Novelist Larry Donner (Billy Crystal) struggles with writer's block due to his resentment towards his ex-wife Margaret (Kate Mulgrew), who took all the credit for his manuscript and received acclaim for it, whilst Larry, struggling to make ends meet, takes a job teaching literature at a community college. Owen Lift (Danny DeVito) is a timid, middle-aged man who still lives with his overbearing, harsh and paranoid mother (Anne Ramsey). Owen fantasizes about killing his mother but can't summon the courage to bring his desires into fruition. As a student in Larry's class, Owen is given advice by Larry to view an Alfred Hitchcock film to gain some insight into plot development for his murder stories.
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Throw Momma from the Train
Throw Momma from the Train | Plot
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1989
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who directed this film?
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Rob Reiner
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who are the lead actors in the film?
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Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan
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Harry Connick Jr. and Marc Shaiman
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He  is an American actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer, director, and television host.
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Six Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Mark Twain Prize
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Rabbit Test, The Princess Bride, Throw Momma from the Train etc
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It is about a novelist Larry Donner who struggles with writer's block due to his resentment towards his ex-wife Margaret, and Owen Lift who lives with his overbearing, hard and paranoid mother fanatsizes about killing her but can't summon the courage to.
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Novelist Larry Donner (Billy Crystal) struggles with writer's block due to his resentment towards his ex-wife Margaret (Kate Mulgrew), who took all the credit for his manuscript and received acclaim for it, whilst Larry, struggling to make ends meet, takes a job teaching literature at a community college. Owen Lift (Danny DeVito) is a timid, middle-aged man who still lives with his overbearing, harsh and paranoid mother (Anne Ramsey). Owen fantasizes about killing his mother but can't summon the courage to bring his desires into fruition. As a student in Larry's class, Owen is given advice by Larry to view an Alfred Hitchcock film to gain some insight into plot development for his murder stories.
Throw Momma from the Train | Plot
Farley Granger and Robert Walker appear via archive footage from "Strangers on a Train" as Guy Haines and Bruno Anthony, respectively. Oprah Winfrey also appears as herself in a fictional episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show".
Throw Momma from the Train | Cast
Mrs. Lift is grateful to her son for saving her, but unappreciative of Larry's help and kicks him, resulting in him losing his balance, and falling off the train to the tracks below.
Throw Momma from the Train | Plot
Lift recognizes him as a suspect from a news broadcast about his ex-wife's disappearance. He boards a train to Mexico and, surprisingly, Owen and Mrs. Lift come along so as to avoid having to lie for him. During the journey, Larry's patience with Mrs. Lift finally runs out when she impolitely gives him the correct advice on writing. He follows her to the caboose with the intent of killing her, but Owen begins having second thoughts about having his mother killed and gives chase. In the ensuing struggle, Mrs. Lift hangs from the train but is rescued by Owen and a repentant Larry.
Throw Momma from the Train | Plot
After having spent the night drinking alone on a beach during the hours of Margaret's disappearance, Larry panics because he lacks a sufficient alibi. That, along with a news report announcing that the police suspect foul play, convinces Larry that he's the prime suspect. He decides to stay with Owen and his mother in an attempt to hide from the police. Larry meets Mrs. Lift, but despite her harsh treatment of him he refuses to kill her. Eventually, when Mrs. Lift drives Owen to the breaking point, Larry finally relents and agrees to go through with the murder. After two unsuccessful attempts, Larry flees the Lift home when Mrs.
Throw Momma from the Train | Plot
He sees "Strangers on a Train", in which two strangers conspire to commit a murder for each other, figuring their lack of connection to the victim will, in theory, establish a perfect alibi. Having overheard Larry's public rant that he wished his ex-wife dead, Owen forms a plan to kill Margaret, believing that Larry will, in return, kill his mother. He tracks Margaret down to Hawaii and eventually follows her onto a cruise ship she is taking to her book signing, where he plans to push her overboard. Owen returns from Hawaii to tell Larry of Margaret's death and that Larry now "owes" him the murder of his mother, lest he inform the police that Larry was the killer.
Throw Momma from the Train | Plot
Throw Momma from the Train is a 1987 American black comedy film directed by and starring Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal and Anne Ramsey, with Rob Reiner, Branford Marsalis, Kim Greist and Kate Mulgrew appearing in supporting roles. The title comes from Patti Page's 1956 hit song, "Mama from the Train (A Kiss, A Kiss)". The film was inspired by the 1951 Alfred Hitchcock thriller "Strangers on a Train", which is also seen in the film. The film received mixed reviews, but was a commercial success. Anne Ramsey was singled out for praise for her portrayal of the overbearing Mrs. Lift; she won a Saturn Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Throw Momma from the Train | Introduction
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 63% based on reviews from 35 critics, with the consensus being that "Danny DeVito's direction is too broad to offer the kind of nastiness that would have made "Throw Momma from the Train" truly special, but DeVito's on-screen chemistry with co-star Billy Crystal makes this a smoothly entertaining comedy." Audiences polled by Cinemascore gave the film a C+ grade on a scale from A+ to F.
Throw Momma from the Train | Reception
Angelina Ramsey (née Mobley; March 27, 1929 – August 11, 1988) was an American stage, television, and film actress. She portrayed Mama Fratelli in "The Goonies" (1985) and Mrs. Lift, mother of Danny DeVito's protagonist, in "Throw Momma from the Train" (1987). The latter film saw Ramsey nominated for a Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Anne Ramsey | Introduction
Jim Kelly (Charles Ray) works for a railroad express company in a small Midwest town. After years of heavy lifting, he has developed quite a punch. He is infatuated with Kitty Haskell (Colleen Moore), the daughter of his boss (J.P. Lockner), whom he has worked with for years. Jim has a rival for Kitty's attentions, a city boy who one day watches Mr. Haskell deposit money in the railroad safe. He memorized the combination and later steals the deposit from the safe. Suspicion for the theft falls on both Mr. Haskell and Jim, and Jim decides to go on the run, thinking that Mr.
The Egg Crate Wallop | Plot
Lawrence Ira "Larry" Brezner (August 23, 1942 – October 5, 2015) was an American film producer, most notable for producing films such as "Good Morning, Vietnam", "Throw Momma from the Train", and "Ride Along".
