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19 Totally Interesting Facts About Old Hollywood That I Guarantee You Never Knew Before
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"He would remain in the bath tub for a week, drinking up all the whiskey, and not having to get out of the tub, even to perform bodily functions." According to SlashFilm, "It should be noted that while Wayne is listed as having been an extra in the movie, there's no record of him discussing this horrific moment and he's not visible onscreen during the flood." Then again, "the scenes are so chaotic it's hard to make anyone out." Marilyn was 12 years old, and Berniece was 19, when they first found out about each other, per People. They met for the first time in 1944. Charlie Chaplin's name was found on a "murder list" while he was visiting Japan in 1932, according to the New York Times. He ended up attending a sumo wrestling match instead with the Prime Minister's son, who was found assassinated that evening. According to CharlieChaplin.com, the comedian's son, Charles Chaplin Jr., wrote in his book, My Father, Charlie Chaplin, "He’d gone up incognito to see how he would fare. He came in third. Dad always thought this one of the funniest jokes imaginable — whether on him or the judges or both, I don’t know." Per the site, the book also stated that the competition took place at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, not the Ritz London. Sessue Hayakawa would later on earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1956 for his role as Colonel Saito in The Bridge on the River Kwai. The screen giants shaded each other back and forth in the tabloids, including this famous quip by Bette about Joan, "[Crawford] slept with every male star at MGM — except Lassie." According to Harper's Bazaar, when the pair worked together for Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, the drama continued behind the scenes. In a scene where Bette's character drags Joan's body, allegedly, the actor made herself as heavy as possible and filled her "pockets with rocks" (or wore a "weightlifter's belt") knowing Bette had a bad back. You can read more about the alleged incident here. Note: Responses have been edited for length/clarity.