Stella Adler, on art:

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

- Stella Adler.

Recommended reading - In a Lonely Place

 

In a Lonely Place

by Dorothy B. Hughes.

Filmed as In a Lonely Place (1950), directed by Nicholas Ray.

Published by NYRB Classics.

First published 1947.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1681371472
ISBN-13: 978-1681371474
 
Description:

Los Angeles in the late 1940s is a city of promise and prosperity, but not for former fighter pilot Dix Steele. To his mind nothing has come close to matching “that feeling of power and exhilaration and freedom that came with loneness in the sky.” He prowls the foggy city night – bus stops and stretches of darkened beaches and movie houses just emptying out – seeking solitary young women. His funds are running out and his frustrations are growing. Where is the good life he was promised? Why does he always get a raw deal? Then he hooks up with his old Air Corps buddy Brub, now working for the LAPD, who just happens to be on the trail of the strangler who’s been terrorizing the women of the city for months...

Written with controlled elegance, Dorothy B. Hughes’s tense novel is at once an early indictment of a truly toxic masculinity and a twisty page-turner with a surprisingly feminist resolution. A classic of golden age noir, In a Lonely Place also inspired Nicholas Ray’s 1950 film of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart.

Recommended reading - The Long Good Friday

 

The Long Good Friday

screenplay by Barrie Keefe.

Filmed as The Long Good Friday (1980), directed by John Mackenzie.

Published by Methuen Publishing.
Published 2006.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0413722902
ISBN-13: 978-0413722904
 
Description:

The first British thriller to even approach the cracking vitality of the classic 

Hollywood gangster movies ...dazzlingly slick. – Daily Mail.

The best British gangster flick of all time. – Empire.

Barrie Keeffe's acclaimed screenplay for the classic film. Harold Shand has made it from Whitechapel to running his own 'corporation' and owning his own yacht and classy mistress. He has the police and the local authorities in his pocket, is planning a major London property development and forging links with the international Mafia. Everything indeed is coming up roses for Harold until the Easter weekend when enemies unknown embark on a series of lethal outrages against his organization. As the story accelerates to a crazy vortex of violence, Harold discovers he has unwittingly crossed enemies whose connections, expertise and dedication to violence outclass his own.

Born on this day – Ruth Donnelly:

 

Ruth Donnelly

Actress

May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982

Credits:

13 Hours by Air (1936); A Lawless Street (1955); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); Alibi Ike (1935); Annabel Takes a Tour (1938); Army Girl (1938); Autumn Leaves (1956); Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel (1936); Blessed Event (1932); Breakdowns of 1944 (1945); Bureau of Missing Persons (1933); Busby Berkeley (1974); Cain and Mabel (1936); Cavalcade of America (1957); Cinderella Jones (1946); Convention City (1933); Cross My Heart (1946); Crossroads (1956); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); East Side/West Side (1963); Employees' Entrance (1933); Ever in My Heart (1933); Fatal Lady (1936); Female (1933); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); Footlight Parade (1933); Goodbye Again (1933); Hands Across the Table (1935); Happiness Ahead (1934); Hard to Handle (1933); Harris Against the World (1964); Havana Widows (1933); Heat Lightning (1934); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Housewife (1934); How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones, No. 2: 'Chip Shots' (1931); How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points (1933); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); In All Things Moderation (1914); In Old Sacramento (1946); Jewel Robbery (1932); Johnny Doughboy (1942); Just Around the Corner (1933); Ladies They Talk About (1933); Lilly Turner (1933); Little Miss Broadway (1947); Make Me a Star (1932); Mandalay (1934); Maybe It's Love (1935); Mayor of the Town (1954); Meet the Girls (1938); Meet the Missus (1940); Merry Wives of Reno (1934); Millie's Daughter (1947); Model Wife (1941); More Than a Secretary (1936); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); My Little Chickadee (1940); Personal Maid's Secret (1935); Personal Secretary (1938); Petticoat Politics (1941); Pillow to Post (1945); Portia on Trial (1937); Private Detective 62 (1933); Red Salute (1935); Rise and Shine (1941); Roaring Timber (1937); Romance in the Rain (1934); Rubber Heels (1927); Sailors on Leave (1941); Saved by a Song (1916); Scatterbrain (1940); Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Sleepy Lagoon (1943); Song and Dance Man (1936); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939); The Bells of St. Mary's (1945); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The Fabulous Texan (1947); The Family Next Door (1939); The Gay Vagabond (1941); The Ghost Goes Wild (1947); The Imogene Coca Show (1954–1955); The Imogene Coca Show (1955); The Lady of the Island (1914); The Man Who Lost, But Won (1914); The Rainbow Trail (1932); The Round Up (1941); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); The Skull (1914); The Snake Pit (1948); The Spider (1931); The Spoilers (1955); The Tenth Commandment (1914); The Way to the Gold (1957); The White Cockatoo (1935); The Wild Blue Yonder (1951); This Is the Army (1943); 'Tis Spring (1933); Transatlantic (1931); Traveling Saleslady (1935); Vacation Daze (1935); When the Heart Calls (1914); Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950); Wicked (1931); Wonder Bar (1934); You Belong to Me (1941).

