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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Unholy Three (1930) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Unholy Three (1930) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Unholy Three (1930).
About the movie:
"Talkie" remake of Tod Browning's 1925 silent film. A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Unholy Three (1930)?
a.
Shortly after the film
300
was released, there was considerable controversy as regards
Tyler Bates
s score. It was noted that Bates music borrowed heavily from
Elliot Goldenthal
s score for Titus. In particular, Bates "Remember Us" is identical in parts to Goldenthals "Finale", and "Returns a King" is very similar to "Victorius Titus". There was talk of an impending lawsuit, however, on 3 August 2007, Warner Bros. Pictures acknowledged on 300s official website, "a number of the music cues for the score of 300 were, without our knowledge or participation, derived from music composed by Academy Award winning composer Elliot Goldenthal for the motion picture Titus. Warner Bros. Pictures has great respect for Elliot, our longtime collaborator, and is pleased to have amicably resolved this matter." As a result, the composer credit on the 2009 Blu-ray re-release of 300, "300: The Ultimate Experience", features the note "Derived in Part from Pre-existing Compositions Not Authored by Tyler Bates".
b.
Bela Lugosi completed his scenes in March 1931, after "Women of All Nations" and before "The Black Camel."
c.
At the start of the bathroom scene,
Arnold Schwarzenegger
is whistling "Edelweiss", the Austrian folk tune from
The Sound of Music
. Schwarzenegger was born in Austria.
d.
Victor McLaglen
, could not be loaned out from Fox to reprise his role of Hercules from the original silent version of this film, so the part was eventually shortened in the final cut.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Unholy Three (1930)?
a.
The original end of this movie was exactly the same as the silent version (with Echo returning to the sideshow and allowing Rosie go back to Hector). This version was filmed, but it was later decided to re-shoot the end with the conclusion that it now has (with Echo boarding a train for prison).
b.
Danny Glover
was offered a chance to reprise his role in a flashback. He had to decline because of shooting conflicts with the movie
Blindness
.
c.
The third of seven movies featuring The Dead End Kids.
d.
The hardware store scene early in the film was shot at Laurel Hardware, which closed in 2009.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Unholy Three (1930)?
a.
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.
b.
Final film of
Lon Chaney
.
c.
According to TV Guide, this movie was an "attempt to recapture the mood of
Frank Capra
s films of the 1930s" whilst Allmovie states that this picture was "Reportedly, Ritts homage to
Frank Capra
s films of the 1930s."
d.
Matthew Broderick
, a friend of writer/director
Kenneth Lonergan
s, was the first actor cast in this movie. He visited Lonergan at his apartment, read the part of Brian and asked if he could audition for it. Lonergan then told him the part was already his.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Unholy Three (1930)?
a.
When on location, the crew built a large town set in which many of the buildings had practical rooms. These rooms soon became living quarters, holding areas and storage space. The editing lab was set up in the post office set.
b.
According to Director
Harold Ramis
he casted
John Candy
in the role of Laskey the Guard because he had enjoyed working with him on
Second City TV
(aka SCTV, Canadas version of
Saturday Night Live
) and that he also loved Candys "Paul Fistinyourface" character from the show. For the role of Laskey the Guard, Ramis directed Candy to portray the character as a sort-of relative to Paul Fistinyourface. Also worth mentioning is that
Eugene Levy
(the car salesman) also worked with Candy and Ramis on SCTV.
c.
Otto Preminger
wanted to film on location in Chicago and South Carolina, but studio records show the movie was shot entirely on the Fox lot. One notable exception was the childrens chorus scenes that were shot on location at a working dynamite factory. The parents, of course, were present, many of them sitting on boxes of explosives - idly smoking.
d.
Lon Chaney
s only sound film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Unholy Three (1930)?
a.
The two scenes where Rocky runs up the museum stairs (the first where he cant do it and the second during the "Gonna Fly Now" training sequence where he runs up them triumphantly) were filmed two hours apart. The first before the sun rose, the second afterwards.
b.
James T. Callahan
s last movie role. He died August 3, 2007 of esophageal cancer.
c.
Known as "The Man of 1000 Faces", Chaney signed a legal affidavit declaring all the voices he performed in this, his only talking film, were actually his own. Thus, in addition to multiple characters, he performed multiple voices.
d.
Billy jokingly tells the shopkeeper that he and his group are a special combat unit with the US Marine Corps after some Libyan terrorists. This may be a reference to
Back to the Future
, where Libyan terrorists were after Christopher Lloyds character, Doc Brown.
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