Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Yolanda and the Thief (1945) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Yolanda and the Thief (1945) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Yolanda and the Thief (1945).

About the movie: Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Yolanda and the Thief (1945)?
a.		According to the introduction by Robert Osborne on a TCM broadcast, Lucille Ball was going to play the Frank Morgan role of the fellow con-artist to Fred Astaire.
b.		The poem read by Maya Angelou is her own "In and Out of Time".
c.		Rob Reiner was originally going to be one of the band members, but ended up directing the film after Harry Shearer commented that "he didnt look good in spandex".
d.		Zack Snyder said that the reason his zombies run at full speed is because he wanted to avoid the inherent comic impression given by slow, shuffling undead.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Yolanda and the Thief (1945)?
a.		The play opened in London, England on 2 February 1930 with Madeleine Carroll in the role of Phyl. The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 3 November 1931, but had only 20 performances. Margaret Perry originated her movie role as Phyl in the opening night cast of that production, which also included Humphrey Bogart as Duff Wilson and Walter Kingsford as Mr. Thomas.
b.		Originally planned to star Fred Astaire and Judy Garland. Plans were abandoned when Garland was cast in the big budget western musical The Harvey Girls. The two would eventually be cast opposite each other in Easter Parade.
c.		Initial budget: 1.9 million dollars
d.		Jenny Clack (University of Cambridge) discovered a fossil amphibian, found in the remnants of what was once a fetid swamp and named it Eucritta melanolimnetes - literally "the creature from the black lagoon".

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