‘Doug Dog’ – drawn and animated by studio co-founder Simeon Manka in several early shorts – enters the public domain. Have at it, Hollywood!
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – June 14, 1956
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 – December 11, 1958
This Day in Manka Bros History – December 11, 1958:
Following his death on November 27, 1958, Simeon Olsa Mankewitz is buried next to the shack in Bulgaria where he was born. He is the only Manka brother buried in their homeland.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – November 27, 1958
This Day in Manka Bros History – November 27, 1958:
Studio founding brother Simeon Manka is found dead on Hollywood Blvd wearing only a ‘Benny’s World Of Beef’ sandwich board advertisement.
This Date In Manka Bros. History – November 6, 1912
This Day in Manka Bros History – November 6, 1912:
The Manka brothers move to Max Fowler’s egg farm in Reseda, CA, where they are allowed to use a barn for free to live in and make their movies as long as they tend the chickens (and share the movie profits with Farmer Max).
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – September 27, 1908
This Day in Manka Bros History – Sept 27, 1908:
Studio co-founder Simeon Manka has a total mental breakdown in 1908 – it is filmed by his brother Khan Manka and becomes the top box office hit of 1908.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – August 23, 1955
This Day in Manka Bros. History – August 23, 1955:
Studio co-founder Simeon Manka’s early research into mapping the human genome is destroyed by his brother Harry because it had ‘nothing to do with motion pictures!’ This drives Simeon further into madness.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – June 14, 1956
This Date in Manka Bros history June 14, 1956:
A UFO smashes into Stage 14 on the Manka Bros. studio lot and immediately disappears. This blurry photo taken by studio co-founder Simeon Manka is the only proof of the event.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – June 2, 1946
This Date in Manka Bros. Studio history June 2, 1946:
Studio co-founder Simeon Manka is abducted and tortured by the other studio moguls after he comes out in favor of a new technology called ‘Television.’
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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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