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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : They Died with Their Boots On (1941) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : They Died with Their Boots On (1941) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: They Died with Their Boots On (1941).
About the movie:
Highly fictionalized account (see the IMDB 'goofs' for examples) of the life of George Armstrong...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: They Died with Their Boots On (1941)?
a.
Robert Mitchum
s character was wounded and needed to use a crutch, but Mitchum would switch which arm he used with the crutch throughout shooting. The continuity was so poor that
John Wayne
(who actually worked continuity in silents while a star college football player, a method used by Hollywood fans to slip players some spending money) had his character mention it in one of the last scenes. Director
Howard Hawks
enjoyed it so much he left it in the movie. Mitchums version of this story is that he objected but Hawks had him switch sides with the crutch based on what looked best in that scene. When Hawks saw how bad it looked in the dailies, Mitchum suggested the additional dialogue between his character and Waynes to cover the gaffe.
b.
Sympathy was filmed entirely in one room. The set, structurally modeled after Room 1 in the Bates Motel, was constructed inside a barn in the middle of a corn field in Indiana.
c.
Leila Hyams
first film.
d.
Jack Budlong
died after falling from his horse onto his sword.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: They Died with Their Boots On (1941)?
a.
Joanne Woodward
and
Sandra Dee
were scheduled to star in this film, but when Woodward became pregnant, production was postponed and then recast.
b.
Was released straight to video in the UK, making it the biggest budget film ever to do so.
c.
According to The Guinness Book of Movie Facts and Feats a total of three men were killed during the cavalry charge scene.
Bill Mead
s horse tripped while riding alongside
Errol Flynn
. As he was going down, the stuntman had the presence of mind to throw his sword forward to avoid it, but bad luck caused the hilt to get stuck in the ground and Mead fell on it, impaling himself.
d.
In one scene, Tom Milford (Bobby Darin) explains to Harvey Granson (Donald OConnor) that the party scheduled for that night will celebrate the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty which took place 78 years ago that day. So the date of the party is 28 October 1964 since the unveiling of the Statue took place on 28 October 1886.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: They Died with Their Boots On (1941)?
a.
Director
Lambert Hillyer
was injured on the 9th day of production (according to publicity, Friday the 13th) when a free-standing fill light toppled on his head. Nearly half a day of shooting was lost when he was briefly hospitalized. However, filming started February 4, 1936 and finished March 10, 1936, and there was a Thursday the 13th, but no Friday the 13th in that time interval.
b.
Gibb (
Katharine Isabelle
) is always shown wearing a red baseball hat. This is an reference from
Carrie
, where
P.J. Soles
character always wore a red baseball cap. Isabelle co-starred in the TV remake of
Carrie
.
c.
The highest regular Army rank attained by Winfield Scott was actually Major General. Lieutenant General was a brevet (temporary) rank. The First regular Lieutenant General would be Ulysses S. Grant, promoted to the rank in March of 1864. General Scott was also one of three veterans of the War of 1812 still listed in the rolls of the regular Army at the start of the Civil War.
d.
When Carter is driving to "take control", the train Alex sees out his window is number 747, which is the type of plane that blew up.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: They Died with Their Boots On (1941)?
a.
Cameron Crowe
: [
To Kill a Mockingbird
] one of Crowes all time favorite films is prominently featured in
Vanilla Sky
.
b.
The scene where Gabe gets in trouble for running off with Rosemary was a real event that happened to the director with his girlfriend when he was 16.
c.
Animator
Eric Goldberg
supervised the animation of Tianas "Almost There" fantasy sequence, which was based on the art of African-American painter Aaron Douglas, one of the major figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Goldberg had previously directed the stylized "Rhapsody In Blue" segment in
Fantasia/2000
, which was based upon the work of
Al Hirschfeld
. The fantasy sequence eschewed the Toon Boom Harmony pipeline of the rest of the film; the animatorss line drawings were scanned into Photoshop and composited using Adobe After Effects.
d.
To fill the background with "Indians", hundreds of Filipino extras were filmed while the 16 Sioux were used for the close-ups.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: They Died with Their Boots On (1941)?
a.
Some lobby cards show scenes that were cut from the film, such as a scene with a beheaded priest.
b.
Fernando Rey
was cast by mistake;
William Friedkin
wanted an actor he remembered seeing in
Belle de jour
, and the casting director thought it was Fernando Rey - who was hired. Only upon arriving at the airport to meet Rey did Friedkin see that it was not the actor he had been thinking of; he also learned that Rey spoke no French. Once at Reys hotel (the same one he stays at in the film), Friedkin called the casting director, who realized he had confused Reys name with that of the correct actor,
Francisco Rabal
. Friedkin considered firing Rey, but changed his mind once it was learned that Rabal wasnt available and didnt speak any English, either.
c.
Robert Shayne
s final film role.
d.
The filming of the "Last Stand" sequence from this movie involved some 200 horsemen charging around in pretend battle and was so dangerous that one day during filming
Anthony Quinn
, who played Crazy Horse, arranged as a gag for a hearse to show up at the filming location
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: They Died with Their Boots On (1941)?
a.
Co-stars
Robert Clarke
(Rob) and
Ron Randell
(Riddon) both died the same day - 11 June 2005 - 53 years after appearing in this film.
b.
This film was shot in the Dogme 95 style, which dictates no lighting, no professional actors and no script.
c.
This was the eighth and final film pairing of
Errol Flynn
with
Olivia de Havilland
. The last scene they filmed together was Custers parting with his wife before his final campaign.
d.
All of the graffiti backgrounds in the movie were spray-painted by underground artist David Choe.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: They Died with Their Boots On (1941)?
a.
Untrained rider
George Murphy
was killed when he fell from his horse while drunk.
b.
To indicate how behind the times Sandford police station is, the sound of a very old Apple Macintosh startup tone is heard in the background. This startup tone hasnt been played by any Mac for more than ten years.
c.
On June 3, 1995, it became the first feature film to be shown in its entirety on the Internet through Glenn Fleishmans Point of Presence Company (POPCO).
Parker Posey
appeared live in the POPCO offices to introduce the film and welcome Internet viewers.
d.
Chronologically,
Death Proof
takes place before "Planet Terror". Stuntman Mike is seen in the exact same Texas hospital as the exposed patients in "Planet Terror".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: They Died with Their Boots On (1941)?
a.
The film is remembered for the scene in which
Paul Henreid
places two cigarettes in his mouth, lights them, and then passes one to
Bette Davis
, but it wasnt an original idea - a similar exchange occurred ten years earlier between Davis and
George Brent
in
The Rich Are Always with Us
.
b.
Stunt pilots refused to perform an aerial sequence that director
Howard Hughes
wanted. Hughes, a noted aviator himself, did his own flying. He got the shot, but he also crashed the plane.
c.
Because of a shortage of native Americans in Hollywood, Warner Bros. imported 16 Sioux from the Dakotas.
d.
Mamie Van Doren
turned down the role of Rita Marlowe.
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