Fandango (1985), Costner’s first starring role, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) were films Kevin Costner made with director Kevin Reynolds.
Reynolds also shot second-unit footage on Dances With Wolves (1990), directed by Costner.
Private Parts (1972), a black comedy about a hotel full of sex perverts, was cult movie director Paul Bartel’s first full-length feature. It featured Stanley Livingston, who played Chip on “My Three Sons” (ABC, CBS; 196072).
John Ford played a Ku Klux Klan member in The Birth of a Nation.
Daphne du Maurier wrote the short story that inspired Hitch-cock’s The Birds.
Bob Hope’s Fancy Pants (1950) was a remake of Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), where Charles Laughton played the role later retailored for Hope.
Best Foreign Language Film was introduced as a regular category in the Academy Awards in 1956. The first winner was La Strada (Italian, 1954), directed by Federico Fellini.
Claudette Colbert says she’s proven that “The limb is mightier than the thumb” by revealing her leg to hitch a ride in It Happened One Night (1934).