Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Movies for the Day, Thursday, May 9, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthdays of James M. Barrie and Richard Adams and an English anniversary.

Which of today's movies would you watch?







Peter Pan (1953) is a Disney adaptation
of the children's classic by James M. Barrie,
born May 9, 1860.  See also Peter Pan (1924) (on the National
Film Registry), Peter Pan (1955) (a TV episode of
Producers Showcase which won Emmys for Best
Program and Best Actress, to Mary Martin, born
December 1, 1913), Peter Pan (1976) (Emmy for
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's
Programming), and Peter Pan (2000) (Emmy for
Art Direction).


Peter Pan







The Plague Dogs (1982) is an animated
movie about dogs that escape from an
experimental lab- it is an animal rights plea.
It is based on a novel by Richard Adams,
born May 9, 1920.





The Plague Dogs









Defence of the Realm (1985) is
about the resignation of a Member of Parliament
and the intersection of politics and
journalism in the United Kingdom, which
formed May 1, 1707.  May 3 is United Nations
World Press Freedom Day.  This is a very good
movie.



Defence of the Realm















































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