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 – 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 – 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 – 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 Damsel and the Sage (1903); The Sayings of Grandmamma (1908); Letters to Caroline (1914); 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).

Recommended reading - Mute Witness (1963):

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.

Epictetus, on reading and writing:

If you would be a reader, read;

if a writer, write.

- Epictetus.

On this day in television history - The Rookie (2018):

The Rookie

created by Alexi Hawley

was released in the United States on October 16, 2018.

Opening theme Kings & Queens by ChinChin.

Series music by Jordan Gagne.

Cast:

Nathan Fillion, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Titus Makin Jr., Mercedes Mason, Melissa O’Neil, Afton Williamson, Eric Winter, Mekia Cox, Shawn Ashmore, Jenna Dewan, Tru Valentino, Mircea Monroe, Sara Rue, Currie Graham, Demetrius Grosse, David DeSantos, Zayne Emory, Michael Beach, Brent Huff, Angel Parker, Sarah Shahi, Matthew Glave, Harold Perrineau, Daniel Lissing, Ali Larter, Jasmine Mathews, Enver Gjokaj, Carsyn Rose, Madeleine Coghlan, Annie Wersching, Jeff Pierre, Hrach Titizian, Brandon Routh, Arjay Smith, Toks Olagundoye, Dylan Conrique, Camille Guaty, Lisseth Chavez, Danny Nucci, Shawn Christian, Joelle Carter, Niko Nicotera, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Beau Garrett, Sean Maher, Mario Lopez, Joel McHale, Michael Trucco, Jim Lau, will.i.am, Stephen Lang, Felicia Day, Mark Cuban, Mitch Pileggi, Seamus Dever, Jon Huertas, Lauren Tom, Eric Weddle, Robert Woods, Alan Tudyk, Michael Cassidy, Pete Davidson, Seth Green, Roselyn Sánchez, Bailey Chase, Don Swayze, Hannah Kasulka, Christopher O’Shea, Frances Fisher, Frankie Muniz, Skyler Samuels, Rainn Wilson, Molly Quinn, Katy O’Brian, Emily Deschanel, Kyle Secor, Joshua Malina, Brandon Jay McLaren, Kathryn Prescott, Piper Curda, Peyton List, James Remar, Flula Borg, Tamala Jones, Niecy Nash, Britt Robertson, Felix Solis, Kevin Zegers, Thomas Dekker, Bridget Regan, Kelly Clarkson.