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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Wild Is the Wind (1957) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Wild Is the Wind (1957) Quiz
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About the movie:
Their's was a wild obsession they could not hide!
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wild Is the Wind (1957)?
a.
The film lost $530,000 at the box office, RKOs biggest failure in 1937.
b.
Modern sources include in this film the songs "Marianne," Funny Little Sailor Man" and "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (all from the original stage production), but they were not heard.
c.
John Sturges
was the original director, but on March 15, 1957, only a week before the shooting was scheduled to begin, he withdrew due to illness, according to contemporary news items.
George Cukor
took over and stated years later in a interview that Sturges left the project to replace
Fred Zinnemann
on
The Old Man and the Sea
, but a Cukor biography states that Sturges left the project when it became apparent that the film would be more of a love story than an action picture.
d.
The person who places the flower on top of the stones in the closing credits is
Liam Neeson
and not
Steven Spielberg
, as some people think.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wild Is the Wind (1957)?
a.
Award: Best actress David Di Donatello for
Anna Magnani
(1958)
b.
Was rumored to be in development ever since a skull from the title characters in the Alien film series appeared in the spaceship trophy room in
Predator 2
.
c.
In published literature, a spin-off: "Drummer Boy From Illinois Went Crash Boom Bang!" (ISBN 0741458209) is a romantic comedy set 5 years after this story, and the record "Rock-a-bye Road" is played at a radio station.
d.
When Ernesto and Alberto are in Temuco, walking with the bike and reading "El Diario Austral," Alberto complains because they misspelled his last name. El Diario Austral still exists, and its the biggest newspaper in the AraucanÃa region of southern Chile. During filming in Temuco, the newspaper wrote a new article about the making of the film, and deliberately misspelled Albertos last name again, 50 years later.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wild Is the Wind (1957)?
a.
The movie was rumored to be based on the death of tobacco heir Zachary "Smith" Reynolds. The youngest son of tobacco magnate R.J. Reynolds, the 20-year-old playboy had a complete disinterest in the family business, an inexhaustible allowance and a volatile temper. Smith owned a plane and literally stalked Broadway musical comedy star
Libby Holman
until the 27-year-old singer married him in 1931. Their marriage was a clash of wills and, during an alcohol-fueled July 4th holiday party in 1932 at the familys estate, Libby announced she was pregnant. Stories differ, but there was reportedly a tense confrontation, a gunshot and the young Smith was dead. Libby and Ab Walker, a close friend of Smiths who was whispered to be her lover, were indicted for murder. Fearing scandal over their sons activities, the intensely secretive Reynolds family "persuaqded" authorities to drop the charges. The death was officially ruled a suicide.
b.
While
Betty Grable
received top billing as the credits rolled -- a contractual promise made to her by Twentieth Century-Fox --
Marilyn Monroe
was promoted to first place in the trailer and poster art.
c.
Projected at the "Retrospektive" section of the Berlin International Film Festival in 1990.
d.
A jet engine from a Boeing 707 was used to generate wind in some scenes.
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