Rasputin ruins movies for all time!

This is really crazy. You notice how even biographical movies about real people always include a disclaimer like "This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental". Well, it's because of the man who murdered Rasputin.

MGM made a movie about said murder about Rasputin starring the three Barrymores, two brothers and a sister, in the lead roles of Rasputin, his killer, and the killer's wife. They changed the name of the killer. But then MGM screwed up, got sued by the killer's wife, and lost the case.

It's an interesting read, and not very long.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/08/26/the_bizarre_true_story_behind_the_this_is_a_work_of_fiction_disclaimer.html