Born on this day – Jean Gabin:

 

Jean Gabin

Actor

Singer

May 17, 1904 – November 15, 1976

Born on this day – Ralph Wright:

Ralph Wright

Animator

Writer

Director

Actor

May 17, 1908 – December 31, 1983

Born on this day – Marie Déa:

 

Marie Déa

Actress

May 17, 1912 – March 1, 1992

Born on this day – Alice Backes:

 

Alice Backes

Actress

May 17, 1923 – March 15, 2007

Credits:

14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); 87th Precinct (1962); Adam-12 (1973–1974); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Amanda's (1983); Bachelor Father (1957–1958); Baretta (1976); Barnaby Jones (1980); Barney (1965); Barney Miller (1981); Ben Casey (1961); Bewitched (1964–1966); Blondie (1968–1969); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1965); Breaking Point (1964); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); Burke's Law (1965); Cassie & Co. (1982); Columbo (1974); Columbo: A Trace of Murder (1997); Date with the Angels (1957); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1957); Dr. Kildare (1961); Dragnet (1952); Dragnet 1967 (1969); Fear on Trial (1975); Gable and Lombard (1976); Gang Busters (1952); General Electric Theater (1959–1962); Going My Way (1963); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Gunsmoke (1959–1966); Half a House (1975); Hazel (1961–1966); Hennesey (1960); Here's Lucy (1968–1973); I Want to Live! (1958); Ichabod and Me (1962); Ironside (1974); It Started with a Kiss (1959); It Was a Very Good Year (1971); James at 16 (1977); Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978); Knight Rider (1984); Kolchak: Crackle of Death / Segment: Firefall (1974); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Lancer (1970); Law of the Plainsman (1959); Leave It to Beaver (1959–1962); Lux Playhouse (1958–1959); M Squad (1958); Mannix (1973); Maude (1974); Mayberry R.F.D. (1970–1971); Medic (1955); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); Mr. Belvedere (1988); My Favorite Martian (1964); Outlaws (1962); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Project U.F.O. (1978); Riverboat (1960); Room 222 (1972); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Snowball Express (1972); Startime (1959–1960); Studio 57 (1958); Switch (1978); That Touch of Mink (1962); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963–1965); The Andy Griffith Show (1963); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); The Best Place to Be (1979); The Big Valley (1968); The Cat from Outer Space (1978); The Danny Kaye Special (1961); The Detectives (1960–1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Donna Reed Show (1959–1966); The Doris Day Show (1969); The Farmer's Daughter (1966); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1969); The Glory Guys (1965); The Greatest American Hero (1983); The Jack Benny Program (1962–1963); The Magical World of Disney (1962 / 1982); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Man from Independence (1974); The Munsters (1965); The Outsider (1969); The Real McCoys (1957); The Rifleman (1960); The Rogues (1965); The Third Day (1965); The Tom Ewell Show (1961); The Twonky (1953); The Virginian (1962); This Is the Life (1984); Thriller (1960); Turnabout (1979); Up in Central Park (1948); Wagon Train (1963–1965); Welcome Back, Kotter (1977); Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis? (1977); Winner Take All (1975); Women in Chains (1972); You Bet Your Life (1951).

Born on this day – Jean Vautrin:

 

Jean Vautrin

Writer

Director

May 17, 1933 – June 16, 2015

Credits:

Books:

À bulletins rouges (1973); Adieu la vie, adieu l’amour (2004); Baby-boom, Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle 1986 (1986); Billy-Ze-Kick (1974); Bloody-Mary (1979); Boro s’en va-t-en guerre (2000); Canicule (1982); Cher Boro (2005); Courage chacun (1992); Dix-huit tentatives pour devenir un saint (1989); Groom (1981); L’homme qui assassinait sa vie (2001); La Dame de Berlin (1987); La Dame de Jérusalem (2009); La Femme au gant rouge (2004); La Fête à Boro (2007); La grande zigouille (2009); La Vie Ripolin (1987); Le Cri du people (1998); Le Journal de Louise B. (2002); Le Mensonge - Chronique des années de crise (1978); Le Roi des ordures (1997); Le Temps des cerises (1990); Les années Faribole (2012); Les Noces de Guernica (1994); Mademoiselle Chat (1996); Maîtresse Kristal et autres bris de guerre (2009); Mister Love (1977); Patchwork, Prix des Deux Magots 1984 (1983); Si on s’aimait? (2005); Symphonie Grabuge (1994); Typhon gasoline (1977); Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu (1989); Un monsieur bien mis (1987).

