ORIGINS OF BACARDI
PERIOD SET TV SERIES IN THE WORKS
As Variety reports, Secuoya Studios and Arrivelo Producciones are developing a TV series on the foundation of the BACARDI spirits company. The story begins with founder Don Facundo Bacardí Massó and his vision to create the world’s first light-bodied rum. It will tell how the company persevered from its humble beginnings in Cuba in 1800s through countless 
hardships, political turmoil, economic crisis, and forced exile from its homeland to become a global spirits empire. Drama will cover pioneering expansion, social changes, women’s emancipation, commercial disputes, Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency, and the betrayals of Cuban revolutionaries. Founded in 1862, Bacardi remains family-owned after more than 160 years of operation as the largest privately owned international spirits company. Jonathan Jakubowicz will be the showrunner.
hardships, political turmoil, economic crisis, and forced exile from its homeland to become a global spirits empire. Drama will cover pioneering expansion, social changes, women’s emancipation, commercial disputes, Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency, and the betrayals of Cuban revolutionaries. Founded in 1862, Bacardi remains family-owned after more than 160 years of operation as the largest privately owned international spirits company. Jonathan Jakubowicz will be the showrunner.
That's one of the most popular rum people ordered when I worked in bars a few dozens years ago....I remember there was an English gentleman always ordered a whole bottle and drank until he couldn't get up...a really nice guy but drunk all the time...sometimes we had to phone his wife to come get him.
ReplyDeleteOh, my, where was that, in Jamaica? LOL
DeleteI find it fascinating that it's still family owned and run. You would think that someone in the family would have sold out by now, but maybe there's some kind of clause in the will when it passes down to the next generation.
ReplyDeleteOr they just like rum and won't separate from it LOL
DeleteI was just watching Desi and Lucy on Amazon last night and learned that Desi Arnaz's grandfather helped found Bacardi Rum. Idc if the Arnaz family still has ties to it or what extent the role was that his grandfather played in its conception, but thought that was a fun little trivia fact after reading this post.
DeleteWell, there is that. Have no idea who Desi is. We have a Desislava singer over in Bulgaria LOL
DeleteLucille Ball's husband? Did you not watch I Love Lucy ever?
DeleteNo, that is one of the series and an actress popular only in USA not worldwide. Kinda like Dr Seuss that we never even heard about outside of USA.
DeleteI would have thought it was more widespread as Desi was a refugee from Cuba, so I thought it would have reached a few more countries than the US.
DeleteEurope defo not, but mind you that was when, in the 50s or 60s? Back in those days we only ever heard about Little House in The Prairie and your western movies LOL Most of the foreign shows came from Britain not USA which started conquering world with TV programmes only in the 80s with family shows and sitcoms.
DeleteIf it's a comfort for Theresa, Lucy's show (all of them) were a hit in Larin America. Dez is right, the Best TV in the 60s and Seventies came from England, but growing up in the 60s and erly 70s, I remember all children's shows (including cartoons) came from the USA: Lassie, Rin Tin in, Mr. Ed, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Family Affair, Lost in Space, etc.
DeleteOf all of those here in Europe we only had Lassie and Dactari if that is an American show. Rin Tin Tin only in comics.
DeleteI'm glad to hear Lucy made it to Latin America at least. It was a classic that I can still watch today and find humor in. Dezzy, I am not familiar with Dactari, so I am not sure that came from here. I'll have to go Google it.
DeleteOk, it does look like it was an American show, but must not have been a popular one because I don't recall anything about it. The images from Google don't look familiar. Though it did pull up another show, Flipper, that I forgot about but loved.
DeleteIt was with animals, they aired here at noon on Sundays or at one, so you could watch it while having family lunch. For some strange reason that was prime time for decades in my country. At one on Sunday a popular series (BH90210 aired then), then at five a Sunday movie, after the movie a half hour weekly animated series for kids (Smurfs, Ninja Turtles etc) and then at eight in the evening prime time weekly domestic series.
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