Hollywood Actors That Don't Get Cast Anymore

Dorothy Parker

Parker was a very important screenwriter in the 1930s and 40s. She wrote some incredible screenplays for Alfred Hitchcock but was accused of having ties to Communism, which destroyed her career pretty much instantly. In 1949, Parker received a 1,000-word letter, acknowledging her blacklisting for reasons tied to suspicion.

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The More You Know

  • Brad Pitt and Edward Norton actually learned how to make soap in Fight Club.
  • The first toilet did not flush on the American big screen until 1960
  • Wayne's World was filmed in two weeks.
  • The Dark Knight made more money in its first six days in the US than Batman Begins made in its entire domestic run.
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