Beach Party (1963) was Annette Funicello’s and Frankie Avalon’s first movie together. Their arch-nemesis in that film was Eric Von Zipper, the would-be tough biker, played by Harvey Lembeck.
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.
Charlie Chaplin shared a cooked boot in The Gold Rush (1925) with Mack Swain, playing Big Jim McKay.
The Egg and I (1947) gave Ma and Pa Kettle their debut. It is about a city woman (Claudette Colbert) who marries a chicken farmer (Fred MacMurray). Ma and Pa Kettle were supporting characters played by Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride. They went on to star in the same roles in their own movie series.
Champion, the Wonder Horse was the name of Gene Autry’s horse.
Marcus Loew (1870-1927), the New York, born son of Jewish immigrants from Austria is the Loew behind Loew’s Theaters. Beginning in 1905 with penny arcades in New York and Cincinnati, Loew’s, Inc., became one of the mightiest exhibition companies.