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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Winged Victory (1944) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Winged Victory (1944) Quiz
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About the movie:
Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Winged Victory (1944)?
a.
After being elected the Mayor of Las Vegas,
Oscar Goodman
, who played a small part in Casino and was the attorney of
Frank Lefty Rosenthal
, the basis of
Robert De Niro
s character and who represented the Four Queens Casino/Hotel in Las Vegas created a $5 and $25 casino chip with his portrait.
b.
Director
Paul Greengrass
began his career shooting documentaries in war zones.
c.
In the actual escape, it is now known (or at least, alleged) that Morris and the Anglin brothers were picked up by a motor launch during their swim. Coast Guard records state that a motorboat without running lights did exit the Golden Gate on the night of the escape. Also, several months after the escape, one of the guards in the Anglin brothers cell block received a blank postcard from Brazil.
d.
Near the end of the movie the B-24 bombers, flown by actual Army Air Corp pilots, were flying toward the bridge. The movie appears to cut filming the bombers before the three planes reach the bridge. During the filming the three bombers actually flew under the bridge, which if shown in the movie houses would have caused the pilots a great deal of troubles with the Army brass.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Winged Victory (1944)?
a.
Director
Sam Firstenberg
said in an interview that his "first decision right away was not to follow in the steps of the Hong Kong flicks, but rather to approach the movie as a straight Hollywood action movie with a martial arts slant, and the Ninjitsu mysticism the icing on the cake."
b.
Dick Hogan
, who had played leading character Frankie Davis on Broadway, was replaced by
Lon McCallister
. Hogan was given a bit part as Jimmy Gardner.
c.
As the Darth Vader mask is being lowered onto Anakins face at the end, there is a shot from his P.O.V. of the inside of the mask. There is a triangular silver item between the eyes of the mask. This item is the actuator (read-write mechanism) from a computer hard-disk drive.
d.
Opening traveling shot of bar customers watching fight on TV was apparently filmed in mirror behind bar because all beer labels and signs in background read backwards.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Winged Victory (1944)?
a.
Filmed in 1943, not released until 1944.
b.
According to author
Simon Louvish
in his
Cecil B. DeMille
biography Cecil B. DeMille: A Life in Art, the role of Moses was originally intended for (and first offered to) actor
William Boyd
, who had also played the coveted cameo role of Simon the Cyrene in DeMilles silent film
The King of Kings
. Boyd was obliged to decline the role in "The Ten Commandments" due to his commitment to the production of his enormously popular
Hopalong Cassidy
television series, which was scheduled to continue production simultaneous to the filming of the DeMille picture. DeMille was persuaded to hire actor
Charlton Heston
for the role after being presented with a statuette likeness of Moses by the Israeli government, and noting the Hestons resemblance to the statuette.
c.
Winger throws the keys to his cab into the Ohio River from the same bridge where boxing great
Muhammad Ali
claims to have thrown his Olympic gold medal.
d.
This film has been unavailable since a Federal court ruled on 17 January 1936 that the script used by MGM too closely followed the play "Dishonored Lady" by Edward Sheldon and Margaret Ayer Barnes without acquiring the rights to this play or giving credit. The U.S. copyright of the play will expire in 2025.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Winged Victory (1944)?
a.
Elizabeth Taylor
was the first choice for the part of Tracy Lord. She was unavailable so the part went to
Grace Kelly
.
b.
Although the film made a profit at the box office (earning $238 million worldwide on a $125 million budget), critical reception from both reviewers and audiences were so negative that Warner Brothers decided to end their Batman franchise and cancel the planned fifth Batman film, "Batman Triumphant". Had the film been made, the main antagonists would have been the Scarecrow, the Man-Bat and Harley Quinn (for this story, Harley Quinn would have been the Jokers daughter instead of his on-and-off lover; and at the time,
Madonna
was being considered for the part) and a prolonged sequence would have involved the effect the Scarecrows fear gas has on Batman: a return of the Joker (with
Jack Nicholson
making a cameo).
c.
Film debut of
Kevin McCarthy
,
Judy Holliday
,
Jeanne Crain
,
Red Buttons
,
Don Taylor
,
Gary Merrill
,
Martin Ritt
,
Alfred Ryder
.
d.
Martin Sheen
provides a narration at the beginning of the film. He played
John F. Kennedy
in
Kennedy
and would later act in the film
Bobby
, which is centered around the assassination of Johns brother
Robert F. Kennedy
.
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