On this day in music history - The album Eponymous, by R.E.M. (1988)

Eponymous

by R.E.M.

was released on October 17, 1988.

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Epictetus, on reading and writing:

 
If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.

– Epictetus.

Recommended reading - Mute Witness

 

Mute Witness

by Robert L. Pike.

Filmed as Bullitt (1968), directed by Peter Yates.

Paperback.
First published 1963.Published by Bloomsbury Paperbacks

ISBN 13: 9780747578628
ISBN 10: 0747578621
ASIN: 0747578621

Description:

'Rossi isn't dead yet. And from what I hear, the Rossi brothers are pretty tough monkeys.' Clancy's knuckles whitened on the steering wheel. 'Yeah,' he said. 'They're all tough monkeys. Until they lose those precious ten pints...' Lieutenant Clancy, a tough cop from New York's 52nd Precinct, has been handpicked for an assignment. Assistant District Attorney Chalmers needs him to protect a witness whose testimony is vital. That man is Johnny Rossi, an infamous gangster involved in every West Coast racket from prostitution to gambling, who has turned into a whistle-blower. Shacked up in a fleabag hotel, Rossi should be safe. But when a hood with a shotgun breaks past the police guard and blasts Rossi into a critical condition, Clancy has just seventy-two hours to find out why Chalmers can't keep his mouth shut about his so-called secret case, why Rossi came to New York in the first place, who else knows where he is and when they are coming to finish the job off.

Born on this day – Elinor Glyn:

Elinor Glyn

Writer

October 17, 1864 – September 23, 1943

Credits:

The Visits Of Elizabeth (1901); The Seventh Commandment (1902); The Reflections Of Ambrosine (1903); The Vicissitudes of Evangeline (1905); Beyond the Rocks (1906); Three Weeks (1907); Elizabeth Visits America (1909); His Hour (1910); Halcyone (1912); Love Itself (1912); The Reason Why (1912); Guinevere's Lover (1913); The Sequence (1913); Your Affectionate Godmother (1914); The Career of Katherine Bush (1916); Family (1919); The Price Of Things (1924); Six Days (1924); The Great Moment (1925); Man and Maid (1925); This Passion Called Love (1925); Love's Blindness (1926); It (1927); The Man and the Moment (1927); Eternal Youth (1928); Red Hair (1928); Glorious Flames (1932); Love's Hour (1932); Such Men are Dangerous (1933); Sooner Or Later (1934); The Contrast and Other Stories (1913); The Three Things (1915); Destruction (1918); The Point Of View (1920); The Elinor Glyn System of Writing (1922); The Philosophy of Love (1923); The Wrinkle Book, Or, How to Keep Looking Young (1927); Romantic Adventure (1937); Keep Young and Beautiful (1982).

Born on this day – Spring Byington:

Spring Byington

Actress

October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971

Credits:

