Trivial Romantic Comedy Films

January 4 has unofficially been set aside as Trivia Day. One missing bit of trivia seems to be just where all this started, but that's beside the point. The real point is that there is no trivia quite like movie trivia. And so here are some movies and actors to consider tracking down that are worth watching if for no other reason than that they are the rather unbelievable answers to trivia questions.

Cary Grant


Cary Grant remains one of the greatest comic actors in the history of Hollywood. Grant is the paradigm of the good-looking, sexy male actor who can get away with being a comic goof. Some of the best performances that Cary Grant ever gave are to be found in comedies in which he plays completely against his legendary status as the ultimate in cool sophistication. Watching Cary Grant is appropriate on Trivia Day for two reasons: one, his real name was Archibald Leach and, even more shocking, he never won an Oscar.

Pretty Woman
 
A couple of things related to "Pretty Woman" are funnier than the movie itself. One is that Julia Roberts actually managed to snag an Oscar nomination for her performance. The great piece of trivia now that was actually deemed worthy of headlines for weeks at the time is that Roberts showed up at the Oscars at which it was nearly a certainty beyond description she would lose to Kathy Bates in tow with Kiefer Sutherland. The two were clearly in love and all over each other as they prepared for their Wedding of the Century just a couple of months down the road. That wedding date came and went with Roberts getting equally hot and heavy with Sutherland's pal, Jason Patric. Funny how headline news can eventually become worth of Trivia Day celebration, ain't it?



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