Caroline Gordon, on books and reading:

 

A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way. 

– Caroline Gordon.

Recommended reading - The Black Path of Fear

 

The Black Path of Fear

by Cornell Woolrich.

Filmed as The Chase (1946), directed by Arthur Ripley.

ASIN: B000TZ32I8
Published by Ace.
Published 1944.
Mass Market Paperback.
 
Description:
 

The Black Path of Fear (1944) tells of a man who runs away to Havana with an American gangster's wife, followed by the vengeful husband, who kills the woman and frames her lover, leaving him a stranger in a strange land, menaced on all sides and fighting for his life.

 

“A fiendishly ingenious plot … thrilling episodes.” – New York Times.

Born on this day – Wanda Treumann:

Wanda Treumann

Actress

Producer

November 17, 1883 – April 29, 1963

Credits:

Ariadne (1912); Axel holt einen Sekretär ab (1914); Axels Schwiegermutter ist todkrank (1914); Bekehrt (1911); Büsser der Schuld (1914); Countess Holgska, the Norwegian Spy (1914); Das Abenteuer einer Ballnacht (1918); Das Eiserne und das Rote Kreuz (1915); Das Geheimnis der M-Strahlen (1914); Das Geheimnis der Wera Baranska (1919); Das Geheimnis des Schafotts (1919); Das Geschenk der Norne (1916); Das Glück im Eulenhof (1918); Das Hexenlied (1919); Das Kriegslied der Rheinarmee (1914); Das Land der Verheißung (1920); Das Nachträtsel (1917); Das Opfer der Yella Rogesius (1917); Das Panzerkätzchen (1916); Das Teufelchen (1917); Der Dieb (1918); Der Eid des Stephan Huller - II (1912); Der Eid des Stephan Huller (1912); Der Erbe von Skialdingsholm (1919); Der Erbe von Walkerau (1915); Der Kelch der Keuschheit (1920); Der Konkneipant (1916); Der nicht vom Weibe Geborene (1918); Der Schrei aus der Tiefe (1922); Der Tag der Vergeltung (1914); Der Traum vom Glück (1916); Der violette Tod (1919); Der wird geheiratet (1921); Der Zirkusteufel (1913); Die Abenteuer von Lady Glane (1912); Die Ahnfrau (1914); Die Augen der Schwester (1918); Die Bachantin (1916); Die da sterben, wenn sie lieben (1919); Die Erzkokette (1917); Die Filmkathi (1918); Die Frau im Tunnel (1921); Die Frau mit den 10 Masken. 3. Begebenheit: Tote, die leben (1922); Die Frau mit den 10 Masken. 4. Begebenheit: Das Haus der Verrufenen (1922); Die Frau mit den zehn Masken, 1. Begebenheit - Das Grab ohne Toten! (1922); Die Frau mit den zehn Masken, 2. Begebenheit - Der Schatten des Gehenkten (1922); Die Geliebte des Chinesen (1911); Die Geschiedenen (1917); Die Jüdin (1912); Die kleine Fürstin (1916); Die Landpommeranze (1917); Die Musikantenmädel (1918); Die nicht lieben dürfen... (1917); Die Petroleumquelle (1916); Die Prinzessin von Montecuculi (1918); Die Pulvermühle (1910); Die Schmugglerin (1920); Die schwarze Katze 2. Teil (1912); Die Sumpfblume (1913); Die tugendhafte Tänzerin (1922); Die Wäscher-Resl (1916); Die weiße Sklavin - 3. Teil (1911); Du sollst nicht töten (1918); Ehemanns Urlaub (1916); Ein Schwur (1913); Eine Nacht, gelebt im Paradiese (1919); Eine Unglückliche (1918); Elly und Nelly (1918); Entsühnt (1910); Er und Sie (1912); Erste Liebe (1918); Fräulein Julchen (1917); Frech gewagt ist halb gewonnen (1919); Freiheit oder Tod (1913); Frida (1914); Gauklerblut (1913); Geschwister Lorris (1916); Gezeichnete Mädchen (1919); Gräfin Maruschka (1917); Greuel der Finsternis (1922); Halt - nicht küssen (1916); Helga (1918); Hohes Spiel (1912); Ihr Jugendfreund (1911); Ihr Junge (1918); Ihr laßt den Armen schuldig werden (1917); Im Schloß am See (1918); Irrende Liebe (1917); Karlas Tante (1915); Kate (1914); Komtesse und Diener (1911); Lache Bajazzo (1917); Leichtsinn (1911); Liebe, die sich frei verschenkt (1919); Liebesdurst (1910); Los vom Manne! (1918); Madame Potiphar (1911); Maison Fifi (1914); Motiv unbekannt - Das Drama einer Ehe (1913); Ninon de Lenclos (1920); Oberst Chabert (1920); Opfer der Untreue (1911); Opfertod (1912); Paragraph 80, Absatz II (1914); Paul Banners Schicksal (1916); Salome (1920); Scheven contra Fechtenberg (1916); Seelen im Sumpf (1920); Sklaven der Pflicht (1915); Und er lebt doch noch (1917); Und es kam, wie es kommen musste (1918); Vampirette (1916); Vergebens (1911); Versiegelte Lippen (1917); Wanda's Trick (1918); Welke Rosen (1910); Wie Axel ein Kostüm bekam (1914); Wifey's Charms (1913); Zapfenstreich (1912); Zaungast des Lebens (1918); Zu Dir gehöre ich (1918); Zwei Paar Schuhe (1912).

