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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: There's No Business Like Show Business (1954).
About the movie:
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)?
a.
The song "When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam" was sung by
Ethel Merman
and
Dan Dailey
in
Irving Berlin
s
Theres No Business Like Show Business
and previously by
Judy Garland
and
Fred Astaire
in Irving Berlins
Easter Parade
. In 1950, Judy Garland had started to film
Annie Get Your Gun
as Annie Oakley in the role that Ethel Merman had originated on Broadway in 1946.
b.
This film starring
James Cagney
as
Lon Chaney
shows Chaney making a scene in
The Miracle Man
. That film was based on a novel by
Frank L. Packard
and its stage adaptation by
George M. Cohan
, who acted in it himself (not in the same part as Chaney, though). And in
Yankee Doodle Dandy
, Cagney had played Cohan.
c.
Writers (
John Patrick Shanley
) trademark: full moon.
d.
Greta Garbo turned down the role of Martha in "I Remember Mama" around the same time she also rejected the role of "Mrs. Paradine" in Alfred Hitchcocks The Paradine Case (1947). She is reputed to have commented, "No murderesses, no mamas."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)?
a.
Marilyn Monroe
s voice on the Decca soundtrack album "Theres No Business Like Show Business" was replaced by singer
Dolores Gray
because Monroes voice was under contract to another record company that would not release the rights for use on the album.
b.
Shot in 22 days and completed in December 1967 (copyright 1967). Due to its controversial nature, Paramount only released it after inserting a written prologue denouncing gun violence. Fortunately,
Boris Karloff
lived long enough to view the completed film as well as enjoy the accolades he deserved for his performance.
c.
The painting in the living room that Coraline calls "boring" and changes from the real world to the "other" world looks suspiciously like the work of artist, Mark Ryden who is known for bizarre imagery usually involving children.
d.
The actors who play Brad Majors and Janet Majors are both different to the actors who played them in
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
. In this movie they are played by
Cliff De Young
and
Jessica Harper
whereas in
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
they were played by and
Barry Bostwick
and
Susan Sarandon
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)?
a.
A WW2 Japanese landing strip was specially constructed.
b.
In one of the shots showing cargo pods being jettisoned from the ship before the crash, one of the pods is numbered 2E, a jokey reference to the directors name (Dave Twohy) from the effects crew.
c.
During the making of the CD, it was discovered that half the "Play a Simple Melody" duet was deteriorated beyond repair, with the result that
Ethel Merman
is credited on the CD label with singing with a "temporary vocal double for
Dan Dailey
". However, the non-stereo version was intact and was added to the CD as well - they are tracks Fourteen and Fifteen.
d.
Rex Harrison
s microphone (hidden in his neckties) would occasionally pick up police broadcasts from passing police cars.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)?
a.
The original screenplay was based in the Australian Outback.
b.
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
c.
During the filming of the scene where
Donald OConnor
and
Marilyn Monroe
were kissing, there were over 1,000 onlookers who had drifted over from other sets.
d.
During the last day of shooting the movie and while filming the ending of the movie,
Shindo Ki Rodriguez
had a fever and was still working and acting and fighting in the movie. Next day, he almost died from his fever.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)?
a.
On the 27 February 1956, director
Robert Aldrich
wrote a letter to the Chief of the Motion Picture Section of the Pictorial Branch of the US Department of Defense (DOD),
Donald Baruch
, protesting this movies rejection by the US Army and US DOD. It stated: "Theatrically and film wise, moral values are measured in comparatives; strength is measured against weakness; heroics against cowardice . . . We feel strongly that our film is one that shows beyond question qualities of moral righteousness, leadership, courage, heroism and above all, personal integrity on the part of both enlisted men and officers of the Army. To make characters white it is necessary to have a reflective comparison against characters that are not white. Such is the case in our film." In a later 11 March 1956 reply letter, Aldrich added: "No citizen sets out intentionally to defame the defense organization of his country. There obviously can and at times should be differences of opinion as to what is for the good of the country and what is not. Should one lose such an argument at such a level, fine, but never to have the chance or the opportunity to make that argument to me seems a little ridiculous."
b.
Winona Ryder
s debut film.
c.
"Anything You Can Do" (music and lyrics by
Irving Berlin
), sung by
Ethel Merman
and
Dan Dailey
, was cut from this movie. The song as filmed still exists. In 1946, Miss Merman and
Ray Middleton
had introduced this song in the Broadway musical "Annie Get Your Gun", and it also appears in the film adaptation
Annie Get Your Gun
starring
Betty Hutton
and
Howard Keel
.
d.
Liza Minnelli
used her mothers (
Judy Garland
s) old dressing room, her mothers old hairdresser (
Sydney Guilaroff
) and worked on mothers old MGM sound stages during the filming of this. Additionally, during interviews she did her mothers famous "oh-uh, ah, ohs" with hand gestures.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)?
a.
Frank Sinatra
wanted
Lucille Ball
for the role of Mrs. Iselin which was played by
Angela Lansbury
.
b.
When Borzov (
Charles Bronson
) encounters Immigration on the Canadian border, the agent asks about his citizenship and birthplace, to which he responds, "American, from Pennsylvania", Bronsons true birthplace.
c.
Donald OConnor
had separated from his wife of ten years. She and
Dan Dailey
, who played OConnors father, were dating during the shooting of the film. After filming wrapped, the OConnors divorced and shortly thereafter
Gwen Carter
and Dan Dailey married.
d.
Danielle Panabaker
s feature film debut.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)?
a.
M. Bisons alternate name for Shadaloo was the Shadow Empire, like in the video games.
b.
To prepare for his role as Sam Witwicky,
Shia LaBeouf
worked out five days a week for three months and gained 25 pounds of muscle, but he realized during shooting that Sam required agility rather than strength.
c.
Veteran character actor
Vito Scotti
s last film.
d.
Marilyn Monroe
was promised the lead role in
The Seven Year Itch
if she appeared in this film to boost its box-office potential. The role of Vicky was written especially for this purpose, and songs such as "Heatwave", originally intended for
Ethel Merman
, were assigned to her.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)?
a.
Film debut of
Don Red Barry
.
b.
Shirley MacLaine
does not speak until 29 minutes into the film.
c.
Irving Berlin
loved
Ethel Merman
, having first worked with her in a previous cavalcade of his songs,
Alexanders Ragtime Band
. After that film, Berlin told her that he was so impressed with her talent that he promised to work with her again. He kept that promise and wrote two Broadway shows especially for her: "Annie Get Your Gun" in 1946 and "Call Me Madam" in 1950, the latter of which also starred Merman in the film adaptation:
Call Me Madam
. The song "Theres No Business Like Show Business" is from "Annie Get Your Gun".
d.
Bumblebee has an air freshener hanging from his rear-view mirror with a Bee on it that says; "Bee Otch".
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)?
a.
Richard Pryor
s lines were mostly ad-libbed.
b.
As Vicky passes Tim in the beginning of the movie, he says to her, "Well, if it isnt
Ethel Barrymore
!"
Gene Kelly
said the same thing to
Debbie Reynolds
in
Singin in the Rain
, in which
Donald OConnor
also starred.
c.
Various scenes were actually shot at a film school, the North Carolina School of the Arts School of Filmmaking.
d.
One of the most gruesome "zombies" (the bloated woman killed with a fireplace poker) was actually played by a man.
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