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Ronald Wilson Reagan [a] (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in the American conservative movement.
The Day After is an American television film that first aired on November 20, 1983, on the ABC television network. The film postulates a fictional war between the NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact over Germany that rapidly escalates into a full-scale nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Dutch: shortly after his birth, his father said he looked like a "fat little Dutchman"; reinforced when he wore a Dutch boy haircut (see pageboy) as a youngster. [157] [158] [159] The Gipper, after his role as George "The Gipper" Gipp in the film Knute Rockne, All American. Gipp exhorted his teammates to "Win one for the Gipper". [160]
In 1936, Commonwealth purchased its headquarters in downtown Kansas City, part of a "film row" that hosted several regional film distribution companies. [1]In 1983, Commonwealth went private through a merger with CMN Capital Corp. [2] By 1984, Commonwealth was reported to be one of the largest movie theater chains in the country, with over 400 screens in 14 states.
In 1920, Durwood's father and uncles, Edward, Barney, and Maurice Dubinsky, bought a Kansas City movie theater which they called Regent Theater. The brothers built up the theatre chain over the next decade; by 1932 the company owned 40 theaters in Missouri and Kansas. [5] Stanley started working with the brothers officially by 1945. [1]
The Standard Theatre, now known as the Folly Theater and also known as the Century Theater and Shubert's Missouri, is a former vaudeville hall in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Built in 1900, it was designed by Kansas City architect Louis S. Curtiss. The theater was associated with the adjoining Edward Hotel (known later as the Hotel Missouri ...
In 1920 Disney took a job at the Kansas City Film Ad Company (formerly the Kansas City Slide Company) making animated advertisements to be aired before feature films in local theaters. Disney was ...
When the film ended, he drove to the Kansas River, dismantled the weapons and threw them off the Massachusetts Street Bridge. [1] He returned home and called the police to inform them of a robbery at his parents' house. [1] When police arrived, they noticed that Andrews seemed unconcerned over the massacre of his family.