The first far eastern country to permit kissing in films was China. The first oriental screen kiss was bestowed on Miss Mamie Lee in the movie Two Women in the House (China, 1926).
The first footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater (now Mann's Chinese Theater), were made by Norma Talmadge in 1927. Legend has it that she accidentally stepped in wet concrete outside the building. Since then, over 180 stars have been immortalized, along with their hands and feet and even noses (Jimmy Durante).
The first guest host of NBC's Saturday Night Live was comedian George Carlin on October 10, 1975.
The first motion picture copyrighted in the United States (in 1894) showed a man in the act of sneezing.
The first musical to feature murder as an essential ingredient of the plot was "Rose-Marie" in 1924, in which a fur trapper was falsely accused of a killing.
The first performer to win Grammy Awards for jazz and classical recordings in the same year was Wynton Marsalis in 1984. His albums were Trumpet Concertos and Think of One.
The first person ever awarded a gold record was Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo-Choo."
The first television sitcom couple to ever share the same bed on a regular basis was Lily and Herman Munster
The first toilet ever seen on TV was on the show "Leave It to Beaver."
The first TV soap opera, Faraway Hill, debuted on the DuMont network in 1946.
The first U.S. release of a full-length 3-D color film was Bwana Devil in 1952. It starred Robert Stack.
The first word spoken by an ape in the movie Planet of the Apes was "smile."
The full name of Rhea Perlman's award-winning character on TV's Cheers was "Carla Maria Victoria Angelina Teresa Apollonia Lozupone Tortelli LeBec."
The general public in the U.S. first became aware of ragtime at a series of World's Fairs in Chicago, Omaha, Buffalo, St. Louis, and other cities.
The group U2 uses a sound system on tour which weighs 30 tons.
The Himalayan scenes in the 1937 Lost Horizon, director Frank Capra later revealed, were shot with real snow and real ice — inside a huge cold-storage warehouse.
The Irish harp tradition is particularly special because of its ancient method of oral transmission – all teaching of the instrument is done "by ear". This method allows performers to be creative and individualistic within the Irish style.
The largest number of movie theaters in one city was 986 in New York in 1913.
The largest, most complicated musical instrument is the organ. It has been the primary instrument used in the church since the fourth century.
The last female to occupy the Number 1 spot on the Top Ten Box Office list was Julie Andrews in 1967; the top position has been filled by a female film performer only 12 times (by six actresses) since 1932, when the list was established. The other five females to hold the Number 1 box office position are Shirley Temple (four times), Doris Day (twice), Marie Dressler (twice), Betty Grable (once), and Elizabeth Taylor (once). Andrews was ranked Number 1 twice.
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