Who played the object of Lon Chaney’s affections in The Phantom of the Opera (1925)?
Mary Philbin was Christine Daae, protegee of Erik, the Phantom (Chaney) in The Phantom of the Opera (1925).
In a triumph of odd casting, Desi Arnaz, Jr., played Marco Polo and Zero Mostel played Kublai Khan, for the musical adaptation of Marco Polo’s journey to the Orient.
No, Bonfire of the Vanities wasn’t the biggest box-office flop of 1990. It lost only $15 million. Havana was the worst, it lost $35 million.
Singer Lupe Valez was the “Mexican Spitfire”.
John Wayne Airport is at Santa Ana, Orange County, California.
The Egg and I (1947) gave Ma and Pa Kettle their debut. It is about a city woman (Claudette Colbert) who marries a chicken farmer (Fred MacMurray). Ma and Pa Kettle were supporting characters played by Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride. They went on to star in the same roles in their own movie series.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), directed by Jacques Demy had all the dialogue sung.