Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Wings in the Dark (1935) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Wings in the Dark (1935) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Wings in the Dark (1935).

About the movie: In his dedicated pursuit of technology that will aid pilots to safely "fly blind" during adverse conditions. aerial innovator Ken Gordon is literally blinded in an accident, but this setback doesn't deter him from his goal.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wings in the Dark (1935)?
a.		The story Chuck Norris character tells about being harassed by a bully actually did happen to Norris while he was growing up.
b.		Mickey Rooney was supposed to star in this movie but Rooney ended up being drafted into the war, so Robert Walker was cast instead.
c.		The script demanded that most of the male cast spend the majority of their screen time bare-chested, as per Frank Millers original graphic novel. Therefore, in order to adequately present themselves as the most well-trained and marshaled fighting force of the time, the entire principal cast underwent a rigorous and varied training regime for 8 weeks prior to shooting, organized by Marc Twight, a world-record-holding professional mountain climber. During the regime, the same exercise was never repeated twice, thus preventing the body from adapting to any one type of exertion. Gerard Butler has stated that the training was the most difficult thing he has ever had to do in his life, and when it was over, Twight admitted that he pushed the actors as hard as hes ever pushed anyone before, including himself.
d.		The role of Myrna Loy in the movie is inspired by the real life aviator, Amelia Earhart.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wings in the Dark (1935)?
a.		Raccoon City is clearly Detroit, Michigan from the graphic about 6-7 minutes into the film. The Detroit river and Belle Isle are clearly discernible, as is the half moon shaped industrial park to the North (towards the left in the film).
b.		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.
c.		During the second squadron landing one of the B17s shoot a red flare. This was historically done to let the ambulances know that that particular plane had wounded on-board.
d.		On Thanksgiving weekend, 2007, fake four-page tabloid-size Gotham Times newspapers were distributed at various public events. Headlined City at War - Batman Saves Entire Family, every article teased events in the film, and everything in the handout was geared toward the film, including the weather ("Gloomy and overcast...") and advertisements for Gotham National Bank, the Gotham Girl Guides and recruitment for the Gotham Police Department.

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