Larry Brezner | Introduction
Eugene Dix (portrayed by Terrence C. Carson) is one of the survivors of the Route 23 pileup. He is the sixth survivor to die. Eugene was a high school teacher. Prior to the crash, he was substituting for Ms. Valerie Lewton at Mt. Abraham High School, and one of the students from his old school stabbed "his" substitute teacher during class. In the film, Kimberly Corman has a premonition of a pileup on Route 23, in which Eugene's motorcycle crushes his torso after he skids across the road. Although he is initially skeptical that Death is still after the survivors, he meets up with the other survivors at Thomas Burke's apartment, where he witnesses Nora Carpenter's death.
List of Final Destination characters | Eugene Dix
This was Jane Withers' first film after completing her seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox. It was also Withers's third screen pairing with Etta McDaniel, sister of actress Hattie McDaniel and a former vaudevillian. According to "The Hollywood Reporter", actor Henry Wilcoxon announced he would donate his fee for the film to the United States Coast Guard Relief. The fictional "20 Minus Club" is depicted as an organization for once famous child stars. The "members" (all of whom portray themselves) really were Hollywood "has-beens", and this was the last time some of them appeared on screen. Members of the club include actor/singer Bobby Breen, Baby Sandy, former "Our Gang" stars Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer and George "Spanky" McFarland (reunited on film for the final time), musicians "Butch" and "Buddy" (Kenneth Brown and Billy Lenhart), actress Cora Sue Collins, actor Robert Coogan, dancer Grace Costello, drummer Karl Kiffe, and the Faulkner Orchestra.
Johnny Doughboy | Casting
He created a second career as a character actor, appearing in several films and television shows, including "Throw Momma from the Train", "Hoffa", and "Frasier". She studied drama at Hunter College in New York, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1968.
Rhea Perlman | Early life and family
The Stooges are unemployed, and looking through the want-ads for work. As the trio sets the table, Curly brings a pail of soup from a meat bone; Larry remarks that Curly's soup smells like a dead horse, and Moe finds a large horseshoe in the pail. The duo becomes angry with Curly about the fact that they "sent him to the butcher shop for meat, not to the glue factory", so they kick him out. As Curly was about to leave, Moe stumbles upon a newspaper article stating that Curly's uncle, Bob O. Link (Al Thompson), has died and left his nephew, Curly Q.
If a Body Meets a Body | Plot
Jennifer Lawrence's father, Gary Lawrence, appears uncredited in the film as the basketball coach of the other team.
The Poker House | Cast
However Hall's head struck a rock and she was taken out of the water unconscious and soon expired. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McGee of Fresno and had just recently wed stage actor John Drayer, who was performing in Seattle at the time of her fatal accident. The film's male lead, Tom Mix, was injured in a horseback accident just a few weeks earlier.
Ethel Hall | Introduction
Other actors in this film were Betty Grable, Lola Lane, Frank Richardson and Walter Catlett.
Joseph Wagstaff | Movies
Briefly leaving their guests to check on Mrs. Douglas, Mary and Bob hear from her that, despite fragile health, she has decided to make the long trip to visit "James Dyke" in prison. The possibility, however tiny, that he might be Joe is making the uncertainty unbearable. Mary, afraid the trip would kill her mother, offers to travel on her mother's behalf, with Bob accompanying her on the trip. She knows how to make herself known to Joe, if it is he. As Mary and Bob sit in a moving train, a middle-aged woman (unbilled Lillian Lawrence) asks inane questions of the conductor while a little girl (unbilled Helen Parrish) comes over to Mary and Bob, tells them that her name is Suzanne and asks if they also have a little girl, prompting Mary to tell Bob that she couldn't marry him "if this man in prison should be my brother", because "it wouldn't be fair to you" and "people are cruel, they would never let you forget.
The Valiant (1929 film) | Seeing the condemned man's photo, his mother insists on traveling to see him
Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) informs the office that his Aunt Shirley has died. He proceeds to either invite his co-workers to his funeral or stay away via the bizarre Schrute custom of throwing certain dirt in their faces, only inviting Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nunez) out of spite after Oscar was secretly relieved that he wasn't going to be invited. At the funeral, Dwight's family gathers: his cousins Mose (Michael Schur) and Zeke (Matt Jones), his brother Jeb (Thomas Middleditch), his sister Fannie (Majandra Delfino) and his nephew Cammy (Blake Garrett Rosenthal). When the service starts, Oscar flees when Dwight begins shooting the corpse with a shotgun to ensure it is really dead.
The Farm (The Office) | Synopsis
Cohen said the portrayal of his tics is "very, very authentic". Heaton, the mother of four children, was attracted to the script because she related to the strong mother: "Finally, she went to the library herself—as mothers will do to fight to the end for their kids and find out what's wrong—and realized he had Tourettes," Heaton explained.
Front of the Class | Production
Maureen Ryan said, "the scene between Don and Peggy was tremendous, but Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss are always magnificent together. It's no coincidence that their final pose—Don at Peggy's waist, kissing her hand—recalled Don's brutal reconciliation with Megan a few weeks ago, kneeling, begging her to stay with him."
The Other Woman (Mad Men) | Critical reception
Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) helps him complete his essay, but Donny stalls Kenneth by forcing him to deliver paper. This begins a sequence which references several Summer Olympic events. Pete shoots Donny in the leg with an arrow (archery), dressed in his gear from when he was an Olympic archer. Kenneth then goes through a series of obstacles themed to different Summer Olympic events. He begins by running and jumping over a "Wet Floor" sign (low hurdles) and then an airplane chair prop carried by two men (high hurdles). Kenneth next grabs a bamboo pole and runs with it, using it to push the button on the elevator before throwing it to another page (likely pole vault, but possibly javelin throw).
Cooter (30 Rock) | Plot
Leo Handler (Mark Wahlberg) rides the subway to his mother's house in Queens, New York, where she throws a surprise party in honor of his parole. His cousin Erica (Charlize Theron) is at the party with her boyfriend Willie Gutierrez (Joaquin Phoenix). Willie takes Leo aside and thanks him for serving time in prison, implying that Leo had taken a fall for their gang of friends. Leo is eager to find a job to support his mother (Ellen Burstyn), who has a heart condition. Willie suggests working for Erica's stepfather Frank Olchin (James Caan). The next day, at the railway car repair company Frank owns, Leo is encouraged to enter a 2-year machinist program and Frank offers to help finance his studies.
