Who was originally cast as Vicki Vale in Batman (1989)?
Sean Young was originally cast as Vicki Vale in Batman (1989).
She fractured her shoulder in a riding accident two weeks before the start of principal filming. Kim Basinger took over.
Twenty-nine “Carry On” films were produced in Great Britain, beginning with Carry On Sergeant (1958), and ending with Carry On Emmanuelle (1978).
The X in Francis X. Bushman’s name stood for Xavier.
Professor Julius Ferris Kelp was the nutty professor. Buddy Love was his suave, lounge-singing alter ego in the movie.
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).
Before he met Bette Joan Perske (aka Lauren Bacall), he had been married three times: first, to Helen Menken, then to Mary Philips, both actresses. These marriages had ended in divorce. When he met Bacall on the set of To Have and Have Not (1944), he was married to Mayo Methot.
The brand that Tom Dunson (John Wayne) draws at the end of Red River (1948) was a river with a D on the top and an M on the bottom. The D is for Dunson, the M is for Matthew Garth (Montgomery Clift). Dunson tells Garth, “You’ve earned it.”