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

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); 1900 (1976); 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000); 2014 MTV Movie Awards (2014); 2016 Canadian Screen Awards (2016); 2021 Golden Globe Awards (2021); 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1996); 60 Minutes (2017); 90 Minutes Live (1977); A Century of Cinema (1994); A Dry White Season (1989); A Farewell to Arms (1966); A Man, a Woman and a Bank (1979); A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (2012); A Time to Kill (1996); A War Story (1981); Abicinema (1975); Act of the Heart (1970); Ad Astra (2019); AFI Life Achievement Award (1981–1996); AFI’s 100 Years... 100 Stars: America’s Greatest Screen Legends (1999); AFI’s 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America’s Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); Alex in Wonderland (1970); Alien Thunder (1974); Alone (2020); Altman (2014); American Gun (2005); American Hangman (2019); American Masters (2000); America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions (2007); An American Haunting (2005); Apprentice to Murder (1988); Apropos Film (1975); Arena (2015); Armed and Deadly: The Making of ‘The Dirty Dozen’ (2006); Ask the Dust (2006); Assassin’s Bullet (2012); Astro Boy (2009); Aurora Borealis (2005); Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... (2020); Backdraft (1991); Backdraft 2 (2019); Backstory (2000); Baltic Storm (2003); Basmati Blues (2017); BBC Play of the Month (1966); Bear Island (1979); Beerfest (2006); Behind the Mask (1999); Bella Thorne at an event for Teen Choice Awards 2014 (2014); Benefit of the Doubt (1993); Bertolucci Shoots ‘1900’ (1976); Bethune (1977); Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990); Big Audio Dynamite: E=MC2 (1985); Big Shot’s Funeral (2001); Billion Dollar Brain (1967); Biography (1995–2003); Blood Relatives (1978); Breakfast (2011); Breaking Down the Walls: The Road to Recreating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (2002); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992); Buster’s Bedroom (1991); Casanova (1976); Celebrity Page (2018); Ciné regards (1981); Cinema (1973); Cinéma cinémas (1989); Cinema mil (2005); Citizen Jane, l’Amérique selon Fonda (2020); Citizen X (1995); Cold Mountain (2003); Commander in Chief (2005–2006); Corazón de... (2006); Court Martial (1966); Crackers (1984); Crossing Lines (2013–2015); Dawn Rider (2012); Days of Darkness (2007); Días de cine (2018); Die Romy (1990); Die! Die! My Darling! (1965); Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia (2007); Dirty Sexy Money (2007–2009); Disclosure (1994); Don’t Look Now (1973); Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965); E! Live from the Red Carpet (2018); Eminent Domain (1990); End of the Game (1975); Enlisted: The Story of ‘M*A*S*H’ (2000); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2023); EXTRAS-The Hunger Games (2016–2020); Eye of the Needle (1981); Fallen (1998); Fellini - Wizards, Clowns and Honest Liars (1977); Fellini dice... (2006); Fellini: I’m a Born Liar (2002); Fierce People (2005); Film ‘72 (1974–2015); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); Filmkrönikan (1977); Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001); Five Moons Plaza (2003); Fool’s Gold (2008); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots (2010); For the Love of Spock (2016); Forsaken (2015); Frankenstein (2004); Free Money (1998); Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2008); Friday People (1985); FTA (1972); Gas (1981); Gideon C.I.D. (1966); Give Me Your Answer True (1987); GMTV (2005); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Good Morning America (1978–2015); Great Books - Le Morte D’Arthur: Legend of the King (1993); Great Books (1993–2000); Hal (2018); Hamlet at Elsinore (1964); HARDtalk Extra (2005); HBO First Look (2005); Heart of Gold (1982); Heart of the Festival (2002); Heaven Help Us (1985); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); High Octane: Stunts from ‘the Italian Job’ (2003); History of Swear Words (2021); History vs. Hollywood (2001); Hollow Point (1996); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Horrible Bosses (2011); Human Trafficking (2005); Hunger Games: Cast Interviews (2012); Ice (2016–2017); IMDb: What to Watch (2014); Inside the Actors Studio (1998); Instinct (1999); Interlude (1968); Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978); ITV