For studio co-founder Harry Manka’s 90th birthday, the town of his birth (Yambol, Bulgaria) is renamed ‘Mankagrad.’ After his death in 1976, it is renamed ‘Yambol.’
Studio co-founder Simeon Manka’s early research into mapping the human genome is destroyed by his brother Harrybecause it had ‘nothing to do with motion pictures!’ This drives Simeon further into madness.
This Day In Manka Bros. History – August 21, 1950:
Studio boss Harry Manka fires Bette Davis from the film ‘Three Georges’ and throws her off the studio lot for being so ‘Goddamned fucking crazy!’ She was replaced by Rosalind Russell. He later told Life Magazine Bette Davis was the nicest person he ever met.
