Who was the cinematographer on Citizen Kane (1941)?
Gregg Toland was the cinematographer on Citizen Kane (1941), who served in the same role on such classics as The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
Jack Nicholson ordered a plain omelet, a cup of coffee, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, hold the butter, lettuce, mayonnaise, and chicken (i.e., just bring the toast), at the diner in Five Easy Pieces (1970).
The 1950 remake of To Have and Have Not (1944) was The Breaking Point (1950). More faithful to the Ernest Hemingway novel To Have and Have Not, it starred John Garfield as Harry Morgan and Patricia Neal as Leona Charles.
Quaid’s (Arnold Schwarzenegger) wife Lori (Sharon Stone), upon killing her said, “Consider that a divorce” in Total Recall (1990).
David Lean made sixteen movies. David Lean won the Oscar for best director twice, for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962).
Fred Waller (1886-1954) of Paramount’s special-effects department developed Cinerama. The wide-screen process used three cameras and three projectors to record and project a single expansive image. The process debuted in 1952 with This Is Cinerama, a travelogue. What was the first story feature filmed in Cinerama? How the West Was Won (1962).
“Texaco Star Theater” (NBC, 1948-56) was the top-rated TV program in 1950.