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O.J. Simpson Was Passed Over For 'Terminator' Role For ...
September 15, 2019
Left: O.J. Simpson poses for a portrait in circa-1985 in Los Angeles, California. Right: Schwarzenegger in 'Terminator.' Sources: Harry Langdon/Getty Images; IM...
'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner' Was A Racial Reality Che...
September 14, 2019
In Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, Sidney Poitier plays John, a black man meeting his white fiancee's parents, who are played by Spencer Tracy and Katharine He...
Claudia Cardinale, Young Italian Beauty Of American Wes...
September 5, 2019
Left: Claudia Cardinale on the set of 'The Adventures of Gerard' at Cinecitta Studios in 1968. Right: Cardinale in '8 1/2' (1963). Sources: Photo by Ron Galella...
How Ninjas, As You Know Them, Only Date Back To The '60...
September 2, 2019
How old are ninjas?Pop culture in the U.S. and Japan has long been fascinated by the ninja, a black-clad assassin practicing ancient Japanese martial arts an...
Ali MacGraw: Young 'Love Story' Beauty, Then And Now
September 1, 2019
Ali MacGraw in a fashion photo shoot for Glamour magazine, 1967. Photo by Sante Forlano/Condé Nast via Getty Images Ali MacGraw, co-star of Love Story (1970) and Th...
How The 1960s Made Us Scared Of Quicksand
August 31, 2019
Why were we afraid of quicksand? On TV shows and in movies of the '60s and '70s, quicksand was a go-to plot twist that could be inserted virtually anywhere for a jolt of susp...
Starsky & Hutch Were Based On These Two Awesome Cops
August 30, 2019
Left: David Soul (L) and Paul Michael Glaser talk outdoors in a still from the television series, 'Starsky and Hutch,' circa 1977. Right: NYPD cops Telano and Sepe su...
The Studio Sabotaged 'Psycho' And The Fact That It Was ...
August 29, 2019
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is one of the most claustrophobic thrillers of the 20th century, and it features easily the most famous shower scene in film histor...
With 'The Harder They Come,' Jimmy Cliff Brought Reggae...
August 22, 2019
In 1973, reggae music came to America thanks to... Jimmy Cliff? Bob Marley fans might beg to differ, but The Harder They Come, a surprise hit movie starring ...
Gina Lollobrigida: The Classic Italian Screen Siren, Th...
August 18, 2019
Left: Gina Lollobrigida in 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame,' 1956. Right: In 'Trapeze,' 1956. Sources: IMDB; Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images Gina Lollobrig...
Stephen King's Wife Dug 'Carrie' Out Of The Trash And M...
August 17, 2019
Left: Horror writer Stephen King in 1986. Right: Cover of the first edition of King's debut novel 'Carrie,' published in 1974. Sources: Ted Thai/The LIFE Pictur...
Animated 'Lord of the Rings' From 1978: Ralph Bakshi's ...
August 14, 2019
In 1978, The Lord Of The Rings hit movie theaters and introduced Frodo, Gandalf, Gollum, and the rest of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earthlings to a generation o...
Barbara Feldon: 'Get Smart's Agent 99, Then And Now
August 12, 2019
Left: Barbara Feldon circa 1965. Right: Feldon with Don Adams on 'Get Smart.' Sources: Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Imagesl IMDB Audiences fell in l...
The 12 Most Fascinating Muppets Of The '70s
August 11, 2019
Left: The Swedish Chef. Right: Beaker. Sources: Jay David Buchsbaum/The Muppets Studio/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images; IMDB Jim Henson's puppet variety show, The Mu...
'That's Incredible!' & 'Real People:' The Birth Of Real...
August 5, 2019
Two early-'80s TV shows -- That's Incredible! and Real People -- brought us oddballs and daredevils, and we've never really recovered. Reality TV's voyeurist...
Galaxy Conquests: Captain Kirk's 10 Hottest Star Trek G...
August 4, 2019
Space ladies: the final frontier.Star Trek's Captain James T. Kirk, played by William Shatner, was a cosmic Casanova. Every week on the show that brought us ...
