How did “Mildred Pierce” build her fortune in the 1945 movie of that name?
Mildred Pierce was a waitress who bought an eatery that she built into a chain of restaurants.
The silent vamp, Theda Bara’s name was an anagram for “Arab Death.” She was born Theodosia Goodman.
No, John Davidson who appears in old movie credits has no relation to TV’s John Davidson. The earlier John Davidson (1886-1968) was a character actor who usually played dapper, sinister foreigners in silent and sound films. His movies included The Green Cloak (1915), Romeo and Juliet (1916), Dinner at Eight (1933), A Tale of Two…
C.H.U.D. stands for Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers, in the movie of the same name.
The name of the dinosaur bone lost by David Huxley was an intercostal clavicle.
Martha Plimpton’s parents were Keith Carradine and Shelley Plimpton. Martha Plimpton’s films include Running on Empty (1988) and Parenthood (1989).
Eleven actors have played Marc Antony on film, in thirteen movies. They are: Frank Benson—Julius Caesar (1911) Henry Wilcoxon—Cleopatra (1934) Charlton Heston—Julius Caesar (1950) Marlon Brando—Julius Caesar (1953) Raymond Burr—Serpent of the Nile (1953) Helmut Dantine—The Story of Mankind (1957) Georges Marchal—Legions of the Nile (1959—Italy, Spain, France) Philip Saville—An Honourable Murder (1960—UK) Bruno Tocci—Caesar…