David Niven played James Bond in the movie Casino Royale (1967). His nephew, Jimmy Bond, was played by Woody Allen.
The dinner at eight was held at the Park Avenue home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Jordan. Lord and Lady Ferncliffe were supposed to be the guests of honor. They never showed.
Mike Todd, Jr., introduced the aromatic cinema gimmick Smell-O-Vision in 1960. Smells were directed at each individual theater seat through a tubing system activated by a “smell track” on the film. The only film made in Smell-O- Vision was Scent of Mystery. John Waters’s “Odorama” system, introduced with Polyester in 1981, used a more low-tech…
Playwright Mary Chase placed Harvey, the invisible rabbit companion of Elwood P. Dowd, at six feet, one and a half inches tall. Elwood P. Dowd was played by James Stewart in the movie version of Harvey (1950). James Stewart was six feet, three and a half inches tall.
“The Brazilian Bombshell”, Carmen Miranda, was born in Marco de Canavezes, Portugal, in 1909. She died in 1955.
SPECTRE in the James Bond movies stand for “Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion.”