On this day in movie history - In Bruges (2008):

In Bruges

directed and written by Martin McDonagh,

was released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 17, 2008.
Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:

Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Gleeson, Clémence Poésy, Thekla Reuten, Elizabeth Berrington, Rudy Blomme, Olivier Bonjour, Mark Donovan, Ann