The real von Trapps left Austria by train, while The Sound of Music reshaped Maria’s job, Georg’s character, the family timeline and even the number of children.
The special-effects axe from The Shining and the Star Child model from 2001 headline the first auction of Stanley Kubrick’s personal archive. Here’s what else is included.
The man remembered from a 1990 Unsolved Mysteries segment has been identified. Investigators shared a possible Tylenol-murders lead, but the connection remains unproven and the Chicago case is still open.
At 12, Ke Huy Quan found his parents waiting with a Lucasfilm check for almost $100,000. In his memoir, he explains why the money mattered to his family—and the rare profit-share gesture he credits to Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
A newly posted 65-minute recording captures Captain Edward Ruppelt discussing roughly 800 UFO cases, about one-fifth unresolved after technical analysis. He also says the Air Force had no conclusive evidence of their origin.
Stallone says he sold Butkus when money ran out, then got his bullmastiff back and cast him in Rocky. The emotional story has a twist: Stallone’s versions differ, and his brother disputes the separation.
A tiny record tucked inside Amelia Earhart’s 1932 memoir had never been played. The Library of Congress recovered its sound without touching the fragile disc.
The Hollywood Theatre screened the only known 35mm print of a 1959 noir, unseen since it was made. An attendee says the canisters were saved from a dump-bound cache.
Filmmaker Howard Brookner’s recovered 16mm footage from the 1978 Nova Convention shows Patti Smith, Frank Zappa, Burroughs and other artists in a moment that was nearly lost.
Cornell researchers built a microscopic array that senses temperature and synchronizes 54 artificial cilia to pump liquid. The machines respond together instead of simply moving on command.
