This Day in Manka Bros. History – August 17, 1986:
The Great Burbank Tornado of ‘86 destroys five Manka Bros. soundstages.
This Date In Manka Bros. History – August 17, 1986
This Date In Manka Bros. History – August 16, 1960
This Day In Manka Bros History – August 16, 1960:
Manka Bros. wins a lawsuit against Tennessee Williams for producing a film version of his play ‘Haunted Alligators’ (even though they didn’t have the rights). The Judge ruled Hollywood Studios have the ‘right to steal anything they want for any reason they want.’
This Date In Manka Bros. History – August 15, 1907
This Day in #MankaBros History – August 15, 1907:
Manka Bros.’ first movie – ‘Buying A Loaf Bread’ – is shown at the new Mankalodeon Cinecade in New York. The film features studio founder Khan Manka (Sr.) buying a loaf of bread.
This Date In Manka Bros. History – August 14, 1933
This Day in Manka Bros. History – August 14, 1933:
Chester Field, The Smoking Chicken, animated shorts debut in theaters, delighting Depression-era kids with literary tales from the Algonquin Round Table and other high society anecdotes.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – August 13, 1962
This Day in Manka Bros. History – August 13, 1962:
Following the disastrous world premiere of ‘Sophocles And The Fall Of Rhode Island’ in Paris, the crowd rioted and the film’s director, Michel Allant, attempted to set himself on fire.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – August 12, 1923
This Day in Manka Bros. History – August 12, 1923:
Khan Manka (Sr) discovers Ernest Hemingway’s lost suitcase of unpublished manuscripts at a train station in France and decides to keep it for himself.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – August 11, 2021
This Day in Manka Bros. History – August 11, 2021:
MBS debuts the first A.I.-created sitcom – ‘It’s Not That Deep.’ The pandemic did not affect production because no actor on the show was real and only the studio got paid.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – August 10, 2012
This Day in Manka Bros. History – August 10, 2012:
Daft Punk’s Tales From The Arabian Nights premieres on MBS – combining the literary epic ‘One Thousand And One Nights’ with… Daft Punk’s DJ techno stuff.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – August 9, 1946
This Day in Manka Bros. History – August 9, 1946:
Using high-pressure hoses, Manka Bros. resolves the Poets & Painters Strike of 1946.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – August 8, 2008
This Day in Manka Bros. History – August 8, 2008:
Manka Bros. signs a deal with Hennessy Cognac to produce a series of cartoon shorts aimed at future consumers – children.
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