Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Singing Blacksmith (1938) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Singing Blacksmith (1938) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Singing Blacksmith (1938).

About the movie: Moishe Oysher gives his most robust performance as a passionate shtetl blacksmith who must struggle against temptation to become a mensch. Ulmer's film is a musical version of David Pinski's classic 1906 play Yankl der Schmid.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Singing Blacksmith (1938)?
a.		The play opened off-Broadway in New York City, New York, USA in 1909.
b.		The body bag Reese is put in at the end of the film is actually a suit bag owned by director James Cameron.
c.		Throughout the film Herbies name was said 60 times total and "Herb" was said once. Helen Hayes, as Mrs. Steinmetz, said Herbies name 28 times. Stefanie Powers, as Nicole Harris, said Herbies name 22 times. Ken Berry, as Willoughby Whitfield, said Herbies name 10 times and nicknamed Herbie, as Herb once. 28 + 22 + 10 + 1 = 61.
d.		Near the end of filming, Shia LaBeouf hit a prop and injured his eye. His injury required seven stitches, and the doctor literally held up a thumb and forefinger and said "Blindness." LaBeouf said it was the most insane experience hed been through, but he resumed filming two hours later.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Singing Blacksmith (1938)?
a.		Director Edgar G. Ulmer stated in an interview that the location shooting near Newton, NJ, was on land owned by the Catholic Monastery of the Benedictine Order, who were very cooperative in letting him build sets and film there, even supplying some monks who wore beards to be cast as extras. He also said there was a camp of a violent pro-Nazi organization called the German-American Bund nearby, and when they heard there was a company of New York Jews shooting a film in Yiddish near them, they threatened to assault the cast and crew and burn down the sets. Ulmer stated that the Benedictine monks - many of whom were Germans themselves - patrolled the films location at night carrying shotguns to guard against any attack by the Bund.
b.		Liam Neeson, who was attached to play the role of Abraham Lincoln since the projects beginning development decided to step down from the role after the several years of waiting on the project to be finally green lighted. According to Neeson, he felt he was too old to play part after waiting so many years for the project to get the go-ahead. Neesons leaving would lead to Spielberg re-casting the role of Abraham Lincoln. Daniel Day-Lewis was cast as the replacement.
c.		Color behind-the-scenes footage exists, including the only footage of an aborted ending in which soldiers break into a folk dance.
d.		Features nearly every member of the DC ComedySportz troupe at that time.

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