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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Uninvited (1944) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Uninvited (1944)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Uninvited (1944).

About the movie: A composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Uninvited (1944)?
a.		During breaks in filming, James Franco read works by William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer and John Milton.
b.		Elizabeth Russell posed for Mary Merediths face in her painting, while Lynda Grey for posed for her body.
c.		David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan collaborated on the story of the film. The script itself was written by Nolan and his brother Jonathan Nolan. After watching The Dark Knight, Goyer stated "I cant believe my name is on a movie this good".
d.		Ingrid Bergmans contract was owned by producer David O. Selznick, and producer Hal B. Wallis sent the films writers, Philip G. Epstein and Julius J. Epstein, to persuade Selznick to loan her to Warner Bros. for the picture. After 20 minutes of describing the plot to Selznick, Julius gave up and said, "Oh, what the hell! Its a lot of shit like Algiers!" Selznick nodded and agreed to the loan.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Uninvited (1944)?
a.		Of the nine movies she made with Spencer Tracy, this was Katharine Hepburns favorite.
b.		Helen Walker and Veronica Lake were tested for the lead roles.
c.		Whole movie was filmed using Eclair 16 mm camera. Theather cut and the version for released DVD is been blown up to 35 mm film.
d.		During production, local news stations sent helicopters to get aerial footage of the Alamo set. This was causing so much interference that everyone on the set was told to give the copters "the finger" so they could not use any footage.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Uninvited (1944)?
a.		According to an interview with Andrew G. Vajna, Ridley Scott was asked to direct the film, but he had already committed to Black Hawk Down.
b.		To ensure the people were in the theaters at the start of the film (rather than walking in part way through) the studio provided a record to play in the foyer of the theaters. The album featured background music, occasionally interrupted by a voice saying "Ten minutes to Psycho time," "Five minutes to Psycho time," and so on.
c.		The many prominent blue and gray "consoles" (the ones with a rotary knob on the right side) for Colossus are cannibalized console panels from several IBM 1620 computers remounted on prop "computers".
d.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on August 28, 1944 with Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey reprising their film roles.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Uninvited (1944)?
a.		With Ned Washingtons romantic lyrics added to Victor Youngs graceful melody, "Stella by Starlight" turned into a major hit song three years after the films release. Noteworthy recordings arrived in 1947 from Frank Sinatra on Columbia, Dick Haymes on Decca and Dennis Day on RCA Victor. Unfortunately, Mr. Youngs score failed to attain an Oscar nomination in the category of Dramatic Score of 1944.
b.		Is the only Saturday Night Live spin-off movie to date (including The Blues Brothers) that has grossed over $100 million.
c.		The original script was about ten pages longer than the one used in the final version of the film. Those additional scenes were actually all shot (although almost none were edited). The excised scenes were not interspersed throughout the film; rather, they all appeared after the action that closes the final scene in the final iteration of the film. The director edited the film sequentially and decided an open ending will be more suggestive for the surreal atmosphere he intended than the more conventional resolution he had scripted.
d.		The script was snapped up by Warner Brothers after a five day bidding war.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Uninvited (1944)?
a.		Iman, appears in the film briefly as a woman in the audience for Lucys stunt.
b.		Three cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Norman Ainsley (Chauffeur), Ottola Nesmith (Mrs. Carlton) and George Kirby (Gas Station Attendant). Ainsley presumably was driving the car which dropped off Commander Beech and Stella after church, and Mr. and Mr. Carlton presumably was in the back seat. But none of these actors are seen. Mr. Carlton, however, does speak before the car drives off.
c.		Comprised of 9 installments totaling 50 minutes.
d.		Michael Moore, the Attorney General of Mississippi, plays himself for the scenes involving the lawsuit.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Uninvited (1944)?
a.		Robert Redford decided to do the film because the storys family reminded him of his own in the way it talked around issues.
b.		Body count: 40.
c.		The teaming of Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe proved to be so successful, critically and commercially, that Fox wanted to re-team the duo. A December 1954 item in the Hollywood Reporters "Rambling Reporter" column indicated that the studio wanted Russell and Monroe to star in the film How to Be Very, Very Popular. Monroe passed on the project because she didnt like the script. In January 1955, the studio cast Sheree North as Curly (the part intended for Monroe) and Betty Grable as "Stormy Tornado" (originally intended for Russell).
d.		The onscreen credits list Gail Russell as being introduced in this film, but she actually made her screen debut a year earlier in Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Uninvited (1944)?
a.		Alan Cumming had to endure 10 hours of make-up to become Nightcrawler for the scene in the church (where his skin/make-up is shown from the waist up).
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.		Since Gingers legs were insured for $500,000 they were strapped with boards and padded for protection during the fight scene. Filming on The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle started soon after this film wrapped, and RKO could not afford to have an injured musical star.
d.		Some of the text within the films pop-up book is actually that of Charles Perraults version of the classic Little Red Riding Hood fairytale.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Uninvited (1944)?
a.		When casting for the role of Will Turner, it was down to Orlando Bloom or Heath Ledger. Gore Verbinski chose Bloom because he heard he was in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and felt he would be a more bankable choice.
b.		Gail Russell co-stars with author Cornelia Otis Skinner who portrayed "Miss Holloway". That same year (1944), Gail Russell portrayed Cornelia Otis Skinner in "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay", a film based on the real-life memoirs of Miss Skinner.
c.		Colin Hanks: Son of director, writer, star, etc. Tom Hanks, plays the usher who seats Liv Tyler towards the end of the movie.
d.		Based on the story "Boss of the Bar B Ranch", by William Jacobs.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Uninvited (1944)?
a.		Some of the interior sets of Windwood Manor, such as the main staircase and parlor, were re-dressed sets from the 1942 film I Married a Witch.
b.		The main title theme, "Come Spy With Me", is performed by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and it actually was a bigger hit than the movie it came from.
c.		The scene in which Noland is talking with Stan by the fireplace of Stans home is shot in 1 long take, with the camera rotating slowly around Noland (Hanks). The shot lasts 3 minutes and 46 seconds.
d.		During 1982, two comedy movies with similar titles were released examining the notion of whether male and female friends can become partners. One was Best Friends, a big Hollywood studio movie with lots of star power in Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn. The other was The Best of Friends, a smaller Australian film but featuring two big names from their film industry, Graeme Blundell and Angela Punch McGregor. The Best of Friends came out first on 25 February 1982 whilst Best Friends was premiered on 17 December 1982. The Australian films tagline summed up both movies themes: "They were the best of friends . . . until they fell in love!"

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Uninvited (1944)?
a.		The movie having been shot almost two years before it was released in theaters was in danger of being released straight to video due to poor audience response during test screenings. It was only due to The School of Rocks huge success that it finally got a theatrical release.
b.		Ms. Loren left the Cannes Film festival (4th May 1958) early and furious as Desire Under the Elms was not given an evening screening as requested by her.
c.		For the DVD release, over 970,000 frames were cleaned up by Lowry Digital Images, the same company that cleaned up Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, North by Northwest and Sunset Blvd. for DVD.
d.		The beautiful song "Stella By Starlight" was written specifically for this movie and is featured several times. In the movie Roderick Fitzgerald "writes" it for Stella Meredith.

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