Tag: Gone with the Wind
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This Day in Pop Culture for December 15
The iconic “Gone With the Wind” debuted on this day in 1939. Many years later, people were introduced to the LaserDisc also released on this day.
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This Day in Pop Culture for June 30
1940: Brenda Starr is Hired During the mid 1920s, when Dalia Messick had just graduated from high school, she submitted her first comic strip, Weegee. It was rejected. Dalia attended the Art Institute of Chicago and later landed a job where she would design greeting cards. By the 1930s, Dalia submitted three more comic strips…
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This Day in Pop Culture for February 29
1940: First African American to Win an Oscar Born the youngest of 13 children of former slaves in Wichita, Kansas, Hattie McDaniel began her career as a songwriter and performer with her brother’s minstrel show. From 1920-1925, McDaniel toured with the black ensemble, Professor George Morrison’s Melody Hounds before trying out a radio career which…
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This Day in Pop Culture for January 17
1929: Popeye the Sailor Man Makes His First Appearance King Features’ comic strip, Thimble Theatre by E. C. Segar had been in existence for ten years before Popeye the Sailor Man was featured on this day in 1929. His first line, “’Ja think I’m a cowboy?!” He quickly became one of the strip’s most popular…
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