Were “letters of transit” issued in World War II-era Casablanca?
No.
“Letters of transit,” authorizing people to travel without question, were a fiction used in the movie Casablanca (1942).
The line about “make him an offer he can’t refuse” appears three times in The Godfather (1972): • “My father made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.” Michael (Al Pacino) tells Kay (Diane Keaton) about Vito’s (Marlon Brando’s) threats against a bandleader. • “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” Vito tells Johnny…
Fraser Clarke Heston went on to write the screenplay for The Mountain Men (1980), a film starring his father. He also wrote and produced Mother Lode (1982), again starring his father. Charlton Heston also codirected the latter film, with Joe Canutt, son of Western actor Yakima Canutt.
The Invisible Man (1933) was Claude Rains’s American film debut. As the title character, Jack Griffin, Rains was never visible until the last shot, but his voice was heard throughout.
Mildred Pierce was a waitress who bought an eatery that she built into a chain of restaurants.
The Time Machine (1960) opened on December 31, 1899.
John Shaft, “the black private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks,” was played by Richard Roundtree in the movie Shaft. The Oscar-winning “Theme from Shaft” was by Isaac Hayes.