This Day in Manka Bros History – December 3, 1996:
Manka Bros.’ animated Christmas movie ‘Jesus, The Lamb & I’ is banned from theaters after receiving an NC-17 rating.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – December 3, 1996
This Date In Manka Bros. History – November 18, 1940
This Day in Manka Bros History – Nov. 18, 1940:
Because of MGM’s incredible success with ‘The Wizard Of Oz,’ Manka Bros. produced a film based on another L. Frank Baum property ‘The Enchanted Island Of Yew.’ The film was… not a success.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – November 10, 1960
This Date In Manka Bros. History – November 10, 1960:
When the Mojave Desert proved too hot to film the Egyptian period epic ‘Ramesses I,’ Harry Manka ordered the clearing of a large area near Sequoia National Park and had tons of sand trucked up from Malibu so that production could continue.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – November 8, 1917
This Day in Manka Bros History – Nov. 8, 1917:
In World War 1, to entertain the troops, Manka Bros. provided movie projectors, movies and pianos to some front line trenches in France (though many complained the light and piano noise gave away their positions to the Germans).
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – November 7, 1935
This Day in Manka Bros History – November 7, 1935:
Khan Manka (Sr) is taken to a voodoo priest by 20th Century Fox chief Darryl F. Zanuck to pray, dance and drink blood for better box office returns. It didn’t work.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – October 29, 1988
This Day in Manka Bros. History – October 29, 1988:
The Soundtrack from the Manka Highbrow film ‘Pinto: El Pollo Tocando Flauta’ (Pinto: The Flute Playing Chicken) hits number one on the album charts. It remained a huge hit until it was discovered that Pinto (the chicken) didn’t actually play the flute which resulted in such global outrage that CDs were burned in bonfires and the film was disgracefully pulled from award consideration.
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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.
This Date In Manka Bros. History – October 5, 1954
This Day in Manka Bros History – October 5, 1954:
Manka Bros. buys the rights to a screenplay discovered in Eugene O’Neill’s desk drawer after his death. The film, ‘Eugene O’Neill’s Bikini Beach,’ would premiere a year later but was considered too cerebral for the genre to be a hit.
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