Archive for 2012

AMERICAN BANDSTAND ON THIS DAY IN 1967

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The Beatles made a taped appearance on American Bandstand, where
they premiered one of their new music videos for the song “Strawberry
Fields Forever”.

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PETER FONDA IS 73 TODAY

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Jane and Peter Fonda with their father Henry in the 1950s

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Peter Henry Fonda studied acting in Omaha, Nebraska, the home town
of his father Henry. While attending the University of Nebraska, Fonda
joined the Omaha Community Playhouse, where many actors, including
his father and Marlon Brando, had begun their careers.

Fonda found work on Broadway where he gained recognition in Blood,
Sweat and Stanley Poole, before going to Hollywood to make films. He
began his movie career in romantic leading roles, debuting in Tammy
and the Doctor
(1963).  

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1969

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peter fonda in 310 to yum
2007

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BEST PICTURE WINNER FOR 1940

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Rebecca is a psychological/dramatic noir thriller directed by Alfred
Hitchcock as his first American project. It was also his first film
produced under his contract
with David O. Selznick.

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Joan Fontaine with Alfred Hitchcock in 1940

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THE DOOR-TO-DOOR SALESMAN

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The Fuller Brush Company was founded January 1,
1906, by Alfred Carl Fuller, a businessman from Nova
Scotia, Canada. 

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THE NUMBER-TWO SONG OF 1957

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Pat Boone’s cover of “Love Letters in the Sand” became a major hit in
June and July of 1957, spending 5 weeks at number one on the Billboard
Top 100, with 34 weeks total on the chart.. The song was used in Boone’s
film "Bernardine”.He also did the whistling in the instrumental portion of the
song as well.

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Pat Boone will be 78 in June

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