Monday, May 11, 2020

Movies for the Day, Monday, May 11, 2020

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Baron Munchausen and Margaret Rutherford and a Vietnam battle.

Which of today's movies would you watch?










The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
(1943) is a movie based on tall tales.  The Baron
was born May 11, 1720, and is a fabled hero.
See also The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
(1961) and The Adventures of Baron
Munchausen (1989).




The Adventures of Baron Munchausen












The V.I.P.s (1963) is like
the Grand Hotel set in Heathrow's
waiting lounge.  Everyone waiting
is in crisis and terribly rich and
beautiful.  This movie won an Oscar
for Supporting Actress, to Margaret Rutherford,
born May 11, 1892.




The V.I.P.s










Hamburger Hill (1987) is a realistic
drama about a very bloody Vietnam
War battle, the Battle of Hamburger Hill,
which began May 11, 1969.






Hamburger Hill









































































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