On this day in movie history - Frailty (2001):

Frailty,

directed by Bill Paxton,

written by Brent Hanley,

was released 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, Vincent Chase, 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 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.

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.

Born on this day – Fenella Fielding:

Fenella Fielding

Actress

November 17, 1927 – September 11, 2018

Born on this day – Rock Hudson:

Rock Hudson

Actor

November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985

Born on this day – Les Clark:

Les Clark

Animator

Director

November 17, 1907 - September 12, 1979

Born on this day – Betty Bronson:

Betty Bronson

Actress

November 17, 1906 – October 19, 1971

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 – Crane Wilbur:

Crane Wilbur

Writer

Actor

Director

November 17, 1886 – October 18, 1973

Born on this day – Charles Rosher (1885):

Charles Rosher

Cinematographer

November 17, 1885 – January 15, 1974

Charles Rosher (left) and Mickey Rooney (right)

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).

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.