Tuesday
Mar142017
Showbiz History: Topsy-Turvy, Quincy Jones, and Broadway Babies
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 12:01PM
On this day in history as it applies to showbiz...
1874 silent film regular Mary Carr (who played Auntie Em in the silent Wizard of Oz) born in Pennsylvania). She lived to be almost 100 and appeared in nearly 100 silent films
1885 The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan's beloved comic opera, premieres in London. The Oscar winning film Topsy Turvy (1999) depicts its production in exquisite detail...