Who played The Merry Widow (1925) and whose widow was she?
Mae Murray played the title role in The Merry Widow (1925) directed by Erich von Stroheim.
Her character, Sally O’Hara, was the widow of Baron Sadoja (Tully Marshall).
Tom Selleck was first approached to play Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), then known for his commercials for Chaz Cologne. He turned the offer down for the lead in a TV series, “Magnum, PI” (CBS, 1980-88).
Elvis died in one, his first, Love Me Tender (1956). It was also the only one in which Elvis did not receive top billing. Its original title was The Reno Brothers, but the title was changed when a song from the movie, “Love Me Tender,” became a hit.
The miracle in Miracle of Morgan’s Creek was the birth of sextuplets to Trudy Kockenlocker (Betty Hutton). She was a woman who got married and pregnant without remembering it after drinking too much at a World War II servicemen’s dance.
Five people directed Casino Royale (1967). John Huston, Ken Hughes, Robert Parrish, Joe McGrath, and Val Guest.
Robert Redford played in the major league baseball team New York Knights in The Natural (1984).
Monsieur Hulot’ s Holiday (1953), Mon Oncle (1958), Playtime (1967), and Traffic (1971) were the four “Monsieur Hulot” movies. Monsieur Hulot was played in all four by Jacques Tati.