Born on this day – Charles Rosher:

Charles Rosher

Cinematographer

November 17, 1885 – January 15, 1974

Credits:

Jupiter's Darling (1955); Kiss Me Kate (1953); Young Bess (1953); The Story of Three Loves (1953); Scaramouche (1952); Show Boat (1951); Pagan Love Song (1950); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); East Side, West Side (1949); The Red Danube (1949); Neptune's Daughter (1949); Words and Music (1948); On an Island with You (1948); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Dark Delusion (1947); Fiesta (1947); The Yearling (1946); Yolanda and the Thief (1945); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Kismet (1944); Swing Fever (1943); I Dood It (1943); The All American Bands (1943); Assignment in Brittany (1943); Stand by for Action (1942); Pierre of the Plains (1942); Mokey (1942); One Foot in Heaven (1941); Million Dollar Baby (1941); Four Mothers (1941); My Love Came Back (1940); 3 Cheers for the Irish (1940); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); A Child Is Born (1939); Espionage Agent (1939); Hell's Kitchen (1939); Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939); Off the Record (1939); Hard to Get (1938); White Banners (1938); Hollywood Hotel (1937); The Perfect Specimen (1937); The Woman I Love (1937); Men Are Not Gods (1936); Small Town Girl (1936); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936); Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935); Call of the Wild (1935); After Office Hours (1935); What Every Woman Knows (1934); Outcast Lady (1934); The Affairs of Cellini (1934); Moulin Rouge (1934); After Tonight (1933); Bed of Roses (1933); The Silver Cord (1933); Our Betters (1933); The Past of Mary Holmes (1933); Rockabye (1932); Flaming Gold (1932); Two Against the World (1932); What Price Hollywood? (1932); Husband's Holiday (1931); Beloved Bachelor (1931); This Modern Age (1931); Silence (1931); Laughing Sinners (1931); Dance, Fools, Dance (1931); Les deux mondes (1930); Paid (1930); War Nurse (1930); Atlantis (1930); Zwei Welten (1930); Two Worlds (1930); The Price of Things (1930); Knowing Men (1930); La route est belle (1929); Atlantic (1929); Atlantik (1929); The Vagabond Queen (1929); Eternal Love (1929); Coquette (1929); Tempest (1928); My Best Girl (1927); Sunrise (1927); Sparrows (1926); Little Annie Rooney (1925); Three Women (1924); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Tiger Rose (1923); Rosita (1923); Sant'Ilario (1923); Tess of the Storm Country (1922); Smilin' Through (1922); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921); Through the Back Door (1921); The Love Light (1921); Dinty (1920); The White Circle (1920); Suds (1920); Pollyanna (1920); Heart o' the Hills (1919); The Hoodlum (1919); Daddy-Long-Legs (1919); Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919); The Dub (1919); Too Many Millions (1918); Johanna Enlists (1918); How Could You, Jean? (1918); The White Man's Law (1918); The Honor of His House (1918); One More American (1918); The Widow's Might (1918); The Secret Game (1917); A Little Princess (1917); Hashimura Togo (1917); At First Sight (1917); The Primrose Ring (1917); A Mormon Maid (1917); On Record (1917); The Plow Girl (1916); The Heir to the Hoorah (1916); Anton the Terrible (1916); Common Ground (1916); The Clown (1916); The Sowers (1916); The Blacklist (1916); Blackbirds (1915); The Voice in the Fog (1915); Gene of the Northland (1915); The Mad Maid of the Forest (1915); The Smuggler's Lass (1915); The Mystery of the Poison Pool (1914); The Oath of a Viking (1914); The Next in Command (1914); With General Pancho Villa in Mexico (1913); Life of Villa (1912); Early Days in the West (1912); The Indian Raiders (1912).

