Sunday, August 27, 2017

Movies for the Day, Monday, August 28, 2017

Today's movies honor the birthdays of author Johann W. Goethe and of actor Charles Boyer, and the Civil Rights March on Washington.





Faust (1926) is an early silent movie version
of the classic book by Johann W. Goethe about
a man selling his soul to the devil.   Goethe
was born this date, August 28, in 1749.





Faust








History Is Made at Night (1937) is
a romantic movie with an
incredible shipboard climax.  The
movie stars Charles Boyer, born
August 28, 1889.






History Is Made at Night








The March (1964) is a short documentary
about the 1963 Civil Rights March on
Washington, D.C, which ended with the
I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther
King Jr.  This film is on the National Film
Registry.  The anniversary of the March is
August 28 (1963).



The March

































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