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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Old Maid (1939) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Old Maid (1939) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Old Maid (1939).
About the movie:
The arrival of an ex-lover on a young woman's wedding day sets in motion a chain of events which will alter she and her cousin's lives forever.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Old Maid (1939)?
a.
Was intended as a low-budget imitation of
Elvis Presley
s musical movies, with added teen appeal, but the series took on a life of its own.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 30, 1939 with
Miriam Hopkins
reprising her film role.
c.
Several members of the cast were non-professionals at the time.
d.
Hume Cronyn
and
Jessica Tandy
playing the old married couple Joseph and Alma Finley had in real life also been married to each other for many years.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Old Maid (1939)?
a.
The 1935 Pulitzer Prize-winning play opened at the Empire Theatre in New York on Jan. 7, 1935 and ran for 305 performances. The leads were played by
Judith Anderson
and
Helen Menken
.
Marjorie Lord
, who later gained fame as the wife of
Danny Thomas
on TVs
Make Room for Daddy
, was a replacement cast member in a supporting role. Producer-Director
Ernst Lubitsch
bought the rights to the play, intending to star both
Judith Anderson
and
Helen Menken
in a Paramount production, but he sold the rights to Warner Bros. in Jan. 1939.
b.
Eli Hollander
had a particularly difficult time casting the role of Empty Fox. He attended powwows in search of the right person to hire for the role. Two names kept on coming up:
Rolling Thunder
(a star of
Little Big Man
) and
Grandfather Semu Haute
. Hollander set about calling Grandfather, who actually owned an early model mobile phone that he never answered. When Hollander finally contacted him about the script, the Native American non-actor said, "Interesting script, but I have two problems. One is the name Empty Fox, and two is the part where I pull out the whiskey." Hollander defended the name Empty Fox and offered to change the whiskey to Perrier. When Haute arrived on the set, he told Hollander that he could use the whiskey. Hollander liked the Perrier substitute better. The two argued and argued and ultimately it is the Perrier that Empty Fox pulls out and offers to
Peter Coyote
s character. Hollander also recalls how Granfather Semu Haute could not remember his lines and how he had to be constantly prompted throughout each of his scenes.
c.
A character says he "wouldnt know
J. Edgar Hoover
if he walked in here wearing a dress" - a subtle reference to the claims that Hoover was a cross-dresser in his personal life.
d.
Several people involved in this film were themselves on the McCarthy-era blacklists that it is about: director
Martin Ritt
; writer
Walter Bernstein
; and actors
Zero Mostel
,
Herschel Bernardi
,
Lloyd Gough
and
Joshua Shelley
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Old Maid (1939)?
a.
To get the effects of aging,
Bette Davis
didnt wear any eye makeup or lipstick, and makeup artist
Perc Westmore
used a pale, ashen base on her face.
b.
Shot on location in and around Nogales, Arizona, because the real Oklahoma in 1955 was so heavily farmed and developed that few suitable areas could be found that resembled the highly-rural and undeveloped Oklahoma of the turn of the century when the musical is set.
c.
Don Defores final feature film performance.
d.
Henry Fonda
originally turned down a role in the picture. Director
Sergio Leone
flew to the United States and met with Fonda, who asked why he was wanted for the movie. Sergio replied, "Picture this: the camera shows a gunman from the waist down pulling his gun and shooting a running child. The camera pans up to the gunmans face and... its Henry Fonda." (Until then, and with one exception, Fonda had only been cast in "good guy" roles. Leone wanted the audience to be shocked.)
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Old Maid (1939)?
a.
The first film to feature an African American as the lead comic book superhero.
b.
Humphrey Bogart
was originally cast as the male lead, but dismissed after four days filming.
c.
According to the commentary by
Wes Craven
, Angelina Tyler (
Emily Mortimer
) was supposed to be the second killer, as Roman Bridgers girlfriend and ex-classmate of Sidney from
Scream
, but the producers didnt like the idea.
d.
Olympic all around gold medalist
Carly Patterson
had a brief cameo in the film. She was the fan that asked one of the main characters for an autograph after the competition.
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