The biggest-grossing movies, by decade were:
1910-19 The Birth of a Nation (1915) 1920-29 The Big Parade (1925)
1930-39 Gone With the Wind (1939) 1940-49 Song of the South (1946)
1950-59 The Ten Commandments (1956) 1960-69 The Sound of Music (1965) 1970-79 Star Wars (1977)
1980-89 E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Humphrey Bogart—The Harder They Fall (1956) Gary Cooper—The Naked Edge (1961) Buster Keaton—A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1967) Errol Flynn—Cuban Rebel Girls (1969) Maurice Chevalier—Monkeys Go Home (1956)
Don Corleone’s phone number in The Godfather (1972) was Long Beach 4-5620. Don’t bother calling it; a recording will tell you it’s not in service.
His father punished Alfred Hitchcock for a since-forgotten offense by sending him to the police station with a note. The chief of police read it and locked Hitchcock up for five to ten minutes, saying, “This is what we do to naughty boys.” Hitchcock was four or five years old at the time.
There were four brothers who started the studio named Warner Brothers: Harry (1881-1958), Albert (1884-1967), Sam (1888-1927), and Jack (1892-1978). They were the children of Jewish immigrants from Poland. They founded the studio in 1923.
The first Mickey Mouse cartoon produced was Plane Crazy (1928). The second was Gallopin’ Gaucho (1928). The third was Steamboat Willie (1928), the first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon.
Lauren Bacall sang for Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not (1944). Andy Williams was hired to dub her voice, but Bacall’s voice was used after all.