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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Top Hat (1935) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Top Hat (1935) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Top Hat (1935).
About the movie:
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Hat (1935)?
a.
John Ford
later used the line about a drinkers breath being like a hot mince pie in
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
.
b.
Chris Nielsens fictional grave is located in Mount View Cemetery in Oakland, California. Near the scenes filming location is a real gravesite for an Anna Nielsen and her husband.
c.
For contrast to the "Big White Set" of the Lido, the water in the canals was dyed black.
d.
Heather Deeley
was originally cast to play the role of Candy Kane.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Hat (1935)?
a.
The two-minute dance of "The Piccolino" was filmed in one take.
b.
It took 24 weeks to shoot the film (July-October 1942). The first 12 weeks were shot at Sonora Pass in the Sierra Nevada, the last 12 weeks were shot at the Paramount Studio in California.
c.
David Spade
and
Wendie Malick
have appeared together on the TV sitcom
Just Shoot Me!
for several years.
d.
Though not credited as an act in the opening titles,
Willie Bryant
and
Leonard Reed
were a team in vaudeville team for many years, and do a skit in this film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Hat (1935)?
a.
Because
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
had only three weeks for scoring this picture, he used portions of two tone poems by
Franz Liszt
for some of the action scenes. However, he insisted on the screen credit "Musical Arrangements by" although 90% of the score was original.
b.
Anthony Rapp
kept the famous scarf he wore as Mark in the original Broadway show. It could not be used in the film, however, because the white was too bright for the camera. Instead he wears a navy and light gray scarf.
c.
Variety (17 February 1937) credits
Hans Joby
with the role of Dr. Von Kurtz, but film credits as well as visual examination confirm that John S. Peters (I) plays the part.
d.
For the "Cheek to Cheek" number,
Ginger Rogers
wanted to wear an elaborate blue dress heavily decked out with ostrich feathers. When director
Mark Sandrich
and
Fred Astaire
saw the dress, they knew it would be impractical for the dance. Sandrich suggested that Rogers wear the white gown she had worn performing "Night and Day" in
The Gay Divorcee
. Rogers walked off the set, finally returning when Sandrich agreed to let her wear the offending blue dress. As there was no time for rehearsals,
Ginger Rogers
wore the blue feathered dress for the first time during filming, and as Astaire and Sandrich had feared, feathers started coming off the dress. Astaire later claimed it was like "a chicken being attacked by a coyote". In the final film, some stray feathers can be seen drifting off it. To patch up the rift between them, Astaire presented Rogers with a locket of a gold feather. This was the origin of Rogers nickname "Feathers". The shedding feathers episode was recreated to hilarious results in a scene from
Easter Parade
in which
Fred Astaire
danced with a clumsy, comical dancer played by
Judy Garland
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Hat (1935)?
a.
According to
John Leguizamo
in his autobiography, the crew urinated in
Mike Nichols
s cappuccino machine.
b.
Leonardo DiCaprio
accidentally broke
Daniel Day-Lewis
nose while filming a fight scene. Day-Lewis continued to film the scene despite the injury.
c.
The end portion film was trimmed down after a preview audience complained of the length. Small parts by
Donald Meek
and
Florence Roberts
were cut. One of the last scenes to go, in which
Eric Blore
insults a policeman, is still present in some prints (including the RKO Collection videotape version from Turner Home Entertainment).
d.
David Dobkin
was originally going to direct with
Will Ferrell
in the leading role, but the duo fell out in summer 2009.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Hat (1935)?
a.
During the course of the various images fading out of view, for 3 seconds the image "tiles" are arranged into the shape of an alien from the "Space Invaders" video game.
b.
In her second autobiography published in 1958, "Beyond My Worth,"
Lillian Roth
noted that although her mother Katie spoke with a Boston accent,
Jo Van Fleet
portrayed Katie as sounding ethnically Eastern European Jewish.
c.
Although clearly labeled as the older man, at 57
Patric Knowles
was actually five years younger than
John Wayne
.
d.
Character Alberto Beddinis motto was originally, "For the men the sword, for the women the whip." The script was changed to "For the women the kiss, for the men the sword" after the censors objected.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Hat (1935)?
a.
