Paul Newman ran the family sporting goods store in Cleveland, Ohio before becoming an actor.
His first critical acclaim came with his Broadway debut in Picnic in 1953; his first screen appearance was in The Silver Chalice (1954).
The coffee slogan was “If you can’t sleep at night, it isn’t the coffee, it’s the bunk.”
An artist named Otto Messmer who worked for silent cartoon animator Pat Sullivan invented Felix the Cat. Messmer developed Felix for Paramount’s Screen Magazine in 1919. Paramount producer John King gave Felix his name. The first Felix cartoon in 1919 was called Feline Follies; the second was called Musical Mews.
Sloan Wilson, author of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, wrote A Summer Place.
Alan Hale played Robin Hood’s sidekick Little John, alongside Errol Flynn as Robin. Nicol Williamson played the part in Robin and Marian (1976), alongside Sean Connery. Nick Brimble played Robin Hood’s sidekick Little John, alongside Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991).
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo depicts the first American air raid on Japan, staged in 1942 by Lt. Colonel Jimmy Doolittle (played by Spencer Tracy). The movie was based on the book of the same name by Ted Lawrence, a pilot on the raid (Van Johnson). The air strike was important in lifting American morale early…
Professor Julius Ferris Kelp was the nutty professor. Buddy Love was his suave, lounge-singing alter ego in the movie.