Ed Donahue

Actor Henry Fonda with his daughter Jane in 1943

Jane Fonda (Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda) is 77 today

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.

Irene Dunne, at about two years old.

Irene Marie Dunn, born in Louisville, Kentucky 
    (December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990)

Irene Dunne was a film actress and singer of the 1930s, 1940s and early
1950s. She was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best
Actress, for her performances in Cimarron (1931), Theodora Goes Wild
(1936), The Awful Truth (1937), Love Affair (1939) and I Remember
Mama (1948). Dunne was named to the International Best Dressed
List Hall of Fame in 1958. The actress played piano at an early age
and hoped to become an opera singer. 

Paramount Pictures “Road to Bali” was released on November 1, 1952 and is 
the sixth of the seven Road to …movies. It was the only such movie filmed in
Technicolor and was the first to feature surprise cameo appearances from
other well-known stars of the day.

Ben-Hur, a remake of the 1925 silent film with the same name, premiered at
Loew’s State Theatre in New York City. It was the fastest-grossing as well as
the highest grossing film of 1959 and also had the largest budget at $15.175
million with the largest sets built for any film produced at the time.

Charlton Heston