The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 10:33, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
ALT1:... that while directing Walking Down Broadway, Erich von Stroheim tied a 12 ft (3.7 m) length of thread to James Dunn's pants leg and tugged on it whenever he wanted the actor to emote more? Source: "He also details von Stroheim’s demand for a twelve foot piece of thread to tie up James Dunn’s pants leg. The uncompromising director gave his Dunn Jr. a tug whenever he required more hysterics than the actor was emoting." (Not Coming to a Theater Near You)
Overall: Plot section of the article does not include any citations, but OK as WP:FILMPLOT says "Since films are primary sources in their articles, basic descriptions of their plots are acceptable without reference to an outside source." Earwig's Copyvio Detector turned up a 66.5% match, but this consists of either direct, attributed quotes or other non-problematic matches like titles. No issues with the other matches found either. Article has been nominated in time following expansion, appears balanced, and has appropriate citations. QPQ has been completed. Both hooks are interesting and I think both are fine - my personal preference is ALT1, as that's the one that made me click through to the article. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:45, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
Plot section of the article does not include any citations, but OK as WP:FILMPLOT says "Since films are primary sources in their articles, basic descriptions of their plots are acceptable without reference to an outside source." Earwig's Copyvio Detector turned up a 66.5% match, but this consists of either direct, attributed quotes or other non-problematic matches like titles. No issues with the other matches found either. Article has been nominated in time following expansion, appears balanced, and has appropriate citations. QPQ has been completed. Both hooks are interesting and I think both are fine - my personal preference is ALT1, as that's the one that made me click through to the article. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:45, 9 July 2020 (UTC)