On this day, June 22, 1909, Michael Todd was born.

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Mike Todd


Todd at the Jones Beach Theater, 1952

Born: Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen; June 22, 1909; Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died: March 22, 1958 (aged 48); Grants, New Mexico, U.S.
Resting place: Beth Aaron Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois

Michael Todd (born Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen; June 22, 1909 – March 22, 1958) was an American theater and film producer, best known for his 1956 production of Around the World in 80 Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Actress Elizabeth Taylor was his third wife, and Todd was the third husband of Taylor's seven husbands, and is the only one whom Taylor did not divorce - Todd died in a private plane accident a year after their marriage. He was the driving force behind the development of the eponymous Todd-AO widescreen film format.

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Todd-AO

Industry: Post-production, broadcast media, motion pictures, television
Founded: 1953
Headquarters: Hollywood, California, United States
Owner: Todd Soundelux
Website: www.toddao.com

Todd-AO is an American post-production company founded in 1953 by Mike Todd and Robert Naify, providing sound-related services to the motion picture and television industries. For more than five decades, it was the worldwide leader in theater sound. The company retains one facility, in the Los Angeles area.

Todd-AO is also the name of the widescreen, 70 mm film format that was developed by Mike Todd and the Naify brothers, owners of United Artists Theaters in partnership with the American Optical Company in the mid-1950s. Todd-AO had been founded to promote and distribute this system.

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The trailer doesn't do it justice.

Around the World In 80 Days (1956) Official Trailer - Cantinflas, Jules Verne Movie HD
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Around the World In 80 Days (1956) Official Trailer - Cantinflas, Jules Verne Movie HD

Adaptation of Jules Verne's novel about a Victorian Englishman who bets that with the new steamships and railways he can do what the title says.

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Todd-AO: nearly seventy years on, and it's just magnificent.

Race Takeoff - Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

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The aeroplanes in order of takeoff:

1) Santos-Dumont Demoiselle 0:06
2) Eardley Billing Tractor Biplane 0:15
3) Vickers 22 Monoplane 0:39
4) Antoinette IV Monoplane 0:57
5) Bristol Boxkite 1:10
6) Picat Dubreuil (could not fly) 1:35
7) Roe IV Triplane 1:40

Wed Jun 28, 2023: On June 22, 1909, Michael Todd was born.

Tue Jun 28, 2022: On June 22, 1909, Michael Todd was born.

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1. The Todd-AO name has been ubiquitous throughout my lifetime

of tv and movie viewing, as I imagine it has for most here. But I never looked into its origin and was unaware of Mr. Todd's contribution to the entertainment industry. Interesting stuff.