The show went through a number of drafts, and was interrupted briefly by Sondheim’s next project. In 1959, Sondheim was approached by Laurents and Robbins for a musical version of Gypsy Rose Lee’s memoir after Irving Berlin and Cole Porter turned it down.
Later, Emperor Wen would leave instructions for Crown Prince Liu Qi that if military emergencies arose, he should make Zhou his commander of armed forces. After Crown Prince Qi became emperor (as Emperor Jing) in 157 BC, a military emergency would in fact arise.
The only top critic to give a positive review of the film (according to Rotten Tomatoes) was Dave Kehr of the Chicago Reader. He wrote that Richard Fleischer’s direction is appropriately close-in and small, and Diamond himself, while no actor, proves to be a commandingly intense, brooding presence.
California-based Beatles tribute band, The Fab Four was cast to do the motion capture performance for the animated Beatles. In May 2010, Disney closed Zemeckis’ digital film studio, ImageMovers Digital, after the successful yet unsatisfactory box office performance of A Christmas Carol.
During the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944), they were repositioned on the line Aix la Chapelle to Liège (Luik). The first battalion from Limburg was an occupational force in Germany in the area between Cologne (Köln), Aix la Chappelle and the Dutch border.
The suitcase he was carrying has the precious black bird in it. Spade checks the bag at a baggage check and sends himself the ticket in the mail. Called in to see the District Attorney (Morgan Wallace) because of what Iva’s been telling the police, Spade stonewalls them, and is given 24 hours to wrap up the case and bring in the real killers.