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TV’S FIRST SCI-FI ANTHOLOGY SERIES


Tales of Tomorrow
is an anthology science fiction series that was performed
and broadcast live on ABC, Friday’s from August 3, 1951 to June 12, 1953. It
featured such stories as Frankenstein, starring Lon Chaney, Jr., and 20,000 
Leagues Under the Sea with Thomas Mitchell as Captain Nemo. Other
episodes featured such performers as Boris Karloff, Brian Keith, Rod
Steiger, Leslie Nielsen and Paul Newman. The series had many
similarities to the later Twilight Zone. Tales of Tomorrow ran for
a total of eighty-five 30-minute episodes.

 

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A 27-year-old Paul Newman received his very first screen credit when he played
a young Army sergeant in the episode "Ice From Space," originally broadcast on
August 8th, 1952.
 

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TALES OF TOMORROW DVD 2

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ROCK GUITARIST IS DEAD AT 64

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             Ronnie Montrose (November 29, 1947 – March 3, 2012)

Rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose had been in poor health from some time battling 
prostate cancer. He died Saturday at his home in San Francisco.

Besides forming his own band in 1973, Montrose had performed with rock greats 
including Van Morrison, Boz Scaggs, and Sammy Hagar.

His booking agent, Jim Douglas, said Montrose had been working on releasing
a DVD and plans for a tour across the United States.  

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ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE ~ 2000

gladiator

Although there have been talks of both a prequel and sequel, as of this date,
no production has begun.

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BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNER ~ 1994

Forrest Gump [1994]

Forrest Gump
is one of the early movies to showcase the many 
possibilities of using CGI (computer-generating images),
demonstrating that it isn’t just science-fiction films.

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Forrest with President Johnson

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AWARDED BEST PICTURE OF 1988

rainman

Rain Man has been listed one of the best movies on the subject
of autism.

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