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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Man with the Golden Arm (1955).
About the movie:
Strung-out junkie deals with daily demoralizing drug addiction while crippled wife and card sharks continue to pull him down.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)?
a.
According to
Iván Fenyö
, almost 70% of his performance was cut out. Two months before the release of the movie the director phoned Ivan and told him that the studio didnt wanted most of the lines he had in the movie. According to the actor, some of his parts was about his notices as an East-European about democracy and the Gulf War.
b.
Tony Fish
would actually choke himself by tying a rubber band around his neck for the hanging scene. The idea was to make himself look as realistically dead as possible, so the pale color of his face was authentic.
Joe Giannone
worried at times that Tony would make himself pass out during takes.
c.
Composer Rudolf Friml had a stipulation in his contract that forbade the use of outside songs in this production. When Paramount was going to change the films title to IF I WERE KING, they insisted on a title song. When Friml was made aware of the new songs, he sued the studio. As a result Paramount changed the title back to THE VAGABOND KING & paid Friml $50,000 to allow for the use of non-original songs.
d.
Except for a few exteriors on the RKO backlot, the entire movie was shot on a soundstage
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)?
a.
Stanley Kubrick
: [three-way] Johnny Clay vs. George Peatty vs. Sherry Peatty.
b.
In the original novel, Frankie is gunned down by the police. This was changed for the movie and, in fact, the movie plot is very different from that of the original novel.
c.
Tom Hanks
character, Jimmy Dugan, is loosely based on real-life baseball sluggers Jimmie Foxx and Hack Wilson.
d.
Jack Mower
is listed in studio records as an actor in this film, but he was not seen in the print.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)?
a.
The various lights Malcolm used on the Stevenson ranch, were also the same lights used to help light the massive set during production.
b.
The "sun staring" scene was filmed at Paynes Prairie in Gainesville, Florida.
c.
In a conversation with
Robert Osborne
,
Frank Sinatra Jr.
said the hands in the tight shots of Frankies second dealing belong to
Milton Berle
.
d.
"Moco" means "booger" in colloquial Spanish.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)?
a.
This is the first film in which John Connor and his father Kyle Reese have appeared together (if one disregards the Special Edition of
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
, where Kyle Reese makes an appearance in a dream sequence that was deleted from the Theatrical Version).
b.
Ray Bradbury
turned down offers to collaborate on the screenplay, along with the screenplay for
Anatomy of a Murder
, which Bradbury claimed was $200,000 worth of work. Bradbury said of the refusal "I dont give a goddamn about drugs; it bores the hell out of me. I dont understand the people who take them. So why would I write a screenplay? Id get a writers block immediately."
c.
The scene of Sincere (
Nas
) and the 12 year old boy on the park bench is a direct reference to the last verse from Nas song "One Love", off his 1994 debut album Illmatic.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 8, 1942 with
Ray Milland
reprising his film role.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)?
a.
Marlon Brando
was offered the role of Frankie Machine, but
Frank Sinatra
jumped at the opportunity and was signed before Brando could accept.
b.
The glasses worn by the devil when she and Elliot are on the bus are similar to those worn by
Peter Cook
when he played the devil in the original version of
Bedazzled
.
c.
This movie was directed by
Lewis Milestone
who was a veteran of the war movie by the time he made this movie. His other war films had included by that time
Arch of Triumph
;
The Purple Heart
;
The North Star
aka Armored Attack;
Edge of Darkness
;
Our Russian Front
and
All Quiet on the Western Front
.
d.
Foley Artist
John Roesch
said he used a wet T-shirt crammed with jello to simulate the noise of E.T.s waddling walk.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)?
a.
The boy to play Emilio was cast through a national contest in Mexico. The winner was announced by the well known TV host and actor "Chabelo" during his show.
b.
Frank Sinatra
is mentioned twice in
Nelson Algren
s 1949 novel on which the film is based.
c.
Actress
Tia Shearer
was introduced to the producers during an open casting call. She was approached to play the part of Addy when the availability of previously cast
Leah High
became uncertain. After resolving the issue and impressed by her audition, the producers asked Shearer to play Anne Haran instead.
d.
The nurse remarks that Old Malla looks like she came right out of
The Mummys Tomb
, a movie produced by
Ben Pivar
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)?
a.
Demi Moore
was considered for the lead.
b.
Peter Boyle
was originally cast, but he died before shooting began.
c.
A promotional short was shot with twin Sony P-900s in order to give potential investors and distributors a camera test. It will appear on the feature DVD as a special feature with commentary.
d.
A poster for director
Otto Preminger
s
Carmen Jones
is prominently featured on the building across the street from the saloon during the opening scene.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)?
a.
The movies poster was as #14 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere.
b.
John Ford
s first film in color.
c.
An actual full-scale model of the Texas was built for the film. After the 1865 sequence was filmed, it was dismantled and reassembled in Morocco.
d.
According to the script, the chance cube that Watto rolled with Qui-Gon was fixed to land on red. Thats why he was so mad that Qui-Gon tampered with it to land on blue.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)?
a.
Jim Carrey
s ex-wife Melissa Womer has a small part as a Comedy Store waitress in the film. She is credited as
Melissa Carrey
.
b.
According to
Billy Bob Thornton
, he invented Karls unique facial expressions and speech patterns, plus ad-libbed the entire "sling blade" speech at the beginning of the film, while looking at himself in a make-up room mirror, waiting to film his scene as a train conductor in
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
. His scene was later cut from that film.
c.
According to director Jeff Lieberman despite the numerous reviews of Just Before Dawn that have implied it was inspired by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) or The Hills Have Eyes (1977), he had not seen either film at the time of making Just Before Dawn.
d.
The Motion Picture Association of America originally refused to issue a seal for this movie because it shows drug addiction. The next year the production code was changed to allow movies to deal with drugs, kidnapping, abortion and prostitution. The film was eventually assigned certificate no. 17011.
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