On what book is The Heiress (1949) based?
The Heiress is based on the book Washington Square, by Henry James.
Richard Burton, playing British malcontent Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger (1959).
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) was set in 1936. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) was set in 1935. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) opens in 1912, then shifts to 1938.
Steve Reeves was born in Glasgow, Montana, in 1926. The bodybuilding champion became famous in Italian mythological epics beginning with Hercules (aka Le Fatiche di Ercole) in 1957.
Moe and Nora di Sesso trained the rats used in the movie Willard (1971). They were assisted by their pet cat.
Buddy Ebsen was originally supposed to play the Tin Woodsman in The Wizard of Oz (1939). He left the picture when he had an allergic reaction to the makeup. He was replaced by Jack Haley.
Lisa Kirk sang for Rosalind Russell in Gypsy (1962).