Question 1

What real-life event from Bugsy Siegel's Hollywood aspirations is depicted in the film?

Accepted Answer

The film shows Bugsy Siegel watching a screentest of himself, based on his real-life attempt to break into showbiz, though the original footage no longer exists.

Question 2

Which 1941 movie is being filmed in a scene where Bugsy Siegel visits George Raft on set?

Accepted Answer

The movie being filmed is Manpower (1941), and the bar fight scene where Raft hands a broken chair to Virginia Hill appeared in the actual film.

Question 3

Where were the Las Vegas Flamingo construction scenes filmed for the movie?

Accepted Answer

Most Las Vegas scenes of the Flamingo construction were filmed near Palm Desert and La Quinta, California, using a full-sized replica of the Flamingo.

Question 4

What chilling confession did Bugsy Siegel make to real estate mogul Del E. Webb during the Flamingo's construction?

Accepted Answer

Bugsy Siegel confided to Del E. Webb that he had probably killed at least a dozen guys, but reassured Webb that gangsters only kill each other.

Question 5

Which actor has appeared in every Barry Levinson film from Diner to Liberty Heights?

Accepted Answer

Ralph Tabakin, who plays an elevator operator in Bugsy, appeared in every Levinson picture from Diner (1982) to Liberty Heights (1999).

Question 6

What real-life detail about Bugsy Siegel's Hollywood ambitions is depicted in the film?

Accepted Answer

The movie shows Bugsy Siegel watching a screentest of himself, based on the real-life event where Siegel had a screentest to try to break into showbiz, though the footage no longer exists.

Question 7

Which 1941 film is being made in a scene where Bugsy Siegel visits George Raft on set?

Accepted Answer

The movie being filmed is Manpower (1941), which co-starred Edward G. Robinson, and the scene of a bar fight where Raft hands a broken chair to Virginia Hill appeared in the actual film.

Question 8

Where were the Las Vegas Flamingo construction scenes filmed for the movie?

Accepted Answer

Most Las Vegas scenes of the Flamingo construction were filmed near Palm Desert and La Quinta, California, where a full-sized replica of the Flamingo was built.

Question 9

What chilling confession did Bugsy Siegel make to real estate mogul Del E. Webb, as portrayed in the film?

Accepted Answer

Bugsy Siegel confided in Del E. Webb that he had probably killed at least a dozen guys, but reassured Webb that gangsters only kill each other.

Question 10

Which actor has appeared in every Barry Levinson picture from Diner (1982) to Liberty Heights (1999)?

Accepted Answer

Ralph Tabakin, who plays an elevator operator in this film, has appeared in every Levinson picture from Diner (1982) to Liberty Heights (1999).

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