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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Letter (1929) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Letter (1929) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Letter (1929).
About the movie:
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Letter (1929)?
a.
First posthumous Academy Award nomination for an actor: Jeanne Eagles for Best Actress 1928/29.
b.
Dan Duryea
plays Oscar Hubbard in this film, eight years after he had played Oscars son Leo in
The Little Foxes
.
c.
All the actors performed their own stunts. The most intense of these was when Marc Bossley (the Detective) scaled a three-story section of the building clinging to a barely secured pipe that was a mere three inches in diameter.
d.
Cagliostro appears in this movie as Spawns mentor. In real life, he was an occultist in the 1700s who traveled Europe and Egypt and would eventually found Occult Freemasonry. He was also a noted charlatan who would eventually be imprisoned in the Bastille and banished from France, then tried in Rome for heresy, magic, conjury, and Freemasonry. He died in solitary confinement in the castle of San Leo in 1795.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Letter (1929)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 23, 1942 with
Barbara Stanwyck
reprising her film role.
b.
The original Broadway production of "The Letter" by
W. Somerset Maugham
opened at the Morosco Theater on September 26, 1927 and ran for 104 performances.
c.
Three cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names):
Anna Demetrio
(Signora Milani),
George W. Jimenez
(Signor Calla) and
Abe Dinovitch
(Yodeller). Child actor
Bill Burrud
is listed as a cast member in some contemporary newspapers, but he was not seen either.
d.
John Denver
s "Rocky Mountain High", the song that accompanied most of the deaths in the original film, plays in the elevator that Eugene and Nora enter, and in the Dentist office.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Letter (1929)?
a.
The Stygian Witches were actually played by men.
b.
Eskay Harris Films produced this film in an attempt to capitalize on Vitagraphs planned production of
Black Beauty
, based on the
Anna Sewell
novel. They re-edited the existing film
Your Obedient Servant
with added footage and released it under the same title "Black Beauty". Vitagraph complained to the Federal Trade Commission, but not in time.
c.
The films star,
Jeanne Eagels
, died of a drug overdose shortly after this film was released. It was one of only two sound films she made.
d.
The Water in the tank where the climax was shot was filled with blue dye. The dye kept turning Micheal Caines and Lorraine Garys hair blue, this is why Michael Caine climbs aboard dry.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Letter (1929)?
a.
First American film of
Herbert Marshall
, who plays Leslie Crosbies murdered lover. In the 1940 remake, he plays her husband.
b.
Final film of
Virginia Valli
.
c.
On the DVD, director
Jon Turteltaub
says the initial rough cut was around four hours long.
d.
In October 1949,
Anne Baxter
was announced as the female lead.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Letter (1929)?
a.
The historical
Baby Face Nelson
was a gangster named Lester M. Gillis (a.k.a. George Nelson, "Big George" Nelson, Lester Giles, Alex Gillis, etc.) who was known for his hot temper and itchy trigger finger. He was killed in Barrington, Illinois, in November of 1934 - three years before the setting of the film.
b.
Adrienne Barbeau
s role was cut from the final finished film.
c.
The American movie debut of British character actor
Reginald Owen
.
d.
Contrary to popular belief, the detective that points his gun at himself several times was actually testing director
Edward D. Wood Jr.
to see if he would notice. Needless to say, Ed Wood didnt notice.
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