Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Life of Riley (1949) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Life of Riley (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 Life of Riley (1949).

About the movie: A factory worker's family is thrown into an uproar when his teenage daughter starts to date his boss' son.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life of Riley (1949)?
a.		Sgt. Wells surname is only mentioned once in the film. His first name (Harry) is never mentioned at all.
b.		Silent screen legend, Lillian Gish, was filmed for a scene in "Zelig". She scolded director of photography, Gordon Willis, on his lighting set-up and, while the crew watched aghast, gave Willis step by step instructions on how to re-light the scene. Willis complied. The scene did not make it into the final version of the film.
c.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 8, 1950 with William Bendix, Rosemary DeCamp, Meg Randall, John Brown and Richard Long reprising their film roles.
d.		When this film swept the 20th Annual Razzie Awards, "winning" 5 statuettes including Worst Picture, Robert Conrad, who played James West in the original 1960s TV series, accepted three of the awards in person as his way of expressing his low opinion of what had been done with his source material.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life of Riley (1949)?
a.		Russell Bobbitt tracked down a model of the original tricorder from Star Trek and brought it to the set, but the actors found it too large to carry for filming action scenes, so technical advisor Doug Brady redesigned it to be smaller.
b.		In the original novel, the character of Caroline was French. The characters nationality was changed when Laura Linney expressed interest in the role.
c.		Steven Spielberg came close to working with Cate Blanchett nearly a decade earlier, when she was cast as the pre-cog Agatha in Minority Report. However, the death of Stanley Kubrick prompted him to decide to make Artificial Intelligence: AI first. Blanchett went on to other projects, and was replaced by Samantha Morton.
d.		Rosemary DeCamp (as Peg Riley), Lanny Rees (as Junior Riley) and John Brown (as Diggby Digger ODell, the Friendly Undertaker) all reprised their movie roles in the original 1949 "Life of Riley" TV series.

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