On this day in 1956, UNITED ARTISTS premiered AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. Directed by MICHAEL ANDERSON from the (slightly altered) novel by JULES VERNE, this ALL-STAR big-screen adaptation was an OSCAR-winning spectacular. Produced by impresario MIKE TODD, the film starred DAVID NIVEN, CANTINFLAS, FERNANDEL, CHARLES BOYER, EVELYN KEYES, TREVOR HOWARD, JOHN GIELGUD, NOEL COWARD and ROBERT MORLEY. This film was the AVATAR of it’s day.