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Budget. $682,580 [1] Box office. $1.6 million (US rentals) [2] Jack and the Beanstalk is a 1952 American family comedy film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello and featuring Buddy Baer, Dorothy Ford and Barbara Brown. It is a comic retelling of the "Jack and the Beanstalk" fairy tale, produced by Abbott and Costello and distributed ...
By 1952 Ford had new OHV 6-cylinder engine (215 in³ I-6) and Lincoln had a 317 in³ OHV V8. The company had designed the Y-block for a 1953 introduction, but a shortage of nickel due to the Korean War 's needs prevented the company from manufacturing the engine in sufficient quantities, [2] delaying it until 1954.
The Continental Mark II is an ultra-luxury coupé that was sold by the Continental Division of Ford for the 1956 and 1957 model years. [2] The first (and only) product line of Continental, the Mark II was developed as the worldwide flagship vehicle of Ford Motor Company. [2] Developed as a successor for the 1939–1948 Lincoln Continental, the ...
Mission. After its establishment in 1936, the Ford Foundation shifted its focus from Michigan philanthropic support to five areas of action. In the 1950 Report of the Study of the Ford Foundation on Policy and Program, the trustees set forth five "areas of action," according to Richard Magat (2012): economic improvements, education, freedom and democracy, human behavior, and world peace.
What Price Glory is a 1952 American Technicolor war film based on a 1924 play by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings, [3] though it used virtually none of Anderson's dialogue. [4] Originally intended as a musical, it was filmed as a straight comedy-drama, directed by John Ford and released by 20th Century Fox on August 22, 1952, in the U.S.
Ford Taunus 12M (1952-1962)Ford Taunus 15M (1955-1959) The Ford Taunus P1 is a small family car which was produced by Ford Germany from 1952 until 1962. It was marketed as the Ford Taunus 12M, and, between 1955 and 1959, as the larger-engined Ford Taunus 15M. The company produced a succession of Ford Taunus 12M models until 1970, as the name ...
October 7 – The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 3, to win their 15th World Series Title. October 12 – The Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority is founded in New York City at Panhellenic Tower. October 14 – The United Nations begins work in the new headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.
