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Trivia: Originally Kate Capshaw was to perform a much bigger part in the dance number for "Anything Goes". However when she tried on the dress, she couldn't perform the moves, so her dance was cut and she just did simple hand and leg movements throughout the song.

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Trivia: The von Trapps actually escaped via train, en route to their next performance as part of their tour. They did not escape while being chased through the mountains.

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Trivia: Katharine Hepburn played this role on broadway, it was written for her. She had Howard Hughes buy her the movie rights so only she could play it at the movies. She didn't want any other actress playing Tracey Lord.

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Trivia: The movie makers got Poiter to sign on after telling him that Spencer and Katharine were going to be in the film. They in fact had not signed on at that point.

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Trivia: This is Spencer Tracey's last film, he died just days after his final scenes were shot.

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13th Sep 2003

My Fair Lady (1964)

Trivia: Rex Harrisson also played Henry Higgins on broadway. He wanted Julie Andrews for Eliza as well, since she had also played Eliza on broadway. (Julie didn't get the role obviously, but did play Mary Poppins that year, and won the Best Actress Oscar).

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Trivia: Stunt coordinator Walter Scott has a cameo as the driver of the pickup truck that gives Marty a lift to school. (00:06:40)

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Trivia: The original title of this film was 'Sexual Perversity in Chicago' (taken rom the play it is based on). The title was changed after many newspapers and TV stations refused to run ads for a film with such a title.

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1st Sep 2003

His Girl Friday (1940)

Trivia: When trying to describe Bruce to a friend Grant says "He looks like, uhh, that fella in the movies, Ralph Bellamy." Bruce was in fact played by Ralph Bellamy.

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1st Sep 2003

His Girl Friday (1940)

Trivia: When Cary Grant and his ex wife are being arrested, Cary says "That's what Archie Leach said before he cut his throat." Grant liked to add Archie's names in his movies. That was Grant's real name.

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