Movies and television:

Actua-Tilt (1960); Apostrophes (1979–1989); Banlieue Sud-Est (1977–1978); Barbarous Street (1984); Berlin Lady (1991); Billy Ze Kick (1985); Bleu comme l’enfer (1986); Campus, le magazine de l’écrit (2001–2002); Caractères (1991); C’est encore mieux l’après-midi (1986); Charles Bronson, Hollywood’s Lone Wolf (2020); Charlie Dingo (1987); Ciel mon mardi! (1992); Cinéphiles de notre temps (2012); Cop or Hood (1979); Coucou c’est nous! (1994); Decameron ‘69 (1969); Dog Day (1984); Dossier Souvenirs (1971); Dream On (1992); Droit d’auteurs (1996); Ex Libris (1992–1996); Farewell, Friend (1968); Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (1974); Grandeur et décadence d’un petit commerce de cinéma (1986); Histoires insolites (1979); India: Matri Bhumi (1959); Intrigues (1985); Jamais sans mon livre (1994); ean-Sans-Terre (1980); Jeff (1969); La cinémathèque française (1962); La forteresse assiégée (2006); La pêche miraculeuse (1976); La quille (1961); Le cercle de minuit (1994); Le chemin de la mauvaise route (1963); Le coup de grâce (1965); Le divan (1994); Le grand escogriffe (1976); Le Guignolo (1980); Le Marginal (1983); L’entourloupe (1980); Les après-midi de Monsieur Forestier (1988); Les grands détectives (1974–1975); Les insulaires (1979); Les peupliers de la Prétentaine (1975); Les quarante ans des cahiers du cinema (1991); L’oeuf (1972); Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002); Miss (1979); Nulle part ailleurs (1999); Ombre et lumière (2002); Paris Belongs to Us (1961); Pif le chien (1965); Plaisir du théâtre (1958); Popsy Pop (1971); Pour le cinéma (1969); Teenage Rebellion (1967); The Grilling (1981); The Last Men (2023); The Longest Day (1962); The Sunday of Life (1967); Tout le monde en parle (2002); Twist parade (1962); Under Suspicion (2000); Urgence (1985); Vivement dimanche (2003); Voyage en Boscavie (1958); Watch Your Lip! (2011).

Born on this day – Dennis Hopper:

Dennis Hopper

Actor

Director

Photographer

Painter

May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010

Credits:

