Dr. Zhivago

This was followed by a photo montage of those nine doctors, including Dr. Fauci, Dr Pepper, Dr. Phil and Dr. Zhivago.

In 1966, “The Sound of Music” beat out “Dr. Zhivago,” a film that sent a mixed message about adultery and the Russian Revolution.

Not only did many Germans, shocked by the unprovoked attack, feel a need to “do their part” by boycotting Pasternak and other Russian businesses, but also Kaplan started receiving warnings that his “Dr. Zhivago”-themed restaurant would be firebombed and that Ukrainian thugs were on their way to rough up his cooks and waiters.

He was inspired, he said, by Russian novels such as Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” and Boris Pasternak’s “Dr. Zhivago.”

While making great pictures like “Dr. Zhivago” and “2001: A Space Odyssey,” MGM drifted in and out of financial distress in the second half of the 20th century.