Monday, September 15, 2014

Animation Fun Facts for Sept 15, 2014 mon.


Birthdays: James Fennimore Cooper, William Howard Taft, Porfirio Diaz- Mexican President 1884-1911, Agatha Christie, Cannonball Adderly, Bruno Walter, Yuri Noorstein, Merlin Olsen, Hank Williams, Oliver Stone, Jean Renoir (film director and son of painter August Renoir), Alexander Korda, Jesse Norman, Robert Benchley, Ron Shelton, Fay Wray, Tommy Lee Jones is 68, Britain’s Prince Harry is 30


1930- The first Blondie comic strip.

1930- Hoagy Carmichael first recorded “Georgia on My Mind”.


1936-MGM producer Irving Thallberg, the "Boy Genius" of Hollywood, died of pneumonia at age 31. He was the inspiration for F.Scott Fitzgerald's "The Last Tycoon". His boss Louis B. Mayer was beginning to resent his popularity. When actress Gloria Swanson asked Mayer how he felt about Thallberg's death Mayer replied:" God has been very kind to me."


1965- "Green Acres" t.v. show debuts. Arnold Ziffle the pig gains national prominence.


1973- Star Trek animated series by Filmation premiered. This was the first time Kirk, Spock, Sulu and Uhura were united again with a Roddenberry script since the original series was cancelled in 1967.


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