Thursday, July 30, 2020

Movies for the Day, Thursday, July 30, 2020

Today's movies mark the birthday of Hilary Swank, a French holiday, and the atomic bomb.

Which of today's movies would you watch?








Boys Don't Cry (1999) is about a girl
passing herself as a boy in rural Nebraska.
This movie won an Oscar for Best
Actress, to Hilary Swank, born July 30,
1974.





Boys Don't Cry











Un Carnet de Bal (1937) (aka
Christine) is an excellent movie
from France about a widowed woman who looks up
former beaus.  Its episodic nature was
an inspiration for future episodic movies.
France's national holiday is July 14.





Un Carnet de Bal












The House in the Middle (1954) is a
short documentary about the effect of an
atom bomb on houses, especially a freshly
painted house as opposed to a poorly
maintained house.  The atom bomb was tested
July 16, 1945.  This documentary is on the
National Film Registry.



The House in the Middle
















































































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