The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) recounts
her life from bumpkin to Parisian sophisticate
to suffering mother to streetwalker. This movie
won an Oscar for Best Actress, to Helen Hayes,
born October 10, 1900.
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
The Ninth Configuration (1980) is about
a government asylum for military
persons and the nut in charge. Today is
United Nations World Mental Health
Day and the first week in October is
Mental Illness Awareness Week. This
is a very good movie.
The Ninth Configuration
The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of
the Algonquin Round Table (1987) is an episode
in the PBS American Masters series (begun in
1985) about writers and others who gathered at
lunches through the 1920s. This episode won
an Emmy for Writing. October is Arts and
Humanities Month.
The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table
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