Movies for the Day, Friday, September 8, 2017

Today is the birthday of a king of England, of the author of a novel that became a soap opera, and of a great comedian.  Today's movies would not exist without them.

The Crusades (1935) is a movie spectacle of
the Third Crusade and King Richard I, also known
as Richard the Lionhearted, who was born
September 8, 1157.  The Crusades pitted the Catholic
and Arab worlds against each other in the Middle
Ages.






The Crusades








Peyton Place (1957) is a movie
about life in a small New England
town, based on a novel by Grace
Metalious, who was born
September 8, 1924.  It was later
a television series, airing from September
19, 1964, to June 2, 1969, 514 episodes.  Lee
Grant won an Emmy for her role
in the soap opera series, as Supporting
Actress.


Peyton Place








The Pink Panther (1963) is the first of a
series of comedy films starring Peter
Sellers as bumbling Inspector Clouseau.  This classic
movie is on the National Film Registry and
features a memorable score by Henry Mancini
which is on the American Film Institute Score list.
Sellers was born September 8, 1925.



The Pink Panther