Thursday, November 8, 2018

Movies for the Day, Friday, November 9, 2018

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Edna May Oliver, Bram Stoker, and Dorothy Dandridge.  Which of today's movies would you watch?









Penguin Pool Murder (1932) is the first
of a series of movies starring Edna May Oliver
as detective Hildegarde Withers.  This one is
about a murder victim in a penguin pool of a New
York City aquarium.  The series features a
schoolteacher sleuth and a cop.  Oliver was born
November 9, 1883.



Penguin Pool Murder









The Fearless Vampire Killers or:  Pardon
Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck (1967)
is a parody of a vampire horror movie.  Bram
Stoker, whose birthday was yesterday, wrote
Dracula in the late 1800s.  This is a very good movie.






The Fearless Vampire Killers












Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) is
a television movie about the 1950s black\
singer and actress and Hollywood.  Dandridge
was born November 9, 1923.  This movie won Emmys for
Cinematography, Art Direction, Costumes, Lead
Actress, to Halle Berry, and Hairstyling.




Introducing Dororthy Dandridge































































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