Movies for Saturday, March 18, 2017

The movies for today, Saturday, March 18, 2017, feature English royal history, the life of Jesus and basketball.  I will list movies about Jesus and basketball again tomorrow, Sunday, March 19, 2017. The weekend movies about Jesus and basketball recognize the continuing Christian Lenten season and the NCAA Men's Basketball championships, also known as March Madness.




The Sword and the Rose (1953) is mainly about
Mary Tudor, born this date in 1496, and the
younger sister of King Henry VIII, who became
Queen Consort of France.




The Sword and the Stone






Parable (1964) is a short but controversial
film about the Jesus story, featuring a circus
harlequin.





Parable








1950s Indiana high school basketball takes
center stage in Hoosiers (1986).  This
inspiring movie is on the National Film
Registry.



Hoosiers