Rear Window is a 1954 American Technicolor mystery thriller movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich’s 1942 short story “It Had to Be Murder.” Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the movie stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr. Take a look below…
30 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological thriller movie directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. Set in New York City following the Vietnam War, the movie stars Robert De Niro as a lonely war veteran who takes a job as a taxi driver to cope with his chronic insomnia. The movie…
27 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American drama romance movie directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It’s based on the novel of the same name by Emily Bronte. The movie depicts only 16 of the novel’s 34 chapters, eliminating the second generation of characters. The novel was adapted for the screen by Charles…
30 Fun And Fascinating Facts About The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 film noir written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, and based on Dashiell Hammett’s 1929 novel of the same name. The movie stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his femme fatale client. Take a look below for 30 more fun…
30 Fun And Interesting Facts About Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity is a 1944 film noir directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom. The screenplay was based on James M. Cain’s 1943 novella of the same name, which originally appeared as an eight-part serial in Liberty Magazine, beginning in February, 1936. Take a…
30 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire comedy-drama movie written, directed, produced, scored by and starring Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of his many other movies. Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent movies well into the period of sound movies, this was Chaplin’s first true sound movie. Take…
27 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About The Mutiny On The Bounty (1935) Movie
Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 American drama movie directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel of the same name. The movie was one of the biggest hits of its time. Although its historical accuracy has been questioned, film critics…
30 Fun And Interesting Facts About Stagecoach
Stagecoach is a 1939 American Western movie directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. The screenplay, written by Dudley Nichols, is adapted from “The Stage to Lordsburg,” a 1937 short story by Ernest Haycox. The movie follows a group of strangers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous…
27 Fun And Fascinating Facts About The African Queen
The African Queen is a 1951 British-American adventure movie adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C.S. Forester. The movie was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf. The screenplay was adapted by James Agee, John Huston, John Collier and Peter Viertel. Take a look below for…
30 Fun And Interesting Facts About Good Will Hunting
Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama movie, directed by Gus Van Sant, and starring Robert Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgard. Written by Affleck and Damon, the movie follows 20 year old South Boston laborer Will Hunting, an unrecognized genius who, as part of a deferred prosecution agreement after…