Did Dorothy Parker write any screenplays?
Dorothy Parker collaborated on several screenplays, including A Star Is Born (1937), The Little Foxes (1941), Saboteur (1942), and The Fan (1949).
The Kobayashi Maru was the name of the “no-win” test that Lieutenant Saavik (Kirstie Alley) fails at the beginning of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).
The shooting in North by Northwest (1959) is supposed to be a surprise to onlookers. But in the background, a boy extra (who has rehearsed once too often) puts his fingers in his ears before the gun goes off.
Ann Sheridan was “The Oomph Girl”. Veronica Lake was “The Peekaboo Girl”. Lizabeth Scott was “The Threat”.
Will Rogers said, “Pictures are the only business where you can sit out front and applaud yourself”.
Window washer Morse conquered the Worldwide Wicket Co., owned by Rudy Vallee in the movie How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
George Hamilton played Robert Cole, a character based on Raskolnikov, in this strange version of Feodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment set in Santa Monica, California. It was Hamilton’s screen debut.