1955 Lincoln Futura: The '66 Batmobile's Secret Identit...
August 1, 2019
Left: Adam West as Batman in the Batmobile, 1966. Right: The 1955 Lincoln Futura on display in a publicity photo. Sources: Walt Disney Television via Getty Imag...
Carroll Baker, 'Baby Doll's Scandalous Star: Her Rise A...
July 31, 2019
Left: Carroll Baker as depicted on the lurid poster for 'Baby Doll.' Right: Baker in character in the title role of 'Sylvia.' Sources: IMPAwards.com; Sunset Bou...
While He Created Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax's Wife ...
July 28, 2019
In 1974, wizard Gary Gygax brought Dungeons & Dragons to the masses, and role-playing games have been a massive phenomenon in the decades since. Gygax (and h...
Who Is Austin Butler, And Can He Play Elvis In A Movie?
July 25, 2019
Left: Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler attend Sony Pictures' 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood' Los Angeles Premiere on July 22, 2019. Right: Elvis Presley. Sour...
11 Forgotten Sci-Fi Films From The 1970s: 'THX-1138,' '...
July 23, 2019
After the independent film revolution of the late ‘60s it was easier than ever to film a movie and find distribution. Coupled with advances in special effect...
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory: Untold Stories Fro...
July 21, 2019
In 1971, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, starring Gene Wilder, took audiences into a world of pure imagination. The sinister children’s story has beco...
Magic Smackdown!: When 'Amazing' Randi Humiliated Uri G...
July 15, 2019
In 1973, spoon-bending "psychic" Uri Geller appeared on The Tonight Show -- and walked into a trap set by host Johnny Carson and the magician/skeptic James "...
Before Rocky And The Fonz, They Were Lords Of Flatbush
July 14, 2019
The 1974 indie film The Lords of Flatbush became a hit on the backs of its stars Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler, who were nobodies at the time the movie wa...
Diner: The Stellar Cast List And Subtle Story That Chan...
July 11, 2019
Barry Levinson's 1982 coming-of-age movie Diner was a small movie with a nothing cast that was only modestly successful -- but its actors went on to become b...
Service Before Stardom: Photos Of 28 Icons Who Served I...
July 4, 2019
Left: Willie Nelson playing a show in South Carolina in 1996. Right: Nelson during his time in the air force, circa 1950. Sources: (Paul Natkin/WireImage; Wikim...
Mr. Wizard, TV's Original Science Guy: Highly Experimen...
July 3, 2019
For decades, Don Herbert, better known as Mr. Wizard, wowed American youngsters with science. Watch Mr. Wizard's demonstrations of chemistry and physics, oft...
Comic Book Rip-Off Ads: Sea Monkeys, X-Ray Specs, And M...
July 1, 2019
Sea Monkeys were actual humanoids with tails and funny crowned heads that lived in a bowl. A pair of glasses enabled you to see through clothing. And a seven...
The Wild Bunch: Violence Sam Peckinpah Hoped Would Repu...
June 30, 2019
Left: Ben Johnson, Warren Oates, William Holden, and Ernest Borgnine in The Wild Bunch, 1969. Right: William Holden. Sources: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Ima...
Clint Eastwood: A Cowboy On Screen And In The Director'...
June 29, 2019
As "Dirty" Harry Callahan, Josey Wales, and "The Man With No Name," Clint Eastwood established himself as one of the great screen badasses of the '60s and '7...
'Roots:' The Show About Race That United American Viewe...
June 27, 2019
Left: LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte in 'Roots.' Right: Lloyd Bridges (as Evan Brent) and Georg Stanford Brown (as Tom Harvey). Source: IMDB; Walt Disney Televisio...
Karen Allen: The Girl Who Had Indiana Jones' Number, Th...
June 25, 2019
We met Karen Allen as the sweetheart, much-too-nice girlfriend of Boon in Animal House (1978), but it was really with Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) that aud...
Stories From The Making Of 'Jaws:' Fiasco On The High S...
