Last night I was watching Sunset Boulevard and there is a character named Sheldrake in that movie. I immediately remembered the name from The Apartment. It's such an unusual name. I wonder if there was someone in Hollywood at that time with that name and it was kind of a tribute to that person
shareWow...good catch. Best that I could find was this from the Billy Wylder Biograpy here on IMDB:
"Liked the name "Sheldrake" so much that he used it in three different films, most prominently in The Apartment (1960), but also in Sunset Blvd. (1950) and Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)."
oh cool - thank you for that info.
shareIt's also the name of the hotel/resort in Dirty Dancing. I was like you when I heard the name.
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