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 - Johnny Horne's birthday party
 - Bobby Briggs' parents reading from the Bible
 - Doc Hayward performing magic tricks
 - a fight scene between FBI Agent Chester Desmond and Sherriff Cable.
- DIRTRADE(David Lynch): [singer]: 'Julee Cruise' (qv), 'Chris Issak' (qv),
  'David Bowie' (qv).


# Twins (1988)
- When Julius visits Vincent in prison, Vincent calls him ``Mr Universe'', a
  title that 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv) held for several years, 25 years
  previously.
- CAMEO(Heather Graham): Young Mary Ann Benedict.
- ACTTRADE(Arnold Schwarzenegger): ``I'll be back!''


# Twister (1996)
- A Boeing 707 jet engine was used to generate wind in some scenes.
- A recording of a camel's moan was slowed down and used as the sound of the
  tornado.
- Features _The Shining (1980)_ (qv), directed by 'Stanley Kubrick' (qv),
  and also has characters named ``Stanley'' and ``Kubrick''.
- The oil truck in the tornado bears the name ``Benthic Petroleum'', the name
  of the company in _The Abyss (1989)_ (qv).  See also
  _Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)_ (qv).
- Trailers contain a scene not in the film: a truck tire hurtling towards the
  viewer.


# Two Jakes, The (1990)
- Writer 'Robert Towne' (qv), producer 'Robert Evans' (qv) and director
  'Jack Nicholson' (qv) founded the production company T.E.N. in 1985
  just to produce this film. When legal and financial problems occured
  Nicholson finished the project alone.
- CAMEO(Tom Waits): policeman


# Two Moon Junction (1988)
- The title may be a pun, given the erotic nature of the film.
- CAMEO(Jodie Foster)


# Two Of Us (1987) (TV)
- Originally made for the BBC Schools TV series ``Scene''.  During
  'Margaret Thatcher' (qv)'s government's reign the BBC was worried by the
  pro-gay storyline though, made several cuts and a new ``choose
  straight'' ending.  The film also had to be shown at night.  It has
  subsequently been shown in daytime and with the cuts and ending restored.


# Two Tars (1928)
- Originally titled ``Two Tough Tars''.


# Uccellacci e uccellini (1966)
- On February, 14th, 1988 'Laura Betti' (qv) introduced a reconstructed
  version of the film (99 min) at the `Internationale Filmfestspiele
  Berlin'. This version contains a short episode with 'Toto (I)' (qv) called
  `Toto al circo', which was not included in the original release.  Although
  director 'Pier Paolo Pasolini' (qv) reported about his work on it,
  this episode had never been shown to the public before.


# Under Capricorn (1949)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): about five minutes into the movie in the
  town square wearing a coat and a brown hat. Ten minutes later he is one of
  three men on the steps of government house.


# Under Siege (1992)
- Both the character Jordan Tate and the actor who played her
  ('Erika Eleniak' (qv)) are Playboy Playmate of July 1989.


# Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
- Filmakers pioneered a new technique that enabled them to film all the
  interior train scenes (practically all the film) in the studio.  Tennis
  balls glued on the studio walls were used as reference points to allow
  computers to insert footage of Colorado scenery, even when the camera moved
  around.


# Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
- Filmed in color, released in black and white.


# Undergaangens Arkitektur (1989)
- While researching this film in Germany, 'Peter Cohen' (qv) stumbled upon an
  obscure industrial documentary about various methods of vermin control for
  factory use. This short, entitled ``Kleinkrieg'' (or ``Little War''), proved
  invaluable as it was the first to advocate the use of Zyklon-B as an
  effective means of mass extermination.


# Unendliche Geschichte, Die (1984)
- Author 'Michael Ende' (qv) decided that he was unhappy with the film's
  version of his story, and refused to have his name placed in the opening
  credits.  A small credit appears at the end with his name.
- The nighthob says a profanity in the opening scene where the rockbiter
  appears running down all in it's path.  This profanity is often dubbed
  over by the grumble of the rockbiter's scooter, so that it can be shown
  as a children's film.


