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90 unusual facts about Hollywood


Aidan Roark

Aidan Roark (October 23, 1905 - March 27, 1984) was an Irish 10-goal polo player and in Hollywood he acted as a personal assistant to Darryl Francis Zanuck.

Alexis Krasilovsky

Her film Women Behind the Camera won Best Documentary awards at the Female Eye Film Festival (Toronto, Canada); the Moondance Film Festival (Universal City, California); and the W.I.N. (Women’s Image Network) Film Festival (Hollywood).

Arthur Renowitzky

Arthur has appeared on national television, on radio stations, he speaks frequently to juvenile hall incarcerated youth, high schools, he has been a key note speaker at numerous events and is now well known in Hollywood for his music and unforgettable inspiring story.

Axel Madsen

He was best known for his biographies of Hollywood celebrities, fashion pioneers, and business titans.

Benjamin Wishnietsky

He was a great supporter of the Hollywood Stamp Club in Hollywood, Florida and served as editor of their newsletter and on their board of directors for many years.

Big Bright World

The genesis of "Big Bright World", came from a three-night bout of insomnia suffered by the band's guitarist, Steve Marker, while staying in an apartment on Hollywood and Vine.

Billesley, West Midlands

To the south is the Shirley West ward of Solihull and the Hollywood & Majors Green ward of Worcestershire.

Boris Shumyatsky

Another factor that was turned against Shumyatsky by his opponents: following a visit to the United States, he returned to Moscow with a vision of moving the hub of the film industry to a spot near Odessa, where the climate and geography were similar to those of Hollywood and thus more amenable to year-round film-making.

Broadway Is My Beat

Beginning with the July 7, 1949 episode, the series was broadcast from Hollywood with producer Elliott Lewis directing a new cast in scripts by Morton S. Fine and David Friedkin.

Broken Springs

Broken Springs had its world premier on June 4, 2010 in Hollywood at the Dances With Films festival on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Canadian Pacific Railway No. 1293

In 1980, the locomotive was renumbered "1881", painted black with silver stripes, and leased to a Hollywood company for use in the filming of the horror movie Terror Train (1980), starring Jamie Lee Curtis.

Carl A. Roles

A Thoroughbred trainer and owner, he trained for prominent stable owners such as Ada L. Rice of Chicago and Hollywood film studio boss, Louis B. Mayer.

Choctaw code talkers

During recent decades Hollywood has "discovered" code talkers, but not the Choctaw code talkers.

Christopher Dallman

It was produced by George Stanford and recorded at his home studio in Hollywood.

Chrome Specialties

As the Harley-Davidson craze swept through Hollywood many celebrities and rock stars looking for authentic biker gear wore the company’s leather jackets.

Craig Sawyer

Sawyer is also the owner of Tactical Insider, which brings technical advice on weapons and combat to Hollywood films and actors.

Dadasaheb Torne

He caught another young man there, Baburao Pai, and started releasing Hollywood movies in Karachi.

Dahn Ben-Amotz

He then traveled to the United States and went to Hollywood.

Dallas Stoudenmire

Hollywood briefly considered a movie of him, but it has yet to materialize.

David Ambrose

David Ambrose (born 1943) is a British novelist and screenwriter whose credits include at least 20 Hollywood films, 3 stage plays, and countless hours of television, including the controversial Alternative 3.

David M. Jones

He was a German prisoner of war for two and a half years — helping with the escape attempt described in the book Great Escape, which was later the subject of a Hollywood film.

Dean Chance

The 1962 campaign would be notable for the Angels as Chance and fellow phenom Bo Belinsky would team on both the mound and in the Hollywood social circles, much to the enjoyment of the Los Angeles beat writers and the consternation of manager Bill Rigney and the rest of the Angels' front office.

DeSoto Powermaster

A version of the long wheelbase model was used as a basis for the DeSoto Taxi, seen in many Hollywood movies from the late 1930s through the mid-1950s.

DeWayne Quirico

At the unavailability of drummer Dalton Powell, Bobby Fuller personally chose Quirico to be the band's drummer upon their relocation to Hollywood from El Paso.

