On this day in movie history - The Age of Stupid (2009):

The Age of Stupid,

a drama / documentary directed and written by Franny Armstrong,

was released in the United States on July 17, 2009.

Narrated by Pete Postlethwaite.

Music by Chris Brierley.

Cast:
Pete Postlethwaite, Jehangir Wadia, Layefa Malin, Al Duvernay, Fernand Pareau, Jamila Bayyoud, Adnan Bayyoud, Piers Guy, Mark Lynas, Mohamed Nasheed, David King, George Monbiot, Richard Heinberg, Ed Miliband, Lisa Guy, Babou Ceesay, Toyah Frantzen.

On this day in movie history - Pulp Cinema (2001):

Pulp Cinema,

compilation of classic noir trailers,

produced by David Kalat,

edited by Brian Edwards,

was released in the United States on July 17, 2001.

Cast:
Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Ida Lupino, Vincent Price, Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum, Gloria Grahame, Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Jack Palance, Glenn Ford, Orson Welles.

On this day in movie history - A Stranger Among Us (1992):

A Stranger Among Us,

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Robert J. Avrech,

was released in the United States on July 17, 1992.
Music by Jerry Bock.

Cast:
Melanie Griffith, Eric Thal, John Pankow, Tracy Pollan, Lee Richardson, Mia Sara, Jamey Sheridan, Jake Weber, Ro'ee Levi, David Rosenbaum, Ruth Vool, David Margulies, Edward Rogers III, Maurice Schell, James Gandolfini, Christopher Collins, Burtt Harris, Ira Rubin, Françoise Granville, Rena Sofer, Shifra Lerer, Eleanor Reissa, Jim Lovelett, Jack Gill, Steve Hamilton, Paul Zim, Drew Eliot, Sasha Pasmur, John Louis Fischer, Jack Beers.

On this day in movie history - Marnie (1964):

Marnie,

directed by Alfred Hitchcock,

written by Jay Presson Allen,

based on the novel by Winston Graham,

was released in the United States on July 17, 1964.
Music by Bernard Herrmann.

Cast:
Tippi Hedren, Martin Gabel, Sean Connery, Louise Latham, Diane Baker, Alan Napier, Bob Sweeney, Milton Selzer, Henry Beckman, Edith Evanson, Mariette Hartley, Bruce Dern, S. John Launer, Meg Wyllie, Alfred Hitchcock.

On this day in movie history - The Thrill of It All (1963):

The Thrill of It All,

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by Carl Reiner,

based on a story by Larry Gelbart,

was released in the United States on July 17, 1963.
Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:
Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, Reginald Owen, ZaSu Pitts, Elliott Reid, Alice Pearce, Kym Karath, Brian Nash, Lucy Landau, Paul Hartman, Burt Mustin, Carl Reiner.

Born on this day – Phyllis Davis:

Phyllis Davis

Actress

July 17, 1940 – September 27, 2013

Credits:

Adam-12 (1969); Babes Behind Bars (2013); Battle of the Network Stars IX (1980); Beat the Clock (1979); Beverly Hills Cop III (1994); Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970); Captain Nice (1967); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Eight Is Enough (1977); Everything Goes (1981–1988); Exit to Eden (1994); Family Feud (1984); Famous T & A (1982); Fantasy Island (1979–1984); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Guns (1990); Hey, Landlord (1966); Hollywood Deb Star Ball (1966); Hotel (1984); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1993); Knight Rider (1982 / 1984); Live a Little, Love a Little (1968); Lord Love a Duck (1966); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Swinging Surgeon; Love and the Perfect Wife; Love and the Physical (1970–1973); Magnum, P.I. (1985–1988); Match Game PM (1980–1981); Matt Houston (1982); Missing Reel (2014); Mr. Mom (1984); Petticoat Junction (1966); Police Woman (1978); Saucy 70's Volume 2 (2010); Shane (1966); Sizzle (1981); Spinout (1966); Sweet Sugar (1972); Terminal Island (1973); The Best of Sex and Violence (1982); The Beverly Hillbillies (1966); The Big Bounce (1969); The Bob Braun Show (1977–1981); The Boys (1974); The Choirboys (1977); The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The F.B.I. (1970); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1978–1980); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1978–1981); The John Davidson Show (1980); The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966); The Love Boat (1979–1984); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Odd Couple (1974); The Oscar (1966); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Swinger (1966); The Wild Wild West (1966–1967); The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (1982); Today's F.B.I. (1982); Train Ride to Hollywood (1975); Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995); Vega$ (1978–1981); Wives (1975).