The Yards | Plot
The film used several uncredited actors including Rollin Aremz, Olive Barker, Hal Berg, K. Bleus, Roy Brooks, Sammy Brooks as Guest, Bobby Brydon, Evelyn Burns, Jack Byron, Joe Campbell, Al Caukins, Margaret Cleveland, Barney Crozier, Mary Culver, Frank Daniels, Grace Darnell, Harry Davenport, Olive Ellingwood, W.H. Ely, Lillian Farrell, Nell Foltz, Carla Freege, Jim Gether, Louis Goldstone, Minette Grosse, Dorothy Hagan, Adelaide Hallock, Jules Hanft, Jessie Heathman, Jay Higgins, Ray L. Holmes, Slim Holmes, Harry Howard, Wallace Howe as Butler, Mark Jones as Horse Handler, Clo King, Nellie Kushell, M.S. Lacey, Gaylord Lloyd, Chris Lynton, Bert Maddox, William McCormack, Jack McGinnis, E.G.
Among Those Present | Production
She ultimately lost the role to Teri Polo because the filmmakers "didn't think [Watts] was sexy enough". Other characters in the film were played by Blythe Danner (as Dina Byrnes, Jack's wife and Pam's mother), Owen Wilson (as Kevin Rawley, Pam's ex-fiancée), Nicole DeHuff (as Debbie Byrnes, Pam's sister), Jon Abrahams (as Denny Byrnes, the youngest child of Jack and Dina Byrnes), Thomas McCarthy (as Bob Banks, Debbie's fiancé), and James Rebhorn (as Larry Banks, Bob Banks' father and a close friend of Jack's). Phyllis George, who is a former Miss Texas and Miss America pageant winner and has appeared on numerous television programs as a guest and a host, made her acting debut as Linda Banks, Larry's wife and Bob's mother.
Meet the Parents | Casting
After the success of "Bloody Mama", Roger Corman wanted to make another female gangster film. Julie Corman researched female gangsters and came across the story of Boxcar Bertha. Martin Scorsese was hired to direct on the strength of his first feature. He was given the lead actors, including Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, and Barry Primus, and a shooting schedule of 24 days in Arkansas. The Reader Railroad was used for the train scenes. The locomotive in those scenes was 1920 Baldwin 2-6-2 #108, who later saw service on the Conway Scenic Railroad in the late 1970s. The engine is currently at the Blacklands Railroad yard in Sulphur Springs, Texas, awaiting restoration.
Boxcar Bertha | Production
Other characters include Jefferson Albert Tibbs (Julian Griffith), a sweet, overweight, asthmatic player; Jamal (Michael B. Jordan), Andre's best friend and the oldest on the team; Miles Penfield II (A. Delon Ellis, Jr.), the brilliant pitcher who listens to The Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Big Poppa’ to pitch well; and Jarius "G-Baby" Evans (DeWayne Warren), Kofi's much younger brother who is too young to play so he becomes Conor's assistant.
Hardball (film) | Plot
Sally Thomsett was cast as the 11-year-old Phyllis, despite being 20 years old at the time. Her contract forbade her to reveal her true age during the making of the film and she was also not allowed to be seen smoking or drinking during the shoot. 17-year-old Jenny Agutter played her older sister, Roberta, and Gary Warren played their brother, Peter. Agutter had previously played the same role in the 1968 BBC Television adaptation of the story. Dinah Sheridan was cast as Mother and Bernard Cribbins as Perks the porter. Jeffries admitted he was tempted to play the role of Perks himself, but eventually decided to cast Cribbins "because of his lovely calm comedy."
The Railway Children (1970 film) | Casting
Sally Draper (Kiernan Shipka) calls Glen Bishop (Marten Weiner) to complain about Pauline Francis (Pamela Dunlap), who is babysitting her and Bobby while the rest of the family is on vacation, calling her step-grandmother "Bluto" and saying she smells like a toilet. Pauline trips on the telephone cord outside the door and falls. Don (Jon Hamm) hauls Megan's parents' luggage into the apartment. Her father Emile (Ronald Guttman) and mother Marie (Julia Ormond), visiting from Montreal, argue in French. Megan (Jessica Paré) asks them to speak English. Don takes a phone call from Sally about Pauline's accident. Later, during dinner while Don is absent, Emile criticizes Don and Megan takes offense.
At the Codfish Ball | Plot
On the train home he tells his friend, Arnold Nash (Tony Randall), that he will die soon. He has decided not to tell Judy, knowing it will upset her. Arnold solemnly assures George that he will deliver the eulogy at his funeral.
Send Me No Flowers | Plot
As of January 2016, Larry Storch is the only cast member still alive. The film also features brief appearances by comedians Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Snub Pollard, and Emil Sitka.
Who Was That Lady? | Main cast
I used Jerry Wilkes [as a pseudonym. That’s part of my ex-husband’s name." Kaplan says the film was written for Lee Marvin, Robert Mitchum, or Ernest Borgnine. "Larry Gordon at AIP said, "Well, we can't get any of them so now it's a black picture." Isaac Hayes was cast and that's how that came about."
Truck Turner | Production
The film includes many non-professional actors, Gianfranco Giachetti (brother of Fosco Giachetti), Maria Denis, and Mario Ferrari. It was the last film of Ugo Gracci. A list of the non-actors includes Giuseppe Gulino, Aida Bellia and many others.
1860 (film) | Cast
Reaction shots from the supporting cast were spliced in more frequently to hide Curly's absence. Supporting actor Emil Sitka, who made his debut with the Stooges in this film as the first footman, Sappington, remembered: Even before the day Curly suffered his debilitating stroke, the Stooge had been having problems taking direction from White during filming. Many of the lines intended for Curly were either given to Larry or eliminated altogether. One scene in particular took much longer to film than it should have.