Dick Briefer

At the time of his death, Briefer was living in the Hollywood / Pembroke Pines area of Broward County, Florida.

Dj SchizophreNik

Records in Canada, and dance label iMusic in the UK, and is also currently working with A&R Select in Hollywood.

Docs Keepin Time

He went from having an unsuccessful racing career to being one of Hollywood's most sought after equine performers.

Earl Hofmann

Earl and Jean Hofmann lived in a house and studio they built in Hollywood, Maryland, not far from Leonardtown, Maryland.

Edward Beale McLean

Edward McLean then suddenly announced he had already married Rose Douras, a sister of Hollywood film star Marion Davies.

Elvis' Christmas Album

Elvis' Christmas Album is the fourth studio album by Elvis Presley on RCA Victor Records, LOC 1035, a deluxe limited edition, released in October 1957, and recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood.

Emerging adulthood and early adulthood

Hollywood has produced multiple movies where the main conflict seems to be a "grown" adult's reluctance to actually "grow" up and take on responsibility.

Five Billion Years of Change: A History of the Land

Hollywood movies dealing with ecological threats are especially misleading; rather than imparting an accurate image of ecological issues, movies present a villain such as a mad scientist or a greedy, evil business person.

Fubar 2

Early plot ideas regarding Terry and Dean trying to conquer Hollywood were scrapped, in favour of the Fort McMurray storyline.

George M. Odom

During his career, George Odom operated a public stable whose clients over the years included Robert L. Gerry, Sr., Marshall Field III, and Hollywood film mogul Louis B. Mayer who owned Odom's most famous runner, Busher, a future Hall of Fame filly who was voted 1945 American Horse of the Year honors.

Harry Gant

He was known as Handsome Harry Gant due to his Hollywood-style good looks, The Bandit after his longtime sponsor Skoal Bandit, Mr.

Haspop

Once he reached Las Vegas, the judges selected him as among the 10 acts to move directly to the quarterfinals in Hollywood without having to compete in another round of eliminations.

Haunting the Chapel

Recorded in Hollywood the recording process proved difficult when recording drums in a studio without carpet, although it resulted in drummer Dave Lombardo meeting Gene Hoglan who was to become an influence in his drumming style and speed.

Henry MacRae

In addition to the many westerns and adventure films to his credit, he directed the first Thai-Hollywood co-production, Miss Suwanna of Siam, in 1923.

Henry Nicholas

His mother remarried, to Robert Leach, a journalist and Hollywood screenwriter, who authored feature film scripts and episodes of such classic television shows as Perry Mason and Sea Hunt.

Herbert Lichtenfeld

While Wolfgang Petersen moved to the cinema and today works successfully in Hollywood, Lichtenfeld remained a writer for television.

History of the San Diego Chargers

Gerald Courtney of Hollywood won an all-expenses-paid trip to Mexico City and Acapulco for submitting "Chargers" in a name-the-team contest.

Hollywood Trials

The series followed ten Irish actors trying to break into Hollywood.

Hollywood, County Wicklow

Hollywood, like its namesake in California, has an illustrious past in the entertainment industry.

Hollywood, Maryland

Sotterley was founded in 1703 by James Bowles, a wealthy planter, eventually changing hands to former Maryland Governor George Plater and through the 20th century to Louisa Satterlee (daughter of J.P. Morgan) and her husband.

Hollywood/I Am the Resurrection

The artwork also resembles the artwork of The Stone Roses' artwork for their I Am the Resurrection single.

Hooah

While used in Hollywood and in common usage among upper ranks in an effort to raise morale, many lower enlisted find its use to be irritating, especially when it comes from soldiers they perceive as sycophantic towards the chain of command or the armed services in general.

Ibunda

It did not turn a profit, a situation the Subentra Group blamed on imported Hollywood films being more popular.

Ish Amitoj Kaur

Presently, she is working on an untitled book to be made into a Hollywood movie.

Jews Against Anti-Christian Defamation

The Jews Against Anti-Christian Defamation (JAACD) is an interest group founded in 2005 by Don Feder in the United States formed to combat anti-Christian prejudice in Hollywood, the news media, academia, politics and the courts.