# Unforgiven (1992)
- The script floated around Hollywood for nearly 20 years, during which time
  'Gene Hackman' (qv) read and rejected it, only to be later convinced by
  'Clint Eastwood' (qv) to play a role.


# Unmarried Woman, An (1978)
- DIRCAMEO(Paul Mazursky): attempting to place an order in a restaurant.


# Unter den Bruecken (1945)
- Passed censorship in March 1945 but was theatrical released in 1950.


# Untouchables, The (1987)
- 'Bob Hoskins' (qv) was originally signed to play Al Capone, but after most of
  the filming was completed, he and director 'Brian DePalma' (qv) decided that
  they were unhappy with the result.  Hoskins departed, and was paid $200,000.
- The scene where Malone picks up a dead body, holds it against the window,
  and shoots it was ad-libbed by 'Sean Connery' (qv).
- The camera work in the scene where Elliot Ness is in the airline is identical
  to a scene in _Foreign Correspondent (1940)_ (qv).
- References to _Potemkin (1925)_ (qv).



# Usual Suspects, The (1995)
- Redfood ('Peter Greene' (qv)) makes reference to _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv)
  (which also featured Greene) by saying ``We'll feed it to the Gimp.''
- The name of the film's production company (Blue Parrot/Bad Hat Harry
  Productions) is an inside reference to a line from _Jaws (1975)_ (qv),
  Brody meets an old guy in a bathing cap on a beach and greets him by saying
  ``That's a bad hat, Harry''.
- When Agent Kujan pushes Verbal out of his chair, Verbal can be heard to
  say ``I killed Keaton'' very quickly.


# Vagabond King, The (1956)
- This film is presumed lost.  Please check your attic.


# Vampire Bat, The (1933)
- Filmed at night on Universal's European village set.  The interior of
  Atwill's house is the set from _The Old Dark House (1932)_ (qv).


# Vertigo (1958)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): about 11 minutes in wearing a gray suit
  walking past Gavin Elster's shipyard.
- The film is based upon the novel ``D'Entre les Morts'' which was written
  specifically for Hitchcock after the authors heard that he tried to
  buy the rights to their previous novel ``Diabolique''.
- San Juan Batista, the Spanish mission which features in key scenes in the
  movie doesn't actually have a bell tower - it was added with trick
  photography. The mission originally had a steeple but it was demolished
  following a fire.
- The screenplay is credited to 'Alec Coppel' (qv) and 'Samuel Taylor' (qv),
  but Coppel didn't write a word of the final draft.  He is credited for
  contractual reasons only. Taylor read neither Coppel's script nor the
  original novel, he worked solely from Hitchcock's outline of the story.
- Hitchcock reportedly spent a week filming a brief scene where Madeleine
  stares at a portrait in the Palace of the Legion of Honor just to get the
  lighting right.
- Hitchcock invented the famous combination of forward zoom and reverse
  tracking shot to convey the sense of vertigo to the audience. The view
  down the mission stair well cost $19,000 for just a couple of seconds of
  screen time.
- Hitchcock originally wanted 'Vera Miles' (qv) to play Madeleine, but she
  became pregnant and was therefore unavailable.
- The film was unavailable for decades because its rights (together with four
  other pictures of the same periods') were bought back by Hitchcock and left
  as part of his legacy to his daughter. They've been known for long as the
  infamous ``5 lost Hitchcocks'' amongst film buffs, and were re-released in
  theathers around 1984 after a 30-years absence. They are
  _Rear Window (1954)_ (qv), _The Trouble with Harry (1955)_ (qv),
  _Rope (1948)_ (qv), _Vertigo (1958)_ (qv) and
  _The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)_ (qv).
- DIRTRADE(Alfred Hitchcock): [bathroom] Madeline emerges from the bathroom,
  ready for lovemaking.
- DIRTRADE(Alfred Hitchcock): [hair] Carlotta and Madeline have spiral
  hairstyles, and Judy's hair color is significant.


