Movies for the Day, Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Today's movies mark the birthday of Douglas Fairbanks Sr., International World Turtle Day, and Jewish American Heritage Month.

The Mark of Zorro (1920) is a silent classic
swashbuckler featuring the masked avenger and
protector of the oppressed, played by Douglas
Fairbanks Sr., born May 23, 1883.  Zorro is on the
American Film Institute Heroes list.  This movie,
which is on the National Film Registry, was made under
the same title in 1940 and on TV in 1974, both
worthwhile.




The Mark of Zorro










The Tortoise and the Hare (1934)  won
an Oscar for Short Films, Cartoons.
This cartoon is based on the fable
of the race between a tortoise and a hare.
Today is International World Turtle Day.





The Tortoise and the Hare












Thank You and Goodnight! (1991) is the real
story of the decline and death of a Jewish
grandmother and family relationships.  May
is Jewish American Heritage Month.






Thank You and Good Night!