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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton seen in a still from the 1963 film, Cleopatra. Image Credit: IMDB

From the 1910s to the 1960s, Hollywood saw style icons, heart throbs, femme fatales and much more – it was the American film industry’s Golden Age.

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You might have watched all the classics – from Gone with the Wind to Singin’ in the Rain – but here are a few facts that give you a little more insight into what went on behind the scenes of these timeless productions:

1. Cleopatra (1963) was one of the most expensive films ever made. The Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton-starrer originally had a budget of $5 million (Dh18.37 million), but even after more than two years, the film was nowhere near completion. It almost bankrupted 20th Century Fox, the American film production studio, as more money was poured into it. When it was finished, and finally premiered in theatres in 1963, its overall cost was over $370 million (Dh1.35 billion)!

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Rita Hayworth from Gilda (1946). Image Credit: IMDB

2. In mid-1946, the US conducted a number of nuclear tests. The fourth atomic bomb ever to be detonated was decorated with a photograph of Rita Hayworth, the lead actress of the 1946 film Gilda. Above her picture, the name ‘Gilda’ was stenciled on the bomb – while it was supposed to represent her ‘bombshell’ status, Hayworth was furious over the gesture and extremely offended.

3. Humphrey Bogart, the lead actor of the classic romance, Casablanca (1942), was actually two inches shorter than his co-star, Ingrid Bergman. He appeared taller in the films because he stood on boxes and sat on cushions to gain the height.

4. Sean Connery wore a toupee throughout his entire career as James Bond, starting from the 1962 movie, Dr. No.

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Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck from the 1953 film, Roman Holiday. Image Credit: IMDB

5. In the beloved film Roman Holiday (1953), Audrey Hepburn’s iconic scream of surprise when Gregory Peck pretends to get his hand bitten off was in fact, real. Peck hid his hand in his jacket sleeve and pulled out a fake stump, causing Hepburn to react with shock and horror.

6. In The Birds (1963), director Alfred Hitchcock tied live birds to actress Tippi Hedren. Birds were also thrown at her while filming the iconic attic scene.

7. Before the roaring success of The Philadelphia Story (1940), Katharine Hepburn was considered ‘box office poison’ because several of her films were big flops. The 1940-film however, was the end of her bad luck, and immediately propelled her to the A-list.

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