Who is the “belle” in Belle de Jour (1967)?
Catherine Deneuve starred as Se’verine Se’rizy, prostitute by day, newlywed by night, in the film Belle de Jour (1967) by Luis Bufiuel.
Anthony Quinn’s eight minutes on-screen as painter Paul Gauguin in Lust for Life (1956) was the shortest time on-screen ever for an Oscar-winning performance. Quinn won as Best Supporting Actor.
Serge, played by Bronson Pinchot was the art gallery worker with the funny accent in Beverly Hills Cop.
W. K. L. Dickson (1860-1935), Thomas Edison’s assistant, was the first film director. He directed Edison’s first films in 1889.
The Island of Lost Souls (1933) was the first movie with the line “The natives are restless tonight”. It is said by Charles Laughton.
For a brief period from 1967 to 1969, Warner Brothers was known as Warner Brothers-Seven Arts. It got that name when it was acquired by the Canadian-based Seven Arts Productions. In 1969, Warner Brothers became part of Kinney National Service, which later became Warner Communications.
The Variety headline “Stix Nix Hix Pix” refers to the idea that small-town residents do not like movies about small-town life.