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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : White Zombie (1932) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : White Zombie (1932) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: White Zombie (1932).
About the movie:
A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiance, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: White Zombie (1932)?
a.
Rex Reed
was a well known film critic at the time.
b.
The film was thought lost until its rediscovery in the 1960s. A court battle was fought between film distributor Frank Storace and the estate of Stanley Krellberg, the copyright owner of the film. Storace had wished to produce a restored version of the film but the estate refused him access to original footage in their possession. Storace gave up the court battle and did not win his access to his original footage.
c.
Dustin Hoffman
was originally considered for the role of a the professor that becomes a mentor to Malik. Hoffman wanted the plot to revolve around the professor and the student, but Singleton refused.
d.
In the movie the audience is given the impression that Beauxbatons is an all girls magical academy whereas, Durmstrang is an all boys one. In the books however both schools are co-ed, and in fact in the books the Patil twins leave Harry and Ron to spend time with boys from Beauxbatons.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: White Zombie (1932)?
a.
The Navy aircraft carrier seen during the opening credits is the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) returning to its homeport of Alameda, CA
b.
Vitaphone production reels #2381-2388; a Vitaphone musical score and sound effects were added to this otherwise silent production.
c.
Director
George Marshall
replaced
Mitchell Leisen
.
d.
According to friends of
Bela Lugosi
, the actor always regretted that he had taken the role of "Murder" Legendre for only $800 while the film was quite successful at the box office for the Halperin brothers.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: White Zombie (1932)?
a.
Original director
Harald Zwart
quit after disagreeing with the studio over the amount of budget allocated to the film (only $1 million more than the first film).
Harald Zwart
wanted to use a lot of CGI effects which would have brought the budget up to about $30 million, a figure that MGM (rightly) deemed to be too high.
b.
The voodoo chanting that plays over the opening credits is sampled in the song "El Imperio del Mal" by the Spanish rock band Migala.
c.
Condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency just before it changed its name to the National Legion of Decency in April, 1934.
d.
Jack Palance
was offered the part of Chancellor Gorkon, but passed because the filming dates clashed with
City Slickers
for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting actor.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: White Zombie (1932)?
a.
Robin Atkin Downes
and
Jason Carter
auditioned for the role of Aragorn.
b.
Upon their first meeting, the Duchesse de Praslin asks Henriette how old she is, revealing the answer to be 25-years-old; the Duchesse considers this "so young". Amusingly enough in real life, Barbara ONeil was twenty-nine years old at the time of filming, while Bette Davis was two years older.
c.
Despite the films mammoth box-office returns,
Robert Shaw
didnt earn a penny out of it. He was facing heat from the IRS for tax evasion, and due to working in countries as diverse as the US, Canada and Ireland, he had to forgo his salary to make amends.
d.
Rob Zombie
named his first heavy metal band,
White Zombie
, after this movie.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: White Zombie (1932)?
a.
The car factory scene is based on an
Alfred Hitchcock
idea for a never-filmed sequence in
North by Northwest
to which
François Truffaut
also referred in interview.
b.
American International Pictures released this film to many drive-in theaters on a double bill with
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
with the tag line: "Warning! Can You Take It? Fiendish! Frenzied! Frightening! It Will Haunt You For Days Afterwards!"
c.
The play "Zombie" opened in New York in February, 1932, and the author,
Kenneth S. Webb
, sued
Edward Halperin
and
Victor Halperin
, the films producers, for the movie rights. The Halperins won the case.
d.
The security camera footage of
Jason Statham
at the gas station in the finale shows that the date is January 28, 2011. This was also the theatrical release date of the film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: White Zombie (1932)?
a.
Montgomery Clift
had a habit of cutting his hair very short when he was between films and would not work until it had grown back. In fact, his scene in this film was shot right after getting one of those haircuts. He also had so much trouble remembering his lines, the scene had to be re-shot many times. Director
Stanley Kramer
finally gave up and told Clift to ad lib his lines, saying that this would help to convey the confusion in his characters mind while he was being questioned on the witness stand. "Monty seemed to calm down after this," Kramer later recalled. "He wasnt always close to the script, but whatever he said fitted in perfectly, and he came through with as good a performance as I had hoped."
b.
The Remagen of the films title refers to a town in Germany called Remagen. It is in the Rhineland-Palatinate which is in the district of Ahrweiler. The town is actually located on the Rhine river as was the Bridge at Remagen referred to in this movie.
c.
This film was shot in only eleven days, completed March 1932.
d.
The first task with the dragon took over 140 special effect shots.
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