Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Movies for the Day, Thursday, May 30, 2019

Today's movies mark a newspaper anniversary, the birthday of Peter the Great, and the Feast Day of Joan of Arc.

Which of today's movies would you watch?







The Front Page (1931) is a very good
comedy about newspaper journalism
in 1920s Chicago.  See also a 1974 remake.
The first American daily newspaper dates
to May 30, 1783.






The Front Page








Peter the Great (1986) is a miniseries
about the Russian Czar, born June 9, 1672, O.S.
May 30, 1672.  The four episodes
won Emmys for Costume Design, Music
Underscore, and Outstanding Miniseries.





Peter the Great









The Messenger:  The Story of Joan
of Arc (1999) is the story of the
young French saint whose Feast Day
is May 30 (1431).  She was born in
1412.





The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
































































































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