“Forgotten Hollywood”- A Couple of John’s…

Posted on May 5, 2018 by raideoman1 | No Comments

Manny P. here…

“`John Travolta, is expected to attend the Cannes Film Festival. He will receive its inaugural Cinema Icon Award at this month’s festival in France. Travolta will receive the accolade on May 15th, following the premiere at Cannes of his new film, Gotti.

“`Travolta received an Oscar nomination for his star-making turn in 1977’s Saturday Night Fever, and another for 1994’s Pulp Fiction. Grease, released in 1978 and starring Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, was among the biggest movie musical hits ever. His career began in television, co-starring in Welcome Back Kotter.

   

JOHN TRAVOLTA                                     JOHNNY CASH

“`The Man in Black’s boyhood house has just been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program announced the residence in Dyess where country music icon Johnny Cash lived from age 3 through high school has been added to the register. Dyess is a small Arkansas town close to the Tennessee border.

“`The five-room farmhouse was built in 1934, as part of the Dyess Resettlement Colony by  Federal Emergency Relief Administration. The Arkansas Democrat – Gazette newspaper reports the house is owned by Arkansas State University, which spent $575,000 to buy, restore, furnish, and landscape the property.

“`Cash died in 2003 at age 71 after an incredibly successful musical career. Among his many hit songs were I Walk the Line and Ring of Fire.

Until next time>                               “never forget”

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