1 Giant Leap (2002); 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience (2004); 10th & Wolf (2006); 13 Most Beautiful... Songs for Andy Warhol Screen Tests (2009); 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); 1991 MTV Video Music Awards (1991); 1995 MTV Movie Awards (1995); 1996 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (1996); 1996 VH1 Fashion Awards (1996); 1997 VH1 Fashion Awards (1997); 20 to 1 (2006–2007); 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000); 2002 ABC World Stunt Awards (2002); 2003 ABC World Stunt Awards (2003); 2004 MTV Movie Awards (2004); 2004 Taurus World Stunt Awards (2004); 2005 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards (2005); 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards (2007); 2008 Film Independent's Spirit Awards (2008); 24 (2002); 24 Heaven (2002); 24: The Postmortem (2002); 3055 Jean Leon (2006); 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1997); 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006); 87th Precinct (1961); A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol (2015); A Decade Under the Influence (2003); A Federal Case (2008); A Football Life (2019); A Hard Look (2000); A Hero of Our Time (1985); A Perfect Murder (1998); Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter (2011); AFI Life Achievement Award (1989–1994); AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (2008); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: In Search of (1998); Ah! My Goddess: Bad Goddess The Anime Video Comic (2018); All the Way (2003); Alla är fotografer (2013); Along for the Ride (2016); Alpha and Omega (2010); American Dreamers (1996); American Masters (1999–2006); Americano (2005); America's Book of Secrets (2013); An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson (2001); An All-Star Tribute to Johnny Cash (1999); An American Carol (2008); And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (2004); Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001); Apocalypse Now (1979); Apocalypse Pooh (1987); Arena (2000); Arrest and Trial (1964); Art in Progress (2004); Art, Acting, and the Suicide Chair: Dennis Hopper (1988); Autobiography (2005); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2021); Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary... The Hits / Victory (2004); Bad City Blues (1999); Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (2006); Bananaz (2008); Basquiat (1996); Beautiful Darling (2010); Before Night Falls (2000); Biking USA (1994); Biography (1993–2002); Black Dahlia (1998); Black Leather Jacket (1989); Black Widow (1987); Blood Red (1989); Bloodbath (1975); Blue Velvet (1986); Blue Velvet Lost Footage (2014); Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1992); Boiling Point (1993); Bonanza (1964); Born to Ride (2011); Brando (2007); Brando: An Icon Is Born (2008); Breakaway (1966); Buzz: at&T Original Documentaries (2009); By the Ways: A Journey with William Eggleston (2006); Caiga quien caiga (1996); Cannes Man (1996); Carried Away (1996); Catchfire (1990); Cavalcade of America (1954); Ce soir (ou jamais!);  (2008); Celebrity Casino (2009); Champion (2005); Charity Poker Festival (2008); Charlie Rose (1994–2008); Chasers (1994); Chattahoochee (1989); Chelsea on the Rocks (2008); Cheyenne (1956–1957); Choke (2001); Cinema 3 (1992 / 2010); Cinemagazine (1988–1995); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009–2013); Circus Maximus (2009); Claudia Schiffer - Close Up (1995); Colors (1988); Combat! (1967); Compression (2003); Concert for Diana (2007); Conflict (1957); Convoy (1965); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Couleur chair (1978); Court Martial (1965); Crash (2008–2009); Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (1991); Crush Proof (1972); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema 1968-1979 (2011); Dark and Deadly: 50 Years of Film Noir (1995); David Crosby: Remember My Name (2019); Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero (2008); Deadly Creatures (2009); Decision (1958); Dennis Hopper as Collector and Artist (1992); Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die);  (2003); Dennis Hopper: L.A. Blues (1995); Dennis Hopper: Rebel Without a Pause (2000); Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2002); Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider (2016); Dennis Miller Live (1997); Dialogue Earth (2019); Días de cine (2010); Die Harald Schmidt Show (1999); Disneyland '59 (1959); Double Toasted (2021); Doublecrossed (1991); Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring (1990); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000–2001); E! True Hollywood Story (1999–2008); Easy Rider (1969); Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage (1999); Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003); Edtv (1999); Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014); Elegy (2008); Elvis Lives (2002); Entertainment Tonight (1989–2019); Entourage (2007); E-Ring (2005–2006); Espionage (1963); ESPN SportsCentury (1999); ESPY Awards (1996); Essential Gorillaz (2006); Evocator (2009); Eye of the Storm (1991); Faded (2012); Farm Aid '87 (1987); Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009); Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer' (2015); Film Independent's 2007 Spirit Awards (2007); Film Night (1969); Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012); Firestarter: Rekindled (2002); Fishing with John (1991); Flashback (1990); Flashing on the Sixties: A Tribal Document (1991); Flatland (2002); Forever Hollywood (1999); Forever James Dean (1988); From Hell to Texas (1958); General Electric Theater (1962); Generation Under the Gun (1993); Générations 68 (2008); Giant (1956); 'Giant' Stars Are Off to Texas (1955); Gilles Jacob: Citizen Cannes (2010); Gnarls Barkley: Smiley Faces, Version 2 (2006); Going Through Splat: The Life and Work of Stewart Stern (2005); Gomorron (2010); Good Morning America (1990); Gorillaz: Live in Manchester (2006); Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (2021); Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Gunsmoke (1965); Hang 'Em High (1968); Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997); HBO First Look (1994); Head (1968); Heart of the Festival (2002); Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991); Heavy Petting (1989); Held for Ransom (2000); Hell Ride (2008); Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller (1994); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Here's Hollywood (1960–1961); Hoboken Hollow (2006); Hollywood Films (1999); Hollywood