Joe Medjuck

Joseph Medjuck (born February 17, 1943) is a Canadian-born film producer in Hollywood.

Kedok Ketawa

The critic-cum-screenwriter Saeroen, writing for Pemandangan, praised the film, especially its cinematography; he compared it to imported Hollywood films.

Killarney, Gauteng

It was formerly known as the Hollywood of Johannesburg, due it being the location of one the first film studios in South Africa.

Kyrgyzstan–United States relations

Hollywood movies such as Borat have tended to portray this region of the world as backwards or undeveloped; Кyrgyzs who served in the Soviet government or military remember the U.S. as the Cold War enemy.

Lemoine Blanchard

He was brought to the San Fernando Valley when he was a year old, was educated locally and, after graduating from high school, he joined his father's North Hollywood firm, Blanchard Lumber Company, of which he later became owner.

Leopoldo María Panero

#The reference to "Dulce pájaro de juventud" (Sweet Bird of Youth, theatre play by Tennessee Williams, which was brought to film by Richard Brooks in 1962 and which tells how a bon viveur has to leave his hometown, after seducing the boss's daughter. Installed in Hollywood he will become the lover of an autumn star).

Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The Second Performance

Live at the Aquarius Theater: The Second Performance is a double live album of the band The Doors, released as a double CD recorded live on the Aquarius Theatre in Hollywood on 21 July 1969.

Live: A Night on the Strip

Live: A Night on the Strip is a live recording by L.A. Guns which occurred October 7, 1999, at the Key Club on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

MacArthur, West Virginia

Originally, it was named Hollywood and renamed MacArthur in 1942.

Mamee Double-Decker

Hollywood Pulpy Orange is a orange juice from Mamee-Double Decker was launched on 1 December 2012.

Max Van Ville

Max Van Ville (born January 13, 1987), a.k.a. VANVILLE, is an American DJ/producer/from Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Motley County, Texas

Taylor includes in the mural Quanah Parker at Roaring Springs, Judge Henry H. Campbell in his dugout prior to the establishment of the Matador Ranch, Dude Barton, an honoree of the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, and Shannon Davidson, a long-distance rider who won a Hollywood movie contract.

Mr. Skin

In 2007, MrSkin.com was referenced in Judd Apatow's comedy, Knocked Up, which was discussed in a New York Times Business section feature which detailed MrSkin.com's history, its prominence in Knocked Up, and the site's positive relationship with Hollywood companies as a marketing tool.

Noel's Saturday Roadshow

These 'locations' were in fact elaborate studio sets dressed to resemble each week's location, such as the North Pole, a space station, Hollywood, or Niagara Falls.

North Liberty, Indiana

Notable people from North Liberty include: Jay Beyers is a Hollywood actor who attended North Liberty Elementary School and grew up in the community.

Nosson Zand

After further gigs and performance with Matisyahu, in 2007 he went to Hollywood to play the lead role in Song of David a movie about a young Hasid who is studying to become a rabbi in a Los Angeles yeshiva.

Pandemonium Shadow Show

It was the first product of his three-year, $50,000 recording contract with RCA Records, and was recorded in their Hollywood studio.

Pareh

During this period cinemas in the country mainly showed Hollywood productions.

Pearry Teo

Pearry Reginald Teo Zhang Pingli (born 23 July 1978), film director/producer, is the first Singaporean movie director to make a Hollywood film.

Pontiac Star Chief

When the storyline of I Love Lucy pointed towards a Hollywood setting in the 1954-1955 season, the characters "drove" (in episode 110, "California Here We Come") to the West Coast in a 1955 Star Chief convertible.

Randal Malone

Malone was born as the sole living heir to a tobacco farming empire dating back to the early 19th century, but he was more attracted to working in show business and Hollywood than managing the family industry in Kentucky.

Richard Hough

After leaving school, he joined the RAF (Royal Air Force) at the beginning of World War II and received his initial flight training at an airfield not far from Hollywood.

Rick Sylvester

Rick Sylvester (Born April 3, 1942) is a climber and was a Hollywood stuntman, most famous for his BASE jump using skis and a Union Flag parachute from Canada's Mount Asgard for the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me in July 1976.

