Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) had its premiere on October 16, 1939, on “Mr. Smith Day” in Washington, D.C., at Constitution Hall.
The film was at first poorly received by members of the Senate, who felt that the movie cast a negative light on democracy and on Washington, D.C.
Duck Soup (1933) was Zeppo’s last film with the Marx Brothers.
Freedonia and Sylvania were the mythical countries in Duck Soup. The mythical country in Million Dollar Legs ( 1932 ) was Klopstokia. The mythical country in The Mouse That Roared ( 1959 ) was The Duchy of Grand Fenwick.
Ralph Bellamy played the “other man” twice, in The Awful Truth (1937), where Irene Dunne was the woman; and in His Girl Friday (1940), where Rosalind Russell was the woman.
There were no male actors that appeared in The Women (1939). The all-female cast includes Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, and Paulette Goddard.
Young Jack Napier (the character who later becomes the Joker) is played by Hugo E. Blick in Batman (1989).
Yes. There was no double when Paul Newman rode the bicycle himself in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).