Greats (2005); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Salutes Nicolas Cage: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2002); Hollywood, No Sex Please! (2018); Homeless (2000); Hoosier History: The Truth Behind the Legend (2005); Hoosiers (1986); Hopper/Welles (2020); HOPPER: In His Own Words (2012); Hopping Mad: Philippe Mora on Dennis Hopper and 'Mad Dog Morgan' (2019); House of 9 (2005); House of Harrington (2008); Howard Stern on Demand (2006); Human Highway (1982); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); I Don't Know Jack (2002); In the Lines of My Hand (2010); Independent Lens (2008–2009); Inside Deep Throat (2005); Inside Edition / ESPY Awards (2000); Inside 'Speed' (2002); Inside the Actors Studio (1994); Intimate Portrait (2002); It's a Long Way Home: Preserving 'the American Dreamer' (2015); James Dean and Me (1995); James Dean: A Portrait (1995); James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975); Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018); Jason and the Argonauts (2000); Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth (2020); Jazz Seen: The Life and Times of William Claxton (2001); Jesus' Son (1999); Jiminy Glick: Independent Spirit Awards (2008); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2005–2008); Johnny Cash: God's Gonna Cut You Down (2006); Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky (1991); Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (1990); Justice (1999); Key Witness (1960); Kid Blue (1973); King of the Hill (1997); King of the Mountain (1981); King of the Road (2010); Kings Row (1956); Knockaround Guys (2001); Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work (1993); L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001); La boîte à questions (2008); LA Originals (2020); Land of the Dead (2005); Land of the Dead: A Day with the Living Dead (2005); Larry Flynt Exposed (2003); Larry King Live (2005); Las Vegas (2004); Last Call with Carson Daly (2004); Last In, First Out (1978); Late Night Line-Up (1969); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2008); Late Night with David Letterman (1987–1999); Le cercle de minuit (1992); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2008 / 2010); Legacy (2004); Leo (2002); Les apprentis sorciers (1977); Les Chroniques du Mea (2022); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1976); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990–2008); Llyn Foulkes One Man Band (2013); Lo + plus (1998); Los Angeles (2004); Luck of the Draw (2000); Luke (2005); Lured Innocence (2000); Lux Video Theatre (1957); Mad Dog Morgan (1976); Mad Dog Morgan: To Shoot a Mad Dog (1976); Mad TV (2000); Made for Each Other (2015); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Marlon Brando: Wild One (1994); Mary Jennifer at the Beach (1964); Matinee Theatre (1956); Me and Will (1999); Medic (1955); Meet the Deedles (1998); Memory (2006); Michael Madsen's Video Diary (Hell Ride);  (2008); Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Modern Masters (2010); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mon plus grand moment de cinéma (2005); Monsters & Maniacs (1988); Montgomery Clift: His Place in the Sun (1989); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders (1990); Movie Night Extravaganza (2021); MTV Europe Music Awards 1997 (1997); MTV Europe Music Awards 1997 Pre-Show (1997); MTV Europe Music Awards 1997: Nomination Special (1997); Music Box (2021); Muss ich schreiben? (2007); My Science Project (1985); Mysteries of Love (2002); Nails (1992); Naked City (1961); New Scenes from America (2003); NFL Monday Night Football (2002); Nico Icon (1995); Night Tide (1961); Nightlife (1986); No Frank in Lumberton (1988); No me la puc treure del cap (2012); No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); Nostalgia Critic (2011); Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008); Nulle part ailleurs (1997); O.C. and Stiggs (1985); Olhó Popular (1995); On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005); On the Record with Bob Costas (2004); On the Road (2012); On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America (2011); Out of Season (2004); Out of the Blue (1980); Out of the Blue and into the Black (1987); Palermo Shooting (2008); Panic in the City (1968); Paris Trout (1991); Parts Per Billion (2014); Pashmy Dream (2008); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Peter Przygodda, Schnittmeister (1994); Petticoat Junction (1964); Philbin's People (1969); Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (2008); Pioneers of Television (2011); Pour le cinéma (1969); Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (2006); Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow (2006); Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (2005); Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997); Public Defender (1955); Puff Daddy Feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes: Victory (1998); Pursuit (1958); Queen of Blood (1966); Rabbit Ears: Annie Oakley (1992); Rabbit Ears: Jonah and the Whale (1992); Rabbit Ears: The Fisherman and His Wife (1989); Rabbit Ears: The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1991); Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1987); Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1987); Raul: O Início, o Fim e o Meio (2012); Real James Dean (2006); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Reborn (1981); Red Rock West (1993); Rediscovering a Rebel (1996); Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002); Relative Values (1991); Return to 'Giant' (1996); Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi (2006); River's Edge (1986); Road Ends (1997); Rock Revolutions TV (2008); Roger Miller Remembered (1998); Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter (2013); Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll (1987); Rumble Fish (1983); Running Out of Luck (1985); SAG Foundation Conversations (2008); Samson and Delilah (1996); Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987); Saturday Night Live (1987–1990); Sayonara (1957); Scene by Scene (2001); Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections (1990); Schneeweißrosenrot (1991); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Screen Test #1 (1965); Screen Test #2 (1965); Screen Test #3 (1966); Screen Test #4 (1966); Screen Test: Dennis Hopper (1964); Search and Destroy (1995); Seitenblicke (2002); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shooting Gallery (1995); Shooting Palermo (2008); Shootout (2006–2007); Slagskämpen (1984); Sleepwalking (2008); Some Kind of Genius (1987); Space Truckers (1996); Speed (1994); Speed: Interview Archives (2002); Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth (2008); Stardust (2010); Stark (1985); Stark: Mirror Image (1986); Steve Wright's People Show (1995); Straight Shooter (1999); Straight to Hell (1987); Studio One (1958); Sugarfoot (1957); Sunset Heat (1992); Super Mario Bros. (1993); Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990); Surfside 6 (1962); Suspense (2003); Swing Vote (2008); Swiss Family Robinson (1958); Sympathy for the Devil (1977); Tal cual (1993); Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of (1964); Tavis Smiley (2007); Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar (2016); Télé-Zèbre (1991); Tell Them Who You Are (2004); That's Our Mad Dog: Dennis Hopper Interviewed by Phillipe Mora (2009); The 10 Commandments of Creativity (2001); The 100 Greatest Films (2001); The 100 Greatest Movie Stars (2003); The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003); The 100 Greatest War Films (2005); The 11th IFP/West Annual Independent Spirit Awards (1996); The 13th Annual CableACE Awards (1992); The 14th Annual CableACE Awards (1993); The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2009); The 16th Annual CableACE Awards (1995); The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards (1990); The 1987 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (1987); The 1993 Billboard Music Awards (1993); The 1999 Billboard Music Awards (1999); The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2001); The 2002 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2002); The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004); The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1989); The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987); The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010); The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards (1989); The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011); The American Dreamer (1971); The American Friend (1977); The American Way (1986); The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022); The Apostate (2000); The Art of Football from A to Z (2006); The A-Z of Separating People from their Money (1998); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960); The Betty Hutton Show (1960); The Big Valley (1967); The Blackout (1997); The Brothers Warner (2007); The Century: America's Time (1999); The CMT Music Awards (2005); The Cool School (2008); The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005); The Daily Show (2008); The Dakotas (1963); The David Frost Show (1970–1971); The Dean Martin Show (1972); The Defenders (1962–1963); The Dick Cavett Show (1994); The Directors (1999–2003); The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007); The Drug Years (2006); The Felix Baumgartner Story (2010); The Festival Game (1970); The Glory Stompers (1967); The Good Life (1997); The Graham Norton Show (2007); The Grave (1996); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Groovenians (2002); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967); The Heart of Justice (1992); The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose (2006); The Hot Spot (1990); The Howard Stern Radio Show (2000); The Indian Runner (1991); The Investigators (1961); The James Dean Story (1957); The Johnny Cash Show (1970); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Keeper (2004); The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996); The Last Film Festival (2016); The Last Movie (1971); The Last Ride (2004); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2008); The Legend of Jesse James (1966); The Lieutenant (1964); The Lineup (1959); The Loretta Young Show (1955); The Making of 'Space Truckers' (1998); The Making of 'Speed' (1994); The Making of 'Super Mario Brothers' (1993); The Making of 'True Romance' (1993); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1970); The Millionaire (1960); The Movie Loft (2009); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2011); The Osterman Weekend (1983); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The Piano Player (2002); The Pick-up Artist (1987); The Prophet's Game (2000); The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1994); The Rifleman (1958–1959); The Rise of Two Legends (2006); The Role That Changed My Life (2011); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998); The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story (2006); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Source (1999); The Spreading Ground (2000); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Story of Mankind (1957); The Tanning of America (2014); The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986); The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys (1964); The Time Tunnel (1966); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1990–1991); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–1995); The Trip (1967); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Venice Project (1999); The View (2008); The World's Best Sellers: The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1996); The World's Greatest Actor (2006); The Young Land (1959); They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018); Thumbelina (1989); Ticker (2001); Tim Leary: The Art of Dying (2008); Today (1994); Top of the World (1997); Tracks (1976); Tracks (2007–2008); Triers element (1991); True Grit (1969); True Romance (1993); True Romance: Behind the Scenes (2002); Tune in Trip Out (2003); Tycus (1999); U2: A Year in Pop (1997); Undead Again: The Making of 'Land of the Dead' (2005); Under the Bridge (2011); Unspeakable (2002); V Graham Norton (2002); Venice: Lost and Found (2002); Very Important Pennis (1996); Very Important Pennis: Uncut (1996); Wagon Train (1963); Wanderlust (2006); Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (1989); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); Waterworld (1995); Welcome to Hollywood (1998); Welcome to the Basement (2015); When Hippies Ruled the World (2002); Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union (1998); White Star (1983); Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995); Wild Times (1980); Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin' (2003); Willie Nelson: Down Home (1997); Willie Nelson: The Big Six-0 (1993); Wim Wenders: Desperado (2020); Witch Hunt (1994); WWE Raw (2001); Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here (1972); Young Hollywood Awards (2001); Zane Grey Theatre (1958–1959).