S. V. Krishna Reddy

He ventured into Hollywood with the upcoming 2012 English romantic comedy, Divorce Invitation, a remake of his 1997 acclaimed Telugu film, Aahvaanam in post production, produced by R. R. Venkat.

Sari Maritza

She made the German-UK film Monte Carlo Madness in Germany in 1932 before travelling to Hollywood, but her few films there for Paramount Studios and RKO Radio Pictures were poorly received.

Shootout on Juneau Wharf

At The Magic Castle nightclub, in Hollywood, California, July 8 is the annual Soapy Smith Party, complete with costume contests, charity gambling, and magic shows to memorialize the day of the shootout.

Stacey Hollywood

Stacey Hollywood is the subject of Parris Patton's 1999 documentary Creature, an in-depth look at the young life and transformation of this transexual woman who grew up in rural North Carolina and moved to Hollywood.

Sunset Crater

In 1928, a Hollywood film company - Famous Players-Lasky Corporation - planned to detonate large quantities of explosives on the side of Sunset Crater in order to create an avalanche for Zane Grey's motion picture, "Avalanche".

Swaroop Kanchi

Kanchi also collaborated with DreamWorks to make a film on the similarities and differences between Bollywood and Hollywood; the film featured many notable film personalities of Indian film industry.

The Dance of Passion

An early premiere along the lines of Hollywood movie premieres was held on April 24, 2006 at the International Finance Centre Palace.

The Hotel Clarence

The Hotel Clarence's has strong ties to the Hollywood hit It's a Wonderful Life,and the residents claim that when Frank Capra visited this small Upstate New York town in 1945, he was inspired to model the movie's Bedford Falls after it.

The Mercer Hotel

Also owned by André Balazs Properties are the Standard Hotels, including The Standard, Hollywood; The Standard, Downtown LA; The Standard Spa, Miami Beach; The Standard, High Line and the newest addition, The Standard, East Village.

The Pilgrims of Rayne

It is said that Dewey Todd went to manage a hotel in Hollywood, CA.

The Saint's Vacation

Also, unlike the previous Saint films, which were produced in Hollywood, The Saint's Vacation was produced and filmed in the United Kingdom.

Tommy Tang

After emigrating to the U.S., Tang took a day job as chef and manager at a small Thai restaurant in Hollywood, California.

In 1982 Tang opened his own restaurant in the Melrose Avenue section of West Hollywood.

Tony Richards

With fellow band mates Don Costa (W.A.S.P./M80), Mark Kendall (Great White), and Jack Russell (Great White), they regularly played the most popular heavy metal clubs in Hollywood and LA such as the Troubador, Roxy Theatre, Whisky a Go Go, and Starwood Club.

United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, 2004

In what some dubbed "Heartland vs. Hollywood," Davis rode a Republican tidal wave to victory, defeating Clooney by a fair margin.

Vishal Kanoi

Under the tutelage of Frank Hatchett, Hollywood's ace choreographer for four months, Vishal got the rare and golden opportunity of performing solo at the annual Student Showcase event at Broadway in 2006 which spearheaded his journey as an entrepreneur in the entertainment field and landed him on the cover page of India Today's Kolkata edition in August 2006.

Whitlocks End railway station

It is also located a short walk from the Majors Green area of Worcestershire, and is a short bus ride away from the new village of Dickens Heath.

Will H. Hays

After a year in office, he resigned to become the choice of the Hollywood movie studios to become the first president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) (1922–45).


Abel Korzeniowski

He is a composer of film scores for several Polish films: Big Animal, Tomorrow's Weather, An Angel in Krakow, as well as Hollywood productions: Battle for Terra, Pu-239, Tickling Leo, A Single Man and W.E..

Ace Atkins

As a Pinkerton Agency detective, Hammett investigated the rape and manslaughter case against early Hollywood star Roscoe Arbuckle, one of the most sensational trials of the 20th Century.

Al-Qadim

Thematically, the land of Zakhara is a blend of the historical Arabian Empire, the stories of legend, and a wealth of Hollywood cinematic history.

