Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ziegfeld Follies (1945) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ziegfeld Follies (1945) - 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: Ziegfeld Follies (1945).

About the movie: The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ziegfeld Follies (1945)?
a.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 23, 1939 with Fred MacMurray reprising his film role.
b.		Fanny Brices material in this picture had originated on stage and radio. "The Sweepstakes Ticket" sketch, written by David Freedman, highlighted Miss Brices final Broadway appearance in "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936." The stage show opened at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran from January 30 through May 9, 1936, plus a return engagement between September 14 and December 19, 1936. Fannys other comedy scene in the picture, "Baby Snooks and the Burglar" (the footage deleted and now lost), had been performed on NBCs radio series "Good News of 1940." The on-air sketch, entitled "Bungling Burglars," had been broadcast on January 4, 1940, and featured Fanny as the precocious Snooks, with Hanley Stafford playing her exasperated Daddy. The pair would repeat their roles in the cut film sequence, which also featured B.S. Pully as the one burglar. The MGM revue marked Fannys last film.
c.		The film was originally titled "America 20xx," but the filmmakers felt the film reflected the experience of twenty-somethings around the world, not just in the United States.
d.		Two cast members have played characters involved with the sale of real estate to the vampire based on Bram Stokers novel. Alexander Granach appeared as Knock, the House Broker in F.W. Murnaus Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens. Dwight Frye appeared as Renfield in Tod Brownings Dracula.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ziegfeld Follies (1945)?
a.		Since John H. Kafka was in Hollywood in the 1940s and even wrote some MGM films, it is not known if his onscreen credit for original story is based on his direct contribution to this film, or was due solely to his work on the original 1938 French version.
b.		Brandon Routh was considered for the role of Hank. Emilie de Ravin, Maggie Grace and Jenna Fischer were considered for the role of Anne-Marie.
c.		The film premiered on April 13, 1967, exactly 14 years to the day after the Ian Fleming "Casino Royale" novel was published.
d.		James Meltons participation deleted from three pop-tune sequences ("A Cowboys Life," "We Will Meet Again in Honolulu" and the finale, "Theres Beauty Everywhere"), the Metropolitan Opera tenor, in his last screen appearance, was confined to the operatic, sharing with soprano Marion Bell "Libiamo nelieti calici" from Giuseppe Verdis "La Traviata."

