QuizAssess
Home
Popular Quiz Categories
Home
Hollywood Movies Famous Trivia Quizzes
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Visit to a Small Planet (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Visit to a Small Planet (1960) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Visit to a Small Planet (1960).
About the movie:
The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visit to a Small Planet (1960)?
a.
"Does Your Heart Beat For Me?" was selected randomly out of a stack of records by
Ezra Buzzington
prior to shooting his scene with the mirror.
b.
Working title: "I Wont Dance".
c.
Gore Vidal
, who wrote the original play, was upset with the choice of
Jerry Lewis
as the lead in the movie version. On Broadway, Vidals play ran for 388 performances between Feb 7, 1957 and Jan 11, 1958, and won
Cyril Ritchard
, originator of the Kreton character, a 1957 Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in Play. But Jerry Lewis was a star, twelve times named to the Top Ten list of Box Office Stars, six times with partner Dean Martin (with whom he was the top star of 1952), and six times solo (ranking as high as #3 in 1958). He got the part.
d.
The avalanche was filmed at Corral Creek Canyon, at Sun Valley, Idaho.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visit to a Small Planet (1960)?
a.
The first
John Moore
directed feature film that will not be distributed by 20th Century Fox.
b.
Berus maiden name is Whitesun.
c.
A poster for "Visit To A Small Planet" can be seen in "Breakfast at Tiffanys". Its on a wall in the final scene in the alley.
d.
While it premiered months after the TV series
Survivor
and
Big Brother
, the project predates both shows. The concept for the movie was originally pitched as a TV series in 1998.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visit to a Small Planet (1960)?
a.
The on-screen orchestra at the beginning plays music that was composed by
Alfred Newman
for the 1931 film
Street Scene
. The music was also used in 20th Century-Foxs
I Wake Up Screaming
, also with
Betty Grable
, and in
Gentlemans Agreement
.
b.
This is the only Rugrats film to earn a PG rating.
c.
Producer
Julia Phillips
tells in her auto-biography that
Cybill Shepherd
had a hard time remembering her lines during the coffee-and-pie scene with
Robert De Niro
. She writes that De Niro in particular was getting fed up with her and that Phillips and editor
Marcia Lucas
laughed over all the unusable footage they had to work with in the editing room.
d.
Producer
Hal B. Wallis
considered either Lewis,
Alec Guinness
or
Danny Kaye
for the lead role.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visit to a Small Planet (1960)?
a.
Prior to its successful Broadway run,"Visit To A Small Planet" was first aired as a television play on May 8, 1955 on the Goodyear Television Playhouse. While some sources places another broadcast of this play in 1957, Gore Vidal did publish a collection of television plays in 1956 entitled "Visit to a Small Planet and Other Television Plays". The play opened on Broadway on February 7, 1957 at the Boothe Theater and ran for 388 performances.
b.
In a 1978 interview,
Yvonne De Carlo
revealed her Nocturna characters full name to be "Jugula Vein."
c.
In
Sean Penn
and
Tim Robbins
s only previous feature together -
Dead Man Walking
- both were respectively Oscar-nominated as Best Actor and Best Director. On this one, both were victorious as actors.
d.
The project was developed by Background Productions, co-founded in 2007 by Benjamin Samuels (09) and Nicholas Jandl (07) as a means for Tufts University alumni and students to work together on film projects.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visit to a Small Planet (1960)?
a.
On the very first day of shooting, one of the lead actresses dropped out of the film, leading to a quick re-cast and requiring the first weeks shooting schedule to be completely rearranged.
b.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
c.
The music played during the shuttle launch is from the Nova of Madagon sequence in
Battlestar Galactica
. The navigator is played by Kent McCord who played Captain Troy on
Galactica 1980
.
d.
Donna Douglas
tested for a role.
Year: 1960 related famous movies quizzes
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : No Greater Love (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : North to Alaska (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Elmer Gantry (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Studs Lonigan (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Apartment (1960) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Girl of the Night (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ocean's Eleven (1960) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : 12 to the Moon (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Alamo (1960) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Wernher von Braun (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ocean's Eleven (1960) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : September Storm (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Code of Silence (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Leech Woman (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Apartment (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Seven Ways from Sundown (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hell to Eternity (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Time Machine (1960) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Strangers When We Meet (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : G.I. Blues (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Psycho (1960) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Comanche Station (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Crowning Experience (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Cape Canaveral Monsters (1960) Quiz
Related genere famous movies quizzes
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Evil Alien Conquerors (2003) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Coneheads (1993) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Paul (2011) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : The Girl from Monday (2005) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : The President's Analyst (1967) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Orgazmo (1997) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : What Planet Are You From? (2000) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Galaxy Quest (1999) - Part (6) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Spaced Invaders (1990) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Fall of a Saga (2003) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Men in Black (1997) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Men in Black II (2002) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : The Nutty Professor (1963) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Men in Black II (2002) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Orgazmo (1997) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Galaxy Quest (1999) - Part (8) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Orgazmo (1997) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Sleeper (1973) - Part (2) Quiz