Did you know James Cagney slapped Doris Day for real in "Love Me or Leave Me" (1955)? He didn’t tell her in advance to capture a genuine reaction, and it worked as audiences gasped at her surprise and the shocking scene it created.

Was it all just a publicity stunt? A Time Magazine photographer happened to be on set, and those photos quickly made their way into the magazine.
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