FAVOURITE AUSTRALIAN-BORN ACTRESSES – PT2.
FAVOURITE AUSTRALIAN-BORN ACTRESSES – PT2 My favourite top 10 Australian-born actresses: 10 TERESA PALMER (Adelaide, South Australia 1986) Teresa & Stuart Dew […]
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MOVIE TRIVIA – PT22.
Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan (M.A.S.H.) Loretta and her husband Dennis Holahan Loretta Swit portrayed Nurse Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan in the enormously successful TV series M.A.S.H. from 1972 until 1983. In […]
MOVIE TRIVIA – PT 21.
the incomparable Ava with boyfriend Peter Lawford Ava Gardner’s very physical affair with the bisexual Peter Lawford ended, or so […]
MOVIE TRIVIA – PT 14.
Ben Fisz Former Polish World War Two fighter pilot Ben Fisz discovered a book called ‘Skis Against the Atom’ in a London public library and convinced himself it would make a terrific movie. He quietly purchased the film rights from the author, then hired a writer to work […]
MOVIE TRIVIA – PT 13.
The delightful Leslie Caron in Gigi (1958) The three leads in Gigi (1958), Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier, were all born in France. Unfortunately, Leslie’s French accent had completely disappeared […]
MOVIE TRIVIA – PT9.
Ali MacGraw & Robert Evans Steve McQueen’s performance in Papillon (1973) was overlooked when Oscar nominations were announced in 1974. The general feeling was that his stealing Ali MacGraw from Robert Evans, a very powerful studio executive, may well […]
SIXTIES MOVIE TRIVIA – PT1
The American backers for the projected James Bond film Dr No (1962) were unimpressed with Sean Connery’s test footage. Co-producer Cubby Broccoli sent a memo to his partner Harry Saltzman: ‘Feel we can do better.’ In fact, they could not do better at all. Cary Grant, James Mason, Michael Redgrave, […]
FIFTIES MOVIE TRIVIA – PT4.
Director Charles Laughton thought Robert Mitchum was one of the finest actors in the world and he also respected him as a person. He wrote in Esquire about the American who starred in his masterpiece The Night of the Hunter in 1955: ‘All this tough talk is a blind, you […]
RANDOM SNAPSHOTS – PT8.
Jennifer Jones (1919 – 2009) On November 9, 1967 the 48 year-old Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Jones booked into a motel near Malibu Beach, swallowed a large quantity of […]
Keeping it in the Family – PT 2
RICHARD BECKINSALE (1947 – 79) – Born in Carlton, Nottingham, England. Acting credits: 22. He played Lennie Godber in Porridge (1974-78) and in Going Straight (1978). Tragically, a heart attack claimed him at a young age. JUDY LOE (1947 – ) – Born in Urmstom, Lancashire, England. Acting credits: […]