The Flying Nun (1968); Blondie (1968); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); Batman (1966); Dr. Kildare (1965); Kentucky Jones (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); Mister Ed (1963); Laramie (1961–1963); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); Goodyear Theatre (1960); The Detectives (1960); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960); December Bride (1954–1959); Strange Stories (1956); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); Studio 57 (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Rocket Man (1954); The Danny Thomas Show (1953); Because You're Mine (1952); No Room for the Groom (1952); Bannerline (1951); Angels in the Outfield (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); According to Mrs. Hoyle (1951); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950–1951); Walk Softly, Stranger (1950); Devil's Doorway (1950); The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950); Louisa (1950); Please Believe Me (1950); The Reformer and the Redhead (1950); The Big Wheel (1949); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); B.F.'s Daughter (1948); It Had to Be You (1947); Singapore (1947); Cynthia (1947); Living in a Big Way (1947); My Brother Talks to Horses (1947); Faithful in My Fashion (1946); Little Mister Jim (1946); Dragonwyck (1946); A Letter for Evie (1946); Meet Me on Broadway (1946); Captain Eddie (1945); Thrill of a Romance (1945); Salty O'Rourke (1945); The Enchanted Cottage (1945); I'll Be Seeing You (1944); Reward Unlimited (1944); The Heavenly Body (1944); Sucker Bait (1943); Heaven Can Wait (1943); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942); The Affairs of Martha (1942); Rings on Her Fingers (1942); Roxie Hart (1942); The Vanishing Virginian (1942); When Ladies Meet (1941); Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941); The Devil and Miss Jones (1941); Meet John Doe (1941); Arkansas Judge (1941); Lucky Partners (1940); My Love Came Back (1940); On Their Own (1940); Young as You Feel (1940); Laddie (1940); The Blue Bird (1940); A Child Is Born (1939); Too Busy to Work (1939); Quick Millions (1939); Chicken Wagon Family (1939); The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); Everybody's Baby (1939); Down on the Farm (1938); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Safety in Numbers (1938); A Trip to Paris (1938); Jezebel (1938); Love on a Budget (1938); Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938); The Buccaneer (1938); The Jones Family in Borrowing Trouble (1937); Hot Water (1937); It's Love I'm After (1937); Hotel Haywire (1937); The Road Back (1937); Big Business (1937); Family Affair (1937); Penrod and Sam (1937); Green Light (1937); Clarence (1937); Off to the Races (1937); Theodora Goes Wild (1936); The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936); The Girl on the Front Page (1936); Dodsworth (1936); Stage Struck (1936); Back to Nature (1936); Palm Springs (1936); Educating Father (1936); Every Saturday Night (1936); The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936); The Great Impersonation (1935); Broadway Hostess (1935); Ah Wilderness! (1935); Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); Way Down East (1935); Orchids to You (1935); Love Me Forever (1935); Werewolf of London (1935); Little Women (1933); Papa's Slay Ride (1930).

Born on this day – Richard Connell:

Richard Connell

Writer

October 17, 1893 – November 22, 1949

Credits:

Books:

The Mad Lover (1927); Murder at Sea (1929); Playboy (1936); What Ho! (1937); The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and Other Humorous Tales (1922); The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure (2021); The Most Dangerous Game (aka The Hounds of Zaroff) (1924); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); The Ghouls Book 1 (1971).

Movies and television:

A Game of Death (1945); Actor's Studio (1949); Balalaika (1939); Bloodlust! (1961); Bright Lights (1925); Brother Orchid (1940); Cheer Up and Smile (1930); Dark Streets (1929); Doctor Rhythm (1938); Double Trouble (1953); East of Broadway (1924); F-Man (1936); General Electric Theater (1958); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); Hired Wife (1940); Hounds of Zaroff (2016); Love on Toast (1937); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Luxury Liner (1948); Meet John Doe (1941); Most Dangerous Game (2020–2023); New Year's Eve (1929); Nice Girl? (1941); No Place to Go (1927); Okusama ni shirasu bekarazu (1937); Our Relations (1936); Painted People (1924); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); Rio Rita (1942); Run for the Sun (1956); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Seven Faces (1929); Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987); The Cowboy and the Lady (1938); The Dangerous Game (1953); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); The Milky Way (1936); The most compassionate game (2021); The Most Dangerous Game (1932 / 2022); The Suckers (1972); The Woman Hunt (1972); Thrill of a Romance (1945); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944).

Born on this day – Jean Arthur:

Jean Arthur

Actress

October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991

Credits:

