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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : To Be or Not to Be (1942) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : To Be or Not to Be (1942) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : To Be or Not to Be (1942)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: To Be or Not to Be (1942).

About the movie: During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Be or Not to Be (1942)?
a.		Released after the death of star Carole Lombard, killed in an airplane crash after returning from a tour selling war bonds.
b.		Christian Bales older sister, Louise Bale, portrayed Bruce Waynes mother, Mrs. Wayne, in the 2003 short The Death of Batman.
c.		Will Yun Lee plays a character named Colonel Moon. There is a James Bond novel by Kingsley Amis, written (under the pseudonym Robert Markham) shortly after Ian Flemings death, entitled "Colonel Sun". It was Amiss only Bond novel. The full name of Colonel Moon is Colonel Tan-Sun Moon, making the connection to Amis novel even more explicit.
d.		The dress Andie wears to the Warner Advertising gala was designed around the 84-carat yellow diamond pendant which she wears at the gala. It was designed by the films costume designer, Karen Patch.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Be or Not to Be (1942)?
a.		All of the tattoos worn by Vin Diesel in this movie are fake.
b.		Mocumentary interviews had to be retaken frequently since the cast and crew was heard snickering and laughing on the soundtrack during takes.
c.		After Carole Lombards death in a plane crash, the line "What can happen in a plane?" was deleted from the film.
d.		Bronson Howards play, "The Henrietta," opened in New York on 26 September 1887; a revised play, "The New Henrietta," by Winchell Smith and Victor Mapes opened there on 22 December 1913 and closed in February 1914 after 48 performances. The opening night cast of the latter play included Douglas Fairbanks as Bertie, Zeffie Tilbury as Hattie and Arthur Stuart Hull as Dr. Wainwright.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Be or Not to Be (1942)?
a.		Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.
b.		27 different sirens including a wailer, a bell, and a whistle were mixed together for the siren at the start of the film.
c.		During filming, most of the members of the Fellowship took up surfing in New Zealand in their spare time. Among them was Viggo Mortensen, who wiped out terribly one day, and bruised one whole side of his face. The next day, makeup tried to mask the bruising and swelling, but were unsuccessful. Instead, Peter Jackson opted to film Mortenson from one side for the entire scene. In the scene in the Mines of Moria when they find the grave of Gimlis relative, Aragorn is only seen from one side in the whole scene.
d.		Director Mike Mendez fought against the opening of the film with Oakley Stevenson (his real-life wife) and has said he wished it wasnt in the film, but the sales company said "they gotta know its a horror movie" and insisted someone die. He was so opposed to the idea that he refused to direct the sequence, which was ultimately directed by producer Al Corley.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Be or Not to Be (1942)?
a.		Carole Lombard took the female lead despite the strenuous objections of her husband, Clark Gable.
b.		Jason Schwartzmans Albert is loosely based by director David O. Russell on himself and the themes of the film were inspired by Russells mentor, Robert Thurman, Uma Thurmans father. In fact, Dustin Hoffmans character, Bernard, was modeled directly after Thurman.
c.		Number 2 on Lisa Schwarzbaums Entertainment Weekly Magazine list of the 10 best movies of 2008.
d.		Ginnas husband, played by John Ridghely, is named Cary Abbott, and his Lake Tahoe cabin is referred to as the Grant cabin, a probable in-joke.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Be or Not to Be (1942)?
a.		Billy Wilder originally wanted another silent star, Pola Negri, to take the part of Norma Desmond. Upon telephoning her, however, Wilder found that Negris Polish accent, which had killed her career, was still too thick for such a dialog-heavy film.
b.		After the shooting of this film was finished, Carole Lombard told many people that this film was the happiest experience of her career from start to finish.
c.		Jamie Foxx recorded a song for the film, Quit Your Job. Although it features, it never made it onto the soundtrack album because of its profane lyrics.
d.		The native village huts were left over from RKOs Bird of Paradise. The Great Wall was part of the Temple of Jerusalem set for Cecil B. DeMilles Biblical epic The King of Kings. The Great Wall set was later reused in Selznicks The Garden of Allah and finally redressed with Civil War era building fronts, burned and pulled down by a tractor to film the burning of Atlanta munitions warehouses in Gone with the Wind.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Be or Not to Be (1942)?
a.		When Jack Bennys father went to see this movie, he was outraged at the sight of his son in a Nazi uniform in the first scene and even stormed out of the theater. Jack convinced his father that it was satire, and he agreed to sit through all of it.
b.		"Bagger Vance" and "R. Junuh" are representations of Bhagavan (Krishna) and Arjuna, from the Hindu text "The Bhagavad Gita". The lessons learned by Rannulph are loosely based on those Krishna teaches to Arjuna while masquerading as his lowly chariot driver.
c.		Edward Bunkers last film.
d.		Ray Teals film debut.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Be or Not to Be (1942)?
a.		The British Board of Film Classification insisted on 40 seconds being cut from the scene when a small boy wakes up on a sofa to find a girl being raped several feet away. This is due to British law that does not allow for a child to be in the same scene as simulated sex.
b.		When Maria Tura waits for Siletskys return, she is reading a magazine called "Wiener Mustertext." This is German for "Viennese Sample Text".
c.		The crew was fortunate enough to be shooting on 15 December 2004, one of the largest swells in recorded history. From a helicopter at the famous spot "Jaws" in Maui, they would capture the largest wave surfed that year, a 70-footer.
d.		William Castle was able to get popular child actor Charles Herbert to play Buck by offering to give him top billing. Charles Herbert would appear in this and two other features in this year before roles in features completely dried up. He would complete his career in television roles.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Be or Not to Be (1942)?
a.		Quentin Tarantino has the "Pussy Wagon" parked in the driveway of his home.
b.		The last-minute screenplay change from Pearl Harbor to the Panama Canal was not implausible. Until the mid 1930s US military exercises concentrated on defending the Panama Canal from air, amphibious & small craft attack and were extensively covered by the press.
c.		The final sentence of the Presidents speech was not in the original script and was added at the last minute for dramatic effect in an effort to convince 20th Century Fox not to avoid a legal battle to earn the right to name the film "Independence Day."
d.		According to the book The United Artists Story by Ronald Bergan, " Unfortunately, at its release, Pearl Harbor had been attacked, Germany was sweeping across Europe, and the films star, Carole Lombard, was killed in a plane crash while on a war-bond selling tour. Therefore, neither critics nor public were in the mood to laugh, finding the picture tasteless and callous. Over the years, however, it recovered its production costs and became a classic."

