De Havilland’s (1916–). Fontaine’s (1917–) real name is Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland. Both were born in Tokyo to British parents and brought to California in childhood.
No, Samuel Goldwyn, famous for his malapropisms, never said, “It rolls off my back like a duck”. Critic George Oppenheimer remembers coming up with this line when he was a Hollywood screenwriter. He won the commissary pool that the writers had going for the best Goldwynism of the day.
Cecil B. DeMille said, “My mind is not one that grasps the immorality of the bathroom”, defending his right to film bathtub scenes.
John Ford played a Ku Klux Klan member in The Birth of a Nation.
the name of the vampire in Nosferatu, the Vampire was Graf Orlok, played by Max Schreck. The film, directed by F. W. Murnau, was the first film version of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, but the name was changed to avoid copyright problems.
“Think God.” was the slogan was used to promote God in the movie Oh, God, Book II.