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October 13, 2023October 13, 2023

This Date In Manka Bros. History – October 13, 1936

This Day In Manka Bros. History – October 13, 1936

Khan Manka (Sr.) loses the film rights to ‘Gone With The Wind’ and $100K to David O. Selznick after betting him he could bench press 300 lbs. He couldn’t.

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October 11, 2023

This Date In Manka Bros. History – October 9, 1979

This Day in Manka Bros History – October 9, 1979:

Manka Bros. opened a chain a comedy clubs – Guffaws! – across the country in the 1970s which nearly bankrupted the studio. The last one, on the Sunset Strip, closed on this date in 1979.

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October 11, 2023October 11, 2023

This Date In Manka Bros. History – October 6, 1984

This Day in Manka Bros History – October 6, 1984:

After much hype, Manka Sasparilla launches but fails to catch on with the public. Production shut down January 1, 1985.

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October 11, 2023

This Date In Manka Bros. History – October 2, 1915

This Date In Manka Bros. History – Oct. 2, 1915:

Bulgarian fire jugglers, The Kielbasa Brothers, cause the Manka Palace Theater fire in New York when a flaming club ignites a curtain during a rehearsal. No one was killed but it did force the Mankas to exit the Vaudeville business.

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October 11, 2023October 11, 2023

This Date In Manka Bros. History – September 29, 1951

This Day in Manka Bros History – Sept 29, 1951:

A week after he murder on the Manka Bros. lot (which was never solved), this building was renamed the ‘Margie Louise Guard Shack.’

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September 24, 2023

This Date In Manka Bros. History – September 24, 1982

This Day in Manka Bros History – Sept 24, 1982:

After dropping out of high school at age 17, Cyrus Weinstein is named President of the Manka Bros. Publishing Group by his childhood friend Khan Manka, Jr. – and he is still there!

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September 22, 2023

This Date In Manka Bros. History – September 22, 1951

This Day in Manka Bros History – Sept 22, 1951:

America’s sweetheart (in 1926) Margie Louise is murdered on the Manka Bros. backlot. To this day, the murder has never been solved.

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September 17, 2023September 17, 2023

This Date In Manka Bros. History – September 18, 2019

This Day in Manka Bros History – Sept 18, 2019:

Studio Chairman & CEO Khan Manka, Jr. appoints his daughter, Connie (now 15), to the Manka Bros. Board of Directors, where she is co-chair of the audit and finance.

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September 1, 2023

This Date In Manka Bros. History – September 1, 1932

This Day in Manka Bros History – September 1, 1932:

Khan, Simeon and Harry Manka walk off the job starting The Great Hollywood Mogul Strike of 1932.

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September 1, 2023

This Day In Manka Bros. History – October 13, 1936

Khan Manka (Sr.) loses the film rights to ‘Gone With The Wind’ and $100K to David O. Selznick after betting him he could bench press 300 lbs. He couldn’t.

This Day in Manka Bros History – October 9, 1979:

Manka Bros. opened a chain a comedy clubs – Guffaws! – across the country in the 1970s which nearly bankrupted the studio. The last one, on the Sunset Strip, closed on this date in 1979.

This Day in Manka Bros History – October 6, 1984:

After much hype, Manka Sasparilla launches but fails to catch on with the public. Production shut down January 1, 1985.

This Date In Manka Bros. History – Oct. 2, 1915:

Bulgarian fire jugglers, The Kielbasa Brothers, cause the Manka Palace Theater fire in New York when a flaming club ignites a curtain during a rehearsal. No one was killed but it did force the Mankas to exit the Vaudeville business.

This Day in Manka Bros History – Sept 29, 1951:

A week after he murder on the Manka Bros. lot (which was never solved), this building was renamed the ‘Margie Louise Guard Shack.’

This Day in Manka Bros History – Sept 24, 1982:

After dropping out of high school at age 17, Cyrus Weinstein is named President of the Manka Bros. Publishing Group by his childhood friend Khan Manka, Jr. – and he is still there!

This Day in Manka Bros History – Sept 22, 1951:

America’s sweetheart (in 1926) Margie Louise is murdered on the Manka Bros. backlot. To this day, the murder has never been solved.

This Day in Manka Bros History – Sept 18, 2019:

Studio Chairman & CEO Khan Manka, Jr. appoints his daughter, Connie (now 15), to the Manka Bros. Board of Directors, where she is co-chair of the audit and finance.

This Day in Manka Bros History – September 1, 1932:

Khan, Simeon and Harry Manka walk off the job starting The Great Hollywood Mogul Strike of 1932.

This Day in Manka Bros History – August 31, 1919:

Khan Manka (Sr.) fires Irving Thalberg for his ‘horrible taste in movies.’ Thalberg went on to become wildly successful at Universal & MGM.