Movies for the Day, Sunday, February 18, 2018

Today's movies mark the Feast Day of Saint Bernadette, the birthday of actor John Travolta, and the birthday of author Toni Morrison.








The Song of Bernadette (1943) is the story
of a religious French girl in the mid-1800s who
was later canonized as Saint Bernadette.  Her
Feast Day is February 18.  This movie won Oscars
for Best Actress, to Jennifer Jones (born March
2, 1919), Cinematography, Interior Decoration,
and Scoring.



The Song of Bernadette








Grease (1978) is based on the Broadway
musical of the same name and is a musical romance
comedy about teenagers.  This 1950s era
passionate movie stars John Travolta, born
February 18, 1954, and Olivia Newton-John, born
September 26, 1948.  It features an American
Film Institute Song, Summer Nights.   It was
followed by the not so good Grease 2 (1982).



Grease










Beloved (1998) is about slavery to freedom
in 1873 Ohio.  It is also about a haunting by a deceased
daughter.  The movie is based on the Pulitzer
Prize winning novel by Toni Morrison, who
was born February 18, 1931.  February is also
Black History Month.



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