The comedy team of Martin and Lewis , comprising of singer Dean Martin as the
straight man and comedian Jerry Lewis. They first met in 1945 and their debut as
a duo act occurred at Atlantic City’s 500 Club on July 24 and 25 in 1946. The team 
enjoyed their partnership until Martin started to become increasingly disillusioned
about working with Lewis, which lead to escalating arguments. Finally they couldn’t possibly see working together any longer and Martin left the team on July 25, 1956,
ten years to the day after the first official teaming of the act. Hollywood or Bust was
the final Martin and Lewis film released in late 1956.

Martin and Lewis at the 500 Club in 1946

La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical film written and directed by
Luis Valdes. It stars Lou Diamond Phillips as Ritchie Valens. The film is
based on real life events of the young rock star and his family. In its
opening weekend,La Bamba grossed a total of $5,698,884 and
eventually grossed $52,678,820 in the United States in 12 weeks.

On Dec. 10, 1950 Marilyn Monroe made a screen test for a film titled
"Cold Shoulder", where Marilyn’s role was as the girlfriend of a
gangster.

Actress Louise Fletcher is best known for her role as Nurse Ratched in the 1975
film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest for which she won the Academy Award for
Best Actress. The film is #20 on the AFI 100 years…100 Movies list. It was shot at
Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, which was the setting of the novel. Louise
also portrayed Kai Winn Adami in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999). She
also guest starred on the science fiction NBC television series Heroes. Fletcher
received Emmy nominations for her guest starring roles in Picket Fences on
CBS (1992-1996).

The cast of National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)

Looks like the Griswold family will be taking another vacation trip. According to Tim 
Briscoe of Videoeta.com, this trip will see son Rusty all grown up and heading his  
own family on a road trip. Briscoe said the L.A. Times reported the writers have
just finished a second draft on the script and that Rusty will have a lot of the 
similarities of his father, Clark Griswold. The writers said the goal is to have
Chevy Chase (Clark) and on-screen wife Beverly D’Angelo both make
appearances at the end of the film.

Beverly D’Angelo and Chevy Chase as they appeared in a recent
TV ad for a vacation-rental web site.