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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Lady Gambles (1949) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Lady Gambles (1949) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Lady Gambles (1949).
About the movie:
A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lady Gambles (1949)?
a.
Hours before Howard Unruh went on a shooting rampage that eventually killed 13 people, he told police interrogators he planned his crime while watching the double feature "The Lady Gambles/"I Cheated the Law" three times in a Philadelphia theater. He claimed Barbara Stanwycks character reminded him of one of his intended victims. The horrendous crime took place in Camden, N.J. 6 September 1949.
b.
The black sports car that
Elizabeth Hurley
(the Devil) drives in the beginning of the film is a Lamborghini Diablo.
c.
The Warden, who is never named during the film, at one point refers to his "predecessors, Wardens Johnston and Blackwell." Warden Blackwell was the actual warden at the time of
Frank Lee Morris
s escape, and this script reference was clearly done to avoid legal trouble.
d.
Jane Powell
was pregnant during the filming of this movie.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lady Gambles (1949)?
a.
Robert Rodriguez
specifically wrote the part of Dakota for
Marley Shelton
after working with her on
Sin City
.
b.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 14, 1950 with
Barbara Stanwyck
and
Stephen McNally
reprising their film roles.
c.
Alfred Hitchcock
: about 10 minutes in, sitting next to John Robie (
Cary Grant
) on a bus.
d.
Had the film been distributed under its original title, "Cheap", the film would have been advertised as "
Roger Corman
s Cheap!" When Corman realized that the title was a shot at his production techniques, he asked that the title be changed.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lady Gambles (1949)?
a.
Although not listed in the official Writers Guild of America information,
Bo Goldman
received an on-screen-credit for having co-written the script.
b.
The band playing during the party scene is the Boston-based Ska band the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
c.
The industrial crane used for crane shots on this movie could elevate higher than the ferris-wheel seen in the amusement park. The crane was gigantic. It had three sections which could each extend fifty feet. The films D.O.P. wanted to have one on every movie he worked on.
d.
Lux Video theater did an adaptation of the story in 1955 with
Martha Hyer
,
Lyle Bettger
, Anthony Caruso, and
Barbara Pepper
in the four principle roles.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lady Gambles (1949)?
a.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 8 seconds
b.
This is the first entry in the series to feature the biggest, most destructive and deadliest kind of sphere: the Gold Sphere. Its the one armed with a laser, that pursues Mike and Liz crashing through several doors and ends up killing an undertaker by drilling his body from the back to the mouth.
c.
The scene where Corrigan (
Steven McNally
) tells the girls "No-one uses my first name....because its Horace" could well have been an in-joke as Steven McNallys birth name was Horace Vincent McNally.
d.
Jeffrey Whites Mansion is a real mansion in Purchase, NY that baseball player Alex Rodriguez once expressed interest in owning.
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