Born on this day – Lee Strasberg:

Lee Strasberg

Actor

Director

Acting coach

Drama teacher

November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982

Credits:

Skokie (1981); Going in Style (1979); And Justice for All (1979); Boardwalk (1979); The Last Tenant (1978); The Godfather Saga (1977); The Cassandra Crossing (1976); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Three Sisters (1966); Tempo (1965); China Venture (1953); Somewhere in the Night (1946); Story with Two Endings (1945); Winged Victory (1944).

Born on this day – Betty Bronson:

Betty Bronson

Actress

November 17, 1906 – October 19, 1971

Credits:

A Kiss for Cinderella (1925); A Modern Sappho (1929); A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (1927); American Masters (2008); Anna Ascends (1922); Are Parents People? (1925); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Blackbeard's Ghost (1968); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Brass Knuckles (1927); Companionate Marriage (1928); Compression (2023–2024); Dr. Kildare (1962); Evel Knievel (1971); Everybody's Acting (1926); Grindl (1964); His Children's Children (1923); Java Head (1923); Lover Come Back (1931); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); My Three Sons (1960–1963); Not So Long Ago (1925); One Stolen Night (1929); Open Range (1927); Paradise (1926); Paradise for Two (1927); Peter Pan (1924); Pocketful of Miracles (1961); Ritzy (1927); Run for Your Life (1965); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (1937); Shannon (1962); Sonny Boy (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Cat's Pajamas (1926); The Eternal City (1923); The Go-Getter (1923); The Golden Princess (1925); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Human Mill (1923); The Locked Door (1929); The Medicine Man (1930); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Midnight Patrol (1932); The Naked Kiss (1964); The Singing Fool (1928); The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove (1971); Twenty-One (1923); Who's Got the Action? (1962); Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937).

Born on this day – Les Clark:

Les Clark

Animator

Director

November 17, 1907 - September 12, 1979

Born on this day – Rock Hudson:

Rock Hudson

Actor

November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985

Born on this day – Fenella Fielding:

Fenella Fielding

Actress

November 17, 1927 – September 11, 2018

Born on this day – Alfie Wise:

Alfie Wise

Actor

November 17, 1943 – July 23, 2025

Credits:

Ark II (1976); B.L. Stryker (1989–1990); Call Her Mom (1972); Catherine's Grove (1997); City Heat (1984); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Detective Extralarge (1993); Evening Shade (1991); Heat (1986); Hooper (1978); Hot Stuff (1979); I Am Burt Reynolds (2020); Legends of the Superheroes (1979); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Match Game PM (1979–1980); Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour (1983); Midway (1976); Paternity (1981); Rad (1986); S Club 7 - It's an S Club Thing (1999); S Club 7 in Miami (1999–2000); Smoke n Lightnin (1995); Smokey and the Bandit (1977); Starting Over (1979); Stroker Ace (1983); Stunts Unlimited (1980); Swashbuckler (1976); The Cannonball Run (1981); The End (1978); The Fall Guy (1982–1983); The Jeffersons (1978); The Longest Yard / aka The Mean Machine (1974); The Love Boat Fall Preview Special (1983 / 1984); The Sandy Duncan Show (1972); Tour of Duty (1987); Trauma Center (1983); Uncle Croc's Block (1975); We Are Angels (1997); Young Guy Christian (1979).

