What does “SPECTRE” in the James Bond films stand for?
SPECTRE in the James Bond movies stand for “Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion.”
Louis (1864-1948) and Auguste (1862-1954) Lumiere developed the first motion picture projector (which also served as a camera), the Cinematographe, patented February 13, 1895. December 28, 1895, is widely considered the birthday of cinema. This was the first time the Lumiere brothers showed their films to paying customers at the Grand CafĂ© in Paris. The…
Duck Soup (1933) was Zeppo’s last film with the Marx Brothers.
Roger Edens and Leonard Gershe wrote the additional songs for Funny Face (1957). The other songs were by George and Ira Gershwin.
The leeches in The African Queen (1951) were made of rubber. Designed by Cliff Richardson, they had small “blood sacs” and were stuck to Humphrey Bogart’s back with waterproof adhesive.
House of Usher (1960; aka The Fall of the House of Usher). Like most of the films in the series, which also included The Masque of the Red Death (1964) and The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), it starred Vincent Price.
Tim McIntire gave his voice to the telepathic dog Blood in the post-apocalyptic science fiction movie A Boy and His Dog. Blood himself was played by Tiger of TV’s “The Brady Bunch” (ABC, 1969-74).