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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Misfits (1961) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Misfits (1961) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Misfits (1961).
About the movie:
A sexy divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle in early-sixties Nevada.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Misfits (1961)?
a.
Many in Hollywood were nervous that one of their most famous peers was going to tackle the subject of WWI. It was released shortly before the Armistice so it did not help boost national morale. But it did end up as one of
Charles Chaplin
s most popular films and it was particularly popular with returning doughboys.
b.
While many consider this to be the quintessential New York film, very little of it was actually shot there. Many scenes, including the famous pool hall sequence, were shot in Los Angeles.
c.
Yul Brynner
had a major say in casting decisions, including the decision to cast
Steve McQueen
. He specifically requested that McQueen be cast as Vin Tanner. Brynner later regretted the move since he and McQueen developed a disastrous relationship on set.
d.
Many people were shocked by the change in
Clark Gable
s voice, leading some to question whether he may have had lung cancer at the time of his death.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Misfits (1961)?
a.
Huston also provided an uncredited bit part to socialite Marietta Tree, who had been a long-time lover. Tree, born Mary Endicott Peabody, who hailed from one of New Englands oldest families, was also the lover of two-time Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson. Soon after this films release, she worked in the Kennedy Administration, representing the U.S. on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
b.
Was voted the 4th greatest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
c.
Not portrayed in the film is Steven Moore who, at 27 years old, was the junior member of the team who stayed in Moscow during the entire campaign. Much of the script was drafted using the daily memos that Moore wrote to keep the traveling senior consultants informed of developments on the campaign.
d.
This marked the first time chorus numbers were created exclusively for a film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Misfits (1961)?
a.
Stanley Kubrick
s frequent cinematographer
John Alcott
was approached to shoot the movie but turned it down, instead focusing on US-based projects, and Alcotts focus puller
Douglas Milsome
took over his duties. Filming took about six months and was shut down for 20 weeks from June 1985 to September 1986. Alcott died of a heart attack at end of July 1986.
b.
By the end of production, 3000 zombie make-up effects had been created.
c.
Clark Gable
s close friend
John Lee Mahin
tried to dissuade him from making the film, insisting the part required a better actor like
Spencer Tracy
. Gable initially felt out of place since
Marilyn Monroe
,
Montgomery Clift
and
Eli Wallach
all practiced the Method, which was like an alien religion to him.
d.
Nigel Harvey came to Director
Steve Rahaman
in the summer of 2008 with the idea for the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Misfits (1961)?
a.
According to Ronnie Defore, who maintains a fan website on his father at www.defore.net,
Don DeFore
appeared uncredited in this film.
b.
According to writer
Arthur Miller
,
Clark Gable
had already seen a rough cut of the movie by the last day of filming, and said, "This is the best picture I have made, and its the only time Ive been able to act."
c.
Comedian Ayanna Dookie stand up performance was recorded in front of a live audience during an open mic night for comedy.
d.
First picture to be released by the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studio.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Misfits (1961)?
a.
The biplane that Guido flies is a 1943 Meyers OTW. Its still registered today to a couple in Northern California.
b.
Peter Fonda was offered a role, but declined saying he was done with biker movies.
c.
The baby cry heard in the movie is the actual voice of Celeste Davis, which had been recorded and saved in a sound library over 10 years before the movie was shot. It was only by coincidence that the Supervising Sound Editor, who happened to be working at the very same company where the library was located, came upon a track called "Celeste Davis: Baby cry", and put the pieces together.
d.
Writer-Producer
Andrew J. Fenady
once said of meeting
Robert Sacchi
: "I swore there were times when I forgot I wasnt talking to Bogart - he was so much like him."
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Misfits (1961)?
a.
The final theatrical performances of both Monroe, Marilyn and Gable, Clark.
b.
The "Fountain Pen Sketch" was taken from the hit musical (over 400 performances) that opened in New York in 1948, and starred
Sid Caesar
.
Max Showalter
, who performs that specialty number in this movie, was also in that opening night cast playing the same role, as well as others.
c.
In the theatrical release,
H.R. Giger
is not credited for his part in the design of the Aliens. The video release has his name in the closing credits.
d.
In the original draft of the script, Barbossa was Italian not English.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Misfits (1961)?
a.
Much of the movie was shot on
Tommy Lee Jones
s own ranch.
b.
Director
John Huston
originally wanted
Robert Mitchum
to play "Gay Langland" but Mitchum didnt like the script and turned it down. Huston and writer
Arthur Miller
rewrote the script, but by the time Mitchum got to see the rewrite he had committed to another film. The role was instead offered to
Clark Gable
, who took it.
c.
Howard Stern
was offered an unspecified role in the film but he turned it down.
d.
This was the first filmed screenplay that
Stephen King
adapted from one of his own novels.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Misfits (1961)?
a.
This movie is based on the real life story of
Ed Rosenbaum
, M.D. Dr. Rosenbaum wrote an autobiography entitled "A Taste of My Own Medicine: When the Doctor Becomes the Patient". This book formed the basis for the movie and is presently out-of-print.
b.
Last film of Rico Alaniz.
c.
There is no dialogue for the first 10 1/2 minutes of this movie.
d.
Clark Gable
received $750,000 for the film plus $58,000 for each week of overtime.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Misfits (1961)?
a.
Costume designer
Janty Yates
and her team created more than 10,000 costumes for the cast and extras.
b.
This movie was on television on the night
Montgomery Clift
died. His live-in personal secretary, Lorenzo James, asked Clift if he wanted to watch it. "Absolutely not" was Clifts reply, the last words that he spoke to anyone. He was found dead the next morning, having suffered a heart attack during the night.
c.
Lillian Roth
was disappointed that MGM did not ask her to sing for
Susan Hayward
on the soundtrack. Coordinated with the movies release, Epic Records issued an album of Lillian reprising tunes associated with her career in vaudeville, on Broadway and in Hollywood. Containing 12 songs with an orchestra directed by
Don Costa
, the album used the same title ("Ill Cry Tomorrow") as Miss Roths 1954 autobiography (co-written with
Mike Connolly
and
Gerold Frank
), plus the 1955 biopic. Miss Roths LP contained the three complete numbers performed by Susan in the movie: "Sing You Sinners," "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin Along" and "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe." Lillians LP did not include "The Vagabond King Waltz" (sung partially on screen by Miss Hayward) nor the films promotional song (music by
Alex North
, lyrics by
Johnny Mercer
), a mournful ballad introduced on disc by Susan, who was backed by
Johnny Green
and His Quartette. Initially, the Hayward cut was released by MGM Records on both a 45-rpm single (flip side:
Cole Porter
s "Just One of Those Things") and on a six-selection EP. In 2004, the commercial theme recorded by Susan was reissued on the full soundtrack CD by Film Score Monthly.
d.
The scene in which Diane opens the bedroom door and is met with a fearsome scream was the first to be filmed.
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