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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Union Station (1950) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Union Station (1950)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Union Station (1950).

About the movie: Secretary Joyce Willecombe grows suspicious of two men boarding her train and is referred to 'Tough Willy' Calhoun...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Union Station (1950)?
a.		The alarm company is named BIG BRUISER.
b.		Harold Lockwood died of influenza before filming was completed. Some script changes were made and the movie was finished using a double shot from behind.
c.		Originally, Rambo was supposed to hold the M2 .50 caliber machine gun in his hands and fire it, but when fully assembled the .50 weighed 120 lbs. Stallone was still capable of holding and firing it but it was too cumbersome for quick movements, so they mounted it on the back of a jeep instead.
d.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 7, 1952 with William Holden reprising his film role.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Union Station (1950)?
a.		Alex Proyas was originally going to direct but pulled out of the project to work on Dark City.
b.		The Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart songs "My Funny Valentine", "I Wish I Were in Love Again", "Way Out West", and "Johnny One Note" are songs from the original Broadway musical, but were eventually unused in the final film. "The Lady Is a Tramp" is heard instrumentally several times as the theme for June Preissers character Rosalie Essex.
c.		The movie shows Union Station in its heyday. Due to closures and a subway that was built, many of the scenes in "Union Station" (ie the scenes involving the ransom payments) cannot be shot again in the same way.
d.		This is the first entry in the series to feature the biggest, most destructive and deadliest kind of sphere: the Gold Sphere. Its the one armed with a laser, that pursues Mike and Liz crashing through several doors and ends up killing an undertaker by drilling his body from the back to the mouth.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Union Station (1950)?
a.		Christian Bale had previously screen tested and was considered for the role of Robin in Batman Forever.
b.		A poster featuring Parkers earlier Birdy can be seen in the video store.
c.		The chase scene on the elevated train used the Third Ave El in New York City for long shots and the Pacific Electric Railway cars in L.A. for close in shots on the train.
d.		First film of Hardie Albright.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Union Station (1950)?
a.		John Lund and Alan Ladd were both sought for the role of Lt. William Calhoun, before it being given to William Holden.
b.		While talking to Lee Chan, Harold Huber as Lt. Riggs refers to working with Lees father Charlie before. In Charlie Chan on Broadway Huber did, playing another New York policeman
c.		East Lynne is the film showing at the theatre that Lila and Reginald attend.
d.		Phil Hartman: reporter interviewing Francis at the drive-in.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Union Station (1950)?
a.		In the scene before the last race (Detroit), real Champ Car drivers are portrayed doing pre-race rituals. Kenny Brack, the driver of the Shell car, tapes a picture of a baby inside his race suit. The baby in the picture is Renny Harlins son, Lukas.
b.		Robert Cornthwaites film debut.
c.		There was a very small crew on the film, usually only consisting of two people. During many occasions, Justin Channell was the only crew member and had to find a way to set up shots, direct, and run sound at the same time.
d.		In the play the film was based on ("The Front Page"), the part of Hildy was played by a man. When director Howard Hawks was planning to make the film, he was going to cast a man. While auditioning actors, a secretary would read the lines belonging to Hildy. Hawks loved the words coming from a woman so much, they decided to rewrite the part for a woman.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Union Station (1950)?
a.		The film was initially planned to be a trilogy.
b.		There were 2 former mayors of Mayberry in this movie: Parley Baer (Mayberry mayor Stoner) was a cop and Dick Elliott (Mayberry mayor Pike) was a powerhouse workman.
c.		A scene showing actor Wolfgang Kieling, who played Gromek, also playing Gromeks brother was cut. In it he shows Michael Armstrong (Paul Newman), who has just killed Gromek, a picture of Gromeks three children. It was believed that this would have shifted the audiences sympathy away from Newman to the dead man. Unfortunately, a close-up of the brother cutting a sausage with a knife similar to the one used in the murder, a characteristically Hitchcockian shot, was also lost.
d.		The movies line "A boys best friend is his mother." was voted as the #56 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).