Where was the exotic Cyd Charisse born?
Cyd Charisse was born in Amarillo, Texas, in 1921.
Her real name was Tula Ellice Finklea.
Mothra, Rodan, and Godzilla appear in the Japanese horror film Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster (1965), directed by Inoshiro Honda.
In 1940, when producer Sam Katzman brought some of the kids to Monogram Pictures. The kids (who eventually included Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Billy Halop, and others) had started out as the “Dead End Kids” in Dead End (1937, Samuel Goldwyn). They had gone on to work for Warner Brothers and Universal. Their…
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.
Bette Davis says, “I’d love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair” in Cabin in the Cotton (1932).
Paul Newman ran the family sporting goods store in Cleveland, Ohio before becoming an actor. His first critical acclaim came with his Broadway debut in Picnic in 1953; his first screen appearance was in The Silver Chalice (1954).
Lois Maxwell played Miss Moneypenny in most of the older James Bond films. Bernard Lee played M until his death in 1979; Robert Brown since then. Desmond Llewelyn played Q.