In Body Heat (1981), Ned Racine (William Hurt) uses the Wheaton High School yearbook to learn that Matty Walker (Kathleen Turner) is guilty of murder.
No one won the Cannes Film Festival prize for Best Film in 1968. Political demonstrations led by directors like Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, and Claude Lelouch forced the festival to close in mid-proceedings that year.
A secretary named Margaret Herrick, who later became executive director of the Academy gave the Academy Award statuette the name “Oscar”. According to legend, she looked at the statuette and said, “Why, he reminds me of my Uncle Oscar.” The uncle’s full name was Oscar Pierce.
June Allyson took the role of madcap heiress Irene Bullock (played by Carole Lombard in the original 1936 version) in the remake of My Man Godfrey (1957). David Niven took the role of Godfrey Parke, the rich man posing as a butler (played by William Powell in the original).
The symbol for Paramount originally represented a mountain from the Wasatch Range of Utah. This was the home state of W. W. Hodkinson, the businessman who helped found the company in 1914.
Richard Pryor played The Wizard of Oz in The Wiz (1978). The following played the other leads. Dorothy—Diana Ross Scarecrow—Michael Jackson Tinman—Nipsey Russell Cowardly Lion—Ted Ross
“Think God.” was the slogan was used to promote God in the movie Oh, God, Book II.