I studied this film in film class. It was one of the first films where the queer characters don’t get punished at the end but instead get to live happily ever after. It’s also the origin of the quote “Well, nobody’s perfect.”
Unless I’m missing some context, I’m pretty sure “Nobody’s perfect” existed in the language before 1959.
Edit: I take that back. Google’s n-gram viewer shows the phrase being used in print occasionally up to about 1960, then really taking off from there.
The crazy-nuts horror cheesefest, The Manitou – featuring Tony Curtis as a psychic who discovers that the lump on his girlfriend’s back is the gestating reincarnation of a demonic Native American spirit – was delivered into theaters on April 15, 1978.
(I thought I’d mix things up a little… “Hollywood Loves to Teases” is a supplement to my regular posts of “We Were Always There”. Just something extra to slice up your day.)
WASHINGTON - GETTING READY FOR INAUGURAL GALA – Hollywood stars practice their parts today as they get ready for the big inaugural gala scheduled for Washington’s National Guard Armory Thursday night, eve of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration as President. Left to right: Gene Kelly, Tony Curtis, Peter Lawford, Kennedy’s brother-in-law, and Janet Leigh. (January 1961 )
The newlyweds Ava GardnerandFrank Sinatra are spotted with another famous couple, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, backstage at one of the Sinatra’s shows, 1951