A 78-minute version of the film was released by RKO in 1953. Cuts to the dance numbers were severe. Prints are still in circulation.
b.
When deciding to give
Donald OConnor
a song, it was originally to be "The Wedding of the Painted Doll". However, since OConnor had a bag of tricks he used in vaudeville, a song was substituted to use OConnors comical background: "Make Em Laugh" (of which the melody is remarkably similar to "Be A Clown" from
The Pirate
).
c.
The bar that the mob gathers in before searching for the werewolf is called "Owens Bar".
Stephen King
has a son named Owen.
d.
The first credited film project of
Dwight Frye
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Hat (1935)?
a.
Early drafts of the script called for
Irving Berlin
songs "Wild About You", "Get Thee Behind Me, Satan" (to be sung by
Ginger Rogers
) and "Youre the Cause", but they were not used in the final version.
b.
Director
Stephen Hopkins
wanted his longtime collaborator
Peter Levy
to be the films cinematographer, but he was overruled by the studio, who wanted to hire
Vilmos Zsigmond
.
c.
Remade as
The Mad Room
starring
Shelley Winters
and Stella Stevens.
d.
Erich von Stroheim
: [prostitutes] In a scene that was part of Stroheims original cut, McTeagues father is shown carousing with prostitutes.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Hat (1935)?
a.
Fred Astaire
and
Ginger Rogers
dance together five times in this film. They would dance that many times together in only this film.
b.
Inside Robert Parrs cubicle is a danger sign. The image is the lightning bolt of DC Comicss Captain Marvel (SHAZAM!) using the red of his uniform instead of the gold. It is in the distinctive shape of the Marvel family (Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., and Black Adam), not that of the various Flash costumes. When Mr. Incredible gets his new fancy car, the emblem on the hood is in the triangular shape of the Golden Age Superman symbol. The black ray-like vehicle that delivers Mr. Incredible to the island is a reference to the Black Manta, an enemy of Aquaman and member of the Legion of Doom. And Gazer-Beam is a direct reference to both Marvel Comicss Cyclops of the X-Men (the eye-beam/visor) and Daredevil (secret identity of lawyer Matt Murdock).
c.
Bogart to director Wyler after the preview: "I think Im too old to play gangsters"
d.
Adapted from a Broadway musical produced and directed by
Harry Frazee
. It opened at the Globe Theatre in New York on Sept. 16, 1925 and rang for 321 performances.
Charles Winninger
was in the opening night cast. Contrary to popular belief, Frazee - then owner of the Boston Red Sox - did not sell
Babe Ruth
to the New York Yankees in December 1919 to finance the play.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Hat (1935)?
a.
The character of E.K. Hornbeck was based on American journalist
H.L. Mencken
, who had notably covered the Scopes trial.
b.
This was based on a 1947 Broadway play, but in the film, all of the characters names have been changed.
c.
Earned $3 million at the box office (a huge amount at the time), the only other film in 1935 to outgross it being
Mutiny on the Bounty
.
d.
John Hamilton was actually mortally wounded in a gun battle with police near Hastings, Minnesota, hours after leaving Little Bohemia. Hamilton died three or four days later, depending on the source, at the apartment of Barker-Karpis gang member Volney Davis in Aurora, Illinois.
John Dillinger
and Van Meter, along with members of the Barker-Karpis gang, buried Hamilton in a gravel pit in Oswego, Illinois. In an attempt to prevent identification of the body, 10 cans of lye were poured on the corpse and the right hand was cut off. Agents recovered the body on August 28, 1935. The Bureau was able to identify Hamilton by his teeth. Hamiltons teeth were later exhibited at the 1939 midwinter meeting of the Chicago Dental Society. Where Hamiltons choppers are presently located is unknown. A gruesome FBI photo of the recovered body can be seen in the photo section of Dary Materas "The Life and Death of Americas First Celebrity Criminal."
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Hat (1935)?
a.
One of the productions that rescued RKO from bankruptcy (the other being
King Kong
.)
b.
Jeff Ament
: Bassist/van driver
c.
Richard Curtis
and other members of the production had a 45 minute meeting to determine what color underwear Lucias character would wear for the lake scene.
d.
Writer and reporter
George Plimpton
was cast in a minor role in this film (4th Gunman) while collecting research on the film industry.
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