Movies for the Day, Monday, April 1, 2019

Today's moves mark the establishment of the Air Force Academy and the birthdays of Lon Chaney and Ali McGraw.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

The Night My Number Came Up (1955) is
a suspenseful movie about a possibly doomed
military flight.  The United States Air Force
Academy was established April 1, 1954.  This is
an excellent movie.




The Night My Number Came Up











Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
is a dramatic biography of movie star
Lon Chaney, especially famous for his
horror movies.  Chaney was born April
1, 1883.  A very good movie.





Man of a Thousand Faces









Love Story (1970) is a passionate romance
between a law student and a college student.
It won an Oscar for Original Score.  It stars
Ali McGraw, born April 1, 1939.  It features an
American Film Institute Great Quote, "Love means
never having to say you're sorry."




Love Story

Movies for the Day, Sunday, March 31, 2019

Today's movies mark the founding of a hospital and the birthdays of Jack Johnson and Al Gore.


Which of today's movies would you watch?








The Sleeping City (1950) is about murder,
drugs, and corruption in a New York
City hospital.  This movie was shot at
New York City's Bellevue Hospital, founded
March 31, 1736.  Yesterday was Doctors Day.




The Sleeping City

Jack Johnson (1970) is a documentary
about the first African American heavyweight
boxing champion.  Johnson was born March
31, 1878, and is pictured in 1915.










Jack Johnson











An Inconvenient Truth (2006) is Vice
President Al Gore's famous and influential
documentary about climate change.  Gore
was born March 31, 1948.  This movie
won Oscars for Original Song, I Need to
Wake Up, and Best Feature Documentary.




An Inconvenient Truth

Movies for the Day, Saturday, March 30, 2019

Today's movies mark Doctors Day and the birthdays of Warren Beatty and Eric Clapton.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Not as a Stranger (1955) is about a medical
student who marries a nurse who supports him
through medical school and about his later life.
March 30 is Doctors Day.






Not as a Stranger

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) is about
a turn of the century western boom town
and an ambitious small-timer who opens
a bordello.  This western is on the National
Film Registry and stars Warren Beatty, born
March 30. 1937.




McCabe & Mrs. Miller











Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival (2004)
features the named musician and others.  It
was aired as part of PBS's Great Performances and
won an Emmy in 2005 for Editing.






Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival

Movies for the Day, Friday, March 29, 2019

Today's movies mark Doctors Day and the birthday of Lucy Lawless.

Which of today's movies would you watch?







The Young Doctors (1961) is about
young doctors at a large city
hospital.  March 30 is Doctors Day.






The Young Doctors

Paper Mask (1990) is about a
hospital employee impersonating
an emergency room doctor.  March 30
is National Doctors Day.






Paper Mask











Xena:  Warrior Princess (September 4,
1995 - June 18, 2001) was a popular TV
action fantasy series that lasted six seasons
and 134 episodes.  It won an Emmy for
Dramatic Underscore.  It stars Lucy
Lawless, born March 29, 1968.





Xena: Warrior Princess

Movies for the Day, Thursday, March 28, 2019

Today's movies mark a circus anniversary and the birthdays of Dianne Wiest and Lady Gaga.

Which of today's movies would you watch?







Freaks (1932) is a circus drama with a
disturbing look at its sideshow.  This movie
is on the National Film Registry.  The
anniversary of the Greatest Show on Earth
circus is March 28 (1881).





Freaks











Bullets Over Broadway (1994) is a
Woody Allen movie about a 1920s playwright
and director and his efforts to stage a
Broadway production.  This crime and comedy
drama won an Oscar for Best Supporting
Actress to Dianne Wiest, born March 28,
1948.




Bullets Over Broadway

Lady Gaga Presents:  The Monster Ball at
Madison Square Garden (2011) is a
musical special featuring the famous
singer, Lady Gaga, born March 28, 1986.
This movie won an Oscar for Picture Editing.




Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden

Movies for the Day, Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Today's movies mark the anniversary of notorious deaths in Africa and the birthdays of Michael York and Quentin Tarantino.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959) is about railroad
building in East Africa and a pair of notorious man-eating
lions responsible for the deaths of a number of railroad
construction workers of the Kenya-Uganda Railway from
March to December 1898.  The story is inspired by actual
incidents recounted in the book African Bush Adventures by
J.A. Hunter and Daniel P. Mannix.




Killers of Kilimanjaro











Logan's Run (1976) is set in a dystopian
future (year 2274) in which life is idyllic
but ends at 30.  This movie won an Oscar
for Special Visual Effects.  It stars Michael
York, born March 27, 1942.






