After Irving Thalberg had given the role of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to his wife, Norma Shearer, a role Marion Davies wanted badly, Thalberg agreed she could have the role of Marie Antoinette as a consolation prize. But when William Randolph Hearst tried to set up a production for Davies at MGM (where she had been under contract since 1925), Louis B. Mayer flatly refused to finance such a project and said Hearst could make the film if Hearst would finance it. Hearst and Davies left MGM in 1934 and signed with Warner Bros. Thalberg died in 1936, and his wife, Norma Shearer finally made Marie Antoinette (1938), but it was a colossal flop, a fact loudly and frequently mentioned in Hearst's newspapers and magazines.
The Thomas Crown Affair - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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During the editing process, "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles was used as a temporary original song for the glider scene. When Michael LeGrand was asked to compose a song to take it's place, he took Quincy Jones' advice to work with the Bergmans to compose "The Windmills of Your Mind" and a second song, "His Eyes, Her Eyes".
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Alan Trustman first thought of the film's story while working at a bank, and later wrote the treatment after becoming a lawyer.
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Steve McQueen, a sports enthusiast, learned to play polo for the film and was taught by Gary Wooten and Neil R. Ayer, real-life polo players, as well as by first assistant director Jack N. Reddish, who was a nationally ranked player at the time.
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In the chess game with Vicki at Crown's mansion, Crown plays the Ruy Lopez chess opening.
The Thomas Crown Affair - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Thomas Crown Affair - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Thomas Crown Affair - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Thomas Crown Affair - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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