Play of the Week (1963–1965); Jäger des Augenblicks - Ein Abenteuer am Mount Roraima (2013); Jappeloup (2013); JFK (1991); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2018); Joanna (1968); Jock the Hero Dog (2011); Johnny Got His Gun (1971); Kate Bush: Cloudbusting (1985); Kate Bush: The Hair of the Hound (1986); Kate Bush: The Whole Story (1986); Kelly’s Heroes (1970); Klute (1971); Klute in New York: A Background for Suspense (1971); Kurier Romy 2011 (2011); La edad de oro (1984); La noche de los Oscar (2018); La spirale (1976); Lady Ice (1973); Land of the Blind (2006); Late Night with Conan O’Brien (2000); Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023); Lawmen: Bass Reeves | Inside the Series (2023); Le Poing J (1997); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1980); Life and Times (2001); Little Murders (1971); Live with Kelly and Mark (2005–2018); Living Loaded (2012); Lock Up (1989); Long Road Home (1991); Lord of War (2005); Lost Angels (1989); M*A*S*H (1970); Mad TV (2006); Made in Hollywood (2012–2018); Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968); Man of the World (1962); Man on the Train (2011); Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015); Max Dugan Returns (1983); Measure of a Man (2018); Milton’s Secret (2016); Minty Comedic Arts (2021); Minyan (2020); Miranda’s Victim (2023); Moby Dick (2011); Moonfall (2022); Movie Night Extravaganza (2021); Mr. Harrigan’s Phone (2022); Mr. Skin’s Favorite Horror Movie Nude Scenes (2016); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005); Murder by Decree (1979); My Life As an Experiment (2011); My Name Is Lopez (2021); National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978); Natural Enemy (1996); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Norman Corwin Presents (1971); Nothing Personal (1980); Nulle part ailleurs: midi (2000); ‘NYPD Blue’: A Final Tribute (2005); Oedipus the King (1968); Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994); Operation Dirty Dozen (1967); Ordeal by Innocence (1984); Ordinary People (1980); Out of the Shadows (2012); Outbreak (1995); Oviri (1986); Ozi: Voice of the Forest (2023); Panic (2000); Parkinson (1973); Path to War (2002); Pawns No More: Making the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2016); Pedal to the Metal: The Making of ‘The Italian Job’ (2003); People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe (1988); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (2016); Pirate’s Passage (2015); Point and shoot (2016); Poor Boy’s Game (2007); Premio Donostia a Donald Sutherland (2019); President Hollywood (2008); Pride & Prejudice (2005); Pride & Prejudice: On Set Diaries (2006); Pride & Prejudice: The Bennets (2006); Pride & Prejudice: The Life and Times of Jane Austen (2006); Pride & Prejudice: The Politics of 18th Century Dating (2006); Pride and Prejudice Revisited (2005); Private Screenings (2001); Promise Her Anything (1966); Puffball: The Devil’s Eyeball (2007); Punch (1993); Queen Victoria’s Empire (2001); Quicksand: No Escape (1992); Red Hot (1993); Reign Over Me (2007); Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod (2016); Revolution (1985); Revolution: Revisiting Revolution - A Conversation with Al Pacino and Hugh Hudson (2009); Right Said Fred: Fred Schepisi Film Director (1993); Robert Altman: Giggle and Give In (1996); Robert Redford: The Golden Look (2019); S*P*Y*S (1974); Salem’s Lot (2004); Scene by Scene (2001); Scream of Stone (1991); Sebastian (1968); Seeing Death Valley (2011); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Shadow Conspiracy (1997); Shadow of the Wolf (1992); Showbiz Today (1997); Sir! No Sir! (2005); Six Degrees of Separation (1993); Sleepwalkers (2007); Songs of the American Civil War (1965); Space Cowboys (2000); Spécial cinéma (1976); Special Collector’s Edition / Segment: That’s Armageddon (2011); Start the Revolution Without Me (1970); Steelyard Blues (1973); Stonehenge: Decoded (2008); Studio 4 (1962); Sunday Pants (2005); Sur les traces de Fellini (2013); Surviving the Game - Making the Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013); Suspense (1963); Swimming with Sharks (2022); Telescope (1970); Terror in the Aisles (1984); Terry-Thomas says How do you do? (1963); The 26th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards (2021); The 32nd Annual People’s Choice Awards (2006); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1995); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999); The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2003); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2006 (2006); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The American Civil War (1965); The American Movie Awards (1980); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Art of War (2000); The Assignment (1997); The Avengers (1967); The Bedford Incident (1965); The Best Offer (2013); The Big Heist (2001); The British Academy Awards (1976); The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019); The Calling (2014); The Castle of the Living Dead (1964); The Champions (1969); The Con Artist (2010); The David Frost Show (1971); The Day of the Locust (1975); The Diahann Carroll Special (1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1970–1972); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Disappearance (1977); The Eagle (2011); The Eagle Has Landed (1976); The Eastmans (2009); The Factor (2008); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Federico Fellini (1985); The Frame (2013); The Graham Norton Show (2011); The Great Train Robbery (1978); The Greatest Canadian (2004); The Green Fog (2017); The Grey Fox (1982) Filmmaker Phillip Borsos / Inventing Grace, Touching Glory (2003); The Hunger Games (2012); The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013); The Hunger Games: Going Rogue (the Cast);  (2016); The Hunger Games: Letters from the Rose Garden (2012); The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014); The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Official Teaser - Together As One (2014); The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015); The Hunger Games: The Phenomenon (2015); The Hunley (1999); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1971); The Italian Job (2003); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1981); The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977); The Last Continent (2007); The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2013); The Leisure Seeker (2017); The Life and Times of Arthur Erickson (2004); The Lifeforce Experiment (1994); The Living Edens (1998); The Magic of Fellini (2002); The Making of ‘Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within’ (2001); The Making of ‘Space Cowboys’ (2000); The Mechanic (2011); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Mighty River (1993); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1980); The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015); The Movies (2019); The Name of the Game (1968); The Odd Man (1963); The Oscars (2018); The Physics of Sorrow (2019); The Pillars of the Earth (2010); The Poky Little Puppy’s First Christmas (1992); The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (1992–1993); The Puppet Masters (1994); The Railway Station Man (1992); The Rosary Murders (1987); The Rosie O’Donnell Show (2001); The Saint (1965–1966); The Sentimental Agent (1963); The Setting Sun (1992); The Shadow Catcher (1974); The Shuttered Room (1967); The Simpsons (1989); The Split (1968); The Stately Homes of Pride & Prejudice: Basildon Park (2006); The Sullavan Brothers (1965); The Sunshine Patriot (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1983); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993); The Trouble with Spies (1987); The Undoing (2020); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); The View (2018); The War of the Worlds: Great Books (1994); The Winter of Our Discontent (1983); The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games (2012); The World Ten Times Over (1963); Theatre 625 (1966); Threads of Hope (1992); Threshold (1981); Today (2016–2018); Toute une vie dans un Dimanche (1982); Treasure Island (2012); Trumbo (2007); Trust (2018); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda (1988); Undersea Treasures: Napoleon’s Lost Fleet (1999); Untitled ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Featurette (1992); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2008–2012); Uprising (2001); Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Ceremonies, Behind the Scenes (2010); Vancouver 2010: XXI Olympic Winter Games (2010); Video Games Awesome! (2014); Virus (1999); Virus: Ghost in the Machine (2000); Wayne and Shuster in London (1962); Welcome to the 76th Hunger Games: On Location in Atlanta, Paris & Berlin (2016); Without Limits (1998); Wogan (1990); Wuxing People’s Commune (1981); Younger and Younger (1993); Zoom su Fellini (1983).

