What nickname did the crew give to the mechanical shark used in Jaws (1975)?
“Bruce” was the nickname the crew gave to the mechanical shark used in Jaws (1975).
The shark was designed by Joe Alves.
Marilyn Monroe was working on Something’s Got to Give (1962) when she died.
Chuck Courtney was Billy the Kid in Billy the Kid vs Dracula (1966). John Carradine was Dracula. William Beaudine directed.
John Wayne got the nickname “Duke” because he had a dog named “Duke” as a child. To distinguish them, the dog was known as “Big Duke” and Wayne as “Little Duke.”
The symbol for Paramount originally represented a mountain from the Wasatch Range of Utah. This was the home state of W. W. Hodkinson, the businessman who helped found the company in 1914.
The Wings of Eagles was based on World War I aviator Frank “Spig” Wead, who after a debilitating accident, became a screenwriter. The screenplays he wrote included Air Mail (1932), The Citadel (1938), and They Were Expendable (1945).
John Shaft, “the black private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks,” was played by Richard Roundtree in the movie Shaft. The Oscar-winning “Theme from Shaft” was by Isaac Hayes.