What movie duo was known by the nicknames “The Singing Capon” and “The Iron Butterfly”?
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald were known by the nicknames "The Singing Capon" and "The Iron Butterfly".
Elizabeth Taylor’s first film was There’s One Born Every Minute in 1942. Taylor was nine at the time.
Alfred Hitchcock wrote the foreword to the first edition of Hall-well’s Filmgoer’s Companion (1965). Leslie Halliwell, pioneer film encyclopedist, died in January, 1989.
The sequel to the silent version of The Mark of Zorro (1925) was Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925). Douglas Fairbanks played Don Diego Vega (Zorro) in both movies, and also Don Cesar de Vega, the son of Zorro.
The movie Airport (1970) had three sequels: Airport 1975 (1974); Airport ’77 (1977); and The Concorde, Airport ’79 (1979), also known as just plain Airport ’79. All of them featured George Kennedy.
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949), starring Betty Grable, was advertised with the line, “She’s got the biggest six-shooters in the West!”.
Ron Howard’s directorial debut was Grand Theft Auto (1977). The movie featured Marion Ross, Howard’s TV mom on “Happy Days” (ABC, 1974-84).