Jennifer Jones and Peggy Lee.
c.		Mary, the zombie in Shauns backyard, works at Landis Supermarket. This is a nod to John Landis, who directed An American Werewolf in London, and to the British chain of convenience stores named Londis.
d.		On the first take of the final bridge sequence, the explosions on the bridge didnt detonate. The train crossed over safely, only to crash down a hill on the other side.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Helen Morgan Story (1957)?
a.		The nightclub has scenes from Dementia 13 (also directed by Francis Coppola) projected onto the wall.
b.		River Phoenix wrote his characters song Lone Star State Of Mine especially for the film.
c.		As with many other films made in the 1950s, this movie was preceded by a television episode of an anthology series. The original, live production of _"Playhouse 90: The Helen Morgan Story" (1957)_, starring Polly Bergen, was presented on CBS TV five months before the release of the film version. Miss Bergen won that years Emmy Award for Best Single Performance, Lead or Support, by an actress.
d.		In the softball game scene, Joan Cusack wears a "Peaches" baseball cap, a reference to A League of Their Own which was directed by Penny Marshall (director Garry Marshalls sister) and which co-starred Ann Cusack (Joans sister).

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Helen Morgan Story (1957)?
a.		Anthony Perkins had to bat and throw with his opposite hand to portray the right handed Jimmy Piersall.
b.		Keith Harings "Free South Africa" poster is seen in a few background shots as it is in Scrooged, also directed by Richard Donner.
c.		This movie was originally planned for Doris Day to star in. This is one of the few planned projects that Day vehemently refused to play. She did not feel she wished to portray the sordid aspects of Helen Morgan and it would be totally different from her screen image.
d.		Gay rights activists were against the way the gay characters were portrayed that they blocked the set numerous times while in San Francisco. Director Paul Verhoeven had to issue fake call sheets to trick the protesters into blocking unused locations. When the movie was released, the activists paraded around San Francisco theaters handing out flyers saying "Catherine did it" to ruin the plot for moviegoers. This didnt seem to impact at all as the movie opened #1 on that same weekend and went on to become one of the highest grossing movies of the year.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Helen Morgan Story (1957)?
a.		This is the only film in which Peter Cushing appears as Frankenstein with Ygor as his assistant and the only film in which he appears as Frankenstein with Christopher Lee playing a vampire.
b.		A scene depicting the invisible Sebastian brutally raping his neighbor, then climbing off her as she wept was deleted because test audiences, still identifying with Sebastian, seemed to feel it was too early in the movie for him to have descended to that level of evil. Other deleted scenes included Sarah discussing with Linda and Matt the possibility that Sebastian had fondled her, Sarah confronting Sebastian about the death of the dog, and Linda being stalked by Sebastian. The latter two scenes contain footage that was used in the promotional trailers.
c.		Robert Mitchum lobbied unsuccessfully for the role of Chicamaw. He told Nicholas Ray that he was very familiar with bank robbers and chain gangs, and even cut and dyed his hair black (in the original treatment Chicamaw was an Indian). He was rejected because he had recently been nominated for an Oscar, and a supporting role was considered unworthy for a rising star.
d.		Sammy White, who plays himself, appeared with the real Helen Morgan in three productions of "Show Boat" - the original 1927 Broadway stage production, the first Broadway revival in 1932, and the 1936 film version. White played the comic role of hoofer Frank Schultz in "Show Boat".

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Helen Morgan Story (1957)?
a.		Alan Sues movie debut.
b.		Near the end of the film, the beginning of a TV news broadcast is abruptly interrupted by a message from the Womens Army. The opening animation for the news broadcast was the one used for New York TV station WNEW-TV (now WNYW), channel 5.
c.		The film garnered a lot of unwarranted PR as it was released roughly around the same time that Rob Lowes infamous sex tape came to light.
d.		The reminiscent wounded soldier in the makeshift Atlanta hospital talking to nurses Scarlett and Melanie about his "brother Jeff" was played by Cliff Edwards. Edwards later provided the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disneys classic Pinocchio and introduced the Academy Award winning song "When You Wish Upon A Star". Edwards is only heard, not seen, as the reminiscent solder in Gone with the Wind.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Helen Morgan Story (1957)?
a.		Mustang consumes a handful of food items during the film including a McDonalds cheeseburger, a bowl of rice, multiple juice boxes, two bottles of whiskey, a vanilla ice cream cone and gum.
b.		The true storys ending was quite different. Navy SEAL LT Tom Norris and Vietnamese SEAL Petty Officer Nguyen Van Kiet took a sampan in to pick up Col. Hambleton after repeated attempts failed with major losses of helicopters and men. LT Norris was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.
c.		The murder of Mary Kelly was the only one depicted in the film that didnt exactly follow the wound patterns found on the actual victim in 1888. The scene was toned down because that murder, Jack the Rippers last, was so gruesome that the producers feared an NC-17 rating had they actually shown a likeness of the victim, whose was found with both breasts severed, every facial feature slashed and torn, and the belly cut open. Her intestines were hung about the room like Christmas garlands. There is a well-known photograph of this victim, still in her death pose, that is included in almost every book about the Ripper murders.
d.		This was Warner Bros. only feature in black-and-white CinemaScope.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Helen Morgan Story (1957)?
a.		DIRCAM(Sam Mendes): Near the end of the film, when Ricky opens the kitchen door to discover Lester, the hand opening the door (to reveal the blood on the table) is that of director Sam Mendes.
b.		Warner Brothers released this as a double feature with Johnny Trouble.
c.		In a separately filmed trailer, Vitaphone production reel #3645, Jack Mulhall appears and talks to the audience about the picture.
d.		Re-released by MGM in 1964 to pad its 40th-anniversary schedule.

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