It was exactly 75 years ago that B-movie cowpoke John Wayne hit the A-list to stay, with the opening of John Ford’s game-changing sagebrush saga Stagecoach. You can take the reins on the rest of our fascinating film factoids.
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It’s been 88 years since the first entry in a long and distinguished resume was screened for the public, with the opening of rookie director Alfred Hitchcock’s The Pleasure Garden. We’ve got much more movie minutiae to present.
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It’s been exactly 80 years since humble Columbia Pictures released an unexpected critical and popular smash with the Capra-Gable-Colbert romantic charmer It Happened One Night. We’re giving you a leg up with more TInseltown trivia.
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It’s been 23 years since Anthony Hopkins first frightened filmgoers as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. We’re serving up more movie milestones with fava beans and a nice chianti.
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Has it really been exactly 40 years since Mel Brooks’ gloriously improper western spoof, Blazing Saddles, came ridin’ into theaters, a-whompin’ and a-whumpin’? We’ve got a heady mix (that’s Hedley!) of factoids for you.
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It’s been exactly 50 years since Slim Pickens rode that nuke into cinema immortality, as Stanley Kubrick’s audacious Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove hit the theaters. We’ve got a war room full of other film facts to share.
Read more →It’s been 61 years since Frank Sinatra signed the career-salvaging deal for the performance that brought him an Oscar, as Maggio in From Here to Eternity. We’ve got lots more coo-coo cinema history to share.
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It’s been exactly 75 years since one of the most-hyped talent hunts in industry ended, and David O. Selznick inked Vivien Leigh as his Scarlett O’Hara for Gone With the Wind. You’ll never go hungry for film facts if you click on through.
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It’s been 87 years since filmgoers were first stunned by Fritz Lang’s standard-setting tale of a future dystopia–circa 2000–with Metropolis. We’ve got more movie minutia to make your day.
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It was 61 years ago this week that the outlaw biker roared into the consciousness of film audiences with the opening of the Marlon Brando cycle opus The Wild One. We’ve got more movie landmarks to rebel against here.
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