Sign-In
Cart
The Funniest People in Movies: 250 Anecdotes
Paperback
Publisher: David Bruce
Published: Sep 7 2022
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.22 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This book contains 250 anecdotes about movies, including this one: Late in Peter Lorre's career, after he had begun to make bad films, a fan wrote him, I would love to be tortured by you. Mr. Lorre wrote back, You have been tortured enough by going to my pictures.
This is a short, quick, and easy read.
Most of these anecdotes are probably just OK, but there should be at least one or two that you will want to tell your friends.
Anecdotes are retold in my own words to avoid plagiarism.
Most of these anecdotes are meant to be funny, but some are meant to be thought-provoking.
- In 1988, Jodie Foster won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in The Accused. Following her acceptance speech, she joked backstage that she would immediately put the Oscar to good use: I rented three videos last night ... and they said if I brought this in I would get them free.
- Craig Russell, a Canadian female impersonator of genius, wrote and starred in the cult classic movie Outrageous. When the film was shown at the Virgin Islands Film Festival, Mr. Russell had the pleasure of winning awards for both Best Actor and Best Actress. A comedian, Mr. Russell used to say, I'm a drag queen. I'm a transvestite. I'm a drug addict. I'm an alcoholic. I'm a homosexual. Other than that, I'm perfectly normal. He died of AIDS at the age of 42 on Oct. 30, 1990.
- Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce and their families once ate breakfast together while traveling on a train. Mr. Rathbone excused himself from the table, picked up the morning paper, then began to leave the dining car. Ever-mischievous Mr. Bruce asked Cynthia, Mr. Rathbone's young daughter, Darling, where's Daddy going? Cynthia's answer filled the crowded dining car: Daddy's going to do after-breakfast plop-plops.
- Jack Palance excellently played a bad guy in the 1953 movie classic Shane. However, he was a bad horseman. After several tries, he made a perfect dismount, so director George Stevens used that shot in the movie every time Mr. Palance dismounted - and, by running the film backward, every time Mr. Palence mounted. In addition, in one scene Mr. Palance was supposed to gallop into town. But Mr. Palance was such a poor horseman, he finally was told to walk the horse into town. (This scene works very well in the movie.)
Also from
Bruce, David
From the Iliad to the Odyssey: A Retelling in Prose of Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica
Bruce, David
Paperback
Jason and the Argonauts: A Retelling in Prose of Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica
Bruce, David
Paperback
The Most Interesting People in Politics and History: 250 Anecdotes and Stories
Bruce, David
Paperback
The Firkin Saga: Brewing up entrepreneurial adventures and pioneering tales with the Prince of Ales
Bruce, David
Hardcover
The David Bruce Winery: Oral History Transcript: Experimentation, Dedication, and Success / 2002
Hicke, Carole
Bruce, David
Paperback
The Most Interesting People in Politics and History, Volume 3: 250 Anecdotes and Stories
Bruce, David
Paperback
Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus: Retellings of the 1604 A-Text And the 1616 B-Text
Bruce, David
Paperback
The Firkin Saga: Brewing up entrepreneurial adventures and pioneering tales with the Prince of Ales
Bruce, David
Paperback
Testeur en 2 Minutes: 33 routines pour devenir un meilleur testeur de logiciels
Bruce, David
Paperback
The David Bruce Winery: Oral History Transcript: Experimentation, Dedication, and Success / 2002
Bruce, David
Hicke, Carole
Hardcover
The Most Interesting People in Politics and History, Volume 2: 150 Anecdotes and Stories
Bruce, David
Paperback
Also in
Humor
I Can't Believe I Did That: The Game That Gives You Points for Sharing Awkward, Awesome, and Unforgettable Memories: Card Games
Nadelberg, David
Katcher, Neil
Other
The Science Magpie: Fascinating Facts, Stories, Poems, Diagrams and Jokes Plucked from Science
Flynn, Simon
Paperback
Fixing Flamingos: And Other Solutions to the World's Least Pressing Problems
Brown, Lucienne
Rea, Brian
Paperback
How to Be a Cat: (Cat Books for Kids, Cat Gifts for Kids, Cat Picture Book)
Lazar, Ralph
Swerling, Lisa
Hardcover
Peculiar Questions and Practical Answers: A Little Book of Whimsy and Wisdom from the Files of the New York Public Library
New York Public Library
Hardcover
How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay: Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself
Lawson, Jenny
Hardcover
Bake It Off: An Unofficial Taylor Swift-Inspired Cookbook for Every Era, from Breakfast to Midnights
Smith, Lindsey
Hardcover
Big Fan: Two Friends, 82,490 Miles, and the Wild, Wonderful Sports We Love
Schur, Michael
Posnanski, Joe
Hardcover
Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to '90s Sitcoms
Bennett, Geoff
Hardcover
We Are the World (Cup): A Personal History of the World's Greatest Sporting Event
Bennett, Roger
Hardcover
How to Grow Up Without Becoming a Grown-Up: Big Lessons from Little Kids
Shapiro-Barnum, Julian
Hardcover
Pardon My Book: Ten Years of the Best (and Worst) in Sports from Pardon My Take
Commenter, Pft
Big Cat
Hardcover
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Five Novels in One Outrageous Volume
Adams, Douglas
Paperback
There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent
Boozan, Glenn
Hardcover
The New Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Expert Advice for Extreme Situations
Borgenicht, David
Piven, Joshua
Hardcover
How to Talk to Your Cat about Gun Safety: And Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism, and Other Dangers That Threaten Their Nine Lives
Auburn, Zachary
Paperback
Nobody Wants Your Sh*t: The Art of Decluttering Before You Die (New York Times Bestseller)
Condo, Messie
Hardcover