No, the films of silent film director John Waters were not anything like those of his present-day namesake. Silent film director John Waters was responsible for formula Westerns like Nevada (1927), starring Gary Cooper and Thelma Todd. Present-day cult movie director John Waters is responsible for offbeat works like Pink Flamingos (1972) and Hairspray (1988).
George Burns and Gracie Allen were married in 1926. Their marriage lasted until Gracie’s death in 1965.
Sean Young was originally cast as Vicki Vale in Batman (1989). She fractured her shoulder in a riding accident two weeks before the start of principal filming. Kim Basinger took over.
Fahrenheit 451 (1967) is Francois Truffaut’s only film in English.
Yes, the characters in A Man and a Woman (1966) did have names. The man’s name was Jean-Louis Duroc (Jean-Louis Trintignant). The woman’s name was Anne Gauthier (Anouk Aimee).
Rita Hayworth’s famous World War II pinup photo appeared on the cover of Life magazine in 1941.