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This Date In Manka Bros. History- October 17, 1965: MC Comics’ ‘Cardinal Sin’ Issue 1 is released. The Catholic Church sued Manka Bros. for $1 Billion for defamation... and lost. mankabros.com#HollywoodStudios#dccomics#Marvel#CatholicChurch#Satire#parody#comicbooks#Hollywood#priest#pope

Image of MC Comics' 'Cardinal Sin'- the first issue was released on October 17, 1965
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - October 5, 1954: Manka Bros. buys the rights to an unproduced screenplay discovered in Eugene O’Neill’s desk drawer after his death - ‘Eugene O’Neill’s Bikini Beach.’ mankabros.com#tdih#hollywoodstudios#hollywoodhistory#hollywood#satire#comedy#funny

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This Date in Manka Bros History - Sept 25, 1998: ‘Super Draculas’ voice artist (and method actor) Bernie Gallagher dies trying to fly like a bat. mankabros.com#animation#satire#vampire#dracula#HollywoodHistory#comiccon#vampire#HollywoodStudios#hannabarbera#tvseries#cartoon#1970s

Image of 'Super Draculas' from the 1970s and voice actor Bernie Gallagher - who died trying to fly like a bat at a Dayton, Ohio, AnimationCon.
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This Date in Manka Bros History - September 22, 1951: America’s sweetheart (in 1926) Margie Louise is murdered on the Manka Bros. backlot. To this day, the murder was never solved. mankabros.com#TDIH#HollywoodStudios#satire#parody#comedy#Hollywood#murder#truecrime#HollywoodHistory

Image of the body of Margie Louise after her murder on the Manka Bros. Studios backlot - September 22, 1951
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This Date in Manka Bros History - September 19, 1985: Manka Bros. tests Mankapture - a motion capture suit which would change the VFX business forever. While some actors were badly injured during the tests, no one was killed! mankabros.com#Hollywood#Satire#VFX#TDIH#Parody#HollywoodStudios

Manka Bros.' Revolutionary MoCap Suit 'Mankapture' - September 19, 1985
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This Date in Manka Bros History - September 17, 1940: The Manka Radio Players premiere the first episode of ‘Phillip Jagstone’ based on the popular hardboiled detective comic book. mankabros.com#TDIH#Hollywood#Burbank#Satire#parody#comedy#dccomics#MarvelStudios#HollywoodStudios#radio

Image of MC Comics' 'Philip Jagstone' which had its Radio Show Premier on September 17, 1940 with an inset image of a family listneing to the radio.
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This Date in Manka Bros History - September 13, 1924: A baby is abandoned at the Manka Bros studio gate, is raised by the Props Department, and goes on to become child star Orphan Johnny. mankabros.com#orphan#ShirleyTemple#Satire#parody#comedy#Burbank#Hollywood#TDIH#HollywoodStudios

Photo of Orphan Johnny at Manka Bros. Studios - 1924
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This Date in Manka Bros History - September 8, 1922: Manka Bros. patents its revolutionary TriMankaTate™ film coloring process which was stolen by William Fox, Harry Warner and Carl Laemmle. mankabros.com#TDIH#Hollywood#Satire#Parody#hollywoodstudios#WB#Universal#WarnerBros#Fox#MGM#TCM

Image from a Manka Bros. silent film using the revolutionary TriMankaTate film coloring process - September 8, 1922
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This Date in Manka Bros History - September 4, 1906: Khan Manka steals and sells Princess (his brother Simeon’s horse and only friend) to buy a movie camera. mankabros.com#TDIH#Hollywood#HollywoodHistory#HollywoodStudios#Satire#Parody#Comedy#Burbank#horse#TCM

Simeon Manka with his horse (and only friend) Princess in early 1906
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