June 20, 2019
Left: Bruce the shark. Right: Richard Dreyfus feigns happiness during production. Sources: IMDB; Universal Pictures/Getty Images Jaws (1975) has taken on lege...
Charlie's Angels 2019: What To Expect From Elizabeth Ba...
June 17, 2019
On November 15, 2019, a new group of Angels will follow in the footsteps of Farrah Fawcett, Cheryl Ladd, and Kate Jackson when they answer a call from the un...
Cybill Shepherd: Your Young 'Taxi Driver' Crush, Then A...
June 13, 2019
Cybill Shepherd is the rare model-turned-actress who has thrived in both worlds. From her early career on the covers of Seventeen and Glamour to films includ...
Dr. Strangelove Or: How Stanley Kubrick Invented Black ...
June 11, 2019
Stanley Kubrick's 1964 nuclear-war farce Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb has been called the first black comedy in film ...
Lola Falana: From Sammy Davis Jr. Protegee To Queen Of ...
June 10, 2019
Left: Publicity photo of Lola Falana circa 1970. Right: Lola Falana portrait from CBS-TV. Source: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; Wikimedia Commons Lola F...
Tamara Dobson As Cleopatra Jones: Blaxploitation's Forg...
June 1, 2019
Tamara Dobson as Cleopatra Jones. Left: a detail of the UK poster for the first movie (1973). Right: from the poster for the sequel, Cleopatra Jones And The Cas...
When 'Dallas' Left Us All Asking 'Who Shot JR?'
May 28, 2019
Left: Actor Larry Hagman on the set of the television soap opera 'Dallas', 18th July 1979. (Photo by Maureen Donaldson/Getty Images). Right: People magazine asks the quest...
Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's 'Art Fern' Sidekick: A Lat...
May 25, 2019
Left: Carol Wayne with Johnny Carson in an 'Art Fern' sketch on 'The Tonight Show.' Right: Wayne in another 'Tonight Show' appearance. Source: NBC/NBCU Photo Ba...
Robby The Robot: The Sci-Fi Prop Who Thinks He's An Act...
May 23, 2019
Left: Peter Falk as Columbo and Robby the Robot in a guest-starring role on a 1974 episode of 'Columbo.' Right: Robby in a colorized lobby card for 'Forbidden P...
Cool Hand Luke's 'Failure To Communicate:' Paul Newman,...
May 21, 2019
Left: Paul Newman as Luke, attempting to eat fifty hard-boiled eggs in an hour in the film 'Cool Hand Luke', 1967. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Imag...
Vampira, Ghoulardi, Dr. Shock: 20 Classic Creeps Of Reg...
May 17, 2019
Left: Finnish-born actor and television host Vampira, a.k.a. Maila Nurmi, circa 1956. Source: Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Right: Dr. Shock and Bubbles on the c...
Hammer Horror: How Christopher Lee's Dracula Rebooted A...
May 14, 2019
Left: Veronica Carlson with Christopher Lee in a publicity portrait issued for the film, 'Dracula Has Risen from the Grave', United Kingdom, 1968. (Photo by Sil...
Doris Day, 'Pillow Talk' Star, Was America's '50s Sweet...
May 13, 2019
Portrait of Doris Day from the '60s; with Rock Hudson on the movie poster for 'Pillow Talk' (1959). Sources: Bettmann/Getty; IMDB Doris Day, the Calamity Jane...
The Truth About Bela Lugosi: Iconic Dracula's Hollywood...
May 7, 2019
Left: Bela Lugosi and Helen Chandler in 'Dracula' (1931). Right: An undated publicity photo of Lugosi. Sources: IMDB; John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via...
Young Ursula Andress: Original Bond Girl Honey Ryder, T...
May 6, 2019
Securing her place in film history as Dr. No's Honey Ryder, Ursula Andress was the original Bond Girl in the 007 film franchise. Following her turn opposite ...
Adrienne Barbeau: 'Swamp Thing' Scream Queen, Then And ...
April 30, 2019
With a string of early-'80s movies like The Fog, Escape From New York, The Cannonball Run, Swamp Thing, and Creepshow, Adrienne Barbeau established herself a...
