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Oswald el conejo afortunado
Oswald el conejo afortunado (en inglés Oswald the lucky rabbit ) es un personaje creado por Walt Disney para una serie de cortometrajes de animación que fueron distribuidos por los estudios Universal en los años 1920 y 1930. Oswald participó en una serie de 26 caricaturas muchas hechas por Walt Disney y Charles Mintz entre 1927 y 1928, quien contrató a Universal para la distribución. Cuando Walt Disney perdió los derechos de Oswald, apareció el personaje de Mickey Mouse. El personaje Oswald fue utilizado más tarde por Walter Lantz. Se añadió sonido por Universal, el titular de los derechos de autor, a algunos de los dibujos animados de Disney Oswald en los primeros días de la televisión. Oswald fue el primer personaje de Disney para generar mercadotecnia entre esta: una barra de chocolate, un conjunto estarcido, y un botón pinback. En 2006, The Walt Disney Company recuperó los derechos de Oswald, en un acuerdo con NBCUnive
Massillon Museum to extend hours Feb. 27
The Times-Reporter
The Massillon Museum, 121 Lincoln Way E, will remain open from 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 27, coinciding with Massillon’s monthly Last Saturday event.
The extended hours will allow visitors to meet the artist, Charles Mintz, whose photographs are exhibited in Studio M. “Charles Mintz: Lustron Stories” will close Feb. 28.
The Lustron Corp. manufactured porcelain-baked-enamel-coated, all-steel houses between 1948 and 1950 in Columbus. Mintz photographed and interviewed 125 residents and owners of Lustron homes in 15 states for the exhibition.
For information: massillonmuseum.org.
Hurricane Carla Forces Synagogues to Cancel Rosh Hashanah Services in Texas September 14, 1961 4:00 am Hurricane Carla comes ashore Galveston, Texas, 1961. (Flip Schulke/Getty Images)
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Hurricane Carla, one of the most destructive storms ever to hit the southern United States, knocked out most of the Rosh Hashanah services scheduled by South Texas congregations.
The impact of the hurricane on the plans to usher in the Jewish New Year was surveyed for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency by Jim Wisch, editor and publisher of the Texas Jewish Post. New Year services which were not canceled by winds of up to 175 miles an hour, were postponed until the storm moved northward.
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Main Street Kent presents the “Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution” Story Walk: Read Pat Miller and Kath Ember s book “Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution,” page by page, in the business windows of downtown Kent through Jan. 31. Enjoy shopping, fresh air, treats and warm beverages along the way. For more information, go to http://mainstreetkent.org/events/story-walk-kent/.
The Funny Stop presents Jake Iannarino: 8 p.m. Thursday, 6:30 and 8:20 p.m. Friday and Saturday at 1757 State Road, Cuyahoga Falls. For more information, go to http://www.funnystop.com/.
Rodman Public Library Books & Coffee Book Club: 10:30 a.m. Thursday via Zoom. The selected title is “The Queen’s Secret” by Karen Harper. Copies are available at the Main Library in Alliance and branch libraries, through the SEO catalog or digitally through Hoopla. To participate in the discussion, send email address to cduro@rodmanlibrary.com. You will receive a link on how
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The entertainment empire built by Walt Disney is sometimes called the “House of Mouse” in acknowledgment of the leading role played by Disney’s most famous creation, Mickey Mouse. Mickey’s round mouse ears, either in silhouette or adorning a hat, have become one of the most recognizable corporate logos in the world. But if a few business decisions in the 1920s had gone differently, they could have been rabbit ears.
In the mid-1920s Disney was a young animator producing a series called the
Alice Comedies, short films that combined live-action footage with animated images so that human actors appeared to interact with cartoon characters. But he had grown tired of the series and wanted to move on to making completely animated films. In 1927 he got his wish, striking a deal with Universal to produce a new series based on the adventures of a character called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Both the name and the species of the character had been picked b