45 years ago:
The Mafu Cage (US)
Two strange sisters live in a crumbling mansion, where they keep a pet ape, which belonged to their late father, locked in a cage. While one of the sisters seems to be keeping her head on straight, as it were, the other appears to be sinking further and further into barbarism and insanity.
1978-03-19
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/56132
#TheMafuCage #KarenArthur #LeeGrant #CarolKane #WillGeer #Horror #ClassicMovies

69 years ago:
Salt of the Earth (US)
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When ...
1954-03-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/23620
#SaltoftheEarth #WillGeer #DavidBauer #ClassicMovies

“I adored him.”
— #RichardThomas (John-Boy) on co-star #WillGeer (1902–1978)

The Emmy winner as Grandpa on #TheWaltons was born #OnThisDay.

#ClassicTV #1970sTV #1970s #Nostalgia