Film History Facts

There have been 47 Charlie Chan Movies, with six actors playing the part. None were Chinese!

"Roar" (1981) is the most dangerous movie ever made. The cast spent 11 years living with 150 untrained big cats - no cages, no tranquilizers. Melanie Griffith needed facial reconstructive surgery. The cinematographer was scalped by a lion (220 stitches). At least 70 crew were injured. No animals were harmed.

Walt Disney mortgaged his house to finish Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs after costs ballooned from $250,000 to $1.49 million. Hollywood called it "Disney's Folly." He screened the unfinished film for a banker, who said it would "make a hatful of money." Snow White opened in December 1937 and became the highest-grossing sound film ever made.