Best movie trivia of 1932

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Pack Up Your Troubles picture

Trivia: Director George Marshall has a cameo as Pierre the chef.

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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang picture

Trivia: The movie tells the story of James Allen/Paul Muni, an unjustly imprisoned convict, who escapes from a brutal chain gang and ends up a frightened, hunted, homeless vagrant. This was based on the life of Robert Elliott Burns, who was unjustly convicted and placed on a chain gang, from which he escaped. Burns wrote a best-selling book about his experiences and advised on the making of the movie. After the movie's release Burns was granted parole and became a free man. "I Am A Fugitive From A Chain gang" may be unique among Hollywood movies, in that, while the movie had a sad ending, the real-life story that inspired it had a happy ending.

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The Music Box picture

Trivia: "The Music Box" won the first Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in 1932. It was also the only Laurel and Hardy film to be honoured with an Oscar.

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Grand Hotel picture

Trivia: "Grand Hotel" is the only film to have won the Academy Award for Best Picture without being nominated in any other category.

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Flowers and Trees picture

Trivia: This was the first animated short to be made in Technicolor, as well as the first to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

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The Mummy picture

Trivia: Boris Karloff's make-up was designed so he would look like Ramses III. It required eight hours to put on the make-up.

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Their First Mistake picture

Trivia: When Stan and Oliver return to the flat with the baby, Stan offers a man a cigar. This man is the film's director, George Marshall.

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