# Vibrations (1995)
- Each take of the scene where TJ is panhandling brought a profit of
  approximately $5 from pedestrians who wandered by, unaware that a film
  was being shot.


# Videodrome (1983)
- DIRTRADE(David Cronenberg): [flesh]: ``Long live the new flesh!''.


# Vie est a nous, La (1936)
- 'Louis Aragon' (qv) was asked by officials of the ``Parti Communiste
  Francais'' whom he would recommend as a director for this propaganda film
  and he proposed 'Jean Renoir' (qv) who then directed the film as head
  of a director's collective.



# View to a Kill, A (1985)
- 'Roger Moore' (qv)'s final appearance as 007.
- 'Lois Maxwell' (qv)'s final appearance as Moneypenny.
- Filming was delayed when the ``007'' stage at Pinewood Studios burns down.
  It was totally rebuilt in less than four months, and renamed
  ``The Albert R.  Broccoli 007 Stage''.
- Tanya Roberts got the role after Broccoli saw her in
  _The Beastmaster (1982)_ (qv).
- During filming, 'Grace Jones' (qv)' boyfriend was a little-known actor named
  'Dolph Lundgren' (qv).  Lundgren has a small part in the film as a KGB heavy.
- For the first time, a piece of music not specially composed or performed for
  a Bond film appears in the soundtrack.  It is 39 seconds of The Beach Boys'
  ``California Girls''.


# Viking, The (1931)
- Director `Varick Frissell' (qv), cinematographer 'Alexander G. Penrod',
  and almost all the film crew were killed on 15 March 1931, when the
  sealing ship S.S. Viking, from which they were shooting additional
  footage, exploded in ice off the Horse Islands on the northern
  Newfoundland coast.


# Viva Max! (1969)
- Refers indirectly to the 'John Wayne' (qv) film _The Alamo (1960)_ (qv) by
  showing a painting of Wayne as Davy Crockett defending the Alamo.  Normally
  there is a disclaimer which states ``all characters depicted in this motion
  picture are fictitious and any similarity......'', etc.  In this film, the
  disclaimer reads ``all characters depicted in this motion picture except
  John Wayne are fictitious and any similarity to actual persons.....''


# Vorstadtvariete (1934)
- The original version of the film ended with suicide of the [female lead]
  but was disliked by public and press.  The end of the film was reshot and
  [the protagonist] was rescued.


# Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1966)
- Director 'Derek Thomas' (qv) is actually 'Peter Bogdanovich' (qv).


# Wagner (1983)
- Filmed in more than 200 separate locations; over seven months and in six
  countries.


# Wagons East (1994)
- Star 'John Candy' (qv) died while making this film.


# Wake Up and Live (1937)
- 'Jack Haley' (qv)'s singing was dubbed by 'Buddy Clark' (qv).


# Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)
- 'Keanu Reeves' (qv) was injured during a friendly game of hockey with
  his friends during spare time.  His lip was split, requiring six stiches.
  In his next scheduled scene, a love scene with 'Debra Messing' (qv), he
  was quoted as saying to her: ``please don't hurt me.''


# Wall Street (1987)
- DIRCAMEO(Oliver Stone): on the phone during the montage of deals
  being made.


# Wanderers, The (1979)
- The gangs whose names are introduced early in the film (including The
  Wanderers) were based on real street gangs in the New York City area.
  However, they did not all exist at the same point in time.  Many of the
  Wanderers did actually belong to a local football team, named ``The
  Stingers''.


# War of the Roses, The (1989)
- Oliver Rose ('Michael Douglas' (qv)) cuts the heels off his wife's
  ('Kathleen Turner' (qv)'s) shoes.  In _Romancing the Stone (1984)_ (qv),
  Jack Coulton (Douglas) cut the heels off Joan Wilder's (Turner) shoes.


