PDX RETRO

Apr

MORE INFORMATION ON GREEN STAMPS

Remembering S&H Green Stamps booklets and stores: Vintage photos - al.com
S&H redemption centers numbered 600 nationwide by the
mid-1960s.

S&H Green Stamps were the first trading stamps popular across
the U.S. and Europe, although the company did have competitors.

“S&H” stands for the Sperry & Hutchinson Co., founded by Thomas
Sperry and Shelley Byron Hutchison in 1896.

Green Stamps were most widely distributed in the U.S. from the
1930s to the 1980s, with a peak in the 1960s and ’70s.

Thomas Alexander Sperry
(1864 – 1913)

Shelley Byron Hutchison
(1864 – 1961)

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Apr

AN AI MAKEOVER OF A CLASSIC FILM?

The Wizard of Oz (1939) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
A new version of the 1939 film ‘The Wizard of Oz’ is set to premiere at Las Vegas Sphere in August.

(FOX NEW S) – The use of artificial intelligence to reimagine
the classic film "The Wizard of Oz" will likely see mixed
reactions from fans, experts told Fox News Digital.

While "film purists" may resist the idea of using generative
AI to give classic films an entire makeover, the technology
could "breathe new life" into hit movies — including "The
Wizard of Oz."

Warner Bros. Discovery, Google Cloud and Magnopus have
set out to do just that by creating an immersive experience
for fans of the 1939 classic.

The new "Wizard of Oz" experience is set to premiere at the
Las Vegas Sphere on Aug. 28.

Warner Bros. Announce 3D 'Wizard of Oz' Release for Next Year

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Apr

A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH ON THIS DAY IN 1970

The Apollo 13 astronauts

NASA Marks 50 Years Since Apollo 13 Mission

On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13, the third lunar landing mission,
was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida,
carrying astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert and
Fred W. Haise.

The spacecraft’s destination was the Fra Mauro highlands
of the moon, where the astronauts were to explore the
Imbrium Basin and conduct geological experiments.

After an oxygen tank exploded on the evening of April 13,
however, the new mission objective became to get the
Apollo 13 crew home alive.

Lunar Pioneer: Forty years after Apollo 13

Behind the Scenes of Apollo 13 » Richard Nixon Foundation

Newspapers.com on X: "#OTD 50 years ago, Apollo 13 launched from Cape Canaveral in what was supposed to be the US's third lunar landing mission. This newspaper front page from Hawaii captures

Apollo 13 - Wikipedia

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Apr

FIRST LIVE SPORTING EVENT BROADCAST

On this day in 1921, radio stepped into the boxing ring, becoming the first live broadcast of a sporting event. Pittsburgh's KDKA, the first commercially licensed station, covered a boxing match between

On April 11, 1921, KDKA in Pittsburgh aired the first live
sporting event on the radio, a boxing match between
Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee.

Pittsburgh Daily Post sports editor Florent Gibson calls
the event, about four months before KDKA’s Harold Arlin
announces the first Major League Baseball game broadcast
on radio.

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Apr

FIRST COLOR 3-D FILM OPENED ON THIS DAY

Safety pin is patented, rights sold for just $400 | April 10, 1849 | HISTORY

On April 10, 1953, the horror film The House of Wax, starring
Vincent Price, opened at New York’s Paramount Theater.

Released by Warner Brothers, it was the first movie from a
major motion-picture studio to be shot using the three-
dimensional, or stereoscopic, film process and one of the
first horror films to be shot in color.

Directed by Andre De Toth, The House of Wax was a remake
of 1933’s Mystery in the Wax Museum.



What Was the First 3D Movie? A Brief History of 3D Films - Artist 3D

House Of Wax - The First Major Color 3D Film! (1953) - YouTube