Marilyn Monroe says to Charles Coburn in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), “I always say a kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara lasts forever”.
Born in Vienna in 1890, the director Fritz Lang came to Hollywood in 1934. Fritz Lang’s first American film was Fury (1936), for MGM. His last was Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956), for RKO. After that, the director quit making films in the United States, fed up with the trials and tribulations of the studio…
Jack Nicholson ordered a plain omelet, a cup of coffee, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, hold the butter, lettuce, mayonnaise, and chicken (i.e., just bring the toast), at the diner in Five Easy Pieces (1970).
Errol Flynn was charged with statutory rape in 1942. He was accused of the statutory rape of two teenage girls on his yacht. He was acquitted.
Schlockthropus was the name of the prehuman species resurrected in Schlock (1973). The Schlockthropus is played by twenty-two-year-old John Landis in his directorial debut. The film is also known as The Banana Monster.
Gene Autry’s “Ten Commandments of a Cowboy” were: 1. A cowboy never takes unfair advantage, even of an enemy. 2. A cowboy never betrays a trust. 3. A cowboy always tells the truth. 4. A cowboy is kind to small children, to old folks, and to animals. 5. A cowboy is free from racial and…
Geoffrey Unsworth and John Alcott were the cinematographers on 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Alcott was also Kubrick’s cinematographer on A Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), and The Shining (1980).