Best movie trivia of 1930

Please vote as you browse around to help the best rise to the top.

All Quiet on the Western Front picture

Trivia: This was the first film that won both the Best Picture and Best Director Oscars together.

Cubs Fan

More All Quiet on the Western Front trivia
Animal Crackers picture

Trivia: Near the end, during their extended nonsense bit about the stolen Beaugard painting, both Chico and Groucho were rapid-fire ad-libbing so heavily that they became irritated with one another. In fact, by the time Groucho ad-libbed, "I'd buy you a parachute if I thought it wouldn't open," he was getting really pissed off at Chico's faster and funnier come-backs. Almost instantly, Chico shot back, "Hey, I already got a pair-uh-shoes!" (which was, again, funnier than Groucho's parachute line). At that point, Groucho snapped and sprang into some improvised physical comedy, falling backwards across the card table and elbowing Chico right in the face, perhaps on purpose. Genuinely shocked from the blow, Chico recoiled wide-eyed, looked toward director Victor Heerman off-camera, and angrily exclaimed, "He's crazy!" (referring to Groucho).

Charles Austin Miller

More Animal Crackers trivia
Brats picture

Trivia: "Brats" is the only film in which Laurel and Hardy play natural fathers.

More Brats trivia
Blotto picture

Trivia: When Oliver Hardy is in the phone box at the beginning of the short, he picks up the phone and says "Oxford-0614." This was Stan Laurel's real phone number.

More Blotto trivia
Fiddlesticks picture

Trivia: This was the first sound cartoon to be photographed in colour.

More Fiddlesticks trivia

Join the mailing list

Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.