How many Oscars has screenwriter Robert Bolt won?
Screenwriter Robert Bolt won two Oscars, for Dr. Zhivago (1965) and for A Man for All Seasons (1966).
The name of the dinosaur bone lost by David Huxley was an intercostal clavicle.
For Me and My Gal (1942) was Gene Kelly’s film debut.
An artist named Otto Messmer who worked for silent cartoon animator Pat Sullivan invented Felix the Cat. Messmer developed Felix for Paramount’s Screen Magazine in 1919. Paramount producer John King gave Felix his name. The first Felix cartoon in 1919 was called Feline Follies; the second was called Musical Mews.
“Texaco Star Theater” (NBC, 1948-56) was the top-rated TV program in 1950.
The line about “make him an offer he can’t refuse” appears three times in The Godfather (1972): • “My father made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.” Michael (Al Pacino) tells Kay (Diane Keaton) about Vito’s (Marlon Brando’s) threats against a bandleader. • “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” Vito tells Johnny…
A secretary named Margaret Herrick, who later became executive director of the Academy gave the Academy Award statuette the name “Oscar”. According to legend, she looked at the statuette and said, “Why, he reminds me of my Uncle Oscar.” The uncle’s full name was Oscar Pierce.