Sunday, July 22, 2018

Movies for the Day, Monday, July 23, 2018

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Emil Jannings, Raymond Chandler, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.






The Last Laugh (1924) is a silent movie
classic about a doorman at a posh hotel
who is demoted and humiliated.  It stars
Emil Jannings, born July 23, 1884.






The Last Laugh










The Big Sleep (1946) is a murder
mystery movie based on a story by
acclaimed writer Raymond Chandler, born
July 23, 1888.  It features American
Film Institute Hero, Detective Philip
Marlowe, played by Humphrey Bogart.  This
thriller is on the National Film Registry.




The Big Sleep












Capote (2005) is the story of acclaimed
writer Truman Capote, born September 30,
1924.  It focuses on his writing of In Cold
Blood, a classic about November 15, 1959,
murders.  The movie won an Oscar for Best
Actor, to Philip Seymour Hoffman, born July
23, 1967.




In Cold Blood

















































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