# WarGames (1983)
- 'Kevin Costner' (qv) turned down the lead role for a part in
  _The Big Chill (1983)_ (qv) which was eventually cut.
- The studio had a Galaga and a Galaxian machine delivered to
  'Matthew Broderick' (qv)'s home, where he practiced for two months to
  prepare for the arcade scene.
- The ``TRS-80 Model I'' used to break into NORAD was programmed to make the
  correct words appear on the screen, no matter which keys were pressed.
- When David comes home the day after the NORAD computer break-in, the
  newscaster on the television is talking about a prophylactic recycling
  center.
- The exteriors were all filmed in western Washington state.  The NORAD HQ
  set was built in the Cascades, the ``Oregon'' airport was really Boeing
  Field, ``Goose Island'' is really Anderson Island, WA (in the southern part
  of Puget Sound).  The last ferry off the island really is at 6:30, and you
  really are stuck there if you miss it.


# Warlock (1989)
- Scene in the theatrical previews indicating that the Warlock was the satanic
  Messiah was cut some time before video distribution.


# Warriors, The (1979)
- Loosely based on Xenophon's ``Anabasis''.
- The choreographed fight in the men's lavoratory took 5 days (8am to 7pm) to
  shoot.


# Waterworld (1995)
- The Slave Colony, a key set, was sunk by a storm and was unusable.
- Rumours abound that director 'Kevin Reynolds' (qv) walked off the set with
  two weeks of filming left, and 'Kevin Costner' (qv) completed the film.


# Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)
- References to: _The Haunting (1963)_ (qv),
  _The Legend of Hell House (1973)_ (qv), _The Shining (1980)_ (qv),
  _Alien (1979)_ (qv), _The Masque of the Red Death_ (qv),
  _Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde_ (qv), _Jack the Ripper_ (qv),
  _Nosferatu (1922)_ (qv), _Dawn of the Dead (1979)_ (qv),
  _Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)_ (qv),
  _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)_ (qv),
  _Saturday Night Fever (1977)_ (qv),
  _Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)_ (qv), and _Frankenstein_ (qv).


# Way Out West (1937)
- References to _It Happened One Night (1934)_ (qv).


# Way We Were, The (1973)
- CAMEO(Marvin Hamlisch)


# Way West, The (1967)
- There was a minor helicopter crash on the set.


# Wayne's World (1992)
- A specialist trailer was made, which was only shown in front of
  _The Addams Family (1991)_ (qv).
- The ``Stairway to Heaven'' guitar riff was changed for the international,
  cable, and videotape releases to a generic riff because of disputes in
  obtaining rights to the first five notes of the song, which appear only in
  the US theatrical release.
- The donut shop is owned by ex Chicago Blackhawk Stan Mikita.  The police
  officer in the shop is Officer Koharski.  This could be a reference to the
  National Hockey League referee Don Koharski who was told by New Jersey
  Devils coach Jim Schoenfeld to ``have another donut, you fat pig'' after a
  playoff game.
- CAMEO(Robert Patrick): Police officer, similar to the one he played
  in _Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)_ (qv).


# Wayne's World 2 (1993)
- A teaser trailer for the film makes fun of Lucasfilm's THX sound system. 
- A scene in the trailer where Wayne declares ``If I ever sport a look like
  that, you have full permission to shoot me in the head'' was deleted from
  the film.  Another scene in trailers where Garth says ``That was just like
  the first movie'' was deleted from the film.
- The voice over the drive-thru speaker at the donut shop was different in the
  previews.


# We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
- As the dinosaurs dance around Times Square, it is possible to see a
  theatre marquee advertising _Jurassic Park (1993)_ (qv), which was
  directed by executive producer 'Steven Spielberg' (qv).


# We're Not Dressing (1934)
- A number ``It's the Animal in Me'' was filmed, but cut.  See also
  _The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)_ (qv).


# Weird Science (1985)
- 'John Hughes' (qv) wrote this film in two days.
- Lisa is named after the computer on which she was designed, an Apple Lisa.


# Welcome Danger (1929)
-Originally filmed as a silent feature (directed by 'Mal St.Clair' (qv)) it was
 largely re-shot for sound release (directed by 'Clyde Bruckman' (qv).)  When
 it was previewed, it was over three hours in length, but cut to under two
 hours before general release.