Born on this day – Ruth Landers:

Ruth Landers

Producer

Actress

Writer

May 17, 1938 – April 18, 2024

Credits:

California Casanova (1991); Circus Camp (2006); Club Fed (1990); Deadly Closure (2010); Deadly Twins (1985); Doing Dallas (2000); Ghost Writer (1989); Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout (1990); Na sowas! (1983); RTL Boulevard (2011); The Damon Charles Total Rehydration System (1991); The Huggabug Club (1995–1997).

Born on this day – Gretchen Dow Simpson:

 

Gretchen Dow Simpson

Painter

May 17, 1939 – April 11, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Book of Paintings (1988); Gretchen's ABC (1991); Saltbound: A Block Island winter (1980).

Documentary:

Pawtucket Rising (2008).

Born on this day – Renate Krößner:

Renate Krößner

Actress

May 17, 1945 – May 25, 2020

Born on this day – Bill Paxton:

Bill Paxton

Actor

Director

Musician

May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017

Credits:

100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994); 12 Mighty Orphans (2021); 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); 2 Guns (2013); 2 Guns: Boston Premiere Documentary (2013); 5 Things I Learned Today (2010); 8th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards (2010); A Bright Shining Lie (1998); A Simple Plan (1998); A World on the 'Edge of Tomorrow' (2014); Abducted: An MTV News Special Report (1997); Access Hollywood (1996); Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014 / 2017); Aliens (1986); Aliens vs. Pinball (2016); America in Primetime (2011); American Experience (2001); An Early Frost (1985); Anatomy of a Scene (2002); Anatomy of a 'Twister' (2000); Apollo 13 (1995); Arctic Void (2022); Avatar: The Way of Water (2022); Back to Back (1989); Barnes & Barnes: Ah A (1984); Barnes & Barnes: Fish Heads (1980); Barnes & Barnes: Love Tap (1981); Barnes & Barnes: Soak It Up (1983); Beach Blanket Bango (1975); Big Bad Mama (1974); Big Love (2006–2011); Big Love: In the Beginning (2007); Biography (1999–2008); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Boxing Helena (1993); Brain Dead (1990); Breaking the Silence: The Making of 'Hannibal' (2001); Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981); Call Me by Your Name (2017); Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Exo Zombies (2015); Carried Away (2009); Charlie Rose (1998); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2013); Club Dread (2004); Commando (1985); Crazy Mama (1975); Curiosity (2011); Deadly Lessons (1983); Death Game (1977); Derailroaded (2005); Directors: James Cameron (1997); Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection / Fish Heads (1991); Drift (2023); E! True Hollywood Story (2008); Eat My Dust (1976); Edge of Tomorrow (2014); Edge of Tomorrow: Storming the Beach (2014); Edge of Tomorrow: Weapons of the Future (2014); Entertainment Tonight (2008–2017); Extra (2017); Festival Pass with Chris Gore (2002); Flicks (1983); Frailty (2001); Frank & Jesse (1994); Frasier (2003); Fresno (1986); Future Shock (1994); Galaxy of Terror (1981); Ghosts of the Abyss (2003); Good Morning America (2015); Good Morning, Texas (2015); Great Day (1983); Hate* (*a comedy) (1999); Hatfields & McCoys (2012); Haven (2004); Haywire (2011); HBO First Look (1996–2000); Head Smash: The Prequel (2013); His Highness Hollywood (2008); Hollywood Today (2016–2017); Impulse (1984); Indian Summer (1993); Invasion of Independence Day (1996); JFK: The Final Hours (2013); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); Jurassic World Dominion (2022); Larry King Live (2000); Larry King Now (2013–2015); Last Call with Carson Daly (2005–2017); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1998); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009–2012); Late Show with David Letterman (1995); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2007); Limp Bizkit: Eat You Alive (2003); Limp Bizkit: Greatest Videoz (2005); Live with Kelly and Mark (2007–2012); Living in Darkness (2002); Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (1996); Made in Hollywood (2013); Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005); Martini Ranch: How Can the Laboring Man Find Time for Self-Culture (1988); Martini Ranch: Reach (1988); Maury (1994); McClain's Law (1982); Mean Dreams (2016); Miami Vice (1986); Mighty Joe Young (1998); Million Dollar Arm (2014); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Modern Marvels (2003); Monolith (1993); Mortuary (1982); Movie Guide (2013); Navy Seals (1990); Near Dark (1987); Nerdist Presents: A Conversation with... Bill Paxton (2013); Next of Kin (1989); Nightcrawler (2014); No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds (2003); Nostalgia Critic (2011); Olhó Popular (1995); One False Move (1991); Overheard (2011); Parkland (2013); Pass the Ammo (1987); Pat Benatar: Choice Cuts - The Complete Video Collection (2003); Pat Benatar: Hit Videos / Shadows of the Night (1984); Pat Benatar: Shadows of the Night (1982); Pat Benatar: The Visual Music Collection / Shadows of the Night (1986); Pixies (2015); Predator 2 (1990); Rachael Ray (2010); Reckless (1983); Red Wing (2013); Reflections on Titanic (2012); Reinventando Hollywood (2008); Resistance (2003); Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited (2013); SAG Foundation Conversations (2009); Saturday Night Live (1980 / 1999); Saturday Night Live / Fish Heads (1980); Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts (2009); Secret's Out (2007); Séries express (2009); Sexo en serie (2008); Shanghai Calling (2012); Shootout (2006); Showbiz Today (1995); Sky Soldier (2012); Slipstream (1989); Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002); Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003); Streets of Fire (1984); Stripes (1981); Superior Firepower: The Making of 'Aliens' (2003); Taking Tiger Mountain (1983); Taking Tiger Mountain: Revisited (2019); Taking Tiger Mountain: Revisited (2019); Tales from the Crypt (1993); Tattoo (2011); Tavis Smiley (2009); TCM Guest Programmer (2013); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); Term Life (2016); Texas Rising (2015); Texas Rising: Capturing the Revolution - Filming Texas Rising (2015); Texas Rising: General Santa Anna: Leading Mexico (2015); Texas Rising: Sam Houston - A Man of the Revolution (2015); The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2001); The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards (1995); The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1996); The 43rd Annual People's Choice Awards (2017); The 48th NAACP Image Awards (2017); The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999); The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 (2001); The 5th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards (2015); The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007); The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2010); The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017); The 9th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (1994); The 'Alien' Saga (2002); The Annual 1995 ShoWest Awards (1995); The Atlanta Child Murders (1985); The Circle (2017); The Cleaner (2021); The Colony (2013); The Dark Backward (1991); The EE British Academy Film Awards (2018); The Egyptian Princess, an Unfolding Fantasy (1977); The Evening Star (1996); The Fanatic (2019); The Gamechangers (2015); The Good Life (2007); The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005); The Hitchhiker (1987); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The Howard Stern Show (1991); The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' (2005); The Jay Leno Show (2010); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Last Supper (1995); The Late Late Show with James Corden (2017); The Lords of Discipline (1983); The Making of 'Alien 3' (1992); The Making of 'Frailty' (2002); The Making of 'Terminator' (1984); The Making of 'Tombstone' (2002); The Making of 'Trespass' (1992); The Making of 'True Lies' (1994); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1996); The Predator 2: International (1990); The Predator Goes to Town (2005); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The Reichen Show (2005); The Roommate (1989); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Talk (2017); The Terminator (1984); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1986); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1996–2005); The Vagrant (1992); The View (2006); The WIN Awards 2006 (2006); The Year in Memoriam (2017); Thunderbirds (2004); Titanic (1997); Titanic: 100 Years On (2012); Titanic: Deleted Scenes (2012); Today (2016); Tom Hanks: A League of His Own (2016); Tombstone (1993); Tornado Alley (2011); Training Day (2017); Trap (1998); Traveller (1997); Trespass (1992); Trespass: Behind the Scenes (1992); True Lies (1994); Twister (1996); Twister: Ride It Out (1998); U-571 (2000); Vedro (2017); Vertical Limit (2000); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); Weird Science (1985); Who Do You Think You Are? (2015); WTF with Marc Maron (2017); WWE Smackdown! (2000).

