A UFO smashes into Stage 14 on the Manka Bros. Studios lot in Burbank and just as quickly disappears. This blurry photo taken by Simeon Manka is the only proof of the event.
This Date In Manka Bros. History – August 17, 1986
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 – May 26, 1939
This Date in Manka Bros Studio history May 26, 1939:
King Boris III of Bulgaria visits Manka Bros. and has lunch with co-founder Simeon Manka.
The Manka brothers were, of course, born and raised in Bulgaria, coming to America in the early 1900s as teenagers.
No photographers were allowed in the room or at the studio at any time during the King’s visit, only a sketch artist.
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