30 Best 'Blazing Saddles' Quotes: Stinking Badges To Sc...
April 28, 2019
Starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, Blazing Saddles is one of two groundbreaking films that Mel Brooks released in 1974 (the other was Young Frankenstei...
Vaughn Meader's 'First Family:' The JFK Comedy Album Th...
April 21, 2019
In 1962, comedian Vaughn Meader satirized John F. Kennedy on The First Family, a live comedy album that both lampooned and celebrated the Kennedy family. At ...
Goldfinger's Golden Girl, Then And Now: Shirley Eaton L...
April 18, 2019
In Goldfinger, Shirley Eaton's gold-painted character Jill Masterson is discovered dead by James Bond, played by Sean Connery. It's one of the most memorable...
Where Are They Now? The Original 'Lost In Space' Cast
April 17, 2019
For fans of the original "Danger Will Robinson!" show, Lost In Space, the stranded Robinson family is headed by Guy Williams and June Lockhart, and includes Marta...
Celebrities From The Groovy Era Who Took On Cancer, And...
April 16, 2019
No one is safe from cancer -- celebrities can get the disease just as easily as plain folks, as we've been reminded by the recent revelation from Jeopardy! h...
Scilla Gabel: The Sophia Loren Body Double We Never Kne...
April 14, 2019
Actress Scilla Gabel was Sophia Loren's body double in a couple of films in the 1950s -- not a bad claim to fame. But while her uncanny resemblance to Loren ...
'Warriors, Come Out To Play:' Story Of The Line From A ...
April 12, 2019
"Warriors, come out to play."The line from The Warriors is like a secret code for lovers of the cult classic film -- while a lot of people haven't even seen ...
What Is 'Deliverance's 'Squeal Like A Pig' Scene Really...
April 4, 2019
You've heard the line "squeal like a pig!" and you're probably aware that it's from the 1972 film Deliverance. What happens in the "squeal like a pig" scene ...
50 Visual Gags In 'Airplane!' -- Surely You Caught Them...
April 2, 2019
There are few movies as dense and re-watchable as the 1980 comedy Airplane! Its gags and jokes come fast and furious, with some of them happening simultaneou...
'American Graffiti:' True Stories About The First Ever ...
March 26, 2019
Ron Howard and Cindy Williams on the set of the film 'American Graffiti', 1973. (Photo by Universal Pictures/Getty Images) The 1973 film American Graffiti is ...
Redd Foxx, TV's Fred Sanford: Facts About Sanford & Son...
March 25, 2019
Close up of actor Redd Foxx in his TV show, Sanford & Son. Source: (Bettmann/Getty images) Redd Foxx, Sanford & Son's Fred Sanford, was one of the most amusin...
The Tough Guys And Oddballs Who Beat The Germans In 'Th...
March 24, 2019
The Dirty Dozen's cast list includes some of the greatest movie tough-guys of the late '60s, as well as a few stars you might not place in a rollicking WWII ...
Actress Jean Seberg And The Black Panthers: Did The FBI...
March 22, 2019
June 18: 1957: Actress Jean Seberg (1938 - 1979) arriving at London Airport a week before attending the premiere of Otto Preminger's film Saint Joan in which sh...
'I'm Walkin' Here!:' Dustin Hoffman's 'Midnight Cowboy'...
March 18, 2019
It's an involuntary reaction for many of us -- when a car pulls into the crosswalk we're about to use, we just blurt out "I'm walkin' here!" And thus Midnigh...
Bob & Doug McKenzie: How 'Strange Brew's Original Hoser...
March 16, 2019
Bob McKenzie, played by Rick Moranis, and his brother Doug, played by Dave Thomas, appear at Flip Side Records in Chicago, Illinois, January 14, 1982. (Photo by...
Celebrities Who Did 'Dating Game' Before They Were Famo...
March 15, 2019
Maureen McCormick on 'The Dating Game' on March 27, 1973. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images) Long before The Bachelor, people who turned to te...
The 1974 Oscars Streaker: Stealing The Show By Showing ...