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Be or Not to Be (1942)?
a.		Judith Barsi, who did the voice for Ducky, was murdered by her father shortly before the release of All Dogs Go to Heaven. Judith was only ten years old.
b.		Spike Joness famous line in "Chloe", "Where are you, you old bat?" is changed to, "Where are you, you old witch?" because of censorship from the Hays Office.
c.		Final film of Carole Lombard.
d.		French visa # 12630.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Be or Not to Be (1942)?
a.		Producer Robert De Niro tried to persuade his longtime friend Martin Scorsese to direct, but the legendary filmmaker was unhappy with the drafts of the screenplay he read and departed the project.
b.		In the film, the works of Sutter Cane are occasionally quoted. Most if not all of these quotes are actually taken directly from several H.P. Lovecraft short stories with some adaptations to fit them into the film story. Most notably, in the scene where Styles reads to Trent as he gazes into the abyss--her speech lifts much of its description, including such elements as "the illimitable gulf of the unknown" from the last few paragraphs of Lovecrafts "The Rats in the Walls." In an earlier scene as well, Trent reads a line verbatim from Lovecrafts "The Haunter of the Dark," in reference to the black church being "the seat of an evil older than mankind and wider than the known universe."
c.		The "look" of the killer was based on the comic book character "The Shadow", not as is often thought Italian giallo cinema.
d.		Miriam Hopkins was the original choice for Maria Tura. She turned the role down because she didnt want to work with Jack Benny.

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