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The old-fashioned firehouse used in Ghostbusters is still in use by New York firemen today.

gene Roddenberry, on the 1960s set of star trek, was frustrated that the studio greensman failed to find him sufficiently exotic-looking plants for the otherworldly backdrops, so in frustration one day when the greensman brought him more of the same old shrubs, he uprooted them and stuck them back in the pots roots-up. the greensman shrugged his shoulders in befuddlement.

For the 1976 version of King Kong, a mechanical Kong measuring 40 feet tall was constructed for $1.7 million. The producers intended to use it for every scene in the movie, but it was impossible to control beyond short and stiff movements. It only appears for a few seconds in the finished film; for most of the film, Kong is played by makeup artist Rick Baker in a gorilla suit.

the propman for star trek found bones' scanners in a Hollywood import/export shop, they are a matched pair of salt and pepper shakers.

Sofia Vergara,'Gloria' of 'Modern Family', has bought a house on Beverly Hills.

It has seven bedrooms, is quite dramatic, and she pays Fifty-One Thousand dollars monthly house payments.

Ten Million Dollar house.

a contractor corresponded with gene Roddenberry about acquiring a similar pair of automatic sliding doors as was depicted in star trek, and was mightily disappointed to learn that they were just manual doors a propman slid open on que, and the whoosh sound effect added in post-production.

The action scenes in Mad Max: Fury Road were edited in silence, to ensure that the visuals would tell the story more than the sound effects and music.

The film was edited by director George Miller's wife, who had never edited an action film before. When she asked why he chose her, he answered, "Because if a guy does it, it'll look like every other action movie."

actor jimmy stewart was also a bomber pilot and eventual wing commander/brigadier general in the air force reserve, and one of the very few hollywooders who volunteered for duty despite being rejected upon being drafted.

Jackie Coogan was Hollywood's first child star, appearing with Charlie Chaplin in the huge hit The Kid in 1921 at age 7 and numerous other popular films throughout the decade. His popularity waned with his aging and the advent of sound.

He went to court with his mother over his childhood earnings, which she refused to turn over. He was left financially ruined, but got a law passed that protected child actors by requiring that half their earnings be put in a trust fund for them to collect when they reach adulthood.

He served in the military as a pilot in the 1940s and returned to Hollywood after World War II, but could only get roles in unflattering genre and exploitation b-movies. He got a real comeback in 1964 when he played Uncle Fester on The Addams Family, and thereafter found steady work on television.

when "psycho" came out in 1960, filmed scenes of theatregoers queued up outside the box office showed some catholics wearing disguises [face masks, wigs et al] for the single reason, that the catholic legion of decency condemned [banned] the movie, meaning any catholic caught attending could be excommunicated.

The Green Lantern film was a disappointment, but it could have been worse: the studio originally wanted it to be a comedy starring Jack Black.

the movie "The Exorcist" was loosely based on the story of a 12 year old Maryland boy who purportedly was possessed in 1949.

Ford, the real star, is OK = Raiders of the Lost Ark.

the first use of the F-word in a mainstream American-made movie was in "M*A*S*H" in 1970.

"Henry and June" was the first NC-17-rated movie.