March 10, 2019
The 1974 Academy Awards ceremony will always be remembered for its least expected performer -- the Oscar streaker. Robert Opel dashed across the stage in his...
'Love Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry:' What Doe...
March 9, 2019
Ali MacGraw as Jennifer Cavalleri and Ryan O'Neal as Oliver Barrett IV in a scene from 'Love Story', directed by Arthur Hiller, 1970. (Photo by Archive Photos...
Captain Marvel In The '70s: The Far-Out Epic Behind The...
March 7, 2019
If you're looking to take in the latest heroic blockbuster, you might have wondered -- who is this Captain Marvel, and what does she have to do with any of t...
The 'Cannonball Run' Cast: Totally Awesome, Or Godawful...
February 28, 2019
The 1981 film The Cannonball Run's cast list featured Burt Reynolds, Farrah Fawcett, Roger Moore, Jamie Farr, Peter Fonda, Terry Bradshaw, Dean Martin, Sammy...
The 'Mad, Mad World' Cast: 1963's All-Star Game Of Come...
February 26, 2019
Buddy Hackett and Mickey Rooney panic at the controls of an aircraft in a still from director Stanley Kramer's film 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'. (Photo by Hu...
How Marlon Brando and Sacheen Littlefeather Changed Osc...
February 24, 2019
Marlon Brando in 'The Godfather;' presenters Roger Moore and Liv Ullmann on stage with Sacheen Littlefeather at the 1973 Academy Awards. Credits: IMDB.com; Bett...
William Frawley, 'I Love Lucy's Fred Mertz: A Bit Of A ...
February 22, 2019
William Frawley as Fred Mertz on the television comedy 'I Love Lucy', 1952. (Bettmann/Getty Images) On I Love Lucy, Fred Mertz, played by William Frawley, was...
How VHS Tapes Invented On-Demand Everything
February 17, 2019
August 30, 1983 -- models pose with VHS releases from Embassy Home Video Entertainment, touting a promotion via the UK's Sun newspaper. (Photo by Russell McPhedran/Fairfax Med...
Did Alfred Hitchcock Sexually Harass His Female Stars?
February 6, 2019
Alfred Hitchcock English film director and producer Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980) frames a shot with his hands, 1964. Source: (Tony Evans/Timelapse Library Ltd./Ge...
'I Love The Smell Of Napalm In The Morning:' The 'Apoca...
February 2, 2019
Lionsgate/United Artists "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" from Apocalypse Now (1979) is one of those perfect movie quotes that applies to us all --...
Alka-Seltzer's 'I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Thing:'...
January 29, 2019
Certain TV commercial catchphrases from the 1970s stand out as landmarks, as famous as any movie quote. Alka-Seltzer's "I can't believe I ate the whole th...
What's In A Line? The Godfather's 'Offer He Can't Refus...
January 27, 2019
It's the most famous line ever uttered by a movie gangster -- a simple promise delivered by Marlon Brando, playing Don Vito Corleone, in The Godfather: "I'm ...
The Cast Of 'The Outsiders:' Where Are They Now?
January 20, 2019
Left: Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell and Ralph Macchio in 'The Outsiders.' Right: Tom Cruise. Source: IMDB/Warner Home Video In what movie can you find Tom Cruise, Rob L...
'Go Ahead, Make My Day:' Dirty Harry's Famous Dare
January 13, 2019
It's been one of the all-time most repeatable movie lines ever since Clint Eastwood uttered it on screen in Sudden Impact: "Go ahead, make my day." "Dirty" Harry Cal...
Battle Of The Network Stars: This Is Celebrity Sparta!
January 12, 2019
'Battle of the Network Stars' - 11/13/76 on the ABC Television Network competition 'Battle of the Network Stars'. Source: (Photo by ABC via Getty Images) When fam...
The Graduate: Rare Facts About An Era-Defining Film
January 11, 2019
Released in 1967, The Graduate launched Dustin Hoffman's career -- but do you know your Graduate trivia? The movie has been endlessly analyzed as a document of the ...
