Today's movies mark the birthday of author F. Scott Fitzgerald, World Rivers Day, and the birthday of puppet master Jim Henson.
The Great Gatsby (1949) is a glimpse of
Long Island high society in the 1920s, and the story
of a bootlegger trying to make it there. The
movie is based on the classic novel by F. Scott
Fitzgerald, who was born September 24, 1896.
The Great Gatsby
The Search for the Nile (1971) is a six-
episode miniseries about the search for
origin of the legendary river in the late
1800s. The Nile in Uganda is pictured.
The series won an Emmy for Drama
Documentary. Today is World
Rivers Day.
The Search for the Nile
The Muppet Movie (1979) features the famous
Muppets as Kermit the Frog goes to Hollywood.
Muppet creator Jim Henson was born September
24, 1936. The movie includes an American Film
Institute list Song, Rainbow Connection. The movie
is on the National Film Register.
The Muppet Movie
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