What were James Dean’s birth and death dates?
James Dean was born on February 8, 1931, and died in a car crash on September 30, 1955.
Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles were credited with the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1940).
In 1970, Lillian Gish received a special Oscar for her cumulative work, then spanning nearly sixty years. She began making films in 1912; in 1987, she appeared in The Whales of August.
Buddy Ebsen was originally supposed to play the Tin Woodsman in The Wizard of Oz (1939). He left the picture when he had an allergic reaction to the makeup. He was replaced by Jack Haley.
Harry Lillis Crosby get the nickname “Bing” from a comic strip he liked called “The Bingville Bugle.”
In Grand Hotel (1932), to John Barrymore, Greta Garbo says, “I want to be alone”.
Don Corleone’s phone number in The Godfather (1972) was Long Beach 4-5620. Don’t bother calling it; a recording will tell you it’s not in service.