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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : This Land Is Mine (1943) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : This Land Is Mine (1943) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: This Land Is Mine (1943).
About the movie:
A mild-mannered schoolteacher in a Germen occupied town during WWII finds himself being torn between collaboration and resistance.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Land Is Mine (1943)?
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.
Included among the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 24, 1944 with
Charles Laughton
and
Maureen OHara
reprising their film roles.
d.
Originally planned for a November 2008 release date, the film was held back due to Paramounts tightening of the number of films it releases per year and released late April of 2009. The trailer continued to run in theaters with November as the release date.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Land Is Mine (1943)?
a.
The singing of "Die Lorelei" by the German soldiers was a subtle dig at the anti-semitic regime of the Nazis, since the words were written by banned Jewish poet
Heinrich Heine
. Many of his books, considered "un-German," were burned in the book-burning episode at Opernplatz, Berlin, Germany, on 10 May 1933. However, his works were so popular that they were still published, but "author unknown" was the listed writer. In his 1821 play "Almansor," Heine also prophetically wrote "Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen." ("Where they burned books, they will in the end in burn people.")
b.
The opening theme borrows heavily from the
Alfred Hitchcock
s
Psycho
opening theme by
Bernard Herrmann
.
c.
It became the second film in Australian cinema history to gross more than $50 million.
Titanic
was the first.
d.
Frances Marion
wrote parts for
Marie Dressler
when she discovered Ms. Dressler down on her luck and ready to accept a housekeeping job. The novel, Molly, Bless Her, the basis of this film, was Marions view of what might have happened if Dressler had accepted a job as housemaid.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Land Is Mine (1943)?
a.
The line "Slut in truck!" was improvised by
Arielle Kebbel
on the spot.
b.
Some of the scenes involving Angela floating on the hallways was taken from the first Night of the Demons.
c.
Henry Roquemore
is in casting call lists playing a butcher, but was not seen in the film. The jury foreman,
George M. Carleton
, is said to be the town butcher by
Charles Laughton
when he addresses the jury.
d.
The construction crew for the art department spent almost a year building the 100 sets needed for the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Land Is Mine (1943)?
a.
The dolly move in the mechanic shop when the characters Dirty mouth and Small Mad come to get money from Reza was achieved by having the camera strapped onto the top of the car through the sun roof and the car pushed.
b.
The only film
Fred Astaire
and
Ginger Rogers
made for MGM.
c.
The film opened simultaneously at 72 theaters in 50 key cities on 7 May 1943, setting a box office record for gross receipts on an opening day. Opening day ceremonies were broadcast on a radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.
d.
The film deleted a musical number, "Mr. Monotony," in which
Judy Garland
wears the same costume she would immortalize two years later in
Summer Stock
in the number "Get Happy"; the costume was a mans tuxedo coat and hat. For years, there were rumors that "Get Happy" was cut from another film and inserted into
Summer Stock
. It is believed that this song being removed from "Easter Parade" is the origin of that rumor. An abbreviated version of the "Mr. Monotony" number was included in
Thats Entertainment! III
, and the complete number is included as an extra on the Warner Home Video
Easter Parade
DVD.
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