Born on this day – Dean Paul Martin:

Dean Paul Martin

Singer

Actor

Pilot

November 17, 1951 – March 21, 1987

Credits:

A Boy... a Girl (1969); Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls (1980); Backfire (1987); Boys in Blue (1984); California My Way (1974); Dem Tinseltown Homiez, the Hollywood Guys (2023); Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024); Headliners & Legends with (1998–2008); Heart Like a Wheel (1983); Hell Ride (2008); King of Cool (2021); Made in U.S.A. (1987); Misfits of Science (1985–1986); Murderers' Row (1966); Name Droppers (1970); Once Upon a Wheel (1971); Players (1979); Rough Night in Jericho (1967); Shivaree (1965); The Alan Thicke Show (1980); The All New Truth or Consequences (1961); The Dean Martin Show (1967–1971); The Ed Sullivan Show (1965); The Hitchhiker (1987); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1970); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The Love Boat (1984); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1979); Today (1985); Where the Action Is (1966–1967).

On this day in movie history - The Chase (1946)

The Chase

directed by Arthur Ripley,

written by Philip Yordan,

based on the novel The Black Path of Fear by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on November 17, 1946.

Music by Michel Michelet.

Cast:

Robert Cummings, Michèle Morgan, Steve Cochran, Lloyd Corrigan, Jack Holt, Peter Lorre, Don Wilson, Alexis Minotis, Nina Koshetz, Yolanda Lacca, James Westerfield, Jimmy Ames.

On this day in movie history - Saint-Ex (1996)

 

Saint-Ex

directed by Anand Tucker,

written by Frank Cottrell Boyce,

was released at the BFI London Film Festival in the United Kingdom on November 17, 1996.

Music by Barrington Pheloung.

Based on the life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

 
Cast:

Bruno Ganz, Miranda Richardson, Janet McTeer, Ken Stott, Katrin Cartlidge, Brid Brennan, Eleanor Bron, Karl Johnson, Daniel Craig, Dominic Rowan, Anna Calder-Marshall, Joe Cottrell Boyce, Aidan Cottrell Boyce, Nicholas Hewetson, Alex Kingston, Lucy Abigail Kent, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Ravi Sunnak, Rosalie Crutchley, Gregory Chapman, Cris De La Rue, Michael Grey, Danny Laufer, Lance Roberts, Martin Sims, Nancy Zamit, Ruby Hodgson, Alistair Fulton, Melvin Gibbons, Steven Noble, Sam Riley, Esme Young, Curtis Cate, Madeleine Coust, André de Fonscolombe, Michel Gerez, Jules Roy.

On this day in movie history - Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman (1998)

Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

documentary directed and written by John Boorman,

was released in the United States on November 17, 1998.

Music by Richie Buckley.

 
Cast:
John Boorman, Lee Marvin, Robert Filkosky, William Hurt, Jim Jarmusch, Pamela Marvin, Harry Wilmer, Jess King, Robert James Raymond.

On this day in movie history - Frailty (2001)

Frailty

directed by Bill Paxton,

written by Brent Hanley,

was released at the Deep Ellum Film Festival in the United States on November 17, 2001.

Music by Brian Tyler.

Cast:

Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O’Leary, Jeremy Sumpter, Luke Askew, Levi Kreis, Derk Cheetwood, Missy Crider, Alan Davidson, Cynthia Ettinger, Gwen McGee, Edmond Scott Ratliff, Rebecca Tilney, Blake King, Brad Berryhill, Greg Serano, Edgar L. Davis, Jim Flowers, Lance E. Nichols, John Paxton, Richard A. Bell, Chelsea Butler, Jennifer Drake, Betty Gurule, Ona Harris, Greg Bronson, Dave Power.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Star Trek, The Next Generation, Voyager (1966, 2967, 1990, 1999)

Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: The Menagerie: Part I.