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ziegfeld Follies (1945)?
a.		The idea for the film had been in discussion at MGM since 1939. Planning began in 1943.
b.		The character of Rio originally was based on Billy the Kid, as recounted in Charles Neiders novel "The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones." Sam Peckinpah, who wrote an early version of the script and who later went on to direct Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, said in a 1973 "Playboy" magazine interview that Marlon Brando would not play a villain, and Billy the Kid most definitely was a villain. Peckinpahs 1973 film shares some narrative elements with this film and it also featured "Jacks" co-stars Slim Pickens and Katy Jurado.
c.		Due to the Hays Code, Kyle Hadleys homosexuality could not be mentioned directly in the movie.
d.		Boris Karloff was to star as Dr. X.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ziegfeld Follies (1945)?
a.		The Hutchinson Co. quarry where the final shootout takes place was located just south of the Larkspur exit off highway 101. It was demolished in the mid 1980s.
b.		The machine producing the bubbles for the finale was responsible for one of the greatest filming fiascoes in movie history. On the first day of filming the finale, the gas produced by the bubbles caused Vincente Minnellis cameraman to faint, on top of a forty foot lift. While Minnelli struggled to stop his cameraman from falling, the bubbles continued to pour from the machine to such an extent that the fire brigade was called to turn it off. Even with the machine under control, the gas from the bubbles was a constant hazard. James Melton filmed with a wet handkerchief in his mouth to protect himself!
c.		Nat King Coles only lead role in a major Hollywood film.
d.		According to the star himself, this was the first movie Clint Eastwood saw.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ziegfeld Follies (1945)?
a.		Clear Rivers (Ali Larter) was named after Glen Morgan and James Wongs assistant. The Rivers surname came from a family relation of one of the crew.
b.		A comic ditty written by George and Ira Gershwin, "The Babbitt and the Bromide", sung, spoken and danced by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, was originally performed in the 1927 Broadway musical Funny Face by Fred and his sister Adele Astaire.
c.		The Irish sequences were tinted green for the original release.
d.		The directors high school mascot was actually a beaver; Hence, the use of a beaver on the school shirt in the movie.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ziegfeld Follies (1945)?
a.		MGM gave this film a two-week roadshow test run at a famed legitimate showplace, the Colonial Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, beginning August 13, 1945. A second test run began at the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 28, 1945. $2.40 was the top ticket price for these engagements and the film did great business according to the Boxoffice Magazine issue of September 1, 1945, with the advance sale for the Pittsburgh theatre "setting a new high." A third test run was also done at the Loews New Rochelle Theatre per the New York Times of September 2, 1945. Disappointed by the largely negative audience reaction, studio executives decided against quickly showing the movie nationwide. Changing the running order of the segments, restoring discarded sequences and/or replacing "Theres Beauty Everywhere" with a new finale were considered by the Arthur Freed Unit. Hedda Hopper and the New York Times both reported that Busby Berkeley was going to direct a new finale for the picture but this wasnt done. Ultimately, the movie would receive its Manhattan opening at the Capitol Theatre on March 22, 1946 and its wide release on April 8.
b.		Film critic Gene Siskel hated this movie so much that he stated on "Siskel & Ebert" that it almost made him quite his job. Yet he stated that later the same day he saw a better teen comedy Say Anything... and it encouraged him not to quit.
c.		Janet Eilber, who plays Richard Dreyfuss girlfriend in the film, is a real life dancer for Martha Graham. She has since taken over for troupe since her passing.
d.		Quentin Tarantino: electronic voice on Jackies answering machine.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ziegfeld Follies (1945)?
a.		All of the instruments and singing in the movie were recorded by the actors, with the exception of the guitar parts of Vanessa Hudgens, Scott Porter, and piano parts of Lisa Chung. Although Hudgens and Porter learned how to play their songs, they were dubbed by guitarist Jason Mozersky.
b.		The lengthy shooting schedule ran between April 10 and August 18, 1944, with retakes plus additional segments filmed on December 22, 1944 and then between January 25 and February 6, 1945.
c.		The film was shot in sequence, so as filming went on and the actors grew tired from the shooting schedule, the characters they played would also look more and more tired as the night went on.
d.		When preparing to work on the special edition one of the ILM employees was talking to a friend and mentioned in passing that they were extending the musical number in Jabbas palace. The friend happened to be the brother of Femi Taylor, the dancer that played Oola (the slave girl/dancer who is fed to the Rancor) and suggested that they get in contact with her as she was in even better shape than she was when they originally shot the scene. They ended up using her, and the scene is a combination of footage that they already had and the new footage recorded 15 years later. Femi Taylor also has the distinction of being the only cast member from the original movies to reprise her role for the special edition.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ziegfeld Follies (1945)?
a.		A crew members brother was a real exorcist, and was on set advising director Daniel Stamm. He makes an unbilled cameo in the film and can be seen to the left of Reverend Cotton Marcus when he delivers his sermon about the Prince of Lies.
b.		The movies line "Snap out of it!" was voted as the #96 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
c.		When Annie demands that Paul burn his manuscript, she lights the paper and we see a close-up of the words on the paper, an article about Cameron Crowe and how he is an amazing scriptwriter. It talks about his movies, but mostly offers praise for Say Anything....
d.		Among the ideas planned in the film, but not used, included: - A spoof of the musical "Lady in the Dark" with Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney and Fred Astaire. - A minstrel number with Garland, Rooney, Astaire, Lou Holtz and Nancy Walker. - An "Album of Familiar Songs" medley with Garland, Marilyn Maxwell, Eddie Rochester Anderson, Lena Horne, and Kathryn Grayson. - A "Firehouse Chat," a sketch with Garland, Lucille Ball and Ann Sothern. - "Reading of the Play," a sketch with Garland and Frank Morgan. - "Its Getting Hot in Tahiti" (music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane) with Garland. - A "Fairy Tale" sketch with Katharine Hepburn, Margaret OBrien and Jackie Butch Jenkins. - "Ive Got Those Rooney/Pidgeon/Skelton Blues" with Garland, Ball and Greer Garson (in a number theyd concocted on a war bond train) moaning about their frequent co-stars. - "Pass That Peace Pipe" (music and lyrics by Martin, Blane and Roger Edens) with Garland, Rooney, Ball, Walker, June Allyson, Gene Kelly and Charles Walters (The song was later given to Joan McCracken by Walters when he directed Good News.) - "Sand," a sketch with Garland and Astaire in blackface. - "Childrens Park" with various MGM stars (including Hepburn, Garland, Walter Pidgeon, Basil Rathbone, Tom Drake and Esther Williams) riding on swings. - "I Love You More In Technicolor Than I Do In Black and White" (music and lyrics by Martin and Blane) with Garland turning down dates from John Hodiak, Van Johnson and James Craig to rekindle with Rooney. (This routine had to be dropped when Rooney entered the Army.) - James Melton suggested he should do a number with either Garland or Grayson.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ziegfeld Follies (1945)?
a.		Broadways "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936" had employed two members of its creative team who later would collaborate on the MGM film. Vincente Minnelli received credit as Scenic Designer of the stage show, plus additional credit as Costume Designer for two numbers written by Vernon Duke (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics): "Island in the West Indies," sung by Gertrude Niesen and danced by Josephine Baker; and "Sentimental Weather," sung and danced by June Preisser, her sister Cherry Preisser and Duke McHale. The movies Dance Director, Robert Alton, had choreographed the 1936 Broadway "Follies."
b.		A scene filmed that did not make the final cut featured Deanna Troi attempting to communicate with the abrasive Zefram Cochrane. Fed up of his attitude she pushes him off an embankment, fully aware that he will land on a force field which breaks his fall.
c.		Shirley MacLaine does not speak until 29 minutes into the film.
d.		This movie was based on a play written about a sister of Phi Mu sorority. Susan Harling was a member of the Kappa Iota chapter and her brother wrote the play on which the movie is based.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ziegfeld Follies (1945)?
a.		Despite lobbying Robert Evans and Jack Nicholson for the chance to direct the film, when he finally landed the gig Roman Polanski started having second thoughts. The thought of returning to Los Angeles - where his wife Sharon Tate had been brutally murdered four years earlier - was too overwhelming for him.
b.		Judith Anderson, who had achieved great personal success as Lady Macbeth onstage opposite Maurice Evans, was one of the few actresses that Orson Welles did not test for the role. He wanted a seductive Lady Macbeth, and tried to get Vivien Leigh for the role, but Laurence Olivier, Leighs then-husband, refused permission.
c.		At the beginning of the "Bring On The Beautiful Girls" number, several older women are shown. These were women who had actually appeared in the original Ziegfeld Follies on stage.
d.		Buddy Hacketts final appearance in a theatrical film.

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