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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Wing and a Prayer (1944) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Wing and a Prayer (1944) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Wing and a Prayer (1944).
About the movie:
An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of Midway...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wing and a Prayer (1944)?
a.
At the close of the credits is a congratulatory message for the wedding of
Prince Charles
and
Princess Diana
(as Lady Diana Spencer). It was included because during the scene when David is trying to get arrested, he shouts, "Prince Charles is gay!" The film was shot months before the preparations for the couples July 1981 wedding.
b.
In part because of his experience in playing the part of Paul Baumer,
Lew Ayres
became a conscientious objector during the Second World War. His films were banned in over 100 Chicago theaters.
c.
This movie had two working titles: Queen of the Flat Tops and Torpedo Squadron 8. The films complete title actually features a subtitle: The Story of Carrier X.
d.
Production personnel who worked on both this movie and
Patton
included producer
Frank McCarthy
, composer
Jerry Goldsmith
, stunt-men
Kim Kahana
and
Joe Canutt
and orchestrator
Arthur Morton
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wing and a Prayer (1944)?
a.
During the first part of the movie in which Jill is at the Mandrakis house babysitting, she can be briefly heard humming the chorus of
Don McLean
s song "American Pie".
b.
George Stevens
thought that
Gloria Grahame
would be perfect for the role of Alice and personally called her to play the part. However, Grahames studio boss at RKO,
Howard Hughes
, refused to loan her out.
c.
This was the first film in which
Clark Gable
s trademark mustache appeared.
d.
The air craft carrier seen in this movie was the USS Yorktown II. This flat top also featured in another of Twentieth Century-Fox production, the documentary,
The Fighting Lady
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wing and a Prayer (1944)?
a.
When former American President
Ronald Reagan
famously once said, "Well bring this one down together", he was actually quoting from this movie.
b.
The necklace that Dinah says "this stinks" about and later wears to entertain the reporters, is a copy of the necklace from Marie Antoinettes "The Affair of the Necklace". You can see it in
Norma Shearer
s
Marie Antoinette
, as well.
c.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
d.
The soundtrack is done exclusively by The Hot Club Of Cowtown.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wing and a Prayer (1944)?
a.
According to
Terry Gilliam
s commentary on the Criterion Collection DVD, at the beginning of the movie when they stop on the side of the road after Duke starts seeing bats and wants Gonzo to drive, you can see a strange looking cactus in the background. It was designed by
Ralph Steadman
and appears many times in the background of the movie in various scenes. Gilliam complained of having to lug it around wherever they went.
b.
The last Disney movie to be supervised by
Jeffrey Katzenberg
before he left to form DreamWorks.
c.
It is unclear whether this film was ever released.
d.
Some sequences for this movie were filmed in San Diego, California.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wing and a Prayer (1944)?
a.
The meaning of the phrase "wing and a prayer", of which the films title is a part, is a shortening of an old saying among aviators, "Were coming in on a wing and a prayer". It means that they are flying or trying to land an aircraft in poor condition. The expression can also be used as a metaphor for trying to achieve something even though one is a bit ill-prepared or ill-equipped for the task.
b.
Contains spoilers for
Friday the 13th
.
c.
The two leads ranked #8 on Moviefones The Top 25 Sexiest Movie Couples. May 2008
d.
Popular
John F. Kennedy
assassination-conspiracy-theory suggests that the President was killed by a bullet fired from the front; specifically, from a fence behind a grassy knoll; also that three transients arrested soon after Kennedys murder are said to be the "additional assassins". The opening montage portrays the Comedian delivering the fatal bullet from the grassy knolls fence dressed in the same outfit as one of the "3 Tramps" as they were famously photographed. The puff of gun smoke said to have been seen, turns out to be Blakes cigar smoke. At Blakes funeral, the soundtrack plays "The Sound of Silence" by
Paul Simon
&
Art Garfunkel
, a song reportedly inspired by national emotional trauma from the Kennedy murder.
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