Archive for May, 2011

FIRST ALL-COLOR, TALKING MOVIE ON THIS DATE IN 1929

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On with the Show! is a 1929 musical film released by Warner Bros. It is the
first ever all-talking all-color feature length movie, and the second color
movie released by Warner Bros. It debuted in New York City.

OnWithTheShow lobby card
Theater lobby card

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A frame from a surviving 20 second color fragment found in 2005

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GROUP’S TV DEBUT ON THIS DATE IN 1966

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association album

The recording Along Comes Mary went to #7 on the Billboard charts, and
led to the group’s first album, and then…along comes the Association.

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JOHN FOGERTY TURNED 66 TODAY

john fogerty then
john_fogerty now 

John Cameron Fogerty achieved fame as the lead singer/songwriter and
guitarist in Creedence Clearwater Revival and has since gone on to a
chart-topping solo career. Fogerty has a rare distinction of being named
on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 Greatest Guitarists at #40 and the
list of 100 Greatest Singers at #72.

1969

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IAN FLEMING (MAY 28, 1908 – AUGUST 12, 1964)

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Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence
Officer. He is best remembered for creating the fictional British spy James Bond
and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character,
which are one of the best-selling series of related novels of all time having sold  
over 100 million copies worldwide. This year, Fleming became the world’s first
English-speaking writer to have an International Airport named in his honor. The
airport, Ian Fleming International Airport, near Oracabessa, Jamaica was opened
on January 12th. 

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Ian Fleming’s James Bond

How To Spend It: Bond Books

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THE ‘’EMPRESS OF SOUL’’ IS 67 TODAY

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gladys-knight now-

Gladys Maria Knight is a popular R&B singer-songwriter, actress, author,
and businesswoman. She is best known for the hits she recorded during
the 1960s and 1970s, for both Motown and Buddah Records with her
group Gladys Knight & the Pips.

1967

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