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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898).
About the movie:
EDISON's Copyrighted Production of THE PASSION PLAY All Moving Pictures. True to Life.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898)?
a.
Early audiences were led to believe that the film was a record of the actual Oberammergau Passion Play staged in Bavalia every 10 years. This would have been impossible, however, since the most recent time it had been staged was in 1890 - before the invention of the motion picture!
b.
Director
Howard Hawks
was replaced by
William Wyler
after Hawks was rude to producer
Samuel Goldwyn
.
c.
John Leguizamo
ate live maggots on pizza for this film.
d.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #18 Greatest Movie of All Time. It was the first inclusion of this film on the list.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898)?
a.
Angelina Jolie
s Jane and
Brad Pitt
s John ranked #3 on Moviefones The Top 25 Sexiest Movie Couples. May 2008
b.
Twinkies really are called "Submarinos" in Mexico.
c.
According to S. McKechnie, (writing in the early 1930s), the film was originally released in three reels. Since more recent sources claim it was a two-reeler, it is likely that it was cut to two reels after its first run.
d.
Because the contracts of
Richard Rodgers
and
Lorenz Hart
contained a clause stating they were a team, they both got on-screen credit for the lyrics of the songs, even though only Hart wrote them.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898)?
a.
A Jewel Production. Unlike most other major studios, Universal lacked its own theater network (a business move that would pay dividends after the 1949 Supreme Court anti-trust decision that would threaten many of its competitors).
Carl Laemmle
devised a 3-tiered branding system to market Universals product to independent theaters: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige pictures produced in hopes of commanding higher roadshow ticket prices). This system disappeared in late 1929.
b.
The projection equipment almost certainly used for the films first run was either an Edison Vitascope (provided by Edison), or an International Film Company Projectograph (provided by Porter).
c.
The lead role was originally offered to
Robyn Hilton
, who turned it down.
d.
There is some question about the authors of the song "Wherever You Are." Both the AFI Catalog and The Motion Picture Guide list them as
Charles Tobias
and
Cliff Friend
. However, published sheet music (Cinema Sheet Music, McFarland, 1991) indicate it was
Harry Ruby
and
Bert Kalmar
. Tobias and Friend did write a song called "Wherever You Are," but the lyrics are entirely different than those sung in this movie.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898)?
a.
Some sources date this film 1897. This is because although released in January 1898, it was completed in 1897. Since modern practice is to date a film by its release date, it is perfectly correct to date it 1898. Earlier sources using the 1897 date are also equally correct, however.
b.
First James Bond movie to take its title from an original
Ian Fleming
short story since
The Living Daylights
, a gap of twenty-one years. It is also the first time since this movie that James Bond has visited the opera.
c.
The high school shown in the movie is actually John Marshall High School, Los Angeles, CA.
d.
For his big scene in the opening sequence,
Kellan Lutz
chose not to sleep for a few days to get himself into character.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898)?
a.
Production delays caused
Chick Chandler
to be replaced by
Charles Williams
.
b.
While researching his characters occupation,
Kevin Bacon
had worked in the office of the Massachusetts State Police.
c.
When this movie was submitted for classification in the UK to the British Board of Film Classification, the board requested that six minutes from this picture be cut for it to garner an X Classification.
d.
Since there were no purpose built cinemas in 1898, after its first spectacular run on Broadway, the film was incorporated into religious services.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898)?
a.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 11, 1946 with
William Bendix
and
Phil Silvers
reprising their film roles.
b.
Due to the huge popular interest in the Oberammergau Passion Play (staged every ten years in Bavaria) there appears to have been a rush to put passion plays on film both in America and France. As a result, it is easy to confuse this production with others produced during the same general period.
c.
Re-rated "PG" on appeal after originally being rated "R" by the MPAA.
d.
When
Catherine Keener
gets on the helicopter around 25 minutes into the movie she receives a phone call. The voice on the phone is supposed to be speaking an African language. It is actually speaking Hebrew. It is the message one gets when one dials a non-existent number in Israel.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 2, 1942 with
Conrad Veidt
reprising his film role.
b.
Charlotte Lewis was only 18 when she filmed this movie.
c.
One of the first films to incorporate specially-built sets, it is variously claimed to be (a) the first narrative feature film, or (b) the first film to split the roles of director and producer.
d.
The portrait at the center of Giffords "wall" of paintings of his romantic conquests is the one of Gene Tierney used in "Laura" (1944), which was Clifton Webbs talking-picture debut and first Oscar-nominated role.
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