Movies for the Day, Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Today's movies mark an anniversary for a World War II plane, the birthday of James Mason, and International Day of Families.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

The Memphis Belle:  A Story of a Flying
Fortress (1944) is a documentary about the
B-17's bombing raid over Germany.  This movie,
directed by William Wyler, is on the National
Film Registry.  The famous plane's last mission
was May 15, 1943.  A fictionalized version was
made in 1990- Memphis Belle.


Memphis Belle












The Reckless Moment (1949) combines
family, murder, blackmail, and suspense in an a very
good film noir movie.  It stars
James Mason, born May 15, 1909.






The Reckless Moment











Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) is a comedy
about a widower with 10 children and a widow
with 8 children combining families.  This is a
warm wholesome movie.  May 15, 2019, is
International Day of Families.  May is also
National Family Month.





Yours, Mine and Ours

Movies for the Day, Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Today's movies mark Israel's independence and the birthdays of Ed Rosenbaum and Mark Zuckerberg.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Sallah (1964) is about an Oriental
Jew and his family who emigrate to
Israel in about 1949.  This movie combines
comedy and drama.  Israel proclaimed
independence May 14, 1948.






Sallah









The Doctor (1991) is about the experiences
of Dr. Ed Rosenbaum as described in his book
A Taste of My Own Medicine.  It is about
a doctor as a cancer patient at a hospital.
Dr. Rosenbaum was born May 14, 1915.





The Doctor









The Social Network (2010) is about the
founding of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg,
born May 14, 1984.  This movie won Oscars for
Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, and
Original Score.






The Social Network

Movies for the Day, Monday, May 13, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Beatrice Arthur and Harvey Keitel and the death of Chet Baker.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Maude (1972-1978) is a sitcom about
a liberal woman living in a suburb north
of New York City.  It won an Emmy in
1977 for Lead Actress, to Beatrice Arthur,
born May 13, 1922.  There are 141 episodes.


Maude














Fingers (1978) is about a concert
level pianist who is also a mob
debt collector.  This very good movie
stars Harvey Keitel, born May 13,
1939.





Fingers
















Let's Get Lost (1989) is a documentary
about Chet Baker, 1950s jazz trumpeter
and singer.  Baker died May 13,
1988.





Let's Get Lost

Movies for the Day, Sunday, May 12, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Florence Nightingale and Katherine Hepburn and Mother's Day.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

The White Angel (1936) is a biography of
famous nurse Florence Nightingale, born
May 12, 1820.







The White Angel

The African Queen (1951) is an excellent
movie about a riverboat in East Africa during
World War I.  This inspiring and passionate
movie is on the National Film Registry.  It won
an Oscar for Best Actor, to Humphrey Bogart,
born December 25, 1899.  It also stars Katherine
Hepburn, born May 12, 1907 (some say
November 8, 1909).


The African Queen













Wasp (2003) is about a struggling single
mother of four.  It won an Oscar for Best
Short Film, Live Action.  Today, May 12,
2019, is Mother's Day.







Wasp

Movies for the Day, Saturday, May 11, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthday of Martha Graham, Babysitters Day, and Minnesota Admission Day.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Martha Graham Early Dance Films (1931-1944)
includes four short dance films added to the
National Film Registry in 2013:  Heretic (1931) (pictured),
Frontier (1936), Lamentation (1943), and
Appalachian Spring (1944).  The great dancer
was born May 11, 1894.





Martha Graham Heretic








The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) is about
junior high school girls who form a
baby-sitting business.  National Babysitters
Day is the Saturday before Mother's Day
in May (May 11, 2019).  The movies is based
on books by Ann M. Martin, born August
12, 1955.




The Baby-Sitters Club

Fargo (1996) is about a murder investigation
by police in Minnesota.  It is also comedic and
provided an American Film Institute Movie Hero,
Marge Gunderson.  This movie is on the National
Film Registry and won Oscars for Best
Screenplay and Best Actress, to Frances McDormand,
born June 23, 1957.




Fargo

Movies for the Day, Thursday, May 9, 2019

Today's movies mark the birthdays of James M. Barrie and Richard Adams and an English anniversary.

Which of today's movies would you watch?

Peter Pan (1953) is a Disney adaptation
of the children's classic by James M. Barrie,
born May 9, 1860.  See also Peter Pan (1924) (on the National
Film Registry), Peter Pan (1955) (a TV episode of
Producers Showcase which won Emmys for Best
Program and Best Actress, to Mary Martin, born
December 1, 1913), Peter Pan (1976) (Emmy for
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's
Programming), and Peter Pan (2000) (Emmy for
Art Direction).


Peter Pan







The Plague Dogs (1982) is an animated
movie about dogs that escape from an
experimental lab- it is an animal rights plea.
It is based on a novel by Richard Adams,
born May 9, 1920.





The Plague Dogs

Defence of the Realm (1985) is
about the resignation of a Member of Parliament
and the intersection of politics and
journalism in the United Kingdom, which
formed May 1, 1707.  May 3 is United Nations
World Press Freedom Day.  This is a very good
movie.



Defence of the Realm

Movies for the Day, Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Today's movies mark a Czech holiday, Healthy Vision Month, and the birthday of a Holocaust survivor.

Which of today's movies would you watch?









The Shop on Main Street (1965) is an
excellent movie about a widow who loses
her shop in World War II Czechoslovakia.
This movie won an Oscar as Best Foreign
Film.  May 8, 1945, was Liberation Day
in Czechoslovakia.





The Shop on Main Street







Wait Until Dark (1967) is a thrilling
movie, with horror elements, about a
blind woman alone in her apartment terrorized
by a psychotic and henchmen looking for drugs they
think is there.  May is Healthy Vision
Month.





Wait Until Dark











One Survivor Remembers (1995) is a documentary
short film about Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissman
Klein, born May 8, 1924.  This HBO movie is on
the National Film Registry and won an Emmy for
Outstanding Informational Special.





One Survivor Remembers