Today's movies mark the birthday of author Robert Louis Stevenson, the birthday of a rifle inventor, and a Mars anniversary.
Treasure Island (1934) is about pirates, buried
treasure, an island, and Long John Silver. It
is based on the classic by Robert Louis
Stevenson, born November 13, 1850.
Treasure Island
Carbine Williams (1952) is about
the inventor of the carbine rifle so
useful in World War II. David Marshall
Williams was born November 13, 1900.
Carbine Williams
Capricorn One (1978) is about faking
the first manned mission to Mars. On
this date, November 13, in 1971, Mariner
9 became the first spacecraft to orbit
another planet- namely, Mars.
Capricorn One
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