Thursday, August 8, 2019

Movies for the Day, Friday, August 9, 2019

Today's movies mark Betty Boop, Indigenous Peoples Day, and the Great Recession.


Which of today's movies would you watch?









Minnie the Moocher (1932) is a Betty
Boop cartoon, considered a classic.  Betty
Boop first appeared in Dizzy Dishes released
August 9, 1930.




Minnie the Moocher











At Play in the Fields of the Lord 
(1991) is about indigenous peoples
of the rainforest and missionaries.  It
is based on a novel by Peter Mathiessen.
August 9 is International Day of the
World's Indigenous Peoples.  The movie
is a drama and romance.




At Play in the Fields of the Lord











The Big Short (2015) is about the
2007-2009 financial crisis which precipitated
the Great Recession of 2008 to 2012.  The
recession if often dated to August 9, 2007.
It won an Oscar for Adapted Screenplay.






The Big Short



















































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