Movies for the Day, Monday, July 24, 2017

A swashbuckler, a wagon train, and a lost aviator make up today's movies.

The Three Musketeers (1921) is an early entry
in this story filmed many times.  This swashbuckler
takes place in France during the period of
King Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu.  The movie
is based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, born
July 24, 1802.






The Three Musketeers








Wagon Master (1950) is about two
cowhands who join and guide a Mormon
wagon train.  The movie inspired television's
Wagon Train.  On this date, July 24, in 1847,
Mormon leader Brigham Young entered the
Great Salt Lake Valley.  Today is Utah Pioneer
Day.




Wagon Train

Amelia Earhart:  The Final Flight (1994)
is a television movie about the famed aviatrix
who attempted a solo flight around the world
in 1937 but mysteriously disappeared over the
Pacific.  Earhart was born July 24, 1898.





Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight