Where did John Wayne get the nickname “Duke”?
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.”
Gloria Swanson’s last film was Airport 1975 (1974).
The queen of diamonds is the card that triggers the brainwashed killer’s hypnotic obedience in The Manchurian Candidate (1962). The killer’s name was Raymond Shaw, played by Laurence Harvey.
Composer, Rod McKuen sang the hit song “Jean” over the credits of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969). But the single that reached Billboard magazine’s “Hot 100 Chart” in 1969 was sung by folk singer Oliver.
Daphne du Maurier wrote the short story that inspired Hitch-cock’s The Birds.
The name of the ship in Mister Roberts was the USS Reluctant.
Little Sheba was the name of Lola Delaney’s (Shirley Booth’s) dog in Come Back, Little Sheba (1952).