The Kobayashi Maru was the name of the “no-win” test that Lieutenant Saavik (Kirstie Alley) fails at the beginning of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).
The Black Cat (1934) was the first film to pair Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.
Beach Party (1963) was Annette Funicello’s and Frankie Avalon’s first movie together. Their arch-nemesis in that film was Eric Von Zipper, the would-be tough biker, played by Harvey Lembeck.
In the movie Babette’s Feast (1987), the spread included, among other things, fresh terrapin soup, quail in vol-au-vents, blinis, caviar, and baba au rhum.
How Green Was My Valley. The year High Noon was eligible ( 1952 )? The Greatest Show on Earth. The year The Searchers was eligible (1956)? Around the World in 80 Days. The year Casablanca was eligible (1943)? Casablanca.
John Barrymore played Ahab in the original film version of Moby Dick. No one played Ishmael. The character was cut out of the screenplay, which differed heavily from Herman Melville’s novel.
“Oaters” were Westerns, particularly low-budget Westerns.