Movies for the Day, Friday, November 8, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthday of Bram Stoker, an Oregon statute, and the birthday of Dorothy Day.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Nosferatu (1922) is a great silent Dracula
movie, based in part on the Dracula novel
by Bram Stoker, born November 8, 1847.
See also Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), a very
good remake.





Nosferatu








A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
(1972) is a very good movie
about a incapacitated child and
mercy killing.  Oregon's groundbreaking
euthanasia legislation is dated
November 8, 1994.




A Day in the Death of Joe Egg










Entertaining Angels:  The Dorothy
Day Story (1996) is a dramatization of
the life of Dorothy Day, who embraced
Catholicism and socialism in the 1900s.
Day was born November 8, 1897.




Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story

Movies for the Day, Thursday, November 7, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Marie Curie and Leon Trotsky and Alzheimer's Awareness Month.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Madame Curie (1943) is the biography
of the Curies who discovered radium.  She
won the Nobel prize.  An inspiring movie.
Curie was born November 7, 1867.






Madame Curie












Zina (1985) is the story of Leon
Trotsky's daughter in psychoanalysis
in pre-war Berlin.  Russian
revolutionary Trotsky was born
November 7, 1879.





Zina











Away From Her (2007) is about
a couple struggling with Alzheimer's.
November is National Alzheimer's Disease
Awareness Month.  The movie stars
Julie Christie, born April 14, 1940.
Alois Alzheimer, after whom the disease is named,
was born June 14, 1864.



Away From Her

Movies for the Day, Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthdays of James Jones and Sally Field and Adoption Month.

Which of today's movies would you watch?










Some Came Running (1958) is a drama
about a troubled vet returning to his small
midwestern town in the 1940s.  The movie
features many stars, including Frank Sinatra,
born December 12, 1915.  It is based on the novel
by James Jones, born November 6, 1921.  November
is also Veterans Day month.




Some Came Running









Places in the Heart (1984) is about
a farm widow with two young children
in a Depression era Texas town.  This is an
inspiring movie.  This movie won
Oscars for Best Actress, to Sally Field,
born November 6, 1946, and Writing.




Places in the Heart












Rent-a-Kid (1995) is a family film, with
drama and comedy, about a scheme to rent
orphanage kids out.  November is National
Adoption Month.





Rent-a-Kid

Movies for the Day, Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Today's movies mark Election Day and the birthday of Roy Rogers.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

The Great McGinty (1940) is a comedy
about corrupt politics.  This movie won an
Oscar for Original Screenplay by Preston Sturges.
Election Day is November 5, 2019.





The Great McGinty











The Roy Rogers Show (1951-1957) was
a TV western cowboy show starring
Roy Rogers as a ranch owner and also
starring his wife Dale and their horses Trigger
and Buttermilk.  It was on for six seasons
and over 100 episodes.   Roy Rogers was
born November 5, 1911.



The Roy Rogers Show












The Parallax View (1974) is a political
thriller about a reporter investigating
a Senator's assassination.  A very good
movie.  November 5, 2019, is Election Day.
This movie is the second of Alan J. Pakula's political paranoia
trilogy, including Klute (1971) and All the
President's Men (1976).  Pakula was born April 7,
1928.



The Parallax View

Movies for the Day, Monday, November 4, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthday of Martin Balsam, the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, and the birthday of Art Carney.

Which of today's movies would you watch?







A Thousand Clowns (1965) is about a society
dropout who needs to go back in.  This
very good movie won an Oscar for Best
Supporting Actor, to Martin Balsam, born
November 4, 1919.  It was a Broadway play
first.  Comedy, drama, and romance.





A Thousand Clowns











Nada (1974) is about hapless leftist
terrorists who kidnap an American
ambassador but then have to deal with a
right wing cop.  This is a very good movie
combining a political thriller and action
with some comedy.  The seizure of
the United States embassy in Tehran took
place November 4, 1979.




Nada









The Late Show (1977) is about a murder
investigation by a semi-retired private
investigator.  This very good movie stars
Art Carney, born November 4, 1918, and Lily
Tomlin.  It was later a TV series, Eye to Eye.




The Late Show

Movies for the Day, Sunday, November 3, 2019

Today's movies mark Japan Culture Day and the Birthdays of Charles Bronson and Roseanne Barr.

Which of today's movies would you watch?






Floating Weeds (1959) is a Japanese movie
about the leader of an acting troupe on a small
island who visits his illegitimate son and the boy's
mother from an affair from years before.  November
3 is Culture Day in Japan.  A very good movie.






Floating Weeds











The Mechanic (1972) is a crime
thriller about an assassin.  It stars
Charles Bronson, born November 3,
1921.






The Mechanic








Roseanne (1988-1997) was a very popular
sitcom starring Roseanne Barr, born
November 3, 1952.  It lasted nine seasons
and 222 episodes.  It won Emmys for
Supporting Actress, to Laurie Metcalf, in
1992 and 1994.



Roseanne

Movies for the Day, Saturday, November 2, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Daniel Boone, Burt Lancaster, and Marie Antoinette.

Which of today's movies would you watch?








Daniel Boone (1936) is about the
famous pioneer.  He was born
November 2, 1734.  See also
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956).






Daniel Boone












Brute Force (1947) is a very
good prison drama starring
Burt Lancaster, born November
2, 1913.







Brute Force









Marie Antoinette (2006) is about the
ill-fated Queen during the French Revolution.
She was born November 2, 1755.  This
movie won an Oscar for Costume Design.







Marie Antoinette