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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Shop Around the Corner (1940).
About the movie:
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realizing that they're falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)?
a.
The initials of the stagecoach line in the movie are "GMC" which continued the use of GMC trucks in the
Richard Donner
/
Mel Gibson
Lethal Weapon series. GMC trucks have been driven by Gibsons character in every Lethal Weapon movie.
b.
This 12-chapter serial was filmed in 18 days,completed December 1932,and the first of Bela Lugosis five serials.
c.
Several people who are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were the Customers,
Claire Du Brey
,
Mira McKinney
,
Renie Riano
and
Ruth Warren
.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)?
a.
For the sex scene on the stairs,
David Cronenberg
was concerned about the two actors getting hurt on the hard wooden steps. He asked his stunt man whether or not he had any stunt pads to soften up the stairs. The stunt man laughed, saying that in the twenty years he had been working as a stunt man, no director had ever asked him for stunt pads for a sex scene. Pads were not used for most of the scene however, and in the shot when Edie is naked on the bed with bruises visible on her back, make-up was used to hide the amount of bruises that
Maria Bello
received from the scene.
b.
Danny Archer has a tattoo of an African buffalo with two crossed arrows on his shoulder, this is the unit emblem of 32 Battalion sometimes called the "Buffalo Battalion".
c.
While directing this movie,
Ernst Lubitsch
drew upon his extensive experiences working in his fathers Berlin shop as a young lad. At the films January 25, 1940 premiere at Radio City Music Hall, Lubitsch remarked, "I have known just such a little shop in Budapest...The feeling between the boss and those who work for him is pretty much the same the world over, it seems to me. Everyone is afraid of losing his job and everyone knows how little human worries can affect his job. If the boss has a touch of dyspepsia, better be careful not to step on his toes; when things have gone well with him, the whole staff reflects his good humor.
d.
In the 1970s businessman Wade Williams acquired the rights to Rocketship X-M and proceeded to produce new special effects sequences to take the place of the films original effects scenes. New shots included a model of the rocket in space, sequences depicting the ship descending toward and taking off from Mars, re-filmed sequences on Mars with new actors, and the use of stock footage of an actual nighttime rocket take-off in the launch sequence at the start of the movie. These sequences were substituted for original footage that was cut from the film, and were seen on the initial VHS and DVD releases in the US. In the 1990s, however, much of this substitute footage was removed and the original scenes restored. The only remaining updated effects sequences occur in the initial launch from Earth, and shots of the rocket landing on and departing from Mars (all of which used stock footage of a V-2 rocket in the original). However, the complete, uncut, original version of the film remains unavailable.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)?
a.
The hand and stomach on the films poster do not belong to
Mena Suvari
, but are in fact those of actress/model
Chloe Hunter
.
b.
To make sure his film was stripped of the glamor usually associated with him, Lubitsch went to such lengths as ordering that a dress Sullavan had purchased off the rack for $1.98 be left in the sun to bleach and altered to fit poorly.
c.
The name of one of the towns, Bala Cynwyd, is a Philadelphia suburb, where executive producer
Mitchell Kohn
attended junior high school.
d.
Actor Antonio Mendoza (who plays the devil) is blind in real life.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)?
a.
Throughout the movie, a mole on the face of Prince John (
Richard Lewis
) changes position: it starts on his left cheek, then over to his right cheek, then his chin, then his forehead. It then goes back to the original place. This lampoons the mole on
Alan Rickman
s face in
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
. Its also a nod to the famous "I-gors hump" gag from
Young Frankenstein
.
b.
The 1,000 ton floating set used up all the available steel in the Hawaiian Islands. When more was required, it had to be flown in from California.
c.
The principal (Principal Squiggman) is played by
David L. Lander
, who played greaser Squiggy on
Laverne & Shirley
(theres a bottle of Schotz beer, from the brewery where Laverne and Shirley worked, in his office). The principal in
Scream
, which
Scary Movie
parodies, was played by
Henry Winkler
, who played greaser Fonzie on
Happy Days
.
d.