On this day in movie history - In a Lonely Place (1950)

In a Lonely Place

directed by Nicholas Ray,

written by Andrew P. Solt and Edmund H. North,

based on the novel by Dorothy B. Hughes,

was released in the United States on May 17, 1950.

Music by George Antheil.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Martha Stewart, Jeff Donnell, Robert Warwick, Morris Ankrum, William Ching, Steven Geray, Hadda Brooks, Jack Reynolds.

On this day in movie history - The Long Good Friday (1980)

The Long Good Friday

directed by John Mackenzie,

written by Barrie Keeffe,

was released at the Cannes Film Market in France on May 17, 1980.

Music by Francis Monkman.

Cast:

Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Paul Freeman, Leo Dolan, Kevin McNally, Patti Love, P.H. Moriarty, Derek Thompson, Bryan Marshall, Ruby Head, Charles Cork, Olivier Pierre, Pierce Brosnan, Daragh O’Malley, Dave King, Karl Howman, Brian Hall, Alan Ford, Dave Ould, Paul Kember, Bill Moody, Alan Devlin, Eddie Constantine, Stephen Davies, Bruce Alexander, Nigel Humphreys, Brian Hayes, Georgie Phillips, Mary Sheen, Pauline Melville, Trevor Laird, Paul Barber, Dexter Fletcher, Billy Cornelius, Michael Ryan, Rob Walker, Nick Stringer, Gillian Taylforth, Robert Hamilton, James Ottaway, Roy Alon, Tony Rohr, Tony Clarkin, Tim Condren, George Coulouris, Maxwell Craig, Jim Dowdall, Harry Fielder, Terry Forrestal, Jill Goldston, Peter McNamara, Ralph G. Morse, Terence Plummer, Alan Talbot, Bill Weston.