Movies for Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Today's movies celebrate a Broadway impresario, a Mexican leader, and World Poetry Day with a children's program.


Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., the renowned Broadway
producer, was born on this date, March 21, in
1867.  The Great Ziegfeld (1936) is a story of
his life.  It won Academy Awards for Best
Picture and Best Actress, for Luise Rainer,
born January 12, 1910.





The Great Ziegfeld







The namesake of Juarez (1939) was Benito
J. Juarez, a great Mexican leader in the
time of Napolean III.  Juarez was born March
21, 1806.


Juarez








Today, March 21, has been designated World
Poetry Day by UNESCO.  Goodnight Moon
& Other Sleepytime Tales (1999) is an HBO
children's program appropriate to the day.  It
won Emmys for Outstanding Children's Program
and Individual Achievement in Animation,
for segments "Brahm's Lullaby" and "Twinkle,
Twinkle Little Star."


Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales