What was Rudolph Valentino’s real name?
Rudolph Valentino’s real name was Rodolfo Alfonzo Raffaele Pierre Philibert Guglielmi d’Antonguolla, born on May 6, 1895, in Castellaneta, Italy.
Falconetti (Marie Falconetti, 1901-46), a French stage actress, starred in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) by Carl Dreyer. This was Falconetti’s only film.
Little Sheba was the name of Lola Delaney’s (Shirley Booth’s) dog in Come Back, Little Sheba (1952).
A Family Affair (1937), with Lionel Barrymore as Judge Hardy and Mickey Rooney as his son Andy, was the first film in which Andy Hardy appeared. The Andy Hardy series began officially, however, with You’re Only Young Once (1938), with Lewis Stone as Judge James Hardy. George B. Seitz directed most of the Andy Hardy…
Born Thelma McQueen in 1911, in Tampa, Florida, she got her nickname Butterfly McQueen when she danced as a young woman in the Butterfly Ballet in a theatrical production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She is best known for playing the weepy slave Prissy in Gone With the Wind (1939).
Best Picture—Wings (1927) (Best “Production”) Best Actor—Emil Jannings in The Last Command (1927) and The Way of All Flesh (1927) Best Actress—Janet Gaynor in Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1927), and Sunrise (1927) Best Director—Frank Borzage for Seventh Heaven (1927)
Edith Bunker died after “All in the Family” (CBS, 1971-79) had become “Archie Bunker’s Place” (CBS, 1979-83). The 1980-81 season opened with Archie grieving over her death, which was not portrayed directly.