Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Movies for Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Today's movies include an old Western, a right to die television movie, and a baseball picture.




In Old Arizona (1928) is an early Western starring
Warner Baxter as the Cisco Kid, a kind of Robin
Hood of the West.  Baxter, born this date in 1889,
won an Oscar as Best Actor.





In Old Arizona








In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977)
is a heart-rending right to die television movie
about Quinlan's parents and her after she entered
into a persistent vegetative state, a coma
from which she would not recover.  Karen Ann
was born this date, March 29, in 1954, and died
about eight years after the movie aired, on June
11, 1985.



In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan






Moneyball (2011) is the story of Billy Beane,
born this date in 1962, and the influence of
sabermetrics on professional baseball.  Beane
was a professional baseball player, general manager
of the Oakland Athletics from 1997 to 2015, and
is currently an executive with the team.  Baseball
season is almost here!




Moneyball
























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