Half-Wits Holiday | Curly's departure
As described in a film magazine, Nellie Jarvis (Gish), daughter of a wandering couple, when very young witnesses the murder of a woman by a man and his wife. Years later, "Little Miss Yes'm," as Nellie is known, returns to the scene of the crime as an orphan. Mr. Hilton (Fawcett) and his wife (Besserer), though poverty stricken, take her into their family. Finding the Hiltons are in financial straits, she goes to a nearby farmhouse and gets employment from Martin Cain (Nichols) and his wife (Crowell). Here she is persecuted, beaten and tormented. The farmer seeks to assault her and she recognizes in him the man who murdered the woman years before.
The Greatest Question | Plot
Graf's stunt coordination received much attention in Walter Hill's 1990 film "Another 48 Hrs.", after he performed a "cannon-roll" using a school bus at speed, lifting the bus in the air with dynamite, and rolling it down the highway for .
Allan Graf | Film career
The film also marks Joe Besser's final appearance as a Stooge, as he left the act to tend to his ailing wife following its production. Besser would be succeeded by Joe DeRita (as "Curly Joe") in the trio's subsequent projects.
Sappy Bull Fighters | Production notes
There are no speaking parts so the actors are not credited. The only "acting" credits are for the driver Chris O'Sullivan and fireman Harold Fowler, both employees of the Public Transport Commission. Cecil Barnes is the fireman in the last scenes of the film. He and the driver in that scene are intended to be 'earlier' incarnations of the credited driver and fireman.
A Steam Train Passes | Cast
Thirteen commuters take the last trip of the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2 at nearly midnight after hours of work from Katipunan to Santolan, supposedly. While on board the train in midnight, Jean (Manilyn Reynes) met her long lost boyfriend Cesar (Keempee de Leon), who according to him, they last saw each other since they were college. Jean introduced her son, Jimmy (Quintin Alianza). During their conversation, a female deacon named Lita (Eugene Domingo) preaches verses from the Bible, annoying some passengers. The train travels into an abandoned station which the passengers thought that this was the final stop.
Shake, Rattle and Roll VIII | Plot
Tommy Gander (Arthur Askey), a vaudeville comedian, pulls the communication cord on a GWR express train, bringing it to a stop so he can retrieve his hat. Returning to the train, he escapes an angry conductor by ducking into a compartment occupied by attractive blonde Jackie Winthrop (Carole Lynne), with whom Gander flirts. Another passenger, Teddy (Richard Murdoch), has his eye on Jackie as well, but her companion Richard Winthrop (Peter Murray-Hill) ejects both of them from the compartment. When the train stops at Fal Vale Junction, Cornwall, these four get off to change trains, as do Herbert (Stuart Latham) and his fiancée Edna (Betty Jardine), spinster Miss Bourne (Kathleen Harrison), and the tippling Dr.
The Ghost Train (1941 film) | Plot
In 1970, Thomsett was cast as the 11-year-old Phyllis despite being 20 years old at the time, two years older than Jenny Agutter, who played her elder sister, Bobbie. Her contract forbade her from revealing her true age during the making of the film, and she was not allowed to be seen smoking, drinking, driving her car or in the company of her boyfriend during the shoot. However, she did have experience playing girls, and the Edwardian smocks disguised her bust. Even the film crew were unaware of her age, and they gave her sweets while treating Agutter as nearly an adult.
Sally Thomsett | "The Railway Children"
As the Farrellys note in the DVD/Blu-ray featurette on casting the picture, Sasso was cast as Curly despite being considerably taller than the other Stooges (the original Curly was roughly the same height as Moe and Larry). In December 2010, Richard Jenkins was in talks to play Mother Superior in the film. In February 2011, Cher was considered but Jane Lynch secured the role. Larry David plays another nun in the film called Sister Mary-Mengele, a character named after the infamous Nazi doctor. Sofía Vergara was cast as Lydia. Stephen Collins was cast as Mr. Harter and Carly Craig as his wife, Mrs.
The Three Stooges (2012 film) | Casting
The film is about a Jewish man named Marty Shalom Weinstein (Fiore) who falls in love with a wrestling princess Sandy and it's a "no holds barred" quest for her love, the Jewish man finds he has to fight for his love as Sandy's dad is also a wrestler who only wants his daughter to marry a famous wrestler, and not a Jewish man with little money and no muscles. Robert also has to deal with Roxanne (Laurer) and Jennie (Marshall) along with others out to get him.
Just Another Romantic Wrestling Comedy | Plot
Owens' film "Remembrance: A Portrait Study" (1967) is a portrait of Owens' mother Mildered, and her friends Irene Collins and Nettie Thomas. Within the film, each person is personified through song. "Running Wild" by Marilyn Monroe accompanies Nettie, while "All Cried Out" by Dusty Springfield accompanies Mildred. "Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts" (1968–70) focuses more directly on Owens' mother, layering her image with those from magazines and other pop cultural sources.
Edward Owens (filmmaker) | Style
Steve Birtles, the film's gaffer, plays the motorcyclist at the Suez Canal; Lean himself is rumoured to be the voice shouting "Who are you?" Continuity supervisor Barbara Cole appears as one of the nurses in the Damascus hospital scene.
Lawrence of Arabia (film) | Cast
The Stooges are small-time actors traveling by train to an engagement—and fleeing the landlady for their unpaid rent. They are told to put their pet monkey, Joe, in the baggage car, but are afraid he will get hurt. They sneak Joe onto the Southern Pacific train with them, but Joe gets loose, and they have a hard time getting up to their berth, making a lot of noise, and managing to awaken and annoy all of the train's passengers, including Mr. Paul Payne (James C. Morton) and Mr. Johnson, the stage manager and boss (Bud Jamison), the latter of which routinely hits his head on the upper berth upon awakening.
A Pain in the Pullman | Plot
When the Toonerville Trolley films ceased production in 1921, Hervey and Dan Mason reprised a version of their characters for the Plum Center Comedies, an unofficial knockoff comedy series produced by the Paul Gerson Pictures Corporation in California. This time Hervey played the "Amazonian baggage smasher" Tillie Overton, who was clearly inspired by the Powerful Katrinka.
Wilna Hervey | Professional career
As described in a film magazine, when Jim Manning (Hill) is rebuked by his wife Kitty (Swanson) for failure to secure a promotion that will take them away from Cybar, an isolated spot, he replies in kind, and the strained relations lead to Kitty running away with a musical comedy company. She meets Stephen Morton, president of the railroad, who becomes fascinated with her. He wishes to free himself from his wife and marry her, and Kitty promises an answer within a month. While returning to the city, she is held overnight at a small railroad station and memories fill her with remorse.