Alvin Colt

Among his screen credits are costume designs for the films Top Banana, Stiletto and Li'l Abner and for the TV productions of The Enchanted Nutcracker, Kiss Me Kate, The Adams Chronicles, CBS: On the Air, Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood and many years of the Tony Awards.

Blood of the Innocent

Breck Eisner is set to direct the upcoming Hollywood film adaptation.

Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen

He swipes string-section sounds (icy and twangy by turns) from the moderns, steals chords from Bartók's string quartets, throws in some Hollywood soundtrack stuff, conks on the bare piano strings, and fools around with counter-rhythms.

Characters in Molly Moon

He was later seen with Mrs. Trinklebury that November, and went out for dinner with the main characters of the series to a French restaurant, along with the rest of the famous Hollywood stars.

Cosmix

However, a wave of or-suffixed action/horror Hollywood blockbusters and B-movies spread in France in the 1980s including Exterminator, Terminator, and Predator.

Costume jewelry

If you admired a necklace worn by Bette Davis in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, you could buy a copy from Joseff of Hollywood, who made the original.

David Sheehan

In the 1980s, while at NBC, Sheehan was the first local entertainment reporter to host and produce his own series of network specials, including “Macho Men of the Movies” (with Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger) and “Hollywood’s Leading Ladies” (with Julia Roberts, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sharon Stone and Barbra Streisand).

Duane Thompson

In 1925, she was one of thirteen girls selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars" alongside future Hollywood legend June Marlowe.

Eilat International Film Festival

Guests who have attended the festival include, American actress Valerie Harper, Oscar winner Ari Sandel, cinematographer Adam Greenberg, TV director Jeremy Kagan, leading Hollywood producers Avi Lerner and Dan Dimbort and additionally a host of Israeli leading industry professionals and celebrities.

Fortunino Matania

Matania was also recommented to Hollywood director Cecil B. DeMille and produced a number of paintings of Rome and Egypt from which authentic designs could be made for the movie The Ten Commandments.

Gerald Lepkowski

In 2002 he landed the lead role in the award-winning Scottish romantic comedy film, American Cousins, starring alongside Shirley Henderson, Danny Nucci and Hollywood stars Dan Hedaya and Vincent Pastore.

Harry von Zell

Von Zell delivered the commentary on Celebrity Golf, a series of half-hour, nine-hole golf matches made in 1960 with Sam Snead taking on Hollywood celebrities at Los Angeles golf courses such as Woodland Hills and Lakeside Country Club.

Herbert Stothart

In 1929, Stothart was signed to a large Hollywood contract by another would-be playwright of the day, Louis B. Mayer.

History of VFX in Indian Films

The recent film "Krrish" had hollywood vfx supervisor Craig Mumma and was completely executed in India by Prasad EFX.

Howard Browne

In Hollywood, Browne wrote for television shows including Maverick, Ben Casey, and The Virginian.

Jack Joyce

About that time, on the flip of a coin, he decided to go to Europe rather than start a career in Hollywood movies.

Jack Palladino

In April 2009, Australian businessman Peter Holmes à Court admitted in the NSW Supreme Court that the Hollywood actor Russell Crowe had hired Palladino & Sutherland to investigate opposition to the planned takeover of the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Jay Lawrence

A well in demand television actor in Hollywood, Lawrence's acting career spanned from 1950 to 1979, and he would appear in both dramatic, variety show and sitcom projects such as The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950), the original TV Dragnet program in 2 appearances in 1995 and 1959, Get Smart (1968), and Mayberry R.F.D. (1968).

Jean Tabaud

He began in Hollywood, where he was immediately successful, receiving commissions for portraits from such stars as Charles Boyer, Deborah Kerr, Pier Angeli, Zizi Jeanmaire, to name a few.

John Wozniak

On June 6, 1997, at the John Anson Ford Theatre in Hollywood, Woz joined Toad the Wet Sprocket on stage during the band's encore, trading verses with Toad frontman Glen Phillips, to sing a cover of David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust".

Josh Altman

Altman specializes in the Platinum Triangle (Beverly Hills, Bel Air, and Holmby Hills) and the Sunset Strip and Hollywood Hills luxury housing market.

