Which of today's movies would you watch?
Pass the Gravy (1928) is a short comedy
silent from the Hal Roach studio. Neighbors
argue over pet chickens and children. This
film is on the National Film Registry. Hal
Roach was born January 14, 1892.
Pass the Gravy
Albert Schweitzer (1957) is about the famous
humanitarian doctor who believed in
non-violence, established a hospital in Africa,
and won the Nobel Prize. Schweitzer was born
January 14, 1875. This movie won an
Oscar as Best Documentary Feature.
Albert Schweitzer
Network (1976) is an excellent satire of
the television business. It is on the National
Film Registry and won Oscars for Best Actor, to
Peter Finch (born September 28, 1916), Best
Actress, to Faye Dunaway, born January 14,
1941, Best Supporting Actress, to Beatrice Straight
(born August 2, 1914), and Writing. It features an
American Film Institute Greatest Quote, "I'm as mad as hell,
and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
Network
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