Born on this day – Donald Sutherland:

Donald Sutherland

Actor

Writer

Producer

July 17, 1935 – June 20, 2024

Born on this day – Diahann Carroll:

Diahann Carroll

Actress

Singer

Philanthropist

July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019

Born on this day – Irene Manning:

Irene Manning

Actress

Singer

July 17, 1912 – May 28, 2004

Born on this day – James Cagney:

James Cagney

Actor

Dancer

Director

July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986

Born on this day – Erle Stanley Gardner:

Erle Stanley Gardner

Writer

July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970

Credits:

Books:

A Century of Great Suspense Stories (2001); All Grass Isn't Green (1970); Bachelors Get Lonely (1961); Bats Fly at Dusk (1942); Bedrooms Have Windows (1949); Beware the Curves (1956); Cats Prowl at Night (1943); Crows Can't Count (1946); Cut Thin to Win (1965); Daring Detectives (1969); Dead Men's Letters (1990); Double or Quits (1941); Drifting Down Delta (1969); Fish or Cut Bait (1963); Fools Die on Friday (1947); Four Cases of Murder (1989); Give 'em the Ax (1944); Gold Comes in Bricks (1940); Hard-Boiled Detectives (1953); Honest Money and Other Short Novels (1991); Hunting the Desert Whale (1963); Kept Women Can't Quit (1960); Law and Order (1997); Murder On The Railways (2003); Murder Plus (1992); Murder Up My Sleeve (1937); Owls Don't Blink (1942); Pass the Gravy (1959); Pay Dirt and Other Whispering Sands Stories of Gold Fever and the Western Desert (1983); Pulp Adventures #37: Nymph in the Keyhole (2020); Shills Can't Cash Chips (1961); Some Slips Don't Show (1957); Some Women Won't Wait (1953); Spill the Jackpot (1941); Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries (1982); The Adventures Of Paul Pry (1991); The Adventures Of Paul Pry, Volume 2 (1990); The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith (1980); The Bigger They Come (1939); The Blonde in Lower Six Plus 3 Short Novels (1990); The Case of the Amorous Aunt (1963); The Case of the Angry Mourner (1951); The Case of the Backward Mule (1946); The Case of the Baited Hook (1940); The Case of the Beautiful Beggar (1965); The Case of the Bigamous Spouse (1961); The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde (1944); The Case of the Blonde Bonanza (1962); The Case of the Borrowed Brunette (1946); The Case of the Buried Clock (1943); The Case of the Burning Bequest (1990); The Case of the Calendar Girl (1958); The Case of the Careless Cupid (1968); The Case of the Careless Kitten (1942); The Case of the Caretaker's Cat (1935); The Case of the Cautious Coquette (1949); The Case of the Counterfeit Eye (1935); The Case of the Crimson Kiss (1970); The Case of the Crooked Candle (1944); The Case Of The Crying Swallow (1971); The Case of the Curious Bride (1934); The Case of the Dangerous Dowager (1937); The Case of the Daring Decoy (1957); The Case of the Daring Divorcee (1964); The Case of the Deadly Toy (1959); The Case of the Demure Defendant (1956); The Case of the Drowning Duck (1942); The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito (1943); The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom (1949); The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (1960); The Case of the Empty Tin (1941); The Case of the Fabulous Fake (1969); The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse (1946); The Case of the Fenced-in Woman (1972); The Case of the Fiery Fingers (1951); The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll (1958); The Case of the Fugitive Nurse (1954); The Case of the Gilded Lily (1956); The Case of the Glamorous Ghost (1955); The Case of the Golddigger's Purse (1945); The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister (1953); The Case of the Grinning Gorilla (1952); The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife (1945); The Case of the Haunted Husband (1941); The Case of the Hesitant Hostess (1953); The Case of the Horrified Heirs (1964); The Case of the Howling Dog (1934); The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands (1962); The Case of the Irate Witness and Other Stories (1973); The Case of the Lame Canary (1937); The Case of the Lazy Lover (1947); The Case of the Lonely Heiress (1948); The Case of the Long-Legged Models (1958); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1934); The Case of the Lucky Loser (1957); The Case of the Mischievous Doll (1962); The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink (1952); The Case of the Murderer's Bride and Other Stories (1955); The Case Of The Musical Cow (1960); The Case of the Mythical Monkeys (1959); The Case of the Negligent Nymph (1950); The Case of the Nervous Accomplice (1955); The Case of the One-Eyed Witness (1950); The Case of the Perjured Parrot (1939); The Case of the Phantom Fortune (1964); The Case of the Postponed Murder (1973); The Case of the Queenly Contestant (1967); The Case of the Reluctant Model (1962); The Case of the Restless Redhead (1954); The Case of the Rolling Bones (1939); The Case of the Runaway Corpse (1954); The Case of The Screaming Woman (1957); The Case of the Shapely Shadow (1960); The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe (1938); The Case of the Silent Partner (1940); The Case of the Singing Skirt (1959); The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece (1936); The Case of the Smoking Chimney (1943); The Case of the Spurious Spinster (1961); The Case of the Stepdaughter's Secret (1963); The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1936); The Case of the Substitute Face (1938); The Case of the Sulky Girl (1933); The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary (1955); The Case of the Terrified Typist (1955); The Case of the Troubled Trustee (1965); The Case of the Turning Tide (1941); The Case of the Vagabond Virgin (1948); The Case of the Velvet Claws (1933); The Case of the Waylaid Wolf (1960); The Case of the Worried Waitress (1966); The Case of Too Many Murders (1989); The Casebook of Sidney Zoom (2006); The Clue of the Forgotten Murder / The Clew of the Forgotten Murder (1942); The Count of 9 (1958); The Court of Last Resort: The True Story of a Team of Crime Experts Who Fought to Save the Wrongfully Convicted (1952); The D. A. Cooks a Goose (1942); The D.A. Breaks a Seal (1946); The D.A. Breaks An Egg (1949); The D.A. Calls a Turn (1944); The D.A. Calls It Murder (1937); The D.A. Draws a Circle (1939); The D.A. Goes to Trial (1940); The D.A. Holds a Candle (1938); The D.A. Takes a Chance (1948); The Danger Zone and Other Stories (2004); The Desert is Yours (1963); The Exploits of the Patent Leather Kid (2010); The Hidden Heart of Baja (1962); The Human Zero (1981); The Knife Slipped (1939); The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels (1996); The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); This Is Murder (1948); Top of the Heap (1952); Traps Need Fresh Bait (1967); Try Anything Once (1962); Turn on the Heat (1940); Two Clues: The Clue of the Runaway Blonde / Clue's Don't Count & The Clue of the Hungry Horse (1947); Up for Grabs (1964); Whispering Sands (1981); Widows Wear Weeds (1966); You Can Die Laughing (1957).