# Wenn du gross bist, lieber Adam (1965)
- Censored in 1965, released in 1990.


# West Side Story (1961)
- Borrowed its plot from 'William Shakespeare' (qv)'s ``Romeo and Juliet''.
- 'Natalie Wood' (qv)'s singing was dubbed by 'Marni Nixon' (qv).
- The actors in the rival gangs were instructed to play pranks on each other
  off the set to keep tensions high.
- 'Richard Beymer' (qv)'s singing voice was dubbed by 'Jimmy Bryant' (qv).



# Westler (1985)
- The scenes in East Berline were shot clandestinally with a Super-8 camera.


# Westworld (1973)
- The script called for a rattlesnake attack.  Several snakes were brought
  onto the set, but the crew and the snakes were both too nervous to complete
  the shot.


# What a Way to Go! (1964)
- 'Elizabeth Taylor' (qv) was the original choice for the role of Louisa.
- 'Frank Sinatra' (qv) was the first choice to play Rod Anderson.  When
  'Darryl F.  Zanuck' (qv) balked at his salary demand, 'Robert Mitchum' (qv)
  agreed to play the role at no fee for tax purposes.



# What Price Hollywood? (1932)
- 'David O. Selznick' (qv) wanted 'Clara Bow' (qv) for the role of Mary Evans,
  but she turned it down when she was offered more money from Fox.


# Wheels on Meals (1984)
- 'Benny Urquidez' (qv), a kickboxer with a 58-0 record, was nearly fired
  for hitting his opponents too hard while filming.


# When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
- Michael's real daughter's car's numberplate is ``2SAD''.


# When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
- Harry can be seen reading 'Stephen King' (qv)'s _Misery (1990)_ (qv), which
  would be director 'Rob Reiner' (qv)'s next film.
- The woman who says ``I'll have what she's having'' after Sally's faked orgasm
  is director 'Rob Reiner' (qv)'s mother.


# Where Eagles Dare (1969)
- The driving force behind the film was 'Richard Burton' (qv)'s son, who wanted
  to see his father in a good old fashioned adventure movie.  Burton approached
  producer 'Ellion Kastner' (qv) for ideas, who asked 'Alastair MacLean' (qv).
  At that time, most of MacLean's novels have either been made into films, or
  were in the process of being filmed.  Kastner pursuaded MacLean to write a
  new story.  Six weeks later, MacLean delivered the script.
- 'Clint Eastwood' (qv) was reluctant to receive second billing to Burton, but
  agreed after being paid $800,000.
- The ``Schloss Adler'' is actually the ``Schloss Hohenwerfen'' in Austria.
  At the time of filming, the castle was being used as a police training camp.
- An accident during one of the action scenes left Kastner and director
  'Brian G. Hutton' (qv) badly burnt.
- Schaffer greets each of his intended victims with a ``Hello'' before he
  kills them.
- Despite Eastwood's reputation for violence in other films, his character
  kills more people in this film than any other Eastwood character.
  

# Where the Day Takes You (1992)
- Although 'Cynthia Szigeti' (qv) is listed as the ``Counseler'',
  'Christian Slater' (qv) played the part in actual filming.


# Whereabouts of Jenny, The (1991) (TV)
- CAMEO(Tony Danza): drunk.


# While You Were Sleeping (1995)
- The role of Lucy was written for 'Demi Moore' (qv).  'Sandra Bullock' (qv)
  took the role, saying she could relate to it having just broken up from
  a four year relationship.


# White Dog (1982)
- DIRCAMEO(Samuel Fuller):


# White Nights (1985)
- The 747 aircraft is actually a 707 with an artificial hump on the top of the
  foreward fuselage, as the studio couldn't afford to lease a 747.


# White Room, The (1989)
- Released was revoked in 1989 when the producers decided to re-make the movie,
  adding an additional plot based on events taking place behind the scenes
  (during the shooting of the first version of the movie.)  The new version
  was to have starred 'Paul McGann' (qv) and 'Greta Scacchi' (qv), but was
  never funded.


