Where was suave, vaguely foreign Paul Henreid born?
Most famous for his role as Victor Laszlo in Casablanca (1942), Paul Henreid was born in Trieste, Italy, in 1908, but grew up in Vienna.
Woody Allen said, “This year I’m a star, but what will I be next year, a black hole.”
Robert Taylor was born Spangler Arlington Brugh. He was born in Filley, Nebraska, in 1911.
His father punished Alfred Hitchcock for a since-forgotten offense by sending him to the police station with a note. The chief of police read it and locked Hitchcock up for five to ten minutes, saying, “This is what we do to naughty boys.” Hitchcock was four or five years old at the time.
Woody Allen claimed is the only cultural advantage offered by Los Angeles is that you can make a right turn on a red light.
Dorothy Parker collaborated on several screenplays, including A Star Is Born (1937), The Little Foxes (1941), Saboteur (1942), and The Fan (1949).
Rachel, Rachel (1968) was Paul Newman’s directorial debut. The movie starred his wife, Joanne Woodward.