Movies for Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Today, March 1, we celebrate the birthday of actor David Niven (1910) and National Pig Day. We also note the anniversary of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping in 1932.




Separate Tables (1958) is a romance in the Grand Hotel
vein. David Niven won an Academy Award for Best Actor;
he also won Golden Globe as actor in a drama.
Wendy Hiller (born August 15,  1912, just in case you want
to save this movie for her birthday) won an Academy Award
for Supporting Actress.

Separate Tables











We celebrate National Pig Day (March 1) with Babe (1995), the name of the star pig.  The movie won an Oscar for visual effects.  It was followed by Babe:  Pig in the City (1998).



Babe

March 1, 1932, saw one of the most famous and tragic kidnappings ever.  The child of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped by Bruno Hauptmann.  The child was lost.  The events are recounted in an above average television movie, The Crime of the Century (1996).


Crime of the Century