# White Sands (1992)
- CAMEO(Mimi Rogers): the policeman's wife


# White Squall (1996)
- The ship used in the film is the ``Eye of the Wind'', originally built in
  1911 as a top-sail schooner and refitted in 1975 as a brigantine.  It
  was also used in _The Blue Lagoon (1980)_ (qv), _Savage Island (1985)_ (qv),
  and _Tai-Pan (1986)_ (qv).
- The Danish school girls in the movie were meant to be French school girls
  in the original script.  This change came about as a casting director who
  searched for French-speaking and -looking actresses met
  'Camilla Overbye-Roos' (qv). The casting director wanted to cast her but she
  could not speak French.  Overbye-Roos then suggested changing the French
  girls to Danish girls.  The casting director asked her to find suitable
  Danish girls (which were found by contacting Danish exchange students and
  au-pair girls in America).  Photos and screen test of the girls that were
  found were then sent to director 'Ridley Scott' (qv) who approved the change.


# Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- Some versions have an extra scene: Eddie Valiant had gone into Toontown,
  ambushed by the weasels and had a pig's head ``tooned'' onto his. He went
  home and took a shower during which Jessica walks into his apartment.  This
  scene was cut from the original release, but did appear in theatrical
  trailers and a television broadcast.
- A scene where Jessica pulls or pulls off her stocking as she was sitting
  cross-legged was cut.
- 'Bob Hoskins' (qv) watched his young daughter to learn how to act with
  imaginary characters.  He later had problems with hallucinations.  Hoskins'
  son was reportedly furious that his father hadn't brought any of his cartoon
  co-stars home to meet him.
- Some scenes of Eddie Valiant in the taxi are actually drawings of Eddie
  Valliant instead of pictures of Hoskins.
- Jessica Rabbit's speaking voice was performed by 'Kathleen Turner' (qv), and
  her singing voice was performed by 'Amy Irving' (qv).  Turner was uncredited.
- Eddie enters a toontown men's room which has the graffiti ``For a Good Time,
  call Allyson Wonderland'' in the background.
- There are persistent rumours that the laserdisc edition of this film has
  a few frames of Jessica Rabbit with no panties, visible when she and Eddie
  are thrown out of the cab.


# Whoopee Boys, The (1986)
- CAMEO: (Jack Nitzsche): man who yeels at Barney and Jack for being in the
  pool.


# Whore (1991)
- Theatre marquees for two other 'Ken Russell' (qv) films,
  _Crimes of Passion (1984)_ (qv) and _The Lair of the White Worm (1988)_ (qv),
  are seen in the film.


# Why Worry? (1923)
- Ringling Brothers giant 'George Auger' (qv) was contracted to play the role
  of Colosso, but he died shortly after filming began.  A nationwide publicity
  campaign was instituted to find a replacement.  Norwegian 'John Aasen' (qv),
  living in Minnesota, was discovered as a result of a newspaper article about
  his shoe size.


# Wicked, Wicked (1973)
- The organ music is originally from _The Phantom of the Opera (1925)_ (qv).


# Wild at Heart (1990)
- During filming, 'Laura Dern' (qv) passed out when 'David Lynch' (qv) asked
  her to smoke four cigarettes at once in one deep inhalation.  When she came
  to, she saw a worried Lynch standing above her asking: ``Tidbit! Are you
  alright?''


# Wild in the Streets (1968)
- The young Max Flatow was originally played by 'Barry Williams' (qv), but
  his scenes were cut after they realized that his eyes were blue, whereas
  'Christopher Jones' (qv)' (the elder Max Flatow) were brown.


# Wild Life, The (1984)
- CAMEO(Rick Moranis):


# Wild Orchid (1990)
- 'Mickey Rourke' (qv) and 'Carrie Otis' (qv) were a ``couple'' at the time
  this film was made, and there is a persistent rumor that the sex scenes were
  not faked.