Released November 17, 1966.

Directed by Marc Daniels, Robert Butler.

Written by Gene Roddenberry, John D.F. Black.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, James Doohan, Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Malachi Throne, Majel Barrett, Peter Duryea, John Hoyt, Adam Roarke, Sean Kenney, Hagan Beggs, Julie Parrish, Bill Blackburn, Tom Curtis, Frank da Vinci, Brett Dunham, Joe Evans, Sandra Lee Gimpel, Bennie Goldberg, James Holt, Clegg Hoyt, Anthony Jochim, Bob Johnson, Jon Lormer, Tom Lupo, Ed Madden, Leonard Mudie, Eddie Paskey, Jan Reddin, Serena Sande, George Sawaya, Georgia Schmidt, Meg Wyllie.

 

Star Trek
Season 2. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Journey to Babel.

Released November 17, 1967.

Directed by Joseph Pevney.

Written by D.C. Fontana.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Jane Wyatt, Mark Lenard, William O'Connell, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, John Wheeler, James X. Mitchell, Reggie Nalder, Bill Blackburn, Jerry Catron, Billy Curtis, Frank da Vinci, Jeannie Malone, Jerry Maren, Eddie Paskey, Russ Peek, Kai J. Wong.

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 4. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Final Mission.

Released November 17, 1990.

Directed by Corey Allen.

Written by Kacey Arnold-Ince, Jeri Taylor, Kacey Arnold-Ince, Ronald D. Moore, Joe 

Menosky, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Nick Tate, Kim Hamilton, Mary Kohnert, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, Denise Deuschle, Randy James, Joyce Robinson.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 6. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: One Small Step.

Released November 17, 1999.

Directed by Robert Picardo.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Mike Wollaeger, Jessica Scott, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Phil Morris, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Nichole McAuley, Louis Ortiz, Pablo Soriano.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1975)

Space 1999
Season 1. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: End of Eternity.

Released November 17, 1975.

Directed by Ray Austin.

Written by Johnny Byrne.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Barry Gray.
 
Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Peter Bowles, Prentis Hancock, Clifton Jones, Zienia Merton, Anton Phillips, Nick Tate, James Smillie, Glenda Allen, Tony Allyn, Robert Atiko, Binu Balani, Sarah Bullen, Laurie Davis, Andy Dempsey, Joe Dunne, Martin Grace, Alan Harris, Raymond Harris, Judith Hepburn, Vincent Wong, Laraine Humphrys, Paul Kirby, Kathleen Mallory, Quentin Pierre, Jan Rennison, Suzanne Roquette, Colin Skeaping, Eddie Stacey, Michael Stevens, Paul Weston, Chris Williams.

On this day in movie history - Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Sleepy Hollow

directed by Tim Burton,

written by Andrew Kevin Walker,

story by Kevin Yagher and Andrew Kevin Walker,

based on the short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving,

was released in the United States on November 17, 1999.

Music by Danny Elfman.

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Richard Griffiths, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Christopher Walken, Marc Pickering, Lisa Marie, Steven Waddington, Claire Skinner, Christopher Lee, Alun Armstrong, Mark Spalding, Jessica Oyelowo, Tony Maudsley, Peter Guinness, Nicholas Hewetson, Orlando Seale, Sean Stephens, Gabrielle Lloyd, Robert Sella, Michael Feast, Jamie Foreman, Philip Martin Brown, Sam Fior, Tessa Allen-Ridge, Cassandra Farndale, Lily Phillips, Bianca Nicholas, Paul Brightwell, Layla Alexander, Henry Allan, Kelley Costigan, Sean Cronin, Tracy Gardener, Nathanael Hopkins-Smith, Kevin Hudson, Martin Landau, Nic Main, João Costa Menezes, Stuart Walker, Allen Woodman.