Station Content | Plot
Much of the advance publicity for the film focused on the casting of Jenny Agutter as Mother, thirty years on from her portrayal of elder daughter Bobbie in the 1970 film version - a role she had also played in the 1968 BBC Television adaptation, making this her third appearance in a version of the story.
The Railway Children (2000 film) | Notes
Truffaut had wanted to work with Charles Aznavour since seeing him act in Georges Franju's "Head Against the Wall" and wrote the role with Aznavour in mind. Child actor Richard Kanayan had appeared in "The 400 Blows" and was always making the crew laugh, so Truffaut cast him as Charlie's youngest brother. Nicole Berger was an old friend of Truffaut's and also Pierre Braunberger's stepdaughter. Michèle Mercier was a dancer who had appeared in a few films before this role. Albert Remy had appeared in "The 400 Blows" and Truffaut wanted to show the actor's comedic side after his performance in the previous film.
Shoot the Piano Player | Casting
Don (Blane Savage) tells everyone that he has a wife and two kids to support and that his day job is serving tables. Val (Audrey Landers) tells the group about her breast augmentation, in order to get work. Paul (Cameron English), begins to tell his story but stops when he remembers the death of his younger sister. Judy (Janet Jones) tells the group about how she shaved her bratty sister's head. Cassie enters the stage and Zach tells Larry to take all the dancers to a rehearsal room. Cassie pleads for a job but Zach tells her that she cannot fit into a line because of her previous experience as a star.
A Chorus Line (film) | Plot
A man (James Finlayson) insults Ollie, leading to a lengthy argument. Then they run into a brattish kid (Tommy Bond) with a football, which results in Ollie kicking his ball down the stairwell, leading to another argument with the kid's burly father. When Ollie and Stan finally reach the apartment, Ollie's wife disapproves of Ollie bringing home yet another bum, so Ollie has to prepare a meal for Stan, but the pair only succeed in blowing up the kitchen. Ollie's attractive neighbor, Mrs. Gilbert (Patricia Ellis), offers to help clear up the mess, but herself gets soaked and ends up in a pair of Ollie's enormous pajamas.
Block-Heads | Plot
As described in a film magazine, the wartime draft affects three families, one wealthy, one on the East Side, and the other a middle-class family. In the wealthy home a man leaves his butterfly wife and three children, in the middle class home a youth leaves his mother and sister, and in the East Side home a boy leaves his parents and three sisters, the men all marching off to training camp. While they are away, J. Douglas Kerr (Holmes) is the lounge lizard interloper who endeavors to win the affections of the wife of the wealthy Fred Hartley, stooping so low as to send a cablegram suggesting the death of the husband.
The Other Man's Wife | Plot
His sister Rachael (Cherilyn Wilson) forwards the letter, but to only four recipients. Neil then adds his sister to the list and sends it. Rachael's best friend, Jessica "Jessie" Campbell (Nikki Reed), receives the letter and forwards it to five friends. Johnny Jones (Matt Cohen) also receives it but refuses to send it, believing it to be ridiculous. While he is getting a drink of water at the fountain in the gym, a black-hooded figure slams his head on the fountain, knocking two of his teeth out. Unconscious, he is chained by his arms to a gym set and his are ankles sliced open.
Chain Letter (film) | Plot
Jimmy (Tom Brown) is an elevator operator in a fancy apartment building. One night, Nancy (Mary Maguire), wet from the rain and having nowhere else to go, breaks into the basement of the building. Jimmy befriends her, and gets her a job working as a maid in the building. Jimmy and Mary begin seeing each other. Mary has a child, but she is hesitant to tell Jimmy, who as expressed a negative attitude toward children. Mary breaks a vase in Mr. Jesse's apartment, and, believing it to be very valuable, and that she will likely be arrested, scrams, leaving a note for Jimmy but not indicating where she will go.
That Man's Here Again | Plot
Coogan appeared with then-wife Betty Grable in "College Swing", a 1938 musical comedy starring George Burns, Gracie Allen, Martha Raye and Bob Hope.
Jackie Coogan | Film
This is the only one of their five films together where Don Knotts and Tim Conway do not share any scenes. Johnny Unitas appears as a commentator with Bob Crane (in his last feature film appearance) supplying the play-by-play during the football broadcasts. Dick Enberg did the play-by-play for the local games. "Gus" would be the final feature film for Bob Crane as well as the last film in the promising, yet short career of then 20-year-old Grimes, who retired from acting (except for a single television role in 1983) after this film. This was also the final film appearance of Virginia O'Brien.
Gus (1976 film) | Production
But here is a Neil Simon movie with all of his banality, but none of his humor—a sort of 'The Nod Couple.'" David Ansen of "Newsweek" declared, "We might care if we believed in the fateful love of these two people, but this baseball player has the sensitivity of a catcher's mitt, and we only put up with him because O'Keefe is a cute kid. De Mornay is an even cuter kid, but between the two of them there's maybe 40 watts of electricity." The film was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song for the song "Oh, Jimmy!"
The Slugger's Wife | Reception
Many notable athletes appear in cameo roles as themselves in the film, including golfers Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Betty Hicks, and Helen Dettweiler, and tennis champions Don Budge, Gussie Moran and Alice Marble. Other notables in the cast include Charles Bronson (credited as Charles Buchinski) in his second credited movie role, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Jim Backus, and, in his acting debut, former athlete Chuck Connors, later known as the star of "The Rifleman" television series.
Pat and Mike | Casting
A leg injury causes Los Angeles power line worker Hank McHenry to give up field work and accept a promotion to foreman. His crew includes good friend Johnny Marshall and old Pop Duval. Pop is killed during an ice storm. His daughter Fay's seeming indifference to the death irritates Johnny, but Hank is attracted to her. A hostess in a nightclub, Fay accepts money from Hank and also his marriage proposal, even though she does not love him. Before a project that takes them to Boulder Dam, an injury befalls Johnny. He is taken into Hank's home to recuperate where, after a month together, Fay tells him she is attracted to him but Johnny resists her.
