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ADVENTURE FILM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1954

The movie 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea It was the first science fiction film that
was personally produced by Walt and Disney Productions. It was also the first
feature length Disney film to be distributed by Buena Vista Distribution and was
Disney’s fifth live-action film  overall.

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A ‘’HAPPY DAYS’’ REUNION, OF SORTS

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From left: Scott Baio and Garry Marshall

(The Hollywood Reporter) – Happy Days fans are in for a treat: Legendary TV creator/actor/producer Garry Marshall guest stars in Scott Baio’s new Nick at 
Nite series, See Dad Run, on Sunday night.

In the episode, airing at 8 p.m., sitcom star-turned-stay-at-home father David’s
(Baio) TV dad, Bernie (Marshall) visits, but the reunion sours when he runs off
and leaves his new baby. David must convince Bernie that being a real dad will
be his best role. 

Baio and Marshall say they’ve kept in touch over the years since Happy Days
ended its 10-year run in 1984. And when the writers were working on this episode,
in the need arose to cast Baio’s TV dad, the actor says Marshall was one of the
names brought up.

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FILM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1937

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Ronald Reagan was 26 years old when he made his acting debut in the
Warner Bros. release “Love is on the Air”.

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         Ronald Reagan

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SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1949

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JEAN AND ROBERT YOUNG
Robert Young and Jean Vander Pyl

The comedy series Father Knows Best began on NBC Radio. Set in the Midwest,
it starred Robert Young as the General Insurance agent Jim Anderson. His wife
Margaret was first portrayed by June Whitley and later by Jean Vander Pyl. The 
Anderson children were Betty (Rhonda Williams), Bud (Ted Donaldson), and
Kathy (Norma Jean Nillson).The program was sponsored through most of its
run by General Foods and was heard Thursday evenings until March 25,
1954. It made the transition to television that same year.

 

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BRITISH INVASION PROMOTER IS 95 TODAY


2010

           bernstein presents

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Bernstein released his first album as a singer. Sid Bernstein Presents
is a collection of some of his favorite songs, and was released on
February 14, 2012 as a digital download.

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