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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Sign of the Cross (1932) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Sign of the Cross (1932) - 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 Sign of the Cross (1932).
About the movie:
After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sign of the Cross (1932)?
a.
The
The Third Man
reference has to do with a speech
Orson Welles
gives about Switzerlands only contribution to the world being the cuckoo clock.
b.
The sets for this film cost $44,900 in labor and materials, and set dressing came in at $9,159.
c.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #10 Greatest Movie of All Time.
d.
Both the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service and the United States Border Patrol assisted in a consultancy capacity in the production of this movie.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sign of the Cross (1932)?
a.
M. Night Shyamalan
pitched the film as a cross between
The Exorcist
and
Ordinary People
.
b.
The John Garfield character (Johnny Bradfield/Jack Dorney) is obsessed with not being made a sucker. The word "sucker" is used 19 times in the film.
c.
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 Universal ever since.
d.
The scene where Poppaea bathes in milk was held up for a week while
Claudette Colbert
finished
The Phantom President
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sign of the Cross (1932)?
a.
Paramount Pictures still had costumes from
Cecil B. DeMille
s
The Ten Commandments
, and he was offered the chance to use them, along with standing sets, free of charge to keep production costs down.
b.
Film debut of
Roger C. Carmel
.
c.
Bernadette Balagtas
(Rose Mercado) had injured her ankle while basketball training for the movie. She had to wear an ankle brace throughout the entire filming schedule. The brace had to be digitally removed in one of the major dance sequences where her ankle is prominently featured.
d.
The teardrop-shaped formations in the background when the ship is taking off from an alien planet are based on
Roger Dean
s cover for Yess album "Yessongs".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sign of the Cross (1932)?
a.
Despite the title, the plot of "The Unearthly" contains no extraterrestrial element.
b.
The cameo in this film was the last movie appearance for
Harry Ritz
, whom
Mel Brooks
described as "the funniest man on Earth" and one of his strongest comedic influences.
c.
Filming was supposed to begin on June 11, 1932. It was pushed back a week so
Fredric March
would have enough time to finish
Smilin Through
.
d.
Both the Cornell and Dartmouth hockey teams were played by Dartmouths actual team. Cornell hockey coach Ned Harkness only allowed Cornell jerseys to be used in the film on the condition that Cornell win the game with Harvard.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sign of the Cross (1932)?
a.
When Mighty Joe Young gets frustrated, he pounds the ground with his fist.
Ray Harryhausen
was inspired to do this by the scene from
King Kong
where Kong pushes open the gates, then forcefully brings his hand down.
b.
Variety called this movie director "
Richard Brooks
shriek of protest at what he sees as the insane, downward spiral of world history over the past decade to that time."
c.
Fredric March was approached by Charles Laughton (a known homosexual) during the filming of "Sign of the Cross", and as March recalled to Lawrence Quirk, Laughton always made him very nervous and uncomfortable, especially when he used to try to look up his toga.
d.
The sailing ship used during the dock-side fight was the same one used during filming of
The Sea Hawk
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sign of the Cross (1932)?
a.
Mila Kunis
was brought into the project as requested by director Darren Aronofsky. And got the role without officially auditioning.
b.
One of the scenes cut from the movie was a scene that showed a group of soldiers playing soccer. The scene was cut because a shot revealed they were not using a soccer ball, but a human head.
c.
Reportedly, when
Cecil B. DeMille
heard the booming voice of
John Carradine
, he chased him down the boulevard until he caught up with the unemployed actor, who wound up doing 5 features for the famed director.
d.
The explosion of Jack Slaters ex-wifes house was used from
The Last Boy Scout
, also written by
Shane Black
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sign of the Cross (1932)?
a.
Director
Allan Dwan
was at the home of a friend who was an executive at Paramount Pictures, discussing casting for this film. Dwan looked out the window and saw a group of neighborhood kids playing baseball on the street, and noticed a young girl of about 12 who was playing better than any of the boys on her team. He thought she would be perfect for a role in this picture, and after talking to her parents, hired her for this film. The girl was
Carole Lombard
.
b.
Michael Kenworthy
fondly recalls on-screen sister
Shawnee Smith
as his first major crush in real life. According to him, "She and I hit it off pretty well... Whenever she went to hug me, Id give her the hug plus a kiss. That *always* made her blush!"
c.
Every day during filming
Errol Flynn
would drive on the Warner Bros. lot wearing a windbreaker with no shirt, slacks with no underwear and shoes with no socks. The wardrobe people would provide him with a shirt, underwear and socks, and at the end of the days filming he would wear them home. The next day he would arrive on the lot, again with no shirt, underwear or socks, and again he would be supplied those items by wardrobe. Co-star Paul Picerni (I) noticed it after several days, and asked Flynn what he did with all the shirts, socks and underwear hed accumulated after several weeks of filming. Flynn replied that he threw them in a closet when he got home. Picerni asked, "But what do you do with them?" Flynn replied, "Nothing. It just gives me pleasure to steal from Jack Warner."
d.
Crowd extras were paid around $10.00 a day.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sign of the Cross (1932)?
a.
Elvis Presley
was considered for the role of La Boeuf, the Texas Ranger. However, his manager "Colonel"
Tom Parker
insisted that Presley should receive top billing, so the part was given to
Glen Campbell
instead.
b.
In the Unrated DVD version of the film, the word "fuck" is spoken 128 times.
c.
Was filmed in 19 days.
d.
Cecil B. DeMille
deliberately cast
Claudette Colbert
against type as Poppaea. Until then, Colbert had been playing innocent ingénue roles, and this was her first wicked role, which she relished playing.
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