On this day in movie history - The Wind (1928)

 

The Wind

directed by Victor Sjöström,

written by Frances Marion and John Colton,

based on the novel by Dorothy Scarborough,

was released in the United States on September 17, 1928.

Music by William Axt and Carl Davis.

Cast:

Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming, Edward Earle, William Orlamond, Carmencita Johnson, Leon Janney, Billy Kent Schaefer, Sam Appel, Si Jenks, Cullen Johnson, Seessel Anne Johnson, Gus Leonard, Margaret Mann.

On this day in movie history - Violent City (1970)

Violent City

Italian title: Città violenta

a.k.a. The Family

directed by Sergio Sollima,

written by Sauro Scavolini, Gianfranco Galligarich, Lina Wertmüller and Sergio Sollima,

based on a story by Dino Maiuri and Massimo De Rita,

was released in Italy on September 17, 1970.

Music by Ennio Morricone.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, Jill Ireland, Umberto Orsini, Michel Constantin, Ray Saunders, Benjamin Lev, Peter Dane, Corinne Dunne, Richard Dunne, Iver Gilborn, Denny Hulme, Rémy Julienne, Stirling Moss, Beryl Salvatore, George Savalas, Jo Siffert, Robert Spafford, Goffredo Unger, Arnold Williams.

On this day in movie history - Devil (2010)

Devil

directed by John Erick Dowdle,

written by Brian Nelson, and 

based on a story by M. Night Shyamalan,

was released in the United States on September 17, 2010.

Music by Fernando Velázquez.

Cast:

Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O'Hara, Bojana Novakovic, Bokeem Woodbine, Geoffrey Arend, Jacob Vargas, Matt Craven, Joshua Peace, Caroline Dhavernas, Joe Cobden, Zoie Palmer, Vincent Laresca, Rudy Webb, Craig Eldridge, Robert Lee, Genadijs Dolganovs, Joe Pingue, Killian Gray, Michael Rhoades, Kelly Jones, Lee Oliveira, Jonathan Potts, Alice Poon, Stacy Chbosky, Jay Hunter, Mark Behar, Mark Baldesarra, Shannon Garnett, Kimberly Ables Jindra, Gage Munroe, Farzad Sadrian.

On this day in movie history - The Town (2010)

The Town

directed by Ben Affleck,

written by Peter Craig, Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard,

based on the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan,

was released in the United States on September 17, 2010.

Music by Harry Gregson-Williams and David Buckley.

Cast:

Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Chris Cooper, Pete Postlethwaite, Slaine, Owen Burke, Titus Welliver, Dennis McLaughlin, Brian Scannell, Isaac Bordoy, Jack Neary, Edward O'Keefe, Victor Garber, Jim Ford.

On this day in television history - M*A*S*H (1972 - 1983)

 

M*A*S*H

developed by Larry Gelbart,

based on the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker

was originally aired in the United States on CBS and ran for eleven seasons,

from September 17, 1972 – February 28, 1983.

Theme music by Johnny Mandel.

Cast:

Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville, Gary Burghoff, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, David Ogden Stiers, G. W. Bailey, Kellye Nakahara, Jeff Maxwell, Johnny Haymer, Allan Arbus, Edward Winter.

On this day in music history – Visions of Love: Mozart Arias, by Renée Fleming and Charles Mackerras (1996)

Visions of Love: Mozart Arias

by Renée Fleming and Charles Mackerras,

was released on September 17, 1996.

On this day in music history – Guilty Pleasures, by Renée Fleming and Sebastian Lang-Lessing (2013)

Guilty Pleasures

by Renée Fleming and Sebastian Lang-Lessing,

was released on September 17, 2013.