Motion Picture & Television Fund
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For over 90 years, MPTF (Motion Picture & Television Fund) has been helping Hollywood take care of its own; the charity serves the Southern California entertainment community by continuously evolving to meet their health and human services needs.
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The 1970 premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios' The Aristocats benefiting MPTF brought out the stars including Eva Gabor (who later voiced Bianca in Disney's two The Rescuers films), Charlton Heston, and Gregory Peck. Disney legend Ruthie Tompson, who worked on the film as color checker, is a beloved MPTF resident and a pioneering woman in animation. #mptf95
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A very happy birthday to a wonderful actor and dear friend, Yvette Nicole Brown!
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Award-winning actor David Niven was one of many stars involved in MPTF's 50th anniversary gala in 1971, which we'll be featuring more this month. Check out this memo from MPTF Chairman Gregory Peck about Niven's role... as a singing and dancing waiter. #mptf95
The Screen Guild Theater
Some of Hollywood's biggest actors appeared on the popular radio show The Screen Guild Theater, which benefited #MPTF and ran from 1939 to 1952. The fees contributed from the show led to the creation of our Country House. Take a look at a few of the screen legends who turned up during its 13-year run. #mptf95
1942: Country House Dedication
Discover how the opening of MPTF's Country House in 1942 was the result of generosity across the entertainment industry. #mptf95
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A rare glimpse of our early days as MPTF founder Mary Pickford appears at a car giveaway, one of many fundraising intiatives she spearheaded over the years. In 1932 she began the Payroll Pledge Program, for which anyone in the film industry earning over $200 a week could pledge 1/2 of 1% of their earnings. #mptf95
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In 1970, the world premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios' The Aristocats was held to benefit MPTF in Los Angeles. The animated favorite about the adventures of a family of Parisian felines was the last at the studio to be approved by Walt himself. #mptf95
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Did you know the first movie premiere to benefit MPTF was My Fair Lady, held at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood? The classic film starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn went on to win eight Oscars and regularly appears on lists of the greatest musicals of all time. #mptf95
Elvis Donates to MPTF
ELVIS PRESLEY gave the most generous single-person donation to MPTF at the time in 1965, as seen in this newsreel footage with Barbara Stanwyck. #mptf95
MPTF's Country House and Hospital Groundbreaking
All month long we'll be celebrating the first 50 years of MPTF! To kick things off, here's a 1941 newsreel story from Hedda Hopper about the groundbreaking for our Country House and Hospital, featuring silent film legend and MPTF founder Mary Pickford, Buddy Rogers, Jean Hersholt, Loretta Young, and many more. #mptf95
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There's one big obstacle that might be keeping you from realizing your dreams. Find out what it is at the newest Deal With It: Today blog entry.
Home Safe Home: Bobby Carraway
As we wrap up our look at MPTF's Home Safe Home program this month, check out what they did for one industry member and his son -- and how the now familiar Home Safe Home van made its debut.
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