Logan's Run









The Hateful Eight (2015) is a western
crime and mystery movie directed and
written by Quentin Tarantino, born March
27, 1963.  It won an Oscar for Original
Score.




The Hateful Eight

Movies for the Day, Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Tennessee Williams and Alan Arkin.

Which of today's movies would you watch? 










The Rose Tattoo (1955) is about a romance
between a widow and a truck driver in an
Italian American neighborhood in Louisiana.
This very good movie is based on a play by Tennessee
Williams, born March 26, 1911.  It won Oscars for Best
Actress, to Anna Magnani, Cinematography, and Art/Set
Direction.



The Rose Tattoo









Summer and Smoke (1961) is a very
good movie about a romance between
a spinster and a young doctor- a story of
unrequited love.  It is set in a 1916 small
Mississippi town.  It is based on a play by
Tennessee Williams, born March 26, 1911.





Summer and Smoke










Little Miss Sunshine (2006) is about
a family that takes a cross country trip in a VW bus
determined to enter their young daughter into a
beauty pageant.  This dramatic comedy won Oscars
for Best Supporting Actor, to Alan Arkin, born
March 26, 1934, and Writing.






Little Miss Sunshine

Movies for the Day, Monday, March 25, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthday of Simone Signoret, Greece's National Holiday, and the birthday of Flannery O'Connor.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Room at the Top (1959) is about an ambitious
young man and romance.  It won Oscars for
Best Actress, to Simone Signoret, born March 25,
1921, and Writing.  It is an excellent movie.






Room at the Top





















Jason and the Argonauts (1963) is
a Greek myth brought to the big screen.
March 25 (from 1821) is Independence Day
in Greece.





Jason and the Argonauts











Wise Blood (1979) is a very good
Southern Gothic movie about preachers
and hell and salvation.  It is based on a
story by Flannery O'Connor, born March
25, 1925.





Wise Blood

Movies for the Day, Sunday, March 24, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthday of Steve McQueen, an Elvis anniversary, and the birthday of Jim Parsons.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Junior Bonner (1972) is a western about
a rodeo star.  It stars Steve McQueen, born
March 24, 1930.  A very good movie.







Junior Bonner









Bye Bye Birdie (1963) was inspired
by the 1957 draft notice and induction into
the Army on March 24, 1958, of Elvis Presley.
This rock 'n' roll musical comedy was first
on Broadway.





Bye Bye Birdie











The Big Bang Theory (2007 - 2019) is a
sitcom about "nerds."  This very popular
series stars Jim Parsons, born March 24, 1973.
It won Emmys for Lead Actor, to Parsons
(2010, 2011, 2013, 2014) as Sheldon Cooper, Guest
Actor, to Bob Newhart (2013), Technical
Direction (2013), and Picture Editing
(2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018).  It has had 280 episodes.





The Big Bang Theory

Movies for the Day, Saturday, March 23, 2019

Today's movies mark a Korean War battle and the birthdays of Werner von Braun and Joan Crawford.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Pork Chop Hill (1959) is a dramatization
of the Korean War battle of Pork Chop Hill which
took place from March to July 1953, probably
starting March 23, 1953.  The Korean War
took place from June 25, 1950, to July 27,
1953.






Pork Chop Hill









I Aim at the Stars (1960) is a dramatization
of the life of famous rocket scientist Werner
von Braun, born March 23, 1912.






I Aim at the Stars











Mommie Dearest (1981) is about the
life of actress Joan Crawford and especially
the traumatic childhood of her daughter.
Crawford was born March 23, 1905.  This camp
classic features American Film Institute Favorite
Villain Joan Crawford and an AFI Great Quote,
"No wire hangers, ever!"




Mommie Dearest

Movies for the Day, Friday, March 22, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Louis L'Amour, Karl Malden, and Stephen Sondheim.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Hondo (1953) is a classic western based
on a story by acclaimed western writer
Louis L'Amour, born March 22, 1908.





Hondo

The Streets of San Francisco (September 16,
1972 to June 9, 1977) is a popular TV crime
series about a veteran cop paired with a younger
partner in San Francisco.  Karl Malden, born March
22, 1912, starred.  It lasted five seasons and 121
episodes.  It was nominated for many Emmys.
Michael Douglas also starred.




The Streets of San Francisco







Sondheim!  The Birthday Concert (2010)
celebrates the great Broadway artist.  Sondheim
was born March 22, 1930.  This Great
Performances episode won an Emmy for
Directing.





Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Movies for the Day, Thursday, March 21, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthday of Bach, Spring Break, and the birthday of Florenz Ziegfeld.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Motion Painting No. 1 (1947) is a short animated
film of painting (each brushstroke) set to the music
of Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto
No. 3.  Bach was born March 21, 1695.




Motion Painting No. 1









Porky's (1981) is about high
schoolers in South Florida in 1954.
This comedy seems appropriate for
March spring break.  Sequels include
Porky's II:  The Next Day (1983) and
Porky's Revenge (1985).




Porky's












Ziegfeld:  The Man and His Women (1978) is
a TV movie about the famous Broadway
impresario, Florenz Ziegfeld, born March
21, 1867.  It won Emmys for Cinematography
and Art Direction.





Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

Movies for the Day, Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthdays of William Hurt and Holly Hunter and the beginning if the Iraq War.

Which of today's movies would you watch?








Gorky Park (1983) is a murder mystery
set in the Soviet Union.  It stars William
Hurt, born March 20, 1950.






Gorky Park











The Piano (1993) is a very good movie
combining elements of romance, music,
and fable in New Zealand.  It won Oscars
for Best Actress, to Holly Hunter, born
March 20, 1958, Supporting Actress, to Anna
Paquin, born July 24, 1982, and Writing.




The Piano














Taking Chance (2009) is a historical drama based
on a true story of a Marine who escorts the body of
a fallen Marine back to his hometown from the Iraq War
(March 20, 2003 to December 18, 2011).  This movie won
an Emmy for Picture Editing.





Taking Chance

Movies for the Day, Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Philip Roth, Richard Williams, and Bruce Willis.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Goodbye, Columbus (1969) is a romance
between a son and a daughter of Jewish
families in the suburbs.  It is based on a novel
by Philip Roth, born March 19, 1933.






Goodbye, Columbus










Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) is
a live action/animation comedy set in the
1940s about a detective trailing a murderer.
This very good movie won Oscars for Film Editing,
Sound Effects Editing, and Visual Effects.
It received a Special Achievement Award for
animation direction and creation of the cartoon
characters, created by Richard Williams, born
March 19, 1933.



Who Framed Roger Rabbit









Die Hard (1988) is about a New York City
policeman fighting terrorists in a Los Angeles
highrise at Christmastime.  This thrilling action
movie features an American Film Institute Great
Villain, Hans Gruber.  Sequels include Die Hard 2
(1990) and Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995).



Die Hard

Movies for the Day, Monday, March 18, 2019

Today's movies mark St. Patrick's Day, the birthday of John Updike, and Doc Savage.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Odd Man Out (1947) is about an
Irish rebel hunted by police after a
daring robbery.  Yesterday, March 17,
was St. Patrick's Day.  This is an excellent
movie.



Odd Man Out











Rabbit, Run (1970) is about a
a former high school athlete who
runs away from his wife and family.
It is based on a novel by John Updike.
Updike was born March 18, 1932.






Rabbit, Run

Doc Savage:  The Man of Bronze (1975)
is a pulp hero created by Kenneth Robeson.
He first appeared in Doc Savage Magazine #1
in March 1933.




Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze

Movies for the Day, Sunday, March 17, 2019

Today's movies mark St. Patrick's Day and the birthday of Bobby Jones.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Captains and the Kings (1976) is a TV
miniseries about rags to riches Irish immigrants
in the late 1800s and a successful effort to make an
eldest son the first Catholic President.  It is from a book
by Taylor Caldwell.  There are eight episodes.  It won
Emmys for Lead Actress, to Patty Duke, and Cinematography.
Today, March 17, is St. Patrick's Day.




Captains and Kings









The Crying Game (1992) is about
Ireland's IRA and romance.  It won
an Oscar for Writing.  Today is
St. Patrick's Day (March 17).  A very
good movie.






The Crying Game









The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) is
about a golfer and a mystical caddy.  It
is set in the Depression era and prominently
features Bobby Jones (born March 17, 1902) and
Walter Hagen in a tournament.



The Legend of Bagger Vance

Movies for the Day, Saturday, March 16, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthday of Jerry Lewis, Judge Roy Bean, and My Lai.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Living It Up (1954) is a Jerry Lewis
and Dean Martin medical farce which
features a small town man transplanted to
New York City.  Lewis was born March 16,
1926.





Living It Up










The Life and Times of Judge Roy
Bean (1972) is a western about a
self-appointed judge.  Judge Roy Bean
was born in 1825 and died March 16,
1903.




The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean











My Lai (2010) is a documentary about
the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
It took place March 16, 1968.  It is an episode of
American Experience on PBS- season 22, episode
6.  It won an Emmy for Directing.




My Lai