Movies for the Day, Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Today's movies mark the anniversary of a CIA predecessor, the birthday of Richard Thomas, and the assassination of Medgar Evers.







Blackout (1940), aka Contraband, is a
World War II espionage film that is
highly regarded.  This is a British film.
The predecessor to the CIA, the Office
of Strategic Services, formed during WW II,
on June 13, 1942.




Blackout









The Waltons (1971 to 1981) is a beloved
TV series about a rural Virginia family
during the era of the Great Depression and
WW II.  It stars Richard Thomas, born June
13, 1951.  It won many Emmys, including for
Best Actor, to Thomas (1973), Best Actress, to Michael Learned (1973, 1974, 1976), Supporting Actress, to
Ellen Corby (1973, 1975, 1976), Writing (1973, 1974), Outstanding
Drama Series (1973), and Supporting Actor, to Will
Geer (1975).  It is based on a book by Earl Hammer Jr.,
Spencer's Mountain and a 1963 movie of the same name.
The 1971 pilot was The Homecoming- A Christmas Story.
There were over 200 episodes.

The Waltons








Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) is about
the re-opening in the 1990s of the case
of the murder of African-American
Medgar Evers in the mid 1960s.  The
assassination occurred June 13, 1963.






Ghosts of Mississippi