What movie was billed as “the first 100% all-talking drama filmed outdoors”?
The 1929 Western In Old Arizona, for which Warner Baxter won the Best Actor Oscar, was billed as “the first 100% all-talking drama filmed outdoors”.
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Was Bonfire of the Vanities the biggest box-office flop of 1990?
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Who directed The Terror (1963)?
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How did the actors wearing the ape costumes in Planet of the Apes (1967) breathe?
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At what mogul’s funeral is Red Skelton said to have observed, “Give the people what they want, they’ll all show up”?
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What was Lou Gehrig’s only film role?
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