Fun Facts 4U

In 1937, Orson Welles took the theater world by storm with a string of Broadway successes, culminating in an influential modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The following year, …

1941’s The Maltese Falcon strengthened Humphrey Bogart’s reputation as one of Hollywood’s most iconic stars, and thanks to its winning combination of rapid, smart dialog, femmes fatales, and brooding …

Few Hollywood rivalries have been as bitter, or as long-lasting, as that between legendary sisters Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland. Joan was the younger sister by just 15 …

Given her legendary status today, it’s incredible to think that Katharine Hepburn was once considered something of a box office flop. A string of poorly received movies had left …

One of director Howard Hawks’ biggest hits was the acclaimed comedy His Girl Friday. Released in 1940, the movie starred Cary Grant as a gruff New York newspaper editor …

It might be almost a century old, but The Wizard of Oz continues to charm audiences of both children and adults alike to this day. Released in 1939, here …

Actor Jackie Coogan is probably best known today for playing bald-headed Uncle Fester in the 1960s television series The Addams Family. But four decades before that, he was a …

Only five films in history have made more than $2 billion at the box office, two of which—Infinity War (2018) and Endgame (2019)—are entries in the Avengers series. But …

Incredibly, Howard Hawks’ classic screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby flopped when it was originally released in 1938. The movie came in over budget, was delivered to its studio late, …

1935’s The 39 Steps tells the story of Richard Hannay, a man who becomes tangled up in an international espionage organization—the eponymous “39 Steps”—that are attempting to steal British …