Movies for the Day, Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Today's movies mark the anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, the opening of Yankee Stadium in 1923, and Tax Day.



San Francisco (1936) is a drama climaxing
with the San Francisco earthquake which
occurred April 18, 1906.  It was awarded an
Oscar for Sound.





San Francisco







Safe at Home! (1962) is about a
Little League boy who has a
friendship with two famous Yankees,
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris.  A must
see for Yankee fans.  Yankee Stadium
opened this day, April 18, in 1923.




Safe at Home!







Today is Tax Day (usually April 15).  A Taxing
Woman (1987) is a delightful Japanese movie
about a tax investigator vs. a businessman.  It was
followed in 1988 by A Taxing Woman's Return.





A Taxing Woman