Manka Bros. today announced MankaGoNow – a $34.99 all you can eat on-demand SVOD service featuring everything from the world’s largest film and television library: MANKAGONOW –...Read More
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of D-Day, Harry Manka stages a reenactment of the Omaha Beach landing at his Malibu compound using studio employees. ...Read More
The Bulgarian shack where the Mankewitz brothers were born (last name changed to Manka at Ellis Island in 1901) is moved from Yambol, Bulgaria, to the Manka Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California whe...Read More
As an elaborate April Fools’ joke, studio chief Harry Manka told the world that he was a fraud and that Manka Bros. Studios didn’t actually exist. ...Read More
THE KHANS! After failing to get recognized by the Oscars for a fifth consecutive year, Manka Bros. starts a competing awards show – The Khans. Best Picture at the first ceremony: “Sink The...Read More
THE GHOST OF SIMEON MANKA APPEARS! Twelve years after his bizarre death, the ghost of studio co-founder Simeon Manka is seen at the studio commissary eating a sandwich. ...Read More
Ollie Ostrich Makes His Debut! On February 18, 1924, Bulgarian artist Bu Iwanka created Manka Bros.’ first animated character – Ollie Ostrich (who became Orange Ostrich in 1929 using the g...Read More
