Movies for the Day, Sunday, April 9, 2017

Today, I look back at a famous concert at the Lincoln Memorial, feature a great comic of the silver screen, and continue my series of Christian Lenten season movies.

Marian Anderson:  The Lincoln Memorial Concert (1939)
documents her famous concert in Washington, D.C. on
this date, April 9, in 1939.  The film is listed on the
National Film Registry.







Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert







The Bank Dick (1940) is a comic
classic starring the legendary
W.C. Fields, born this date, April
9, in 1879.  The relatively short
movie is listed on the National Film
Registry.





The Bank Dick







The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
continues my series of Christian Lenten series
movies.  This Italian/French movie depicts the
life of Jesus with a distinctly Marxist overtone.





The Gospel According to St. Matthew