In 1940, on July 27th, the cartoon character Bugs Bunny debuted in his first film A Wild Hare - voiced by Mel Blanc. tell you.that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry." It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day. The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. In 1938, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. In 1921, in the year that Helen Mortimer was born, hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. Through one-to-one mentoring, panel events and presentations.Add Helen's birthday or the date she died to see a list of historic events Offered industry insights to organisations such as SCBWI, Bath Spa University and The Story Museum.
Provided trusted author and illustrator care, including career and creative development support.Rejuvenated backlist gems into new formats appropriate for today’s market.Generated new ideas, characters and concepts for pre-school titles, picture books and young fictionīefore bringing creative teams together to realise them.Attracted high-profile author and illustrator talent to the list, including David Roberts, Yuval Zommer.Commissioned and edited commercially successful titles with strong market and customer appeal.My stable of authors and illustrators included Richard Byrne, Corrinne Averiss, Fiona Woodcock, Sean Sims, Layn Marlow, Tim Warnes, Lalalimola, Mark Sperring, Lauren Child, Briony May Smith, Tom Moorhouse, Ross Collins, Rebecca Ashdown, Sarah McIntyre, Valerie Thomas, Korky Paul and Simon Rickerty. Publishing, I helped to shape and build a successful children’s list. Through commissioning and delivering exciting picture books, character brands, young fiction and gift
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