An old movie is on TCM today, it fits for the times we are living through now.

[fightforfreedom]

Inherit the Wind with Spencer Tracy. Very good movie.

[Retrograde]

1. It's set to record

I'm surprised I've never seen it before.

TCM shows a lot of interesting (although not always very good) movies: they show a lot of how ordinary Americans lived and acted long ago. If it comes around again, I recommend "Sullivan's Travels", about a wealthy movie director wandering around Depression-era America and finding out first hand about poverty and injustice. And the "Golddiggers" movies of the 30s, widely considered fluffy escapism, have surprisingly dark sides.

[fightforfreedom]

3. You will enjoy it . Tracy is great in this movie.

This movie has it all. Religion vs science, etc.

Another old movie that fits these times is Detective Story with Kirk Douglas. That movie was ahead of its time. It's about abortion. Great acting and a great screen play.

[elleng]

2. follows Kiss me Kate!

[Judi Lynn]

4. Thanks for your post. I hope a lot of people will chose to watch it every time it's on.

It's wonderful when a meaningful film is brought to the public.

I was young seeing it for the first time on TV. and absolutely captured by it. "Inherit the Wind" stayed with me a very long time.

[sorcrow]

5. Read the play in high school

We read that play in HS English class, 10th grade maybe. Then we watched the movie in class. This was in about 1972, in a Dekalb county (Atlanta suburbs) public school.

I shudder to think about the fecal tempest that would happen today.

Best regards,
Sorghum Crow