Archive for August 15th, 2011
Aug
15
2011
 
The Hallmark Channel’s KC RootsPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaEveryone who is old enough to buy a Mother’s Day card had heard of Hallmark Cards—or has at least looked at one. But how many people know that Hallmark Cards has its headquarters in Kansas City? And what does all of this have to do with screenwriting? Rewind fifteen years when UCLA’s William Froug released [...] After spending six days in Kansas City I realized that two of the biggest influences in recent American history, both had major Kansas City connections and both had the name Walter; Walt Disney & Walter Cronkite. On Saturday I drove by the original Walt Disney studio on 31 Street. Disney was born in 1901 in [...]
Aug
15
2011
Diablo Cody’s Kansas ConnectionPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaIt always comes back to Diablo Cody doesn’t it? It took being in Kansas City several days field producing some stories before I realized that Diablo Cody in fact has a connection to Kansas City. I don’t have cable and have never seen the show The United States of Tara, so until now I didn’t [...] |
