(MOVIE TRIVIA AND STORIES OLD AND NEW)
One thing there is no shortage of in Hollywood, (or in the movies in general), is information about the making of the films and of the people who appear in them. This section of our site will be devoted to snippets of interesting items pertaining to the cinema and all those people who contribute to the production of the entertainment we see on our screens. Enjoy.
DEBORAH KERR (1921 – 2007) One of Britain’s truly great movie actresses was born Deborah Kerr-Trimmer in Glasgow, Scotland in 1921, yet became known as ‘The English Rose’, more than likely to her annoyance, although it is doubtful she would ever say so. During the Second World War […]
Jeremy Brett in My Fair Lady (1964) Handsome Jeremy Brett played Freddy Eynsford-Hill in My Fair Lady (1964), the suitor of Eliza Doolittle, who sings ‘On the Street Where You Live’ as he mopes about outside her residence. Jeremy was a non-singer so his vocals were supplied by Bill Shirley who […]
GRACE KELLY (1929 – 82) This stunning actress was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1929. Tragically, her life ended at 52 years of age in a 1982 car crash in her adopted home of the Principality of […]
SHIRLEY TEMPLE (1928-2014) The darling of the American cinema, Shirley Temple, was abused psychologically and sexually from the moment she first appeared on the screen back in 1932. And Hollywood did its damnedest to hide those abuses from the public and the authorities. However, many incidences have since […]
JILL IRELAND (1936-90) Jill’s movie career was hardly the stuff of legend yet she has still managed to be remembered for three things: Her marriages to David McCallum and to Charles Bronson, and for her role as ‘Leila Kalomi’, the […]
Howard Carter & Lord Carnarvon The 2016 mini- series Tutankhamun has come under considerable criticism from Egyptologists and archaeological experts who claim it is not historically or factually accurate. Certainly, the depicted romantic relationship between Lord Carnarvon’s daughter Evelyn and Howard Carter never actually happened, but this is a […]
AL PACINO (1940 – ) [In 1979 he attended the Oscars for the first time]: ‘I was at the Oscars once – for Serpico. That was the second time I was nominated. I was sitting in the third […]
Michael Douglas as President Shepherd in The American President (1995) One of the highlights of President Andrew Shepherd’s defence of his girlfriend (Sydney Ellen Wade) in his address to the press corps towards the end of The American President (1995), is the following challenge he makes to Presidential candidate Bob Rumson: […]
(L to R) Efrem Zimbalist Jr, Edd Byrnes & Roger Smith – stars of 77 Sunset Strip The very first private detective TV series was the Warner Brothers production of 77 Sunset Strip (1958-64), and ran for over 200 one-hour episodes. Such was its popularity, it spawned another four […]
GEORGE CLOONEY (1961 – ) [George was asked about the time when, as a sixteen year-old, he was asked to try out for the Cincinnati Reds baseball franchise]: ‘I’d been in a world where I was the best around, and then […]
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