Sunday, May 21, 2017

Movies for the Day, Sunday, May 21, 2017

Today's movies feature baseball, a famous murder case, and a Roman emperor.



The Stratton Story (1949) tells the story of
Monty Stratton, a baseball player who loses
a leg in a hunting accident.  Stratton was born
this date, May 21, in 1912.  The movie won
an Oscar for Original Screenplay.







The Stratton Story






Constantine and the Cross (1962) is
a biopic of the 4th Century Roman
emperor who converted to Catholicism.
He is known as St. Constantine the
Great and his feast day is May 21.



Constantine and the Cross











Swoon (1992) is a dramatic look
at Chicago's 1924 Leopold-Loeb
thrill killing.  Two wealthy Chicago
college students kidnapped and
murdered a 14-year-old boy, Robert
Franks, on this date, May 21.  Another
movie version is Compulsion (1959).



Swoon




















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