Before The Texas Chainsaw Massacre... there was Ed.

If the Monkees were a made-for-TV response to the success of the Beatles, then the Monkees’ first movie, Head, was an attempt to cash in on the popularity of films like Help! and A Hard Day’s Night.

Before starring in his 1970 film Five Easy Pieces, Jack Nicholson learned to play the piano for his role as a former prodigy pianist who gives up music to work in the oil fields. Before then, music ...