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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Narrow Margin (1952) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Narrow Margin (1952) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Narrow Margin (1952).
About the movie:
A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against their assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Narrow Margin (1952)?
a.
The entire Senate subplot, including the rape of Queen Gorgo, was invented for the film and does not appear in
Frank Miller
s original comic books. Millers comic book miniseries also has a lesser emphasis on monsters, with Ephialtes the hunchback, the immortals, all the animals, and the Ephors being the only "creatures" in the original story.
b.
Audrey Hepburn
won the role of Ann thanks to a legendary screen test. In it, she performed one of the scenes from the film, but the cameraman was instructed to keep the cameras rolling after the director said, "Cut." Several minutes of unrehearsed, spontaneous Hepburn was thus captured on film and this, combined with some candid interview footage, won her the role.
c.
David Torrence
was at one time cast as the Prime Minister, but did not appear in the film.
d.
The route the train takes is the route of the old Santa Fe Railroad. The Amtrak Southwest Chief takes that same route as of 2009.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Narrow Margin (1952)?
a.
Joyce Bryant
and Elizabeth Foster also did screen tests for the role of Carmen Jones.
Dorothy Dandridge
did her screen test working opposite veteran actor
James Edwards
in the role of Joe. Edwards, whose career was on the decline, was never considered for the role.
b.
In the cartoon where Elmer Fudd shoots Bugs Bunny, when we see a clapperboard, the director is J. Dante, the director of
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
.
c.
The movie took a total of 16 weekends to shoot, and two years to edit.
d.
In preference to removing various walls from the sets, director
Richard Fleischer
decided to make extensive use of a handheld camera that could be brought into rooms; this was one of the first films to do so. To save money the train sets were rigidly fixed to the floor, and the camera was moved to simulate the train rocking.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Narrow Margin (1952)?
a.
Won Best Cinematography at the 2009 Festivus Film Festival.
b.
Only four locations were used.
c.
Rated #1 of the 25 most controversial movies of all time. Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2006.
d.
Other than a brief scene in which a phonograph is playing, there is no music in the soundtrack.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Narrow Margin (1952)?
a.
Chapter Titles: 1. Daredevils of the Air 2. Death Takes the Wheel 3. The Trap That Failed
b.
One of the reasons why the film was renamed was because the studio thought people might think a film called "Sydney" might be about Australia.
c.
The opening "Wet Strip" in which Barb dances in a strip club with her breasts hanging out of her rubber dress whilst being sprayed with water was suggested by
Pamela Anderson
after she was inspired by a nightmare she had in which she was being sprayed with champagne whilst performing a "Nasty dance".
David Hogan
, who was under pressure to include more nudity, liked the idea and threw out the movies original opening to include it.
d.
The film was shot in 13 days and the only part actually filmed on board a train was a few seconds of the arrival in Los Angeles.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Narrow Margin (1952)?
a.
The dog Toby is named after a dog the director once had.
b.
Filmed in 1950, not released until 1952. According to director
Richard Fleischer
, when the film was finished RKO Pictures owner
Howard Hughes
heard good things about it and ordered that a copy of it be delivered to him so he could screen it in his private projection room. The film stayed in the projection room for more than a year, apparently because the eccentric Hughes forgot about it.
c.
Stanley Kubrick
delayed filming in order to wait until
Marie Windsor
was finished with another film,
Swamp Women
,
Roger Corman
s directorial debut.
d.
When Mystique reviews the information on the security guards at the facility housing Magneto, the following names are displayed, referencing crew members of the film: DeSanto, T. (
Tom DeSanto
, executive producer); Dougherty, M. (
Michael Dougherty
, screenwriter); Donner, L. (
Lauren Shuler Donner
, producer); Young, R.D. (possibly
Rob Young
, production sound mixer); Harris, D. (
Dan Harris
, screenwriter) C. L. G. - Classified; R. G. M. - Classified, and; Singer, B. (
Bryan Singer
, director). Bryan is the only one who gets his own photo - the others, including Ms. Donner, are given stock male guard photos.
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