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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Words and Music (1929) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Words and Music (1929) Quiz
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About the movie:
Phil and Pete compete for Mary's love and also in a contest for best song written by a college student. Notable as the first movie in which John Wayne gets billing (as Duke Morrison).
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Words and Music (1929)?
a.
Charles Chaplin
conceived this film to help
Edna Purviance
s career independent of him. However, while the film did boost
Adolphe Menjou
s career considerably, it did little for hers.
b.
Pai Mei punching through a wooden plank, leaving a round hole as opposed to "regular" wood splinters, may be a reference to this ability, attributed to several martial arts masters - among them Masusatsu Oyama (founder of the Kyokushin school of karate) who, in martial arts folklore, is said to have punched such a hole in an oak door to grab the wrist of a burglar trying to enter his house
c.
In the beginning of the film, John McClane and Lucy have an argument that eventually leads to them discussing her use of her mothers last name, "Gennaro." A similar argument takes place in
Die Hard
, when McClane is searching for the location of his wife, Holly, in the Nakatomi building. He does not find her under "McClane," but does find her under her maiden name "Gennaro."
d.
Ward Bond
s film debut.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Words and Music (1929)?
a.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
Documentary footage of the royal family and British nobility was filmed in 1917 by Griffith and Bitzer while on location in England for
Hearts of the World
, and intended to use the footage in that film. It was not used after all for that project but was later used in this one.
c.
Norman Jewison
s previous project had been the film version of the Broadway hit
Fiddler on the Roof
in which he had cast Israeli actor
Topol
in the role of Tevye, to the bitter disappointment of Broadways Tevye,
Zero Mostel
. When Jewison wanted to cast Mostels son Joshua as Herod in this movie Mostel snapped, "Tell him to get Topols son!"
d.
Debbie Allen
commented in interviews that the role of Lydia was originally bigger in the movie, written as a star dance student always competing for roles with
Irene Cara
s Coco. So the role would not outshine Cara and the other young cast members, the role was then drastically cut down and made into the audition judge that you see in just the first ten minutes of the film. The character of Lydia, of course, was carried over to and made the star of the TV version of
Fame
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Words and Music (1929)?
a.
Considered a lost film.
b.
Originally rated "X" by the MPAA, the rating was lowered to "R" upon appeal.
c.
Filmed aboard actual train cars that were converted to allow space for large camera equipment for the production.
d.
During the fire alarm, before Mrs. Kingsley discovers that Drippy is missing she calls out the name Daisy Bevan on the role list to check her presence - Daisy Bevan is in fact
Natasha Richardson
s real life niece, the daughter of
Joely Richardson
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Words and Music (1929)?
a.
In a June 2008 interview with The Guardian,
Abel Ferrara
, who directed and co-wrote the original
Bad Lieutenant
, said that finding out his movie was being remade was "a horrible feeling", "like when you get robbed", and that those involved in this remake "should all die in hell". He also wondered how
Nicolas Cage
"can even have the nerve to play
Harvey Keitel
", and called screenwriter
William M. Finkelstein
an idiot.
b.
When
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
was found to have too much footage,
Lois Moran
s numbers were cut and this film was fashioned around them.
c.
At Lord Gorings Club, a background character says "Come now, Bunbury!" Bunbury is an imaginary sick friend invented by a character in "The Importance of Being Earnest" as an excuse to visit the country. That play is performed in the background in several scenes of the movie.
d.
Three Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, restored to flying condition in World War II configurations, were used during filming. Clever camera work and multiple shots of the planes with different names painted on their noses were mixed with wartime footage to create the illusion of an entire Group of B-17 bombers. Noted aviation author and pilot Martin Caidin, who helped fly one of the B-17s from America to England, chronicled the restorations of the aircraft, their flight across the Atlantic, and their use in the film in his book "Everything But The Flak."
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