Movies for the Day, Thursday, August 23, 2018

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Gene Kelly and Barbara Eden and the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.







Invitation to the Dance (1956) is essentially
Gene Kelly dancing.  Three stories are told
through dancing, without words.  Kelly
was born August 23, 1912.







Invitation to the Dance









I Dream of Jeannie (1965 to 1970) is
an iconic TV sitcom starring an astronaut,
played by Larry Hagman, and a genie he
keeps in a bottle, played by Barbara Eden,
born August 23, 1934.





I Dream of Jeannie

Treme (2010 to 2013) is a television
series set in a New Orleans neighborhood
about three months after Hurricane Katrina
(August 23 to August 31, 2005).  There are
36 episodes.  It won an Emmy in 2014 for
Sound Mixing for the episode Sunset on
Louisianne.




Treme