# Wild Poses (1933)
- Uses sets from _Brats (1930)_ (qv).


# Willow (1988)
- According to the press kits, the two-headed dragon was named ``Siskbert'',
  a reference to the movie critics 'Gene Siskel' (qv) and 'Roger Ebert' (qv).
  The word does not occur in the film but made it into some reviews.
- The character of the evil general Kael is said to have been named after film
  critic 'Pauline Kael' (qv).
- Willow utters the same spell as Merlin did in _Excalibur (1981)_ (qv).


# Wings of Eagles, The (1957)
- Director 'John Ford' (qv) appears as John Dodge, but is credited as
  'Ward Bond' (qv).


# Winter Carnival (1939)
- 'F. Scott Fitzgerald' (qv), originally assigned to write the picture,
  was dismissed in a humiliating scene in front of the Hanover Inn during the
  1939 Carnival.


# Wired (1989)
- In the scene where John Landis is walking across the set from
  _The Blues Brothers (1980)_ (qv), a helicopter can be heard in the
  background.  See _Twilight Zone - The Movie (1983)_ (qv).


# Wisdom (1986)
- John Wisdom 'Emilion Estevez' (qv) can be seen on a bus adorned with the
  graffiti ``Plate O' Shrimp'', a reference to _Repo Man (1984)_ (qv), which
  also starred Estevez.
- In one scene, a TV can be seen showing a Fotomat booth being blown up with
  a rocket launcher, a scene make by Estevez and his brother
  [Ramon? or Charlie?]


