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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931).

About the movie: Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)?
a.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 16, 1942 with Marlene Dietrich, Edward G. Robinson and George Raft reprising their film roles.
b.		The gun that Rome carries is a stainless Magnum Research Baby Eagle.
c.		Before writer Charles MacArthur was assigned to the project, he saw a preliminary script and protested to MGM studio head Irving Thalberg that the play "The Lullaby" was hopelessly old-fashioned and wouldnt be a good film debut for his wife, Helen Hayes. Thalberg heard him out and told him, "You dont like it - youre a writer. You fix it," and hired MacArthur to do the script.
d.		Cary Grant considered himself to be miscast in this film.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)?
a.		After the success of Easy Rider, Universal Pictures hit upon the idea of letting young filmmakers make "semi-independent" films for low budgets in hopes of generating similar profits. The idea was to make five movies for low budgets ($1 million or less), not interfere in the filmmaking process and give the directors final cut. The other movies were: The Last Movie, Taking Off, Silent Running, American Graffiti.
b.		Although it was only William Wylers third all talking film, Walter Huston had already appeared in two talking short subjects and 10 talking feature films.
c.		While the characters of the film mostly speak Latin and Aramaic, there are instances where Hebrew was spoken: a) The gathering of the Sanhedrin (Jewish chief Rabbis); b) Simon of Cyrene speaking; and c) The woman who gave water to Jesus to his way to Golgotha.
d.		Helen Hayes was reportedly so appalled by her performance that she tried to buy the movie from the studio so that she could destroy it.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)?
a.		According to When the Lion Roars, Irving Thalberg and his producers were previewing films one night and he asked to see this one. Told it was hopeless, he asked to put it on anyway. After watching it, he remarked that it wasnt bad; the main thing to do was change the last seven minutes. Re-takes were done and Helen Hayes went on to win the Oscar for the part.
b.		Shannyn Sossamons character was originally "Girl with Pink Hair" but was changed after production was completed to "Pink Hair Girl".
c.		Kathryn Mullen: helps Miss Piggy after her purse is stolen.
d.		Tom Cruises character has a brother named Raymond. This was also the case in Rain Man.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)?
a.		One of the first ideas for Lando Calrissian was to have him as a clone who survived the Clone Wars who leads legions of clones on a planet they settled on. Another idea had Lando as the descendant of survivors of the Clone Wars, born into a family who reproduced solely by cloning. Originally, his name was "Lando Kadar".
b.		A studio cast list, dated 15 June 1931, lists the following performers (and character names), all of whom were replaced and did not appear in the movie: William Bakewell (Jacques), Tenen Holtz (Emil), Lloyd Ingraham (Claudet), Claire McDowell (Angeline), Bradley Page (Salignac), Aileen Pringle (Suzette) and Margaret Seddon (Grandmother). In the final rewritten script, many of these characters were eliminated. A modern source lists Otto Hoffman in the cast as "Official," but he was not seen in the movie.
c.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 4, 1950 with Olivia de Havilland and Charles Boyer reprising their film roles.
d.		Director F.W. Murnau wanted Camilla Horn (with whom he had worked in Germany on Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage) for the part of "The Wife", but she was under contract to the German studio UFA at the time and they refused to loan her out, so the part went to Janet Gaynor.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)?
a.		The prince is named after Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
b.		According to Anthony Holdens book "Behind the Oscar" (1993), M.G.M. production chief Irving Thalberg, when pondering a soap-opera-ish script, gave it the green light with the immortal words, "Lets face it. We win Academy Awards with crap like Madelon Claudet."
c.		There is an oil painting in Bisons private quarters of a frowning clown holding a cluster of balloons and wearing Bisons signature cap. This is a reference to the famous "Pogo the Clown" oil paintings done by the infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
d.		The Banco de Isthmus was filmed at Mexicos main post office, an old elaborate building of European styling. A real bank in Mexico called Bancomer denied permission to shoot there because it was felt that the image of the bank in the movie would be affected by the fictional money laundering story elements.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)?
a.		Edward Knoblocks play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 17 September 1923 and closed in January 1924 after 144 performances. The opening night cast included May Robson, Rose Hobart, Frank Morgan, Leonard Mudie and Charles Trowbridge.
b.		Robin Williamss seventh film to gross over $100 million in the US.
c.		The title comes from one of the final lines of "Hamlet", where a British ambassador enters the Danish court to find Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, and Laertes all dead. The ambassadors line is, "...To tell the King his commandment is fulfilled, that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead."
d.		Madonna auditioned for the role of Claire Lewicki.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)?
a.		Mitchell Cox (Dr. Anderson) was not an actor but was actually the vice-president of the Pepsi-Cola Company. Joan Crawford had made this arrangement without consulting with producer William Castle.
b.		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.
c.		After the film flopped badly on its first preview, Irving Thalberg ordered it back into production and had about one-third of the film re-shot. Since Helen Hayes was already making her second film, Arrowsmith, she was called back to work on the "Claudet" retakes during her only times off from shooting "Arrowsmith," Saturday afternoons and Sundays. When Samuel Goldwyn, the producer of "Arrowsmith," heard that Hayes was working seven days a week and making two films simultaneously, he insisted that Hayes stop doing "Claudet" retakes until "Arrowsmith" was finished.
d.		This film was edited using Apples (relatively) inexpensive "Final Cut Pro" software on Macintosh computers to reduce costs.

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