Movies for the Day, Friday, January 24, 2020

Today's movies mark the birthday of Edith Wharton and the California gold rush.

Which of today's movies would you watch?






The Age of Innocence (1934) is a romance
set in Manhattan in the 1870s.  It is based on the
novel by Edith Wharton, born January 24, 1862.
See also The Age of Innocence (1993) which won
an Oscar for Costume Design.  New York State
ratified the Constitution July 26, 1788.






The Age of Innocence









The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
is a California gold rush spoof from the
Walt Disney studios.  The gold rush began
January 24, 1848.  California was admitted to the
Union September 9, 1850






The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin











The Claim (2000) is loosely based on
Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge
and is about a mining claim set in snowy
northern California after the 1867 gold rush.
The 1848 California gold rush began January 24 at
Sutter's Mill.




The Claim