Manpower (1941 film) | Plot
Just don't try rewriting the script or changing things around like you do with your pal John Cassavetes." Peter Falk signed to star in June. For the female leads, Aldrich said "We made the decision to take actresses and turn them into wrestlers instead of vice-versa. If we were right, it will make the picture." He auditioned women and tested 20.
...All the Marbles | Casting
Von Stroheim also attached a length of thread to Dunn's pant leg and tugged on it every time he wanted the actor to show more emotion in his scenes.
Hello, Sister! (1933 film) | Casting
In her 1969 autobiography, "The Movies Mr. Griffith and Me", Lillian Gish includes a still from this movie identifying James Rennie, Dorothy Gish, and an unknown player. The unknown player is actor Morgan Wallace.
Flying Pat | Note
It soon emerges that the eldest daughter, Alva, is the "main attraction" at the party. Mr. Johnson, the oldest and richest railroad station worker, is eagerly awaiting her arrival. When Alva finally appears, many men greet her and try to attract her attention or to dance with her, including Mama's boyfriend J.J. (Bronson). Alva and Owen first meet in the kitchen, where the girl tells a fanciful story about one of the workers taking her dancing at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. Willie is entranced, but Owen suspects that the story is fictitious. It becomes obvious that Alva is eager to leave Dodson and dreams of going to New Orleans, from where Owen has come.
This Property Is Condemned | Plot
Roy's mother, Elsie Walsh (Betty Ann Davies), is involved with Canadian Bob Stevens (Robert Ayres), who urges her to marry him so he can take Roy "in hand" before it's too late. Roy hates Bob.
Cosh Boy | Plot
The film was devised to cash in on the then-current dispute between India and Pakistan. Filming started 11 March 1952. Columbia wanted to cast Hall alongside his then wife Frances Langford.
Last Train from Bombay | Production
that you keep loaded fire-arms in the house?" "Oh, no", says Mrs Bouncer, "they're not loaded". Cox: "Then produce the murderous weapons instantly!" Meanwhile, the two agree to cast dice; the loser must marry Penelope Anne. Both have loaded dice, and at each successive throw they continue to throw sixes. The dice are then changed for shillings. At every toss each man's coin lands on heads, as both contestants are using double-headed coins. The impasse is broken when a letter arrives from Margate stating that Penelope Anne has drowned in a boating accident, and has left her property to her intended husband.
Box and Cox (farce) | Plot
Kamal Abdic, who is having an affair with the married Megan, and becomes a suspect in her disappearance. Allison Janney also joined the cast to play a police detective. The next month, Lisa Kudrow was cast as Martha, the wife of Tom's former boss. Laura Prepon joined the cast as Cathy, the landlord, roommate, and college friend of Rachel Watson.
The Girl on the Train (2016 film) | Casting
One of the extras in the film was a pre-fame Buster Crabbe, who appeared in a few scenes before being fired because of "inadvertent rudeness to the star (Novarro) during rehearsals." All American football stars Merger Asplit, Gene Clark, Dale Van Sickel, Jess Hibbs, Ernie Pinkert and Manfred Vezie appeared in the film as well to lend authenticity to the football game plays.
Huddle (film) | Production
Keith Scott was originally set to voice Diesel 10, but was later replaced by Neil Crone in the final film. Patrick Breen, known as the narrator of Allcroft's "Magic Adventures of Mumfie", was originally set to voice both Splatter and Dodge, but was eventually replaced by both Kevin Frank and Neil Crone.
Thomas and the Magic Railroad | Casting
In the latter, the car being driven is the electric car featured in the second film. In the opening scene at the train station, the woman with the baby carriage who is assisted by Frank Drebin is played by Susan Breslau, the sister of Jerry and David Zucker.
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Production
Mr. Pryor's role is paltry and his dialogue scant. When all else fails, he is reduced to repeating obscenities." Joseph McBride of "Variety" wrote that "producer Ziggy Steinberg's feeble script is given slapdash direction by the man who replaced Peter Bogdanovich on what is billed 'a film by Maurice Phillips' (the best joke in the film)... Though Pryor shows old flashes of his old comic brilliance and charm, it's painful to see how his health problems have affected him in this role." Michael Wilmington of the "Los Angeles Times" wrote, "Producer-writer Ziggy Steinberg's script is like a stone tied around the movie's neck that sinks it, despite all those gaudy, glossy balloons pulling it up." Gene Siskel of the "Chicago Tribune" gave the film half of one star out of four, calling it a "completely worthless comedy" with "no laughs."
Another You | Reception
As described in a film magazine, Jefferson Todd (Mayo) and Louis Castiga (Harris), brothers-in-law, come to blows on a Mississippi River steamer when Todd discovers Castiga's presence there with a woman usurping the place of his wife, Todd's sister. Todd, a Southern gentleman whose fortune was depleted during the Civil War, is attempting to rebuild it by gambling on the river boats that frequent the great river. He wins four race horses at poker with Colonel Brereton (Fenton), but refuses to collect the stakes. Brereton insists, and then takes his own life. Brereton's suicide causes Todd to question his new profession.
Hitchin' Posts | Plot
The passengers in the compartment during the inaugural journey apart from the three victims were an actress Priya Rose, her mother Rajamma (Bindu Panicker) and father, four doctors returning from a medical conference, a Tamil Novelist Seetharaman (Vijay Menon), Palakkad Railway SP Alexander (Subair), Madhavan Master, his wife and their mentally unstable son Balachandran (Vijayakumar) "Balu". TTR Muthuraj (Suraj Venjaramoodu) and attender Sundareshan (Anoop Chandran) are also present. As the train teaches Madukarai station, Balu is spotted with a blade in hand apparently after stabbing Nadiya who goes unconscious. Simultaneously Shreya goes missing only to be found dead later near Salem, and Thulasimani is found dead hanging on the roof of her coupe which was locked from the inside.
Nadiya Kollappetta Rathri | Plot
"It Ain't Hay" is based upon the Damon Runyon story, "Princess O'Hara", which Universal first made into a film in 1935 with Chester Morris. Filming of this picture began on September 28, 1942, and lasted until November 11. Lou's brother Pat Costello was used as his stunt-double in the "headless horseman" sequence. It was during production, on November 6, that Lou's wife Anne gave birth to their son, Lou "Butch" Costello, Jr.