In the Book "Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise", Ernst Lubitsch called this film "the best picture I ever made in my life."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)?
a.
Ernst Lubitsch
delayed the start of the movie until both
James Stewart
and
Margaret Sullavan
were available. In the mean time, he filmed
Ninotchka
.
b.
Balto is one of the most famous Siberian Husky names. It is also a popular human name.
c.
In 1997,
Angela Bassett
and
Janet Jackson
were approached to play Storm, and later
Jada Pinkett Smith
was in consideration for the role. Bassett would later go on to play Amanda Waller in
Green Lantern
.
d.
Ralph Macchio
(Daniel-san) pronounces the word "karate" in a neutral way, similar to how Mr. Miyagi says it. However, in
The Karate Kid, Part III
he goes back using a more American pronunciation, like he did in the first movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)?
a.
According to the Book "Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise", The Shop Around the Corner is the most meaningful tribute possible to the owner and employees of the long vanished Berlin clothing firm of S. Lubitsch.
b.
The character of Scotty is named after Raimis long-time friend
Scott Spiegel
and the character of Cheryl is named after
Cheryl Guttridge
, the star of Raimis short film
Clockwork
.
c.
The role played by
Jennifer Lopez
was originally intended for
Sandra Bullock
.
d.
Throughout the movie, Vic carries a civilian model Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifle and a Webley Break-Top Revolver. Both weapons were designed over 100 years ago, and both were made and widely used in Europe.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)?
a.
The film was originally developed as a remake of
M
.
b.
All scenes were reportedly shot in sequence.
c.
Wolfman Jack
, who played himself in the movie, was specifically chosen by
George Lucas
to play a role in the movie because Lucas remembered listening to him on the radio when Lucas was in high school.
d.
Promotionally released on VHS in a clamshell box. The last major motion picture released in that format was
A History of Violence
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)?
a.
The movies Director of Photography, Lisa Wiegand has taught cinematography at The American Film Institute, UCLA, and Loyola Marymount Universities and she volunteers her skills to the Sundance Institutes Filmmakers Lab.
b.
The play, "Perfumerie" (also known as "Illatszertár"), was copyrighted 10 November 1936.
c.
Doc Ocks lab where he has his initial accident is actually Anthology Film Archives, one of New Yorks most famous venues for avant-garde cinema, founded by legendary filmmaker
Jonas Mekas
.
d.
Michael Mann
made the movie as tribute to a detective friend of his in Chicago who obsessively tracked and killed a thief (named Neil McCauley) he had once met under non-violent circumstances.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)?
a.
This is the only Star Wars film where Darth Vaders signature theme "The Imperial March" is not played in some form or another - as it had not been written at the time.
b.
Soon after wrapping principal photography,
Ernst Lubitsch
talked to the New York Sun in January 1940. "Its not a big picture, just a quiet little story that seemed to have some charm. It didnt cost very much, for such a cast, under $500,000. It was made in twenty-eight days. I hope it has some charm."
c.
Charles Walters
s last theatrical feature as director.
d.
Eli Roth
s severed head can be seen amongst others. However,
Quentin Tarantino
s head is not in any scenes (Roth notes in the commentary on the DVD that the person he used is often confused as Tarantino, but it is not him).
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)?
a.
Included among the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
b.
Camille Erlangers "La Forfaiture", based on this movie, was the first opera written which was based on a motion picture.
c.
According to Bright Lights Film Journal website, When Kralik mentions "You read Zolas Madame Bovary," Klara immediately corrects him: "Madame Bovary is not by Zola," she snipes. The joke here is that though Klara knows who wrote Madame Bovary, she doesnt understand that she herself is living exclusively in Emma Bovarys world of impossible ideals.
d.
Morgan Freeman
s favorite film of his own.
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