What were the leeches in The African Queen (1951) made of?
The leeches in The African Queen (1951) were made of rubber.
Designed by Cliff Richardson, they had small “blood sacs” and were stuck to Humphrey Bogart’s back with waterproof adhesive.
Clara Blandick, who often played aunts, such as Aunt Polly in Tom Sawyer (1930) played Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Camp Crystal Lake was the camp terrorized by Jason in Friday the 13th (1980).
Alfred Hitchcock passes by a phone booth being used by George Sanders in Rebecca. Hitchcock can be seen in a weight-reduction ad in a newspaper in Lifeboat ( 1944 ). His outline appears on a neon sign in Rope (1948).
Jack Nicholson’s first job in the movies was as an office boy in MGM’s cartoon department.
The first name of Dr. Frankenstein in the 1931 Universal version of Frankenstein was Henry, played by Colin Clive. In the book by Mary Shelley the character’s name was Victor. Victor’s son’s name in Son of Frankenstein (1931) was Wolf, as in Baron Wolf von Frankenstein, played by Basil Rathbone.
Freedonia and Sylvania were the mythical countries in Duck Soup. The mythical country in Million Dollar Legs ( 1932 ) was Klopstokia. The mythical country in The Mouse That Roared ( 1959 ) was The Duchy of Grand Fenwick.