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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) Quiz
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About the movie:
When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)?
a.
Doris Day
s character in this film, an actress constantly being typecast as a virginal heroine, was meant to be a parody of Days own squeaky-clean screen image.
b.
Producer
Charles Smith
appears in a party scene at the end of the movie. He was also in
Robert A. Masciantonio
s film
Cold Hearts
.
c.
Columbia Pictures chief
Harry Cohn
thought the movie would ruin his star,
Rita Hayworth
, and held the release of the picture back for one year. Cohn ordered director
Orson Welles
to insert "glamour" shots (close-ups) of Hayworth. Because of the success of Hayworths singing in other films, Cohn ordered filming of the scene where Hayworth sings "Please Dont Kiss Me."
d.
Lux Radio Theatre version starring
Merle Oberon
,
Herbert Marshall
, and
Rod La Rocque
aired June 22, 1936. In the radio version, Marshall played the role of Alan Trent instead of his film role of Gerald Shannon.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)?
a.
Bobby Connolly
shot the Hawaiian number on the biggest set ever constructed at Warner Bros. studio up to that time. He followed with the military wedding number, using 400 professional dancers.
b.
Film debut of
Anna May Wong
.
c.
Frank Gorshin
s movie debut.
d.
Loosely based on the actual New York City blackout of November 1965
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)?
a.
When all the chaos has started, there is a scene of some people on a speedboat under the drawbridge as it is opening. These people are actually members of
AC/DC
.
b.
This filmed adaptation of the
John Gardner
novel A Complete State of Death was made and released about four years after the book was first published in 1969.
c.
Final film of
Ben Blue
.
d.
The production shoot lasted 7 weeks with crews and cast working day and night. Due to director
Sidney Lumet
s speedy style of working, the film was completed 3 weeks ahead of schedule.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)?
a.
Doris Day
wrote in her 1975 autobiography that this was one of the films that she did not want to do but was forced to do because her husband/manager
Martin Melcher
had power of attorney and signed her for it without her knowledge or consent. She called this "an alleged comedy" that she did not remember very much about because she was in severe pain, on medication, and spent all of her time off-camera in traction.
b.
As he had done in Huesca, production designer
Arthur Max
used a real kasbah when constructing Ibelin, and simply built an extension onto the existing structure. The set was built primarily by local craftsmen using traditional building techniques (eg mud bricks were made on-site from local earth and straw, doors and window frames were hand-carved from local palm trees, roofing tiles were hand-thrown and hand-fired).
c.
Ashley Raymer-Brown and Rachael Yeager decided early in the pre-production process that they would use rural locations in Kentucky and all local actors in order to prove that you dont have to go to big cities in order to make a film.
d.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)?
a.
A headstone in the cemetery is briefly seen reading "MEYERS", a reference to Michael Myers. Tom McLoughlin wanted it to actually say "Michael Myers" but the production designer feared legal troubles.
b.
In the dock scene, when Zadok is gesticulating at the rail, he actually knocked the Object into the 40-foot-deep Columbia River! This one-of-a-kind piece had to be retrieved by divers for shooting the following morning.
c.
Anna Andersons handwriting was pronounced identical with Anastasias and medical experts found 17 points of similarity between her ear and the real Anastasias. However, after her death it was discovered that her DNA did not match of Englands Prince Philip, a blood relative of the Romanovs.
d.
Although the New York blackout occurred thirty months before this movie was released, it was based on a play that opened in Paris nine years before the blackout.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)?
a.
Many critics attributed the films failure to
James Stewart
, who was considered miscast as the romantic lead, partly due to his age.
b.
Film debut of
James McEachin
, who appears uncredited.
c.
Wendall Bakers dog, Junior, is played by Brother,
Luke Wilson
s dog. On the DVD commentary Wilson claims that no one thought Brother was up to the part but that he always believed Brother could do it.
d.
Paul Giamatti
was rumored to play Larry Fine.
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