Birthdays: Christopher Marlowe, Eva Braun, Ronald Reagan,
Francois Truffaut, Babe Ruth, Elias Disney- Walt’s dad, Bob Marley, Queen Anne
Ist of England, Aaron Burr, Robert Townsend, Mike Farrell, Tom Brokaw, Mike
Maltese, Haskel Wexler, Axel Rose, Patrick McKnee- Mr Steed of the Avengers,
Thurl Ravenscroft the voice of Tony the Tiger, Marty Sklar the designer of Disneyland, Kathy Naijimy is
57, Rip Torn is 83, Zsa Zsa Gabor is 97
1926-Oliver Hardy tried once to be a dancer in a minstrel
show, but wound up running a movie theater in his hometown of Millidgeville,
Georgia. As he watched the comics on screen, he thought" I am better than
those guys.." He went to Hollywood, and this day signed a contract with
the Hal Roach Studios to appear in short comedies, usually as a villain. Next
year director Leo McCarey teamed the rotund Hardy with skinny British music
hall comedian Stan Laurel, and a legendary team was born- Laurel & Hardy.
Interesting Note:
Laurel & Hardy were both over 6 feet tall..
1937- John Steinbecks novel “Of Mice and Men” published. In
a result Mr Steinbeck probably didn’t anticipate was the stereotype image of a
mildly retarded man as the big dumb sidekick Lenny, cartoonists used so often.
“Duh, tell me about da rabbits, George.”
1974- John Boorman’s sci-fi cult classic Zardoz premiered.
Sean Connery in his red jock-strap.
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