Peter Kurten played the model for the child murderer in Fritz Lang’s M (1931).
He was a middle-aged German factory worker who committed nine serial murders in Dusseldorf from 1929 to 1930.
He was guillotined in 1931.
Chariots of Fire (1981) portrays the 1924 Olympics in Paris.
Sidney Howard is credited with the screenplay for Gone With the Wind (1939).
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949), starring Betty Grable, was advertised with the line, “She’s got the biggest six-shooters in the West!”.
“Arthur’s Theme (The Best That You Can Do)” for the movie Arthur required no fewer than four composers: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen, and Christopher Cross (who sang it). The song won an Oscar.
Ron Howard’s directorial debut was Grand Theft Auto (1977). The movie featured Marion Ross, Howard’s TV mom on “Happy Days” (ABC, 1974-84).
SPECTRE in the James Bond movies stand for “Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion.”