What was the first movie based on a TV series?
The first movie based on a TV series was Dragnet (1954).
It was based on the NBC series of the same name (NBC, 1952-59, 1967-70).
It was the 1927 movie It, directed by Clarence Badger and Josef von Sternberg. Clara Bow’s character was named Betty Lou.
Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck appeared together in three movies: His Brother’s Wife (1936), This Is My Affair (1937), and The Night Walker (1965). The two were married in 1939 and divorced in 1952.
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Twentieth Century-Fox owned the copyright to the wide-screen process known as CinemaScope. The Robe (1953) was the first film made using CinemaScope. Paramount developed VistaVision. The first film to use VistaVision was Ben-Hur (1959).
Buddy Ebsen was originally supposed to play the Tin Woodsman in The Wizard of Oz (1939). He left the picture when he had an allergic reaction to the makeup. He was replaced by Jack Haley.
A Boy’s Life was Steven Spielberg’s working title for E.T. (1982).