Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Trapeze (1956) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Trapeze (1956) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Trapeze (1956).

About the movie: Mike Ribble was once a great trapeze artist - and the only to have completed a triple somersault - before his accident...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Trapeze (1956)?
a.		To achieve the effect of cars sliding into each other when hit by the patrol car at Moran Cadillac, the filmmakers put oil under the tires of the first few cars to help them slide. When it came time to do the stunt, it worked too well and many of the agencys own Cadillacs that were for sale were badly damaged. Director H.B. Halicki had to purchase all of them.
b.		Keri Russell, Eva Green, Jennifer Garner and Diane Kruger were all considered to play Carol Ferris.
c.		Sally Marlowe was cast as Gina Lollobrigidas stunt double until Marlowe broke her nose on set. Willy Krause, a close personal friend of Burt Lancaster, was asked to fill in as Ms. Lollobrigidas stunt double. He accepted the role.
d.		Samuel Goldwyn later claimed that this was his favorite production.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Trapeze (1956)?
a.		This movie was filmed in the same Almeria, Spain region as the director Tom Gries TV series, The Rat Patrol. Both starred Eric Braeden.
b.		Burt Lancaster performed all of the trapeze stunts himself, having worked in a circus before entering films. He insisted on doing the climactic triple flip, but technical adviser Eddie Ward initially was hesitant on Lancaster performing the stunt, so Ward doubled for Lancaster during the first weeks of shooting, but Lancaster told director Carol Reed that he knew how to do the stunt from the get-go so it is Lancaster you see in the final cut of the film.
c.		Preceded by the short Partly Cloudy in some theaters.
d.		Of all the actresses considered for the role, Louise Platt, Tallulah Bankhead, Linda Watkins, Adele Longmire, Haila Stoddard, Susan Hayward (at the time using the name Edythe Marriner), Dorothy Mathews, Brenda Marshall, Paulette Goddard, Anita Louise, Margaret Tallichet, Frances Dee, Nancy Coleman, Marcella Martin, Lana Turner, Diana Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Joan Bennett and Vivien Leigh were given actual screen tests for the role of Scarlett OHara.

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