FILM 1469: ROOM

TRIVIA: Brie Larson isolated herself for a month and followed a strict diet in order to get a sense of what Ma and Jack were going through.

Jacob Tremblay, though an experienced actor, could not bring himself to yell at Brie Larson in the scene where he is angry about his birthday cake having no candles. Finally the director had the entire cast and crew start jumping up and down yelling and screaming until he was able to do it himself.

One of the stories that Ma tells Jack is about the Count of Monte Cristo, whose main character was imprisoned in one cell for many years as well.

Brie Larson claimed that she avoided washing her face while filming in the Room, to really make clear on-camera that she was not wearing makeup.

FILM 1454: TRUMBO

TRIVIA: Gary Oldman was considered for the role of Dalton Trumbo.

Alan Tudyk entertained his on-screen son, Elijah Miskowski, and the other kids on set by performing the voices of King Candy (Wreck It Ralph), Duke (Frozen), and Alister Krei (Big Hero 6). The boys were impressed to discover he was also the marine voice from Halo 3 and it made Alan the "kid magnet" during the early shooting of Trumbo.

Steve Martin has written that very early in his career his girlfriend and her "different" family introduced him to new ideas and intellectual opportunities. Her father was Dalton Trumbo. Martin had never heard of Dalton Trumbo.

This is the third feature film in four years in which John Goodman played the owner or an important employee of a movie company, following "The Artist" (2011) and "Argo" (2012). Interestingly, both prior films won Oscars for Best Picture.

FILM 1386: THE WINDOW

TRIVIA: This film was shot in the latter part of 1947 but shelved by RKO boss Howard Hughes and released in 1949. When Bobby Driscoll got his juvenile Oscar in 1950 he was 13 years old.

In the 1950 Academy Awards, Bobby Driscoll won the Oscar for the most outstanding juvenile actor of 1949, in response to his work in this film as well as Disney's tearjerker, So Dear to My Heart (1948). The award was not given every year, but only when exceptional acting was performed by a child.

Director Richard Franklin wanted to do a "thriller for kids" in 1984 and intended to do a remake of "The Window," which Universal had acquired the rights to. However, the writers soon morphed the story into what became "Cloak and Dagger."

FILM 1316: MOMMIE DEAREST

TRIVIA: In her 1971 book My Way of Life, Joan Crawford stated: "Of all the actresses, to me, only Faye Dunaway has the talent and the class and the courage it takes to make a real star."

Faye Dunaway truly felt she would win an Oscar for her performance as Joan Crawford. When the film was released to poor reviews and Paramount's promotion of the film as a camp classic, Dunaway was furious. To this day she refuses to talk about the film. In fact, when she is interviewed she submits a list of topics that are off-limits to the interviewer, one of which is Mommie Dearest (1981). She has been known to stop interviews if asked about the film. It has been stated by Christina Crawford that Dunaway claimed to have been haunted by the ghost of Joan Crawford and this has provided an explanation as to why Dunaway does not like to talk about the film.

Christina Crawford's book, on which this film was based, was one of the biggest-selling memoirs in the history of American publishing, with more than 4 million copies sold in hardback alone.

The set of the soap opera Christina performs in is the same exact set of the Cunningham home from Happy Days (1974). The kitchen is identical and the very recognizable living room can be viewed behind the actor sitting at the kitchen counter.

The highest-rated film on IMDb to win the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture, with a rating of 6.6/10 as of June, 2014.

The movie's line "No wire hangers!" was voted as the #89 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.

FILM 1149: THE AFRICAN QUEEN

TRIVIA: Sources claimed that everyone in the cast and crew got sick, except Humphrey Bogart and John Huston, who said they avoided illness by essentially living on imported Scotch. Bogart later said, "All I ate was baked beans, canned asparagus, and Scotch whisky. Whenever a fly bit Huston or me, it dropped dead."

To show her disgust with the amount of alcohol that John Huston and Humphrey Bogart consumed during filming, Katharine Hepburn drank only water. As a result, she suffered a severe bout of dysentery.

The water scenes shot through a telephoto lens of the boat going down the rapids was actually a model about eight feet long. This miniature of the original boat is now displayed inside a restaurant at a Marriott Waterfront hotel at 80 Compromise Street in Annapolis, Maryland. It is at the restaurant entrance.

This is the role that won Humphrey Bogart the only Oscar of his career.

Because the boat used in the film was too small to carry cameras and equipment, portions of the boat were reproduced on a large raft, in order to shoot close-ups of Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. Interior and water-tank scenes were filmed in London, as were most of the scenes containing secondary characters. Robert Morley shot all of his scenes in London, including footage of him preaching, which was edited together with shots of the natives praying, which was filmed in Africa.

Lauren Bacall famously ventured along for the filming in Africa to be with husband Humphrey Bogart. She played den mother during the trip, making camp and cooking. This also marked the beginning of her life-long friendship with Katharine Hepburn.

Walt Disney used this film as the basis for the Disneyland's "Jungle Cruise" attraction.

The scenes in the reed-filled riverbank were filmed in Dalyan, Turkey.