Thursday, May 11, 2017

Movies for the Day, Friday, May 12, 2017

Today's movies celebrate Florence Nightingale, Burt Bacharach, and Katharine Hepburn.




The Lady With a Lamp (1951) tells the story
of iconic nurse Florence Nightingale, born this
date, May 12, in 1820.  Today is also the end
of National Nurses Week.





The Lady With a Lamp







The Sound of Burt Bacharach (1969)
is an episode of The Kraft Music
Hall which won Emmys for Music
Direction and Directing and stars
great singer and songwriter Burt
Bacharach.  Bacharach was born May 12,
1929.



The Sound of Burt Bacharach






The Lion in Winter (1968) is the story of
King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitane
and succession to the throne.  The movie
won Oscars for Katherine Hepburn as Best
Actress, for Writing, and for Original
Score.  Hepburn was born this date, May
12, in 1907.



The Lion in Winter















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