Movies and television:

A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (1995); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley / Segment: Almanac (2012); Climax! (1955); Cool and Lam (1958); Gladiator po naymu (1993); Granny Get Your Gun (1940); Perry Mason (1957–1966); Perry Mason (2020–2023); Perry Mason Returns (1985); Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (1988); Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (1991); Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992); Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin (1991); Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992); Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (1993); Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988); Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (1987); Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster (1991); Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder (1985); Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987); Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (1989); Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (1986); Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo (1992); Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter (1991); Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (1987); Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986); Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987); Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993); Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (1993); Person to Person (1959); Special Investigator (1936); The Case of the Black Cat (1936); The Case of the Curious Bride (1935); The Case of the Howling Dog (1934); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937); The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936); The Court of Last Resort (1957–1958); The New Perry Mason (1973–1974); They Call It Murder (1971); Visi pries viena (1986); We, the People (1949); What's My Line? (1957).

Born on this day – Jack Conway:

Jack Conway

Director

Producer

Actor

July 17, 1886 – October 11, 1952

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Child of War (1913); A Daughter of the Law (1921); A Diplomatic Mission (1918); A Gentleman of Fortune (1912); A Jewel in Pawn (1917); A Painter's Idyl (1911); A Pair of Jacks (1912); A Royal Democrat (1919); A Sheepman's Triumph (1911); A Star Is Born (1937); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); A Yank at Oxford (1938); Across the Deadline (1922); Across the Sierras (1912); Added Fuel (1915); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928); An Indian Vestal (1911); An Indian's Honor (1913); Another Man's Shoes (1922); Arizona Bill (1911); Arsène Lupin (1932); Assignment in Brittany (1943); Because of a Woman (1917); Birds of Prey (1913); Bitter Sweet (1916); Bond of Fear (1917); Boom Town (1940); Born to Be Bad (1934); Bringing Up Father (1928); Brought to Bay (1913); Brown of Harvard (1926); Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska (1914); -But the Flesh Is Weak (1932); Captain Macklin (1915); Coals of Fire (1911); Come Through (1917); Crossroads (1942); Cupid and the Ranchman (1912); Desert Law (1918); Desire Me (1947); Don't Shoot (1922); Dragon Seed (1944); Even Unto Death (1914); False Pride Has a Fall (1914); For Those Unborn (1914); George Warrington's Escape (1911); Hard Luck Bill (1912); Hell Below (1933); Her Decision (1918); Her Indian Hero (1912); Her Indian Mother (1910); Her Soul's Inspiration (1917); High Barbaree (1947); His Lesson (1915); His Only Son (1912); Honky Tonk (1941); How Steve Made Good (1912); How the Kid Went Over the Range (1914); How the Ranger Was Cured (1912); In Fear of His Past (1914); In the End (1913); In the Long Run (1912); Intolerance (1916); John Oakhurst, Gambler (1911); Judgment of the Guilty (1916); Julia Misbehaves (1948); Just a Gigolo (1931); Kit Carson's Wooing (1911); Lady of the Tropics (1939); Let Freedom Ring (1939); Libeled Lady (1936); Little Red Decides (1918); Lombardi, Ltd. (1919); Love Crazy (1941); Lucretia Lombard (1923); Macbeth (1916); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Mary of the Mines (1912); New Moon (1930); Northwest Passage (1940); One New York Night (1935); Our Modern Maidens (1929); Patsy's Luck (1913); Polly Redhead (1917); Quicksands (1923); Reaping the Whirlwind (1912); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Restless Souls (1919); Riders of the Dawn (1920); Rollicking Red's Big Lark (1912); Roof Tops of Manhattan (1935); Saratoga (1937); Sawdust (1923); Soldiers Three (1913); Soul Mates (1925); Stamboul Quest (1934); Step on It! (1922); Sundered Ties (1912); Tarzan and His Mate (1934); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The Alibi (1912); The Battle of the Red Men (1912); The Beckoning Trail (1916); The Birth of a Nation (1915); The Boomerang (1912); The Charmer (1917); The Chechako (1914); The Chief's Daughter (1911); The Civilian (1912); The Claim Jumper (1913); The Clock (1945); The Counting of Time (1912); The Doctor's Decision (1916); The Dwelling Place of Light (1920); The Easiest Way (1931); The Empty Water Keg (1912); The Everlasting Judy (1912); The Fighting Chance (1912); The Folly of Anne (1914); The Gay Bride (1934); The Girl from Missouri (1934); The Heart Buster (1924); The House of Pride (1912); The Hucksters (1947); The Hunted Woman (1925); The Indian Scout's Vengeance (1910); The Killer (1921); The Kiss (1921); The Land of Might (1912); The Little Nugget (1912); The Little Orphan (1917); The Long Chance (1922); The Long Portage (1913); The Love Trail (1912); The Lure of the Orient (1921); The Madcap (1913); The Mainspring (1916); The Man of It (1915); The Measure of a Man (1916); The Millionaire (1921); The Mistress of the Air (1914); The Money Changers (1920); The Mosaic Law (1913); The Mountain Daisy (1912); The Mystic Jewel (1915); The Nuisance (1933); The Obligation (1912); The Old Armchair (1913); The Old Fisherman's Story (1914); The Old Good-for-Nothing (1914); The Old High Chair (1915); The Old Maid (1914); The Old Soldier's Story (1909); The Only Thing (1925); The Outcast (1915); The Penitentes (1915); The Post Telegrapher (1912); The Price of Crime (1914); The Prisoner (1923); The Rage of Paris (1921); The Revenue Officer's Deputy (1914); The Roughneck (1924); The Scalawag (1912); The Scarlet Letter (1908); The Servant in the House (1921); The Sheriff of Tuolomne (1911); The Sheriff's Choice (1914); The Sheriff's Round-Up (1912); The Silent Battle (1916); The Smart Set (1928); The Smashing Stroke (1917); The Social Buccaneer (1916); The Solitaire Man (1933); The Spenders (1921); The Squatter's Child (1912); The Struggle (1913); The Telltale Hatband (1913); The Thespian Bandit (1912); The Torment (1916); The Totem Mark (1911); The Trail of the Lonesome Mine (1913); The Trouble Shooter (1924); The Twelfth Juror (1913); The U.P. Trail (1920); The Understanding Heart (1927); The Undoing of Slim Bill (1912); The Unholy Three (1930); The Valley of the Moon (1914); The Voyager: A Tale of Old Canada (1911); The Way of a Mother (1915); The Wireless Voice (1914); The Wrong Prescription (1914); The Wrong Prescription (1914); They Learned About Women (1930); Too Hot to Handle (1938); Tracked Through the Desert (1912); Trimmed in Scarlet (1923); Twelve Miles Out (1927); Two Men and the Law (1912); Uncle Bill (1912); Untamed (1929); Viva Villa! (1934); What Might Have Been (1915); What Wives Want (1923); When Lincoln Paid (1913); When Sherman Marched to the Sea (1913); While the City Sleeps (1928); Will o' the Wisp (1913); You Can't Believe Everything (1918).

Recommended reading - The Drowning Pool (1950):

The Drowning Pool (1950).

By Ross Macdonald.

Crime fiction.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679768068

ISBN-13: 978-0679768067

Description:

When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face-down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his seductive teenage daughter. In The Drowning Pool, Lew Archer takes this case in the L.A. suburbs and encounters a moral wasteland of corporate greed and family hatred – and sufficient motive for a dozen murders.

Irving Stone, on reading:

It's not macho to read?

Nonsense.

Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-itness.

It is also, in my experience, one of the most thrilling and enduring delights of life, equal to a home run, a slam-dunk, or breaking the four-minute mile.

- Irving Stone.