Movies for the Day, Saturday, June 22, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthdays of H. Rider Haggard and Erich Marie Remarque and the release of Born Free.

Which of today's movies would you watch?





Three Comrades (1938) is a very good
movie set in post World War I Germany
about three friends who share a love for
a dying woman.  It is based on a tale by
Erich Marie Remarque, born June 22, 1898.




Three Comrades













King Solomon's Mines (1950) is an
adventure story about a search for
diamond mines in Africa.  It won Oscars
for Cinematography and Film Editing.
It is based on the story of H. Rider
Haggard, born June 22, 1856.  See also
King Solomon's Mines (1937).




King Solomon's Mines










Bringing Up Baby (1938) is a great
screwball comedy featuring an heiress,
a zoologist, romance, and a pet leopard.
This passionate movie is on the National
Film Registry.  A great movie about lions,
Born Free, was released June 22, 1966.



Bringing Up Baby