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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Whoopee! (1930) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Whoopee! (1930) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Whoopee! (1930).
About the movie:
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Whoopee! (1930)?
a.
Based on a Broadway show produced by
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
. "Whoopee" opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York on Dec. 4, 1928 and ran for 407 performances. Unfortunately, Ziegfeld lost everything in the stock market crash of 1929. At the time, "Whoopee" was still playing to full houses on Broadway. To bail himself out, Ziegfeld closed the show on Nov. 23, 1929 and sold the movie rights to
Samuel Goldwyn
. It is believed that the Broadway show could have run for another year.
b.
A false story has circulated that
George Reeves
auditioned for the role of Samson in
Samson and Delilah
but lost the role to
Victor Mature
. Reeves was never under consideration for the role of Samson. However, he was given a role as the wounded messenger at the recommendation of Mature, who was very loyal to his friends from his student days at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. Many of the smaller roles in
Samson and Delilah
, were also played by Matures friends from Pasadena.
c.
The YMCA dance sequence was filmed at the Glendale YMCA in California.
d.
In an interview in Top Gear (July 19, 2009),
Sienna Miller
, said 112 cars were destroyed during filming. She also said it was a record number of cars destroyed in a movie at the time of the interview.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Whoopee! (1930)?
a.
When
Alfred Hitchcock
was off due to illness, the crew shot the sequence of Arbogast inside the house going up the stairs. When Hitchcock saw the footage, he complimented those responsible but said the sequence had to be re-shot. Their version made it appear as if Arbogast was going up the stairs to commit a murder. Hitchcock re-shot the sequence.
b.
A fin is $5 in American slang.
c.
Originally premiered in the U.S. on September 7, 1930.
d.
The musical in which Daisy performs and that Benjamin watches is
Richard Rodgers
and
Oscar Hammerstein II
s Carousel The performance is the dream ballet choreographed by
Agnes de Mille
. Daisy was talking to Benjamin about
Agnes de Mille
in their previous meeting.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Whoopee! (1930)?
a.
Eddie Cantor
reprises his role from the original 1928 Broadway show. Many film cast members were also in the original show, including
Eleanor Hunt
,
Ethel Shutta
,
Paul Gregory
,
Jack Rutherford
,
Spencer Charters
,
Albert Hackett
and
Chief Caupolican
. Appearing in the original play, but not the film, was
Buddy Ebsen
, best known to todays audiences as a cast member of TVs
The Beverly Hillbillies
and
Barnaby Jones
.
b.
When deciding to give
Donald OConnor
a song, it was originally to be "The Wedding of the Painted Doll". However, since OConnor had a bag of tricks he used in vaudeville, a song was substituted to use OConnors comical background: "Make Em Laugh" (of which the melody is remarkably similar to "Be A Clown" from
The Pirate
).
c.
Harry Bates
was paid a mere $500 by 20th Century-Fox for the rights to his short story "Farewell to the Master".
d.
The birds flying past the camera from behind at 04:04 were added digitally (mentioned in the commentary).
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Whoopee! (1930)?
a.
The exterior of the hospital where Carlito visits his bedridden attorney is the same one where Vito Corleone is taken in
The Godfather
, also starring
Al Pacino
.
b.
The shoot was fast-tracked due to an impending actors/ directors/ writers strike that was anticipated for summer 2001. The strike never actually took place.
c.
Unfortunately absent from this film version of the 1928 Broadway musical is
Ruth Etting
. In that show, she sang her signature torch song "Love Me or Leave Me" (music by
Walter Donaldson
, lyrics by
Gus Kahn
). No film is known to exist of Etting performing the song.
Doris Day
portrays
Ruth Etting
in
Love Me or Leave Me
.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
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