Movies for the Day, Friday, November 15, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthday of Sidney Peterson, Native Americans Month, and the birthday of Virginia Ledoyen.

Which of today's movies would you watch?







The Lead Shoes (1949) is a surreal experimental
film about a woman and a deep sea diver by
Sidney Peterson, born November 15, 1905.
This 17 minute movie is on the National Film
Registry.





The Lead Shoes











Broken Rainbow (1985) is a
documentary about Navajo relocation in
Arizona in the 1980s.  This movie
won an Oscar for Best Feature
Documentary.  November is American
Indian Heritage Month.





Broken Rainbow










A Single Girl (1995) is a slice of life
drama about a single girl who works as
a room service waitress at a fancy hotel and
is dealing with pregnancy and her boyfriend.
This very good movie stars Virginie Ledoyen,
born November 15, 1976.




A Single Girl

Movies for the Day, Thursday, November 14, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthday's of Fulton, Brian Keith, and Joseph McCarthy.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Little Old New York (1940) is a
dramatic retelling of Robert
Fulton and his steamboat circa 1807.
Fulton was born November 14, 1765.





Little Old New York











Family Affair (September 12, 1966, to March
4, 1971) is a family sitcom starring Brian Keith
as Bill Davis and Sebastian Cabot as the gentleman's
gentleman Mr. Giles French.  Keith was born
November 14, 1921, and Cabot was born
July 6, 1918.




Family Affair










Fellow Traveler (1989) is about
blacklisting during the 1950s McCarthy
era.  It was an episode of Screen Two
which aired from 1985 to 2002.  This
movie was Episode 4 of Season 7.
Joseph McCarthy was born November
14, 1908.




Fellow Traveler

Movies for the Day, Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Robert Louis Stevenson and Whoopi Goldberg.

Which of today's movies would you watch?








The Body Snatcher (1945) is about a
doctor who needs cadavers for his
experiments.  This horror thriller is based
on a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson,
born November 13, 1850.  A very good
movie.



The Body Snatcher











The Wrong Box (1966) is about
an inheritance struggle in
Victorian England.  This very
good black comedy is based on
a story by Robert Louis Stevenson,
born November 13, 1850.




The Wrong Box












Sister Act (1992) is a comedy about
a singer hiding from the Mob as a nun
in a convent.  It stars Whoopi Goldberg,
born November 13, 1949.  See also
Sister Act 2:  Back in the Habit (1993).





Sister Act

Movies for the Day, Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Today's movies mark Native Americans Month, Veterans Day, and the birthday of Ryan Gosling.

Which of today's movies would you watch?






The Daughter of Dawn (1920) is a
priceless record of Native American
customs and traditions of the time.
This silent movie, featuring a romance,
is on the National Film Registry.  November
is Native Americans Month.





The Daughter of Dawn








Soldier Girls (1981) is a documentary
about recruits in Army basic training.
A very good movie.  Veterans Day is
November 11, 2019.






Soldier Girls

Half Nelson (2006) is about a Brooklyn
grade school teacher who is also a drug
addict.  This very good movie stars Ryan Gosling,
born November 12, 1980.




Half Nelson

Movies for the Day, Monday, November 11, 2019

Today's movies mark Veterans Day and the birthday of Calista Flockhart.

Which of today's movies would you watch?








Maya Lin:  A Strong Clear Vision (1994)
is a documentary about Maya Lin, creator
of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.  She was
born October 5, 1959.  The movie won an Oscar
as Best Feature Documentary.  November 11, 2019,
is Veterans Day.




Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision









Ally McBeal (September 8, 1997-
May 20, 2002) is a TV series that follows the
personal and professional life of lawyer Ally, mixing
comedy, drama and fantasy.  There were five seasons
and 112 episodes.  It stars Calista Flockhart, born
November 11, 1964.  It won Emmys for Sound Mixing
(1998, 1999, 2000), Guest Actress, to Tracey Ullman (1999),
Outstanding Comedy Series (1999), Supporting Actor,
to Peter MacNicol (2001), and Casting (2001).



Ally McBeal









Crisis Hotline:  Veterans Press 1 (2013)
is a short subject documentary which won an
Oscar in that category.  Veterans Day is
November 11, 2019.


Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

Movies for the Day, Sunday, November 10, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthday of Claude Rains, a famous meeting, and the birthday of Richard Burton.

Which of today's movies would you watch? 








Four Daughters (1938) is about small
town life.  This very good movie stars
Claude Rains as the father.  Rains was born
November 10, 1889.





Four Daughters












Stanley and Livingstone (1939) is
a dramatic retelling of the search for
a British missionary, Dr. David Livingstone,
born March 19, 1813, by a journalist, Sir
Henry M. Stanley, born January 28, 1941.
They met November 10, 1871, when Stanley
asked "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"



Stanley and Livingstone









Look Back in Anger (1959) is
an angry young man movie starring
Richard Burton, born November 10,
1925.  In this very good movie, the
college graduate is disillusioned by his
life.




Look Back in Anger

Movies for the Day, Saturday, November 9, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthday of Marie Dressler, a blackout, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Which of today's movies would you watch?








Min and Bill (1930) is an early talkie
about waterfront characters trying to
protect one of their own from an alcoholic
mother.  This movie has dramatic and comedic
elements.  This movie won an Oscar for
Best Actress, to Marie Dressler, born
November 9, 1868.



Min and Bill











Village of the Damned (1960) is a science
fiction chiller about a "blackout" followed
by the birth of strange children.  See also
Village of the Damned (1995).  The famous
East Coast Blackout of the 1960s occurred
November 9, 1965.




Village of the Damned

Cease Fire (1985) is a drama about a
Vietnam veteran.  The Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Statue was unveiled November
9, 1984.






Cease Fire