Movies for the Day, Sunday, October 14, 2018

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Lillian Gish and Roger Moore and Crime Prevention Month.  Which of today's movies would you watch?

Broken Blossoms (1919) is a silent film
about a Chinese immigrant in London
who protects a frail girl from a brutal father
with tragic consequences.  This movie, releases
October 20, 1919, stars Lillian Gish, born
October 14, 1893.  This movie is on the National
Film Registry.




Broken Blossoms









The Saint in New York (1938) is the first
in the series of movies about The Saint, an
amateur detective with unorthodox methods.
The Saint, Simon Templar, was played in later movies
by George Sanders and more famously in a
TV series by Roger Moore, born
October 14, 1928.





The Saint in New York

Rififi (1954) is considered by critics as
a exemplar of the caper/heist films in
which a jewel thieves plan a "perfect" crime.
October is Crime Prevention Month.






Rififi