What was the name of The Shootist (1976)?
Played by John Wayne, The Shootist was John Bernard Brooks.
It was John Wayne’s last film.
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.
Divine’s real name was Harris Glenn Milstead. He was born in Baltimore in 1946 and was a high school friend of John Waters, with whom he made several films. Divine died in 1989. His last film with Waters was Hairspray (1988), in which Divine played a housewife and mother.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association sponsors the Golden Globe awards. Founded in 1940, it is an association of foreign journalists covering the Los Angeles entertainment scene. The awards were first presented in 1944, with the first Best Motion Picture award going to The Song of Bernadette (1943).
Marilyn Monroe was working on Something’s Got to Give (1962) when she died.
Marilyn Monroe was thirty-six when she died. She was born on June 1, 1926, and died of a sleeping pill overdose on August 5, 1962.
Ryan O’Neal’s character had the number IV after his name, as in “Oliver Barrett IV.”, in Love Story (1970). His father was Oliver Barrett III, played by Ray Milland.