Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Movies for the Day, Thursday, April 27, 2017

A famous murder trial, a children's book, and the African American experience are the subjects of today's movies.




The People vs. Jean Harris (1981) is the
television movie story of the sensational
murder and trial of Herman Tarnower,
cardiologist and author of The Complete
Scarsdale Medical Diet by Harris, his
mistress and a headmistress of a girls'
school in Virginia.  Harris was played by
Ellen Burstyn, who was nominated for an
Emmy.



The People vs. Jean Harris





Madeline (1998) is based on Ludwig
Bemelmans' children's book about an
orphan girl at school in Paris.  Bemelmans
was born this date, April 27, in 1898.






Madeline









Fences (2016) is based on a play by
August Wilson set in the 1950s.  It
is the sixth of his ten-part Pittsburgh
Cycle about African American life.
Viola Davis won an Oscar as Best
Supporting Actress.  Wilson was born
April 27, 1945.


Fences




















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