This Date in Manka Bros History - May 5, 1937:
Studio head Khan Manka dies mysteriously (many say he was murdered) during a private screening of ‘Wagner’s Parrot.’ He was 55 years old.
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This Day in Manka Bros History - December 14, 1915:
‘Sing!’ - Manka Bros. first full-length silent film - opened at the Manka Kinoplatz in New York.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - April 3, 1988:
The Manka Highbrow film division launches making Manka Bros. the first MAJOR studio to produce independent films.
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This Day in Manka Bros History - November 2, 1958:
Manka Bros. Chairman & CEO Khan Manka, Jr. - son of studio co-founder Harry Manka and nephew of Khan Manka (Sr.) - is born in Beverly Hills.
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This Date in Manka Bros History - May 18, 1932:
At the height of the Great Depression and money was tight, studio head Khan Manka (Sr.) started burning film prints of box office bombs to heat his office.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - March 27, 1907:
Khan Manka (Sr) opens the ‘Khan Manka Movenpick’ storefront Nickelodeon to show moving pictures that the Manka bros acquired and started to make themselves.
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This Day in Manka Bros History - December 19, 2017:
After 20 years of losing money, Manka Bros. closes its cinemas in Mongolia.
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This Date In Manka Bros History - February 14, 1927:
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre at Manka Bros. as Khan Manka (Sr.) fires all 1,234 employees (including his brothers Simeon and Harry).
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This Date in Manka Bros. History - April 27, 1934:
After only one day on the job, Khan Manka fires his cat, Mittens, as head of Manka Bros. Pictures.
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This Day in Manka Bros History - December 11, 1958:
The first photographic evidence of the ghost that haunts Manka Bros Stage 8 was captured on this date in 1978.
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This Date In Manka Bros History - February 15, 1927:
Studio chief Khan Manka (Sr.) has a change of heart and rehires 1,233 of 1,234 employees fired on Valentine’s Day. Only studio janitor Farley Mowat remains fired.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - January 3, 1923:
KMBS - a radio station started by Khan Manka (Sr.) to promote Manka Bros. movies - goes on the air with the words ‘Mank you very much!’
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This Day in Manka Bros History - Nov. 30, 1910:
‘Khan Manka (Sr.) Beating His Brother Simeon With A Juggling Club’ opens and becomes the top grossing film in cinema history until ‘Birth Of A Nation’ in 1915.
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This Date in Manka Bros History - May 17, 1938:
12-year-old Bernice Roedtz gets a job washing dishes in the Manka Bros. cafeteria and she’s still there today doing the same job! 98 years old!
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This Day in Manka Bros. History - Feb. 2, 1973:
King Khan - the garage band of future studio Chairman & CEO Khan Manka, Jr. (son of Manka Bros. head Harry Manka) - has their first paying gig at the Tonga Hut in North Hollywood, CA.
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This Date in Manka Bros History - May 16, 1917:
The Manka Bros. Moving Picture Studio incorporates and relocates from an egg farm in Panorama City to Burbank, CA.
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This Date In Manka Bros History - March 3, 1940:
Studio founder Khan Manka’s posthumous musical composition ‘Bulgarian Suite No. 1’ is performed by the Manka Bros. Studios Radio Orchestra and broadcast live on the MBS Radio Network.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - March 4, 1930:
One of Manka Bros.' first screwball comedies, ‘Who’s Minding The Chimp?’ was released and became a huge hit, spawning seven sequels in the 1930s.
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This Day in Manka Bros History - December 22, 1968:
Studio co-founder Harry Manka receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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This Date In Manka Bros History - March 2, 1882:
Studio founding brother Simeon Mankewitz (changed to ‘Manka’ at Ellis Island in 1901) is born in Yambol, Bulgaria.
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This Day in Manka Bros History - December 7, 1941:
The Japanese bomb the Pearl Harbor film set of the Manka Bros. movie musical ‘Hawaiian Lei-dy.'
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This Day in Manka Bros. History - January 17, 1939:
Manka Bros. releases 200 CATS around the studio lot to take care of the mouse infestation in the soundstages.
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This Date in Manka Bros History - May 11, 1988:
Manka Bros.’ massive $1 billion Krakatoa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas burns to the ground two days before opening after the volcano malfunctioned.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - February 20, 2019:
Manka Bros. buys the exclusive film rights to ‘Checkers’ with a plan to produce a trilogy of animated films based on the game (released dates TBD).
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This Date in Manka Bros History - May 1, 1901:
Khan, Simeon and Harry Mankewitz arrive at Ellis Island from Yambol, Bulgaria. Their last name is shortened to 'Manka' by a processing clerk.
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