Posted on 05/23/2020 6:44:39 PM PDT by MAGA2017
Memorial Day activities, gatherings and parades may not be possible in your area due to the Coronavirus shutdown. We can still display the U.S. flag and honor the fallen at cemeteries. Two of my favorites films are The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) starring Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright and Harold Russell and The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1953) with William Holden and Grace Kelly. The he Bridges at Toko-Ri ends with the memorable line, Where do we get such men?
What patriotic films do you enjoy watching?
“Best Years” is the best movie ever made...
GWTW is a war movie, too
The Guns of Navarone
The Longest Day
Diary of Anne Frank
Counterfeit Traitor
Woman in Gold
The movie about the Turing machine
We recently watched the Winds of War and War and Remembrance, the Herman Wouk books turned mini-series from the 80s. It s 19 episodes in total but was surprisingly good.
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They were on ABC...Robert Mitchum was in the series...
We have always watched “The Longest Day” on D-Day. It has had a special significance since we visited Normandy in 2012.
Good movie.
Good book. Been in my collection since early 1980’s
Taking Chance.
Watched it last night as I do every Memorial Day weekend for the past several years now. And I cry every time.
The movie about the Turing machine
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THE IMITATION GAME (2014)...
There was another movie about the Enigma machine...
ENIGMA (2001)...
Tnx.
Saw the recent one. One of his team really suffered. So did he. I didn’t know.
thx
Add “Mrs. Miniver” to my list.
Every African-American in this country should watch “Glory’’. They should pay particular attention to part played by Denzel Washington. He won an Oscar for it.
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