The Movie: Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
What Is It?: Getting
his name in the title must have been little consolation to golden-fleece hunter
Jason when he is so consistently upstaged by all of Ray Harryhausen’s marvelous
harpies, Hydra heads, and swashbuckling skeletons in this creative
interpretation of Greek mythology.
Why Today?: On
this day in 1923, Greece aligns with the Gregorian
calendar, becoming the last country in Europe to do so.
