Kenner Products

Kenner Products was an American toy company founded in 1947. Throughout its history the Kenner brand produced several highly recognizable toys and merchandise lines, including the original series of Star Wars action figures. The company was closed by its corporate parent Hasbro in 2000.

History

Founded in 1947 in Cincinnati, Ohio by brothers Albert, Phillip, and Joseph L. Steiner, the company was named after the street where the original corporate offices were located, just north of Cincinnati's Union Terminal. It was a pioneer in the use of television as a medium for advertising toys across the United States, beginning in 1958.

In the early 1960s, Kenner introduced its corporate mascot, The Kenner Gooney Bird, which would be used in both its company logo ("It's Kenner! It's fun!") and TV ads, in both animated form and puppetry. One commercial was produced by Muppets creator Jim Henson. The Bird was phased out by 1974.

The company was purchased by General Mills in 1967. In 1970, General Mills merged its Rainbow Crafts division into Kenner Products, bringing Play-Doh into the Kenner product line. In 1985, General Mills would spin-off both its Kenner and Parker toy divisions to form Kenner Parker Toys, Inc. The following year Kenner Parker sold off its Lionel Trains division.

Kenner (film)

Kenner is a 1969 American drama film directed by Steve Sekely and written by Robert L. Richards and Harold Clemins. The film stars Jim Brown, Madlyn Rhue, Robert Coote, Ricky Cordell, Charles Horvath and Prem Nath. The film was released on April 23, 1969, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Cast

  • Jim Brown as Roy Kenner
  • Madlyn Rhue as Anasuya
  • Robert Coote as Henderson
  • Ricky Cordell as Saji
  • Charles Horvath as Tom Jordan
  • Prem Nath as Sandy
  • Kuljit Singh as Young Sikh
  • Sulochana Latkar as Mother Superior
  • Ursula Prince as Sister Katherine
  • Tony North as American Friend
  • Ming Hung as Ring Referee
  • R.P. Wright as Gym Owner
  • Nitin Sethi as Customs Officer
  • Mahendra Jhaveri as Young Hindu
  • G.S. Aasie as Shoe Merchant
  • Ravikant as Bald Disciple
  • Hercules as Robed Man
  • Khalil Amir as Robed Man
  • See also

  • List of American films of 1969
  • References

    External links

  • Kenner at the Internet Movie Database

  • Kenner (surname)

    Kenner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Chris Kenner, R&B singer/songwriter popular in the early 1960s
  • Duncan F. Kenner, advocate for the Confederate States of America in the 1860s
  • George Kenner, German artist, made 110 paintings and drawings during the First World War while interned as a POW
  • Hugh Kenner, Canadian literary scholar and author
  • Kevin Kenner, American concert pianist
  • Laurel Kenner, New York financial writer
  • Podcasts:

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    Twilight from the screen he sees
    Into my past




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