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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Lady in Red (1979) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Lady in Red (1979) 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 in Red (1979).
About the movie:
1930's gangster era film about Dillinger and his last girl. Written by John Sayles.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lady in Red (1979)?
a.
The actual Second World War mission to raid Goa didnt just involved the Calcutta Light Horse unit. It also involved some members of the "Calcutta Scottish", a Scottish volunteer infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. Operation Boarding Party utilized fourteen men from the Calcutta Light Horse and four men from the Calcutta Scottish.
b.
The entire film was shot at the house the director grew up in - his mothers house.
c.
The movie was written and shot in two weeks at art-o-matic 2004 in Washington, DC
d.
Robert Forster
:
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lady in Red (1979)?
a.
Although
Quincy Jones
is the sole music credit during the opening titles, a dispute arose regarding much of the music in the film. As a result when the score was nominated for best original score at the Oscars, 12 musicians (including Jones) were listed as contributors to the score.
b.
Shot in four weeks.
c.
Stockard Channing
was not the first choice for the role of Rizzo;
Lucie Arnaz
was allegedly dropped from consideration when her mother,
Lucille Ball
, called Paramount and said, "I used to own that studio; my daughters not doing a screen test!" (Ball actually owned the studio Desilu which was bought by Paramount). The part went to Channing when the casting director remembered seeing her with Lucie in the play, "Vanities" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles (the third member of the cast was
Sandy Duncan
).
d.
Chapters: 1) Who Is the Clutching Hand? - 2) Shadows - 3) House of Mystery - 4) The Phantom Car - 5) The Double Trap - 6) Steps of Doom - 7) The Invisible Enemy - 8) A Cry in the Night - 9) Evil Eyes - 10) A Desperate Chance - 11) The Ship of Peril - 12) Hidden Danger - 13) The Mystic Menace - 14) The Silent Spectre - 15) The Lone Hand.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lady in Red (1979)?
a.
The original script named the heroine "Daphne" after the writer
Daphne Du Maurier
.
David O. Selznick
objected and the name was not used.
b.
The hospital ER featured in the movie was actually an old second-floor ICU.
c.
Blair Robertson
, who was one of the scriptwriters, plays Mrs. Steel in the TV news footage.
d.
The set for the whorehouse was laced with Christmas lights on the ceiling.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lady in Red (1979)?
a.
Joe Roberts
,
Buster Keaton
s career "heavy", made his last appearance in this film. Big Joe suffered a stroke during the filming, and was hospitalized. He insisted on returning to work, however, and died very shortly after the end of filming.
b.
The film claimed the English player Stan Mortensens scored a hat-trick in a FA Cup Final game 3 years earlier, when it was not to happen for 3 years in the future. This was the famous "Matthews Final" of 1953 named after Mortensens team mate Stan Matthews, despite Mortensens hat-trick. This hat-trick is also the first Wembley FA Cup Final hat-trick.
c.
Vito Scotti
s final film.
d.
John Sayles
original script ran 130 pages long.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lady in Red (1979)?
a.
In the scene where Travis gets bucked off his horse after Denver throws water on it,
Ben Johnson
did his own stunts. They used a genuine rodeo bucking horse and
John Ford
promised Johnston if he rode the horse he would not have to do anymore dialogue for the day. which apparently pleased Johnston. Johnston lasted 4 bucks and came off so hard he was almost knocked out. Unfortunately the shot was ruined by one of the wranglers running out to him and asking if he was all right as he lay on the ground. Ben Johnston had to get up and ride the horse again. This time he lasted ten bucks before he bailed off and Ford got his shot.
b.
TMA-1 stands for Tycho Magnetic Anomaly-1. The monolith was originally to have been a black tetrahedron; however, it did not reflect light properly.
Stanley Kubrick
then decided to use a transparent cube, but that proved to be too difficult to use because of the reflections created by the studio lights. Next came a rectangular monolith cast from Lucite that looked unconvincing, and finally the familiar black slab.
c.
John Sayles
original script had a more diverse array of hit songs from the late 20s and early 30s, but this idea had to be nixed because the budget was too low to pay for the clearance rights to all these songs.
d.
The word "fuck" is used 274 times in the 90.5 minute film. Thats 3.03 times per minute. Total profanities are 343 or 3.79 per minute.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lady in Red (1979)?
a.
This is the first film on which
Billy Wilder
and
Walter Matthau
worked together, though Matthau was Wilders first choice for the part in
The Seven Year Itch
that was eventually played by
Tom Ewell
.
b.
In later years co-star
Vincent Price
ridiculed the inanities in this film. After the Medved Brothers book "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time" came out in the late 1970s, Price declared in an interview that he could not understand how they could not include "Green Hell."
c.
Lewis Teague
was paid $11,000 dollars to direct this film. However, since this movie was made non-union he had to pay his entire salary as a fine to the Directors Guild.
d.
During shooting, Trey Moore preferred improvisation in dialogue scenes.
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