Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Movies for the Day, Thursday, February 15, 2018

Today's movies mark the birthday of explorer Ernest Shackelton, an epic German movie, and the birthday of the creator of The Simpsons.








South:  Ernest Shackelton and the Endurance
Expedition (1919) is the story of the famed
explorer's disastrous trip to Antartica, the Imperial
Trans-Antartic Expedition from 1914 to 1917.
Shackelton was born February 15, 1874.






South: Ernest Shackelton and the Endurance Expedition








Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) is a 14-episode
television miniseries.  This epic is about
Germany in the 1920s, especially an ex-con.
The movie version is usually part of the
Berlin International Film Festival, usually
held in February, this year from February 15
to 25, 2018.





Berlin Alexanderplatz










The Simpsons (December 17, 1989 to the present)
is the groundbreaking and long-running (now in its
29th season) animated family sitcom.  It was created
by Matt Groening, born February 15, 1958.  It has won many
Emmys.






The Simpsons











































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