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3 unusual facts about Mike Todd


Michael Todd

Mike Todd, Jr. (1929–2002), son of American film producer Mike Todd and stepson to Elizabeth Taylor

Mike Todd, Jr.

Todd Jr. was vice president of his father's company, Cinerama, and was responsible for filming the famous roller-coaster scene from the company's debut film, This is Cinerama (1952).

Victor E. Bull

In 1957, Buffalo acquired its first live mascot when Mike Todd and Elizabeth Taylor gave the school a seven-month-old black angus bull named "Buster."


Evelyn Keyes

Among the many Hollywood affairs she recounted in "Scarlett O'Hara's Younger Sister" were those with producer Michael Todd (who left Evelyn for Elizabeth Taylor), Glenn Ford, Sterling Hayden, Dick Powell, Anthony Quinn, David Niven and Kirk Douglas.

George Skouras

In 1952 George joined United Artists with Michael Todd and Joe Schenck, former president of Twentieth Century Fox, in order to form the Magna Theatre Corporation for production and distribution of Todd-AO films.

Margaret E. Lynn

Under her stage name, Margaret Lynn, she was a dancer and dance captain with the Radio City Rockettes in New York City, and appeared in seven Broadway shows, including Oklahoma!, Carousel, and Mike Todd's Mexican Hayride.


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