Thursday, November 22, 2018

Movies for the Day, Friday, November 23, 2018

Today's movies mark the birthday of Ruth Etting, a Cold War event, and the birthday of Billy the Kid.  Which of today's movies would you watch?







Love Me or Leave Me (1955) is a dramatization
of the life of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her
relationship with a gangster.  Etting was born
November 23, 1896.  This very good movie won
an Oscar for Original Screenplay and was nominated
for Oscars for Best Actor, to James Cagney, Sound,
Scoring, and Original Song, I'll Never Stop
Loving You.





Love Me or Leave Me








The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)
is based on the true story of seaman Kudirka's
attempted defection from Russia to the United
States on November 23, 1970, during the
height of the Cold War.  This television movie
won Emmys for Directing and Editing.






The Defection of Simas Kudirka








Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid (1989) is
based on Vidal's novel about the infamous
Wild West outlaw, who was born November
23, 1859.  This is a television movie.








Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid




























































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