“Mister Senor Love Daddy” (Sam Jackson) is the DJ at WE LOVE radio, 108 FM in Do the Right Thing (1989), “The last on your dial, but the first in ya hearts, and that’s the truth, Ruth!”
Marion Crane, played by Janet Leigh the female character murdered by Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in Psycho (1960). Her boyfriend is Sam Loomis (John Gavin) and her sister is Lila Crane (Vera Miles).
John Wayne got the nickname “Duke” because he had a dog named “Duke” as a child. To distinguish them, the dog was known as “Big Duke” and Wayne as “Little Duke.”
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Stan Laurel, Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, and Lana Turner have each been married eight times.
The name of the Broadway play in The Producers was Springtime for Hitler. Nazi refugee Franz Liebkind, played by Kenneth Mars, was the play’s author.
Rouben Mamoulian was the original director of Cleopatra (1963). After he was fired, Alfred Hitchcock was offered the job, but refused. Joseph L. Mankiewicz eventually took over.