‘Onward’ is for Boys What ‘Frozen’ is for Girls
Despite its wacky premise, Onward just might develop a strong following similar to Frozen. In fact, it is its equivalent for boys.
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This Day in Pop Culture for February 15
1903: The First Teddy Bear is Sold Morris Michtom began selling stuffed bears in his toy shop on this day in 1903. Earlier, he had asked President Theodore Roosevelt for permission to use the president’s nickname, Teddy. The president agreed and soon, other toy companies were churning out copies of their own “Teddy Bears.” Can you imagine it happening again?
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Tom and Jerry Are Introduced One of Hollywood’s first dynamic duo debuted on this day in 1940. Puss Gets the Boot was the first Tom and Jerry cartoon short created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for MGM. There were 114 original shorts of the cat and mouse cartoon created between 1940 and 1957 and many feel that they were
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Pinocchio Becomes a Real Boy Walt Disney’s second full-length animated feature, Pinocchio was released on this day in 1940, but it should have been the third. After Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released in 1937, Walt had planned to release Bambi as his next movie, but the studio was having difficulty with both the story and the illustration
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1919: United Artists is Created On February 5, 1919, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith came together to form United Artists Corporation with the goal of gaining more financial and artistic control over producing and distributing their films. Chaplin not only acted but also directed UA films. Pickford retired in the 1930’s but continued to act as
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1938: ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ is Released Produced by Walt Disney, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first full-length, colored animated feature film that audiences got to see for the first time 76 years ago on this day in 1938. At the time, critics were skeptical that audiences could sit for a full-length animated film or
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1980: The Magic Cube Becomes Rubik’s Cube In the mid 1970s, Ernő Rubik, who worked at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest, created a cube puzzle that was built to be used as a teaching tool for his students to help them understand 3D objects. Apparently, it wasn’t meant to be a puzzle at all. It was
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1961: ‘One Hundred and One Dalmatians’ is Released Based on the book with the same name, Walt Disney Pictures released One Hundred and One Dalmatians for the first time on this day in 1961. The movie was the studio’s 17th animated film and just might have saved the studio. The animated film brought in a hefty revenue due to the
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