Who said, “I’m a bagel on a plate of onion rolls”?
Barbra Streisand said, “I’m a bagel on a plate of onion rolls”, as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (1968), comparing herself to perfect chorus-line hoofers.
Tim McIntire gave his voice to the telepathic dog Blood in the post-apocalyptic science fiction movie A Boy and His Dog. Blood himself was played by Tiger of TV’s “The Brady Bunch” (ABC, 1969-74).
Best Foreign Language Film was introduced as a regular category in the Academy Awards in 1956. The first winner was La Strada (Italian, 1954), directed by Federico Fellini.
Pia Zadora was born in Forest Hills, New York, in 1954. It is her real name.
Dirty Harry said he was called dirty because he does “every dirty job that comes along.” Clint Eastwood played Harry Callahan.
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).
Paul Newman ran the family sporting goods store in Cleveland, Ohio before becoming an actor. His first critical acclaim came with his Broadway debut in Picnic in 1953; his first screen appearance was in The Silver Chalice (1954).