And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves Its pretty, but is it Art? - Rudyard Kipling French Facebookery for January 27th. It’s the day in 2010 that Zelda Rubinstein (b. May 28, 1933), the diminutive star of POLTERGIEST (1982) went into the light. Curse him or love him, Ross Bagdasarian was born today in 1919. AKA David Seville the creator of the anthropomorphic singing group Alvin and the Chipmunks.The voices of the group were all performed by Bagdasarian, who sped up the playback to create the nerve-wracking high-pitched voices. Bagdasarian, had previously used it for his exasperating novelty song Witch Doctor (Oo-ee, oo-ah-ah, ting-tang, walla-walla, bing-bang. ) earning him an incredible TWO Grammy Awards for engineering. It’s the birthday in 1924 of the graceful Muslim actor “Sabu Shaik Sabu” or Sabu Dastagir, or “Sabu Francis” -best known simply as “Sabu.” When he was 13, the Sab was discovered by documentary film-maker Robert Flaherty who cast him in the role of an elephant driver in the 1937 British film ELEPHANT BOY, based on Toomai of the Elephants, a story by Rudyard Kipling, but he became a movie star as Abu in the wonderful 1940 British film THE THIEF OF BAGDAD. Probably the greatest high fantasy film till LORD OF THE RINGS (2001) Essential viewing. Today in 1926, 89 years ago, a Scottish engineer named John Logie Baird showed off something he called his “electromechanical” televisor. He broadcast two wooden ventriloquist dummies to an audience in London, and in the process invented the Local Morning News team. Today’s the day in 1880 that “Mr. 99% perspiration (Ewwww!) And 1% inspiration (Ahhhh.) patented the electric incandescent lamp. That’s right. If Edison hadn’t invented the light bulb 135 years ago you’d be watching the televisor by candlelight. It’s the birthday in 1756 of immortal Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart who looks nothing like Tom Hulce in the movie AMADEUS (1980). Today’s the day in 1924 that the husk of Vlad Lenin was put on permanent display in that Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow. How great would it have been if they’d done that with King Elvis’ corpse and exhibited it in Dollywood or whatever Dolly Parton calls that damned theme park? Hell, it was already pickled, right? Speaking of Rock &Roll, today’s the day in 1964 the record album “Introducing The Beatles” was released in the U.S.of A. If you don’t know what a record is….. google it. Lewis Carroll, author of “Alice Does Wonderland” was born today in 1832….…TARZAN OF THE APES, the 1st movie ever made about Edgar Rice Burroughs’s famous swinger premièred today in 1918. Tarzan was played by the only movie star in the history of cinema named Elmo other than a muppet. It was cleverly filmed in Morgan City, Louisiana utilizing Louisiana swamps as stand- ins for African jungles. Written this day in gratitude 01.27.15 by E.E.F. edfrenchmakeupfx
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