It Ain't Hay | Production
James Dunn was making his first film appearance in two years after co-starring in the Broadway production of "Panama Hattie" with Ethel Merman. "The Ghost and the Guest" would be Florence Rice's last film role. Mabel Todd, who plays her typical dumb blonde role as Little Sister Mabel, was at the time the real-life wife of screenwriter Amsterdam.
The Ghost and the Guest | Casting
Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott) is a doctor and widower heading home with his young son Max (Joshua Kaynama) on a late-night train from London heading to . Max accidentally causes fellow passenger Sarah Barwell (Kara Tointon) to spill coffee on her coat, prompting Shaler to apologize to Barwell. The interaction is the beginning of a romantic connection between the two. Later, while the train is stationary, Shaler notices an unidentifiable man wearing a high-visibility jacket tampering with the train's brakes. As the train begins to move again he sees another man crawling across the tracks. On investigation, Shaler discovers the conductor has vanished.
Last Passenger | Plot
Last Train from Bombay is a 1952 American drama film starring Jon Hall, Christine Larson and Lisa Ferraday.
Last Train from Bombay | Introduction
B. Jefferies (Jimmy Stewart), a wheelchair-bound photographer who passes the time spying on the other tenants of his neighborhood. Her nameless character, who was dubbed "Miss Torso", practiced her dance moves in a skimpy top and a pair of pink shorts with a 21-inch waistband, courtesy of famed costume designer Edith Head. She had no lines in the film until the end when she greets Stanley who has returned from military service. During filming, Hitchcock asked her what kinds of pie she liked and disliked. She told him she loathed pumpkin pie. When it came time to film her character's reaction to finding a strangled dog, he presented her with pumpkin pie served with "crude Cockney jokes" to prompt an adverse response.
Georgine Darcy | Life and career
Georgia is assigned to pull the birthday train. A clown named Rollo leads the toys and friends into the train, including Jeepers, a monkey, Stretch, a basketball player, Missy, a ballerina, Handy Pandy, a panda, Perky, an elephant, and Grumpella, a stuffed bird. However, during her journey, Georgia breaks down and Doc takes her back to the roundhouse. Left behind, Rollo eventually takes Doc's advice of flagging down one of the other engines returning from their daily runs over the mountain. Farnsworth and Pete turn blind eyes to the offer, and Jebediah explains that going over the mountain is too much for him.
The Little Engine That Could (1991 film) | Plot
During the filming, Charles Hawtrey's mother would often visit the set. While enjoying a cigarette, she accidentally dropped lit ash from the cigarette into her handbag. Joan Sims, who was the first to spot the incident, yelled, "Charlie, Charlie, your mother's bag is on fire!". Charles Hawtrey poured his cup of tea into the bag, snapped it shut, and carried on chatting as if nothing had happened.
Carry On Teacher | Production Notes
Helga Ohlin (Greta Garbo) is an illegitimate child born and reared in an abusive home. Her uncle, Karl Ohlin (Jean Hersholt), arranges for her to marry a lout, Jeb Mondstrum (Alan Hale), but she runs away and meets Rodney Spencer (Clark Gable), an architect who is renting a cabin down the road from her family's farm. When Rodney leaves the cabin, her father and Jeb find her. She runs away again and hops onto a train that has just embarked. She enters a room filled with a circus troupe. She joins them as a dancer, but writes letters to Spencer to meet her in Marquette; she now has been given the name of "Susan Lenox".
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Plot
Andrew "Dad" McQuade (John Cosgrove), a tough farmer, faces ruin because of a bank loan he cannot repay. He decides to sell a fifty-acre field called 'Possum Paddock' to his greedy neighbour, Dan Martin (James Martin). However, Hugh Bracken (Jack Kirby), who is dating McQuade's daughter, Nancy (Leslie Adrien), sells his car to pay off the old man's debts. He then discovers that a railway is to go through the paddock and is worth a fortune.
Possum Paddock | Plot
By the time of Orr's death, the cast had become such a routine part of childhood that a broken leg meant that one's friends would "autograph" the dried plaster while the patient endured a relatively minor inconvenience.
H. Winnett Orr | Legacy
Peters' mother, who had maintained a bedside vigil during her stay in the hospital, died nine months later in December 1945, which left Peters even more distraught. MGM continued to pay Peters a $100 weekly salary and medical expenses, but, unable to find suitable projects, she subsequently left the studio. She later recalled: "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer kept sending me Pollyanna scripts about crippled girls who were all sweetness and light, which I kept turning down. Two years after my accident, I gave up and broke my contract. I won't trade on my handicap." Among the projects offered to her were Joe Pasternak and Henry Koster's "The Unfinished Dance" (1947), a remake of Jean Benoît-Lévy's "Ballerina".
Susan Peters | 19451950: Injury and career decline
Brandon's wife travels with a fast set, much to the disgust of their daughter Molly (Compson), recently returned from her convent school. Jimmy Monahan (Prouty), a politician, has eyes for Molly, making dancer Frou Frou (Clifford) jealous. Jerry needs some money so opens his father's safe and Chick sees the youngster pocket cash and gems. Jerry is holding Chick with his gun when Molly appears, and Chick tells her what has happened. Jerry phones for the police, but Chick hides. Chick sees Frou Frou shoot Jimmy in a fit of jealous rage, and Chick holds her until the police arrive.
Kick In (1922 film) | Plot
As Curly trains on a rural road under Moe's supervision, they notice a young lady whose car is stuck in a ditch. Moe tries to help her, urging Curly not to get involved ("Boxing and women don't mix," he says), but eventually asks Larry to play "Weasel" so Curly will have the strength to free the car. Curly rides away with the lady; on the night of the title bout, Moe finds them together in a dressing room and hits Curly, telling him to avoid women and go to the arena. Seconds into the first round, reigning champion Killer Kilduff (Al Hill) knocks Curly out of the ring and onto Larry, breaking his violin.
Punch Drunks | Plot
In 1972, Mahan had a small part in the Cliff Robertson movie, "J.W. Coop". In 1975, he appeared in "Six Pack Annie". In the 2007 movie "No Country for Old Men", Josh Brolin's character buys and wears a pair of "Larrys". He also played in a movie called "The Honkers" (1972) with James Coburn and Slim Pickens.
