Best movie trivia of 1951

Trivia: When mom exposes her pretty scary painting to Bruno it very much resembles the key scene in the film "The Picture of Dorian Gray" from 1945.

S.Holmes

Trivia: This film has more songs and speaking characters than any other Disney film.

Trivia: Galva, the general who claims the emperor's throne after Nero's death, didn't last long as an emperor himself: just four months later, he was murdered by his Pretorian Guardsmen.

Trivia: In 1951, the time of the movie being shot, New Orleans no longer had streetcars, but the tracks were still there. The movie studio obtained special permission to use the streetcar named desire for Blanch's opening scene.

Trivia: In order to make Gort's body appear seamless, two different costumes were created, one that opened in the back for front shots and one that opened in the front for rear shots. Unfortunately, as someone has already pointed out on this site, it was sometimes rather difficult to co-ordinate which suit was needed for which shot and thus there are several times in the film where Gort's seams can be seen.

Trivia: In the book "When Worlds Collide" the lottery to determine who gets to fly to the new world gets cancelled when the first passing of the planets cause an eruption which causes an upwelling of a new metallic mineral with some peculiar qualities. A second spaceship, considerably larger than the first ship is built, enabling all who worked on the project to be saved.

Trivia: Humphrey Bogart won his only Oscar for his performance as Charlie Allnut in this film.

Trivia: When we see the parade for the newly elected mayor, look in the background and you can see a building with "P. Julian" on it - a reference to the Warner Brothers background artist Paul Julian.

Trivia: When Butch is looking at the "Lost and Found" ads in the newspaper, some of the ads have names of Warner Brothers staff: "Vaughan" (Lloyd Vaughan), "K. Harris" (Ken Harris) and "C.M. Jones" (Chuck Jones).

Trivia: When Sylvester is looking in the ship's medicine cabinet, there is a bottle on the shelf called "Hawley and Pratt Salts" - a reference to the Looney Tunes layout artist, Hawley Pratt.

Trivia: When Sylvester hits the orange cat on the head with a mallet, look in the background and you can see a box with text printed on it advertising "Friz - America's Favorite Gelatin Dessert" - a reference to the director Friz Freleng.

Trivia: When Elmer turns around and finds an elephant behind him, the elephant says, "I'll give you such a pinch." This was one of the catchphrases of Stinky, Joe Besser's juvenile character on The Abbott and Costello Show.

Trivia: Thelma Ritter plays Ellen McNulty, mother of Val McNulty (John Lund). In real life, Ritter was only nine years older than Lund.

Trivia: When the cat falls down the waste bin, a high-pitched "Goofy Holler" can be heard.

Trivia: The lady with Simon Russell on his boat says "I'm beginning to wonder how I did." Just then her right earring falls off. (00:35:00)

David Jaundrell

Trivia: This movie takes place in Canada, but was actually filmed near Big Bear Lake in Southern California.

Steven Lee

Trivia: When Sylvester opens the letter box, he sees a milk bottle with a note in it. The note is signed by "Mrs. Champin" - a reference to the Looney Tunes animator Ken Champin.