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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Unknown (1927) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Unknown (1927) Quiz
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About the movie:
Alonzo is an armless knife thrower and gun shooter for a circus---or so he appears. He is actually a burglar with his arms intact...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Unknown (1927)?
a.
Country rock band
Pure Prairie League
, who had a mid 70s hit called "Amie" and later employed future country star
Vince Gill
as lead singer for hits like "Let Me Love You Tonight" and "Im Almost Ready," took their name from a temperance union portrayed in this film.
b.
For many years this film only existed in murky 9.5mm dupes on the black market. In March 1973, at a screening of this film at George Eastman House, archivist James Card said that
Henri Langlois
and his staff at the Cinematheque Francais discovered a copy of it in 1968 among other miscellaneous cans of film marked "linconnu" (films "unknown" due to missing titles, etc.).
c.
Texas Longhorn cattle had been nearly extinct as a breed for about 50 years when this film was made. Only a few dozen animals were available. In the herd scenes most of the cattle are Hereford crosses with the precious Longhorns prominently placed in crucial scenes.
d.
The nightmare sequence scene contains footage that was shot personally by the movies director Frankie J. Mosca.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Unknown (1927)?
a.
The gator is fighting a real live alligator.
b.
Joan Crawford
always considered
The Unknown
a big turning point for her. She said it wasnt until working with
Lon Chaney
in this film that she learned the difference between standing in front of a camera and acting in front of a camera. She said that was all due to Lon Chaney and his intense concentration, and after that experience she said she worked much harder to become a better actress.
c.
Two dream sequences for this film were made in the 2-color Technicolor process. This was the first commercially released color footage to be lit with artificial light.
d.
All fight footage and action sequences are real.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Unknown (1927)?
a.
Director Tod Browning loosely based the story on a real event of his circus days, where a man has masqueraded as an acrobat to evade the police.
b.
William Holden
s acceptance speech for Best Actor was the shortest in Academy history up until that time. He said only two words: "Thank You." Holden hadnt meant to be so brief, but the televised TV broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony was running long, and was about to be cut off the air. Holden later took out an ad in the Hollywood trade publications thanking the people he had intended to thank in his speech. The briefness of Holdens speech was later surpassed by
Alfred Hitchcock
(who accepted his
Irving Thalberg
Award in 1967 with a simple "Thanks.") and by
John Mills
, who after playing a mute character in
Ryans Daughter
, accepted his 1971 Best Supporting Actor award with a simple smile and a thankful nod of the head.
c.
Filmed MOS (without recorded dialogue) but with the cast enunciating in English; then prepared in separate English and French language versions for release.
d.
The 35mm camera that
James Stewart
holds with the huge telephoto lens attached is an early 1950s Exakta VX (also known as the "Varex" outside the USA) manufactured in Dresden, (east) Germany. The lens is a 400mm Kilfitt. The Paramount property department purposely covered over the name with black masking tape.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Unknown (1927)?
a.
Robert Downey Jr.
has a previous connection to the Arbus family. His father, filmmaker
Robert Downey Sr.
made
Greasers Palace
starring Diane Arbus ex-husband Allan, with young Robert in a small part.
b.
Originally intended as a drama, not a musical.
c.
Most of
Robert Millsap
s lines were improvised.
d.
Included among the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Unknown (1927)?
a.
As Peter Dismuki was born armless, he doubled for some shots of
Lon Chaney
where Dismuki used his feet for smoking or playing a fiddle.
b.
The studio wanted to drop the "drunk Miyagi" scene, feeling it slowed the pace down. Director
John G. Avildsen
argued for it and has felt it was the scene that got
Pat Morita
nominated for an Oscar.
c.
Remembering the scoring sessions for this film, members of
Pink Floyd
later commented that
Michelangelo Antonioni
was very difficult to please, offering vague comments like (quoting the bandmembers, mimicking
Michelangelo Antonioni
s accent) "Eets nice, but too slow" or "Eets a leetle bit too soft."
d.
Karroom Ben Bouih (High Priest Kafu Selim) was the night watchman of an olive orchard near the filming location. He was hired after John Huston accidentally met him, and told to come to the set the following day. After he fell asleep a few times during filming, it was discovered that he had still kept his night watchman job. Huston had to explain to him that he didnt need that job any more - the film company would pay him enough that he could sleep at night.
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