How many movies did David Lean make?
David Lean made sixteen movies.
David Lean won the Oscar for best director twice, for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962).
In Grand Hotel (1932), to John Barrymore, Greta Garbo says, “I want to be alone”.
Rita Hayworth’s famous World War II pinup photo appeared on the cover of Life magazine in 1941.
Marty, played by Ernest Borgnine, was a butcher in the Bronx in the 1955 movie.
Marion Crane, played by Janet Leigh the female character murdered by Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in Psycho (1960). Her boyfriend is Sam Loomis (John Gavin) and her sister is Lila Crane (Vera Miles).
The National Legion of Decency was formed in 1934, by a group of Roman Catholic bishops. Through it, films were reviewed and rated for their decency. If the movie was not approved, a boycott was advised.
Lock Martin played Gort, the giant robot, in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), then the doorman at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Director Robert Wise gave him the job because he was the tallest man he knew.