Born on this day – Diahann Carroll:

Diahann Carroll

Actress

Singer

Philanthropist

July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019

Born on this day – Mimi Hines:

Mimi Hines

Actress

Singer

Comedian

July 17, 1933 – October 21, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Mimi Hines Sings (1966); Mimi Hines is a Happening (1966).

Movies and television:

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Canada After Dark (1978); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1972); Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. (1972); Des O'Connor Tonight (1980); Fake-Out (1982); Frasier (1999); He Said, She Said (1970); It's Your Bet (1971–1972); I've Got a Secret (1966); Jack Paar Tonite (1973); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1975); Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On (2019); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Wig (1971); On Parade (1964); Operation: Entertainment (1969); Password (1967); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Personality (1969); Play Your Hunch (1960); Saturday Night in Apple Valley (1965); Snap Judgment (1967); Summer Playhouse (1964); The 20th Annual Tony Awards (1966); The Bob Braun Show (1977–1982); The Bobby Darin Show (1973); The Carson Podcast (2019); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dean Martin Show (1965); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959–1966); The Game Game (1970); The Garry Moore Show (1963); The Hollywood Palace (1964); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1971); The Jimmy Dean Show (1963–1965); The Joe Franklin Show (1978); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1962–1972); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2002); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958–1963); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964–1972); The Ugily Family (1980); The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' (1968); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1963); Vaudeville (1976); You Don't Say (1963–1969).

Born on this day – Joanne Gilbert:

Joanne Gilbert

Actress

July 17, 1932 – April 16, 2025

Credits:

Ben Casey (1966); Bronco (1958); Follow the Sun (1962); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Houdini (1953); Lock Up (1960); Perry Mason (1959); Place the Face (1954); Red Garters (1954); Ride Out for Revenge (1957); Studio One (1958); The Betty White Show (1954); The Bing Crosby Special (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The George Gobel Show (1956); The Great Man (1956); The High Cost of Loving (1958); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1957); The New Steve Allen Show (1962); The Outer Limits (1963); The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957–1959); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); Zane Grey Theatre (1958).

Born on this day – Arthur Frommer:

Arthur Frommer

Travel writer

July 17, 1929 – November 18, 2024

Credits:

Books:

A Dollar Wise Guide to Germany (1972); Arizona - Frommer's Travel Guides (1996); Arthur Frommer's Europe (2015); Australia (1989); Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs (1993); Dollarwise Guide to Florida-1982 (1982); Dollar-Wise Guide to Portugal: 1976-1977 (1976); Europe $30 A Day (1988); Europe (1997); Europe on $10 a Day (1975); Europe on $25 a Day-86 (1985); Europe on 5 Dollars a Day (1957); Frommer's 1987-88 Guide to Mexico City and Acapulco (1986); Frommer's Belgium (1989); Frommer's City Guide to Nashville and Memphis (1994); Frommer's Comprehensive Travel Guide: Hong Kong '94-'95 City Guide (1994); Frommer's Comprehensive Travel Guide: Prague City Guide (1994); Frommer's Costa Rica, Guatemala and Belize on 35 Dollars a Day, 1993-1994 (1992); Frommer's Dollarwise Guide to New York State (1987); Frommer's England '94 (1993); Frommer's Europe on $20 a day (1981); Frommer's Europe on $25 a Day (1984); Frommer's Family Travel Guide California with Kids (1993); Frommer's France '94-95 (1993); Frommer's Guide to Dublin and Ireland (1987); Frommer's Guide to Minneapolis Saint Paul (1987); Frommer's Honolulu and Oahu '94 (1993); Frommer's Israel from $45 a Day (1998); Frommer's Mexico City and Acapulco, 1991-1992 (1990); Frommer's New York on Seventy Dollars a Day, 1994-1995 (1994); Frommer's New Zealand (1999); Frommer's Orlando '94 (1993); Frommer's Scandinavia on $25 a Day (1981); Frommer's Scandinavia on $60 a Day (1989); Frommer's Shortcut Switzerland (2015); Frommer's Touring Guide to Amsterdam (1990); Hawaii on Fifty Dollars a Day, 1990 (1989); Hawaii on Thirty-Five Dollars a Day, 1984-1985 (1984); How to Beat the High Cost of Travel (1975); Las Vegas, 1987-1988 (1987); Lisbon, Madrid and the Costa Del Sol, 1987-1988 (1987); London on Forty-Five Dollars a Day, '94-95 (1993); New York (1977); New Zealand and Australia on Ten Dollars a Day, 1976-1977 (1976); Paris from $60 a Day 1997 (1996); Radiography Dental Auxiliary (1995); The 10 top travel bargains of the year (1986); The New World of Travel 1988 (1988); The New World of Travel, 1991 (1991); The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 1999 (1993); Washington, D. C. 97 (1997).

