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DARLENE GILLESPIE IS 74 TODAY

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Darlene Faye Gillespie is a former child actress, most
remembered as a singer and dancer on the original
The Mickey Mouse Club
television series on ABC from
1955 to 1958.

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DISNEY FILM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1950

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A live-action remake of the same name directed by Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet,
Henry V
, Thor) and starring Lily James as Cinderella and Cate Blanchett as
Lady Tremaine is scheduled to be released on March 13, 2015.

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1940

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The film “Pinocchio” was released to theaters by RKO Radio
Pictures
and was the second animated feature film produced
by Disney. The film won the Academy Awards for Best Original
Song
and Best Original Score, the first Disney film to win either.

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A DISNEY DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1937

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Walt Disney debuted “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, the first, full-length,
animated feature at the Carthay Theatre in Hollywood, CA. A nationwide release
followed on February 4, 1938.

With international earnings of $8 million during its initial release briefly assumed
the record of highest grossing sound film at the time.

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IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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Prohibition     

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Carlota Bradley

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Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) is 82 years old today

"Tutti Frutti" (means "All Fruits" in Italian) is a song written by Little
Richard
along with Dorothy LaBostrie. It was recorded in 1955 and
became his first
major hit record.

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