Larry Mahan | Movies
After an argument with Juanita, Anthony meets his girlfriend's sister, Delilah (N'Bushe Wright), who is now a member of the "Nat Turner Cadre", a revolutionary communist militant group. Anthony, Kirby, Skip, Jose, Delilah, and Cleon devise a plan to rob an armored car making a stop at the Noble Street Federal Reserve Bank of the Bronx.
Dead Presidents | Plot
Oliver Quackenbush (Lou Costello), Molly (Martha O'Driscoll) and her brother Slats (Bud Abbott) work for the Miramar Ballroom as taxi dancers. Slats plants a phony article in the local newspaper that declares Molly's ambition is to attend Bixby College. The dean of Bixby (Donald Cook) reads the article and offers her a scholarship. She agrees, but only if Oliver and Slats can accompany her. They are hired as caretakers. Meanwhile, Chairman Kirkland (Charles Dingle), whose daughter Diane (June Vincent) also attends Bixby, holds the mortgage on the college and threatens to foreclose if the dean continues to ignore tradition and does not expel Molly.
Here Come the Co-Eds | Plot
The AFI catalog lists 75 actors, including the 21 principals given credit on screen. Robert Mitchum (as Horse) and Don DeFore (as Texas) appear in small roles as soldiers who, with their buddy Fat, have a night off from training. Trying to meet girls and take in a movie, they meet Bess and Mary. Although they have character names and lines in the script (Mitchum portrays "Quentin"), both are uncredited. Carl Switzer, best known as "Alfalfa" in the Our Gang shorts, appears uncredited as Auggie, a friend of Ulysses.
The Human Comedy (film) | Cast
The Stooges return home to their shack in the city dump after six months of unsuccessful prospecting. Just as they get to the dump, their last car tire blows. They arrive home to find it inhabited by a young orphaned woman (Harlene Wood) and her crippled younger orphaned brother, Jimmy (Sonny Bupp). At first, they want Jimmy and his sister to leave until they see Jimmy is crippled. Curly even tries helping Jimmy with his homework before Moe takes Larry and Curly outside to search for tires for their car. They are looking around the piles of cans when Curly finds a can full of coins ("canned coin," as Curly calls it).
Cash and Carry (film) | Plot
That character was played by Johnny Roventini for nearly 40 years. Abner meets someone he mistakes for Miss Glory, and he carelessly steps on the train of the woman's dress, ripping the garment off just as she crosses behind a potted plant. This woman then takes two large leaves off the same plant and begins performing a fan dance, oblivious to the fact that others are watching. Eventually, the presence of "Miss Glory" is announced over the hotel's PA system. Abner, in his rush to finally see her, is unable to get into any elevator for a while everyone else rushes, and eventually he brings back one of the elevators by turning its arrow, only for the elevator operator to then refuse to take him up.
Page Miss Glory (1936 film) | Plot
In prison, Larry Poole (Bing Crosby), a self-described troubadour, is approached by an inmate named Hart (John Gallaudet) who is on his way to the electric chair. Hart asks Larry to deliver a letter to a family called Smith near Middletown, New Jersey. After finding the family, which consists of a grandfather (Donald Meek) and a young girl named Patsy (Edith Fellows), Poole tells them that the letter holds a key, reveals that the condemned man had unintentionally killed Patsy's father and that he is giving the Smith family his old house and former hideout, the only thing he has to give as atonement.
Pennies from Heaven (1936 film) | Plot
Elmer Butts (Keaton) is seen off by his friends as he boards a train to begin his journey to attempt a career in show-business. He intends to audition for the radio show Colonel Crow's Amateur Night, but the show ends before he is able to audition. Meets a beautiful young girl (who it transpires lives downstairs from him) and asks her out but is turned down. That night he practices several dance routines in his bedroom which angers the girl, he asks her out again but is once again turned down. The next day Elmer attempts to audition for 'Amateur Night' once again but there is already an audition in process.
Grand Slam Opera | Plot
Director: Charles McDougall Writer: Nick Perry Originator: TJ Austin Starring: Hans Matheson and Carmen Ejogo Synopsis: Two young opportunists steal a briefcase, which turns out to contain wads of money. Their victim shoots at them, but they seem to escape unscathed onto an unused platform where they board a mysterious train. A preacher reads from the bible and a young boy washes passenger's feet. Leaving the train the couple leave the money with a tramp before heading to the exit where only one of their tickets is valid. Cast: (in alphabetical order) Tim Barlow (Elderly Drunk); Darren Carr (Black Boy); Jim Carter (Ticket Inspector); Emma Cunniffe (Drained Young Woman); Clint Dyer (Walkman Boy); Jello Edwards (Middle Aged Woman); Annette Ekblom (Boy's Mum); Carmen Ejogo (Girl); Simon Kunz (White Pinstripe Suit Man); Hans Matheson (Michael); Simon Pegg (Clerk); Sean Pertwee (Driver); Lee Ross (Male Reveller); Don Warrington (Preacher).
Tube Tales | "Steal Away"
Mom" script. Other actors considered for the lead role included Chevy Chase, Michael Douglas, Steve Martin, and John Travolta. In turn Karen Allen, Jane Curtin, Farrah Fawcett, and Sally Field were considered for the role of Caroline before it ultimately went to Teri Garr.
Mr. Mom | Production
According to Robert Osborne, the film was intended to reteam Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. However, the disastrous reception of "Bringing Up Baby" led to Hepburn being considered "box office poison" and Lombard being cast instead.
In Name Only | Notes
After his then-wife Nancy Pivar cut him down, as if cutting the umbilical chord, and extinguished the fire, Coleman ripped the rest of screen apart to reveal a dead goat also hanging upside down. He then pulled two live white mice from his pocket, announcing, 'This is Mommy and Daddy'. He proceeded to bite the head off 'Daddy' and spit it into the audience. Then did the same to 'Mommy', but swallowed the head. "This is Joe Coleman's stone ritualization of his mother's death," a 1990 article in Spin magazine reported about the performance. "Four days earlier, she had died of cancer." Fittingly, this would be the last ever appearance of Professor Mombooze-o.
Joe Coleman (painter) | Performance Art