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FILM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1940

The animated film Fantasia was produced by Walt Disney and released by Walt 
Disney Productions. It is the third feature in the Disney animated features library
and consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music with
conductor Leopold Stokowski, seven of which are performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Fantasia is the first commercial film shown in stereophonic sound. In
1998 the American Film Institute ranked it as the 58th greatest American film 
in their 100 Years…100 Movies and the fifth greatest animated film in their
10 Top 10 list. 


 

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ACTOR KEVIN CORCORAN HAS DIED AT 66


Kevin Anthony "Moochie" Corcoran
(June 10, 1949 – October 6, 2015)

(Fox News) – Kevin Corcoran, best known as the youngest
brother in the classic Disney kids film "Old Yeller," died
Tuesday. He enjoyed a career as a child actor before
transitioning as an adult to a career behind the camera,
working in various capacities on numerous films and
television shows, including "Pete’s Dragon," and most
recently as a producer on "Sons of Anarchy."

Born in Santa Monica, California, Corcoran got his start in
a small role in "The Glen Miller Story" in 1954, establishing
himself as a child actor playing several different, yet similar
characters all called “Moochie” in various Disney productions.

He would play different versions of “Moochie” throughout the
1950s, and among his roles during this period were parts in
three Mickey Mouse Club serials, episodes of the series of
television shorts "Spin and Marty," and "The Shaggy Dog."

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HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST NEWS EVENTS

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Host Johnny Carson (center) with Joan Crawford and Mel Brooks who
were among his first guests on the debut of The Tonight Show Starring
Johnny.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide‍ ‘​s
50 Greatest
TV Shows of All Time
. Carson had no guests on the final airing 
of The Tonight Show on May 22, 1992.


Host Johnny Carson, right, appears with the show’s announcer Ed
McMahon during the final taping of the "Tonight Show”.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1952

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Patrick Wayne Swayze
(August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009)

Swayze became a teen idol in the 1980s with roles in such films as 
Dirty Dancing (1989) and Red Dawn (1984). He played lead roles
in the films Ghost (1990) and Point Break (1991). Swayze trained
in gymnastics for two years at San Jacinto College, then went on
to take up ballet at the Harkness Ballet and Joffrey schools in New
York. His first job in entertainment was as a dancer for Disney on
Parade. Patrick Swayze died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 52.

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Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in Ghost (1990)

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CARTOON RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1932

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Flowers and Trees
is a Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney,
directed by Burt Gillett, and released to theatres by United Artists. It was
the first commercially released film to be produced in the full-color three-
strip Technicolor process after several years of two-color Technicolor films.

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