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 – Connie Gilchrist:

Connie Gilchrist

Actress

July 17, 1895 – March 3, 1985

Credits:

A House Is Not a Home (1964); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); A Really Important Person (1947); A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950); A Tiger Walks (1964); A Woman's Face (1941); Act of Violence (1948); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962); Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944); Apache Trail (1942); Arrest and Trial (1963); Auntie Mame (1958); Bachelor Father (1960–1962); Bad Bascomb (1946); Barnacle Bill (1941); Big City (1948); Billy the Kid (1941); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1966); Born to Sing (1942); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); Chain of Circumstance (1951); Chicken Every Sunday (1949); Cloak and Dagger (1946); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Daniel Boone (1965); Down in San Diego (1941); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941); Faithful in My Fashion (1946); Flesh and Fury (1952); Fluffy (1965); Further Adventures of Spin and Marty (1956); General Electric Theater (1960–1961); Going My Way (1962–1963); Good News (1947); Grand Central Murder (1942); H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Here Comes the Groom (1951); Houdini (1953); Hullabaloo (1940); Important Business (1944); It Should Happen to You (1954); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956–1958); Johnny Eager (1941); Junior Miss (1945); Leave It to Beaver (1957); Little Women (1949); Lock Up (1960); Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954); Louisa (1950); Lux Video Theatre (1957); Luxury Liner (1948); M Squad (1960); Machine-Gun Kelly (1958); Married Bachelor (1941); Mr. Novak (1963); Music for Millions (1944); Nothing But Trouble (1944); One Big Affair (1952); Our Man Higgins (1963); Patrolling the Ether (1944); Peggy (1950); Perry Mason (1964–1966); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); Rationing (1944); Sam Benedict (1962); Say One for Me (1959); Some Came Running (1958); Some Kind of a Nut (1969); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Stars in My Crown (1950); Sunday Punch (1942); Swing Shift Maisie (1943); Swingin' Along (1961); Sylvia (1965); Telephone Time (1956); Tenth Avenue Angel (1948); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Bob Cummings Show (1962); The Bride Goes Wild (1948); The Danny Thomas Show (1957); The F.B.I. (1965–1968); The Far Country (1954); The Fugitive (1964); The Great Diamond Robbery (1954); The Half-Breed (1952); The Heavenly Body (1944); The Hucksters (1947); The Interns (1962); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957); The Loretta Young Show (1954); The Magical World of Disney (1966–1967); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964); The Monkey's Uncle (1965); The Real McCoys (1961); The Restless Gun (1957–1958); The Seventh Cross (1944); The Story of Molly X (1949); The Tall Man (1961); The Thin Man Goes Home (1944); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Unfinished Dance (1947); The Valley of Decision (1945); The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942); The Wild Man of Borneo (1941); This Time for Keeps (1942); Thunder on the Hill (1951); Tickle Me (1965); Tortilla Flat (1942); Tripoli (1950); Two on a Guillotine (1965); Undercover Girl (1950); Up Goes Maisie (1946); Wagon Train (1960); Waterfront (1955); We Were Dancing (1942); Westinghouse Playhouse (1961); Young Widow (1946).

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).

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.