Monday, July 9, 2018

Movies for the Day, Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Today's movies mark the birthdays of John Wyndham, Marcel Proust, and Solomon Northrup.










The Day of the Triffids (1963) is based
on the science fiction classic by John
Wyndham which stars man eating plants.
Wyndham was born July 10, 1903.




The Day of the Triffids










Time Regained (1999) is an adaptation
of Marcel Proust's final volume in
the classic Remembrance of Things Past.
Proust remembers his past.  Proust was
born July 10, 1971.





Time Regained











12 Years a Slave (2013) is based on
the 1853 slave narrative memoir Twelve
Years a Slave by Solomon Northrup, born
July 10, 1807 or 1808.  This movie won
Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actress, to
Lupita Nyong'o, and Adapted Screenplay.




12 Years a Slave


















































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