# With a Song in My Heart (1952)
- 'Susan Hayward' (qv)'s singing was dubbed by 'Jane Froman' (qv).


# Wizard of Gore, The (1970)
- Filmed in 1968, unreleased until 1970.


# Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
- 'Ogden Nash' (qv) wrote an unused screenplay.
- The title role was written with 'W.C. Fields' (qv) in mind.  Producer
  'Mervyn LeRoy' (qv) wanted 'Ed Wynn' (qv), who turned down the role.  Studio
  executive Freed wanted Fields, and offered him $75,000.  Fields supposedly
  wanted $100,000.  According to a letter from Fields' agent (and supposedly
  written by Fields) Fields turned down to role to devote his time to writing
  the script for ``You Can't Cheat an Honest Man''.
- 'Frank Morgan' (qv) has five roles: Professor Marvel, the gatekeeper of the
  Emerald city, the cab driver (of the horse of a different color), the
  Wizard's guard, and the Wizard.  It is also possible that he was made up for
  the projected image of the Wizard.
- MGM studio heads wanted 'Shirley Temple' (qv) to play Dorothy.
- 'Gale Sondergaard' (qv) was originally cast as the Wicked Witch of the West.
- Terry (Toto) was stepped on by one of the witch's guards, and had a double
  for two weeks.  A second double was obtained, because it resembled Toto more
  closely.
- The Cowardly Lion's facial makeup included a brown paper bag.  Actor
  'Bert Lahr' (qv) couldn't eat without ruining his makeup.  Tired of eating
  soup and milkshakes, he decided to eat lunch and have his makeup redone.
- 'Buddy Ebsen' (qv) was the original choice for the Scarecrow.
  'Ray Bolger' (qv) was originally brought in as the Tin Woodsman.  Bolger
  wanted to play the Scarecrow (his childhood idol was 'Fred Stone' (qv) who
  had played the original Scarecrow in the 1902 Baum play ``The Wizard of
  Oz''.  Bolger had seen him in ``Jack O Lantern'' in 1919 or 1920.)  He
  insisted and was eventually given the Scarecrow role.  Ebsen was given the
  Tin Man.  Ebsen got sick from the makeup, but that was not the sole cause:
  his symptoms were not consistent with aluminum powder poisoning, but were an
  allergic reaction to either the aluminum or the other chemicals in the
  makeup.  (he probably would have gotten sick anyway, but this speeded the
  process).  The makeup method was changed when 'Jack Haley' (qv) took over
  (the aluminum was originally put on as a powder, they switched to mixing the
  aluminum in a paste), so Haley did not inhale the aluminum as much.  Haley
  did not find out what had happened to Ebsen until after the movie. He
  assumed that Ebsen had been fired.  Ebsen's voice can still be heard in
  ``Off to see the Wizard''.
- ``Over the Rainbow'' was nearly cut.
- The film originally contained an elaborate production number
  called ``The Jitter Bug'', which cost $80,000 and took five weeks to shoot.
  In the scene, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly lion, and the Tin
  Woodsman are on their way to the Witch's castle when they are attacked by
  ``jitter bugs'' - furry pink and blue mosquitolike ``rascals'' that give one
  ``the jitters'' as they buzz about in the air. When, after its first
  preview, the movie was judged too long, MGM officials decided to sacrifice
  the ``Jitter Bug'' scene. They reasoned that it added little to the plot
  and, because a dance by the same name had just become popular, they feared
  it might date the picture.  The Witch still refers to the bug in the final
  film, just before telling the Monkeys to ``Fly!'' Only home movies of the
  filming of ``The Jitterbug'' survive, though the song is on current versions
  of both the soundtrack CD and the recent anniversary edition videotape. The
  sequence was also incorporated into a recent stage version of the musical.
- When filming first started, 'Judy Garland' (qv) wore a blond wig and heavy,
  ``baby-doll'' makeup; when 'George Cukor' (qv) assumed the role of
  intermediate director (after the producer took the original director off the
  picture, and before they found a replacement), he got rid of the wig and
  most of the makeup and told her to just be herself.
- The ``tornado'' was a thirty-five foot long muslin stocking, photographed
  with miniatures of a Kansas farm and fields.
- The Wicked Witch of the West ('Margaret Hamilton' (qv)) was off the film for
  more than a month after being severely burned during her disappearance from
  Munchkinland.  Her stand-in was also injured when a broom exploded during a
  stunt shot.
- Morgan's Professor Marvel coat was taken from a rack of second-hand
  clothing purchased by the studio wardrobe department; he was astounded when,
  just by chance, he turned out the coat's pocket and found the name
  'L. Frank Baum' (qv) (the Oz books' author) sewn into the lining.  Baum's
  widow and the tailor who made the coat confirmed that the coat had, indeed,
  been his.  Upon completion of filminggg, the coat was presented to Baum's
  widow.
- The horses in Emerald City palace were colored with Jello crystals.  The
  relevant scenes had to be shot quickly, before the horses started to lick
  it off.
- Rumors of the Munchkin actors' wild drunken orgies and other escapades are
  greatly exaggerated.
- Many of the Munchkins' voices were dubbed by professional singers, as many
  of the actors had poor Engish or couldn't sing.
- There is a rumor that a man committed suicide on the set, and that his body
  can be seen on the left of the screen as Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the
  Tin Man walk down the Yellow Brick Road after their first encounter with the
  Wicked Witch.  This is false; the object in question is a strange looking
  bird.
- Director 'Victor Fleming' (qv) did not finish the film, being assigned to
  take over direction of _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv).  Fleming stayed
  with Oz until the color photography was completed, and then handed over to
  'King Vidor' (qv), who directed the black and white sequences.


# Woman's Secret, A (1949)
- 'Nicholas Ray' (qv) and 'Gloria Grahame' (qv) were going through a marital
  separation during the soundstage filming of this motion picture, and for
  both professional and personal reasons kept this information from everyone
  in the cast and crew.  Ray often slept on the set.


# Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990) (TV)
- Director 'Ken Russell' (qv)'s segment, ``Fireworks Before Dusk'', was re-cut
  and re-scored by the studio after filming finished.  Russell refused to
  watch the released film.


# Women of All Nations (1931)
- Stone ('Humphrey Bogart' (qv)) does not appear in all prints.


# Women, The (1939)
- There are over 130 roles in this movie, all played by women.
  'Phyllis Povah' (qv) and 'Marjorie Main' (qv) are the only two carry-overs
  to the movie from the play cast, which had 666 performances at the Ethel
  Barrymore Theatre in New York.


# Working Girl (1988)

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