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This Date In Manka Bros. History - August 2, 1925

Studio founder Khan Manka partners with New York mobster Dutch Schultz to form the Manka Schultz Ice Company to give Manka Bros. an infusion of cash to fund mob-friendly motion pictures.

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This Date in Manka Bros. History - July 26, 1994

Manka Bros. opens its first Studio Store in France on Les Champs-Élysées in Paris.

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This Date In Manka Bros. History - July 25, 1972

Manka Bros.’ roller disco teen comedy ‘Sylmar Nights’ is released.The ending was reshot as a tragedy after the devastating Sylmar Earthquake in 1971 (which happened during filming).

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This Date In Manka Bros. History - July 24, 1860

The future father of the Manka brothers - young BANGOR MANKEWITZ - arrives in Yambol, Bulgaria, from Wroclaw, Poland, to seek his fortune after iron ore was discovered in Bulgarian dirt. The dirt patch he bought with his life savings had no iron ore.

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This Date In Manka Bros. History - July 23, 1971

Years before Atari released its home version of the video game ‘Pong,’ MB Games introduced ‘Dotto’ (Japanese for ‘Dot’), a home video game that could be played on any television.

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This Date In Manka Bros. History - July 22, 1959

Vice President Richard Nixon visits Manka Bros. and marvels at studio chief Harry Manka's elaborate employee phone bugging system. Nixon would later use this system to bug his political opponents.

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This Date In Manka Bros. History - July 20, 1955

Queen Elizabeth II visits Manka Bros., has lunch with studio chief Harry Manka, and shoots a cameo (with Prince Philip) in the rockabilly musical movie ‘Please, Baby, Hold Me Tight!’

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This Date In Hollywood History - July 21, 1952

After ventriloquist Edgar Bergen makes a joke about studio chief Harry Manka at a party, Mr. Manka orders the kidnapping and burning of Charlie McCarthy.

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This Date In Manka Bros. History - July 20, 1955

Queen Elizabeth II visits Manka Bros., has lunch with studio chief Harry Manka, and shoots a cameo (with Prince Philip) in the rockabilly musical movie ‘Please, Baby, Hold Me Tight!’

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This Date In Manka Bros. History - July 19, 1996

MMG's' Floating Mound of Fire Ants’ first album in twelve years - ‘death’ - enters the Billboard Hot 100 just a few spots below Metallica’s ‘Load.’

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This Date In Manka Bros. History - July 18, 2013

Manka Bros.’ Board of Directors change the studio’s management structure to consolidate Chairman & CEO Khan Manka, Jr.'s authority, giving him ultimate power and zero direct reports.

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This Date In Manka Bros. History - July 17, 1912

This Date In Manka Bros History - July 17, 1912:

Manka Bros. releases ‘TITANIC!’ - the first studio to produce a movie (silent) about the doomed voyage (and just three months after the tragedy). The production nearly bankrupted the studio.

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This Date In Manka Bros. History - July 15,

Seeing the explosive growth of the global Anime market (which is projected to double by 2030), Manka Bros. launched the MANKANIME label with a focus on stories not set in Japan but Hollywood. https://mankabros.com

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This Date In Manka Bros. History - July 16, 1990

Manka Bros. closes its Manka Meats division for being ‘non-strategic.’

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This Date In Manka Bros. History - July 15,

Seeing the explosive growth of the global Anime market (which is projected to double by 2030), Manka Bros. launched the MANKANIME label with a focus on stories not set in Japan but Hollywood. https://mankabros.com

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This Date In Manka Bros. History - July 14, 1913

‘The Regatta’ - a silent short starring Bulgarian comedy troupe ‘The Fireboys’ - was notable for being the last film allowed to set fire to a moving boat with people (extras) on it before the L.A. fire code was changed.

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This Date In Manka Bros. History - July 13, 1957

Norbert, the talking cow (and star of MBS' long-running comedy series ‘Norbert’) dies. Unable to find another talking cow, the show is canceled.