4 Clowns (1970); A Foreign Affair (1948); A Lady Takes a Chance (1943); A Man of Nerve (1925); Adventure in Manhattan (1936); AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (1989); Arizona (1940); Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001); Biff Bang Buddy (1924); Bigger and Better Blondes (1927); Billy Wilder Speaks (2006); Born to Battle (1926); Bringin' Home the Bacon (1924); Brotherly Love (1928); Cameo Kirby (1923); Case Dismissed (1924); Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999); Compression (2023–2024); Danger Lights (1930); Diamond Jim (1935); Double Daring (1926); Easy Living (1937); Eight-Cylinder Bull (1926); Ex-Bad Boy (1931); False Positive (2021); Fast and Fearless (1924); Flying Luck (1927); Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1999); Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero (1998); George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984); Get That Venus (1933); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Gunsmoke (1965); Half Way to Heaven (1929); Hello Lafayette (1927); History Is Made at Night (1937); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Horse Shoes (1927); Husband Hunters (1927); If You Could Only Cook (1935); I'll Be There (1927); Lightning Bill (1926); Monks a la Mode (1923); More Than a Secretary (1936); Most Precious Thing in Life (1934); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); My Little Brother (1924); Only Angels Have Wings (1939); Paramount op parade (1930); Party Wire (1935); Public Hero Number 1 (1935); Ridin' Rivals (1926); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No 10 (1940); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (1939); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 2 (1939); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24 (1930); Seven Chances (1925); Shane (1953); Sins of the Fathers (1928); Somebody Lied (1923); Spring Fever (1923); Stairs of Sand (1929); Street of Chance (1930); Stu's Show (2023); Tearin' Loose (1925); The Block Signal (1926); The Broken Gate (1927); The Canary Murder Case (1929); The College Boob (1926); The Cowboy Cop (1926); The Defense Rests (1934); The Devil and Miss Jones (1941); The Drug Store Cowboy (1925); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936); The Fighting Cheat (1926); The Fighting Smile (1925); The Gang Buster (1931); The Greene Murder Case (1929); The Hurricane Horseman (1925); The Impatient Years (1944); The Jean Arthur Show (1966); The Lady with the Torch (1999); The Lawyer's Secret (1931); The Mad Racer (1926); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Masked Menace (1927); The Merv Griffin Show (1973–1974); The More the Merrier (1943); The Movies (2019); The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929); The Past of Mary Holmes (1933); The Plainsman (1936); The Poor Nut (1927); The Powerful Eye (1924); The Public Menace (1935); The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930); The Roaring Rider (1926); The Saturday Night Kid (1929); The Silver Horde (1930); The Talk of the Town (1942); The Whole Town's Talking (1935); This Is Your Life (1955); Thundering Romance (1924); Thundering Through (1925); Too Many Husbands (1940); Travelin' Fast (1924); Twisted Triggers (1926); Under Fire (1926); Virtuous Husband (1931); Wallflowers (1928); Warming Up (1928); Whirlpool (1934); Wine of Youth (1924); Winners of the Wilderness (1927); Yesterday and Today (1953); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Young Eagles (1930).

Born on this day – Marsha Hunt:

Marsha Hunt

Actress

October 17, 1917 – September 7, 2022

Born on this day – Rita Hayworth:

Rita Hayworth

Actress

Dancer

Producer

October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987

Born on this day – Beverly Garland:

Beverly Garland

Actress

October 17, 1926 – December 5, 2008

Born on this day – Julie Adams:

Julie Adams

Actress

October 17, 1926 – February 3, 2019

Born on this day – Margot Kidder:

Margot Kidder

Actress

October 17, 1948 – May 13, 2018

Born on this day – Sam Bottoms:

Sam Bottom

Actor

Producer

October 17, 1955 – December 16, 2008

Born on this day – Norm Macdonald:

Norm Macdonald

Comedian

Actor

Writer

October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021

On this day in movie history - Julie (1956)

Julie

directed and written by Andrew L. Stone,

was released in the United States on October 17, 1956.

Music by Leith Stevens, Tom Adair and Leonard Pennario.

Cast:

Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan, Frank Lovejoy, Jack Kelly, Ann Robinson, Barney Phillips, Jack Kruschen, John Gallaudet, Carleton Young, Hank Patterson, Ed Hinton, Harlan Warde, Aline Towne, Eddie Marr, Joel Marston, Mae Marsh.

On this day in movie history - Bullitt (1968)

Bullitt

directed by Peter Yates,

written by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner,

based on the novel Mute Witness, by Robert L. Pike,

was released in the United States on October 17, 1968.

Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland, Norman Fell, Georg Stanford Brown, Justin Tarr, Carl Reindel, Felice Orlandi, Vic Tayback, Robert Lipton, Ed Peck, Pat Renella, Paul Genge, John Aprea, Al Checco, Bill Hickman, Mal Alberts, Scott Beach, Mary Benoit, Barbara Bosson, Roger Bowen, Joy Carlin, Brandy Carroll, Joanna Cassidy, Julie Christy, Robert Cleaves, Tony Dario, Michael L. Davis, Jim Demarest, Chuck Dorsett, Thomas Duncan, Marjorie Eaton, Walker Edmiston, Sam Edwards, Mimi Fariña, Shirley Fitzgerald, Dick Geary, Frank Gerstle, Dennis Gribbon, Bob Harks, Stacy Harris, Bill Jones, Stu Klitsner, Jean Le Bouvier, Margo Lungreen, Larry D. Mann, Claire Merrill, Kathleen Morrissey, Ned Moss, Vic Perrin, Charlene Polite, Angel Sanchez Jr., Suzanne Somers, Eron Tabor, Liz Treadwell, John Vick, Erick Vinther, Regina Waldon.

On this day in movie history - The Projectionist (1970)

 

The Projectionist

directed and written by Harry Hurwitz,

was released at the Rochester Film Festival in the United States on October 17, 1970.

Music by Igo Kantor and Erma E. Levin.

 

Cast:

Chuck McCann, Ina Balin, Rodney Dangerfield, Jára Kohout, Harry Hurwitz, Mike Gentry, Lucky Kargo, David Holliday, Sam Stewart, Alex Stevens, Robert Lee, Stephen Philips, Morocco, Clara Rosenthal, Jacqueline Glenn, Robert Staats, Robert King, Rita Bennett, João Fernandes.

On this day in movie history - The Devil’s Advocate (1997)

The Devil’s Advocate

directed by Peter Yates,

written by Jonathan Lemkin and Tony Gilroy,

based on the novel by Andrew Neiderman,

was released in the United States on October 17, 1997.

Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey, Connie Nielsen, Craig T. Nelson, Tamara Tunie, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Debra Monk, Vyto Ruginis, Laura Harrington, Pamela Gray, George Wyner, Chris Bauer, Connie Embesi, Jonathan Cavallary, Heather Matarazzo, Murphy Guyer, Leo Burmester, Bill Moor, Neal Jones, Eddie Aldridge, Mark Deakins, Rony Clanton, George Gore II, Alan Manson, Brian Poteat, Daniel Oreskes, Kim Chan, Caprice Benedetti, Don King, Ray Garvey, Rocco Musacchia, Susan Kellermann, James Saito, Harsh Nayyar, Mohammad Ghaffari, Nicki Cochrane, Fenja Klaus, Gino Lucci, Novella Nelson, Vincent Laresca, Benny Nieves, Franci Leary, Gloria Lynne Henry, Jorge Navarro, Tomatito / Jose Fernandes Torres, Antonio Vargas Cortés, Elena Camunez Andújar, Monica Keena, Linda Atkinson, William Hill, Juan Carlos Hernández, Wei Mei Wong, E. Katherine Kerr, Liza Harris, Bill Boggs, Bo Rucker, Michael Lombard, Marc Manfro, J. Nester, John Rothman, George Sperdakos, Hollis Granville, Edward Seamon, Patrick Joseph Byrnes, Gregory Lichtenson, Socorro Santiago, Marcia DeBonis, Marie Stuart Vassallo, Tom Riis Farrell, Harold Surratt, Alfonse D'amato, Charles A. Gargano, Lou Rudin, Ernie Grunfeld, Alan Grubman, Al Cerullo, Cadillac Moon (band), Rich Campbell, Cliff Hackford, Dave Noyes, Mike Nugent, Al Santoriello, Nikita Ager, Allan Wayne Anderson, Paul Benedict, Lauren Collins, Christopher Del Gaudio, Joyce Garland, Millena Gay, Roy Jones Jr., Christopher King, Omar Koury, Adrian Lee, Frank Licari, Delroy Lindo, Anibal O. Lleras, Cindy Malika, Dennis Mallen, Doris McCarthy, Dale Resteghini, Bonnie Rose, Todd Wall, Victor Warren.

On this day in music history - American III: Solitary Man, by Johnny Cash (2000)

American III: Solitary Man

by Johnny Cash

was released on October 17, 2000.