Movies for the Day, Sunday, April 16, 2017

Today is Easter and the birthdays of Charlie Chaplin and Peter Ustinov and today's movies celebrate all three.


City Lights (1931) stars comedic genius Charlie
Chaplin, born this date, April 16, in 1889.  In this
romantic comedy, Chaplin plays one of the heroes on
the American Film Institute's list of Heroes & Villains,
"The Tramp".  This inspiring and passionate movie
is on the National Film Registry.





City Lights






Easter Parade (1948) is a musical
starring consummate dancer and
actor Fred Astaire.  The movie won
an Oscar for Score.






Easter Parade





Topkapi (1964) is a lighthearted caper movie
in which thieves plan a perfect crime in a
Constantinople museum.  Peter Ustinov, born this
date, April 16, in 1921, won an Academy
Award as Best Supporting Actor.




Topkapi