Movies for the Day, Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Today's movies celebrate the birthday of the author of Frankenstein, the birthday of actor Fred MacMurray, and the birthday of early television celebrity and host Arthur Godfrey.

Frankenstein (1931) is a horror movie based on the
classic book by Mary Shelley Wollstonecraft. This
early thrilling film version of the book is on the
National Film Registry.  It features an American Film
Institute Quote, "It's alive!  It's alive!"  The author
was born this date, August 30, in 1797.






Frankenstein







My Three Sons (September 29, 1960 to
April 13, 1972) is a very popular sitcom
about a widower raising three sons.  It stars
Fred MacMurray, born August 30,
1908.






My Three Sons







The Great Man (1956) is loosely based
on the career of radio and television host Arthur
Godfrey, much beloved but also much
disliked.  Godfrey was born August 31,
1903.







The Great Man