June Juanico

Adams would talk often about Natalie Wood to Elvis, constantly discussing her figure and her beauty, something else that caused Juanico to feel that she would soon lose Elvis to the glitz of Hollywood.

Last Summer in the Hamptons

Proskurov has been the site of an intimate outdoor theatrical performance for many summers, and the family (and Helena's interns) are preparing the final details of the show when successful Hollywood actress Oona Hart (Victoria Foyt) arrives.

Maa Nanna Chiranjeevi

The film is a remake of 2006 Hollywood Hit film The Pursuit of Happyness, starring Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith.

Matador, Texas

Stanley Rose, famous Hollywood bookseller of the 1930s, was born in Matador.

Mazda RX-7

Mazda introduced a convertible version of the RX-7 in 1988 with a Naturally aspirated engine — introduced to the US market with ads featuring Hollywood actor James Garner, at the time featured in many of Mazda's television advertisements.

Mir Zafar Ali

Ali has worked on visual effects and graphics in many Hollywood movies, including The Day After Tomorrow, X-Men (in which he was primarily in charge of the character Banshee as effects technical director), Stealth, Monster House, The Golden Compass, The Incredible Hulk, The Mummy and Aliens in the Attic.

MotorStorm: Apocalypse

After watching the title sequence for Smokin' Aces Alan McDermott from Evolution approached VooDooDog to explore developing a Hollywood block buster title sequence for the game.

Ned Scott

Ned Scott arrived in Hollywood in February, 1935 and took up residence with Fred Zinnemann, Henwar Rodakiewicz and Gunther von Fritsch in a studio apartment complex at 7900 Honey Drive, North Hollywood.

Ponderosa Ranch

The stairs led nowhere, as the "bedrooms" were actually located on a sound stage in Hollywood.

Prakash Mehra

The movie was to include Hollywood actors such as Charles Bronson among others, but the project though funded heavily initially, never came to fruition.

Ramfis Trujillo

She was an American of Hungarian immigrant parents, who had a short but relatively successful film career in Hollywood, most notably in The Left Handed Gun, opposite Paul Newman.

Ranald Graham

In 1974 Graham wrote the screenplay for the horror film Shanks, directed by "Hollywood B-movie veteran" William Castle and starring Marcel Marceau.

Rudy Robles

Producer Samuel Goldwyn reportedly discovered and gave him the screen name Rudy Robles, whilst he was working as a bellhop at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Hollywood.

Ryan Kahn

As an avid music fan, Ryan spends his free time playing bass in a Los Angeles based band, The Night Riders which has headlined on Hollywood’s world famous Sunset Strip.

Seminole Warriors Boxing

Launched in 2003 and based in Hollywood, Florida, the company amassed veterans like Oliver McCall, Lance Whitaker, and prospects like Danny O'Connor, Roman Greenberg, Wilmer Vasquez, Carl Davis Drummond and Jonathan González.

Sid Meier's SimGolf

Other facilities made available as players progress through the game include a bar, a putting green, a tennis court and homes to parodies of Hollywood stars or other international celebrities, such as William Robins, Bruce Springstone, Pamela Panderson, or Rosie O'Doul.

Sternocleidomastoid muscle

"Even C-3PO has it, in the form of little pistons on his neck. Watch Star Trek: The good guys always have them, and the bad guys don't. It's a classic alien designer trick," notes biologist and Hollywood anatomy consultant Stuart Sumida.

The Desert Spear

It has been confirmed that the Demon Cycle has been optioned for film production by the major Hollywood director Paul W. S. Anderson and longtime producing partner Jeremy Bolt, the duo behind the Resident Evil film franchise.

The Tap Dance Kid

A production directed by Jerry Zaks with choreography by Danny Daniels ran at the Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California, in September 1985 as part of a tour.

They Came From Hollywood

They Came From Hollywood (TCFH) was a video game under development by independent studio Octopus Motor for Microsoft Windows that involves the player smashing cities as a monster in the style of 1950s and 1960s monster films.

Vineland

Vineland may be a play on the word "Hollywood", a reference to the first Viking settlement in North America, Vinland, or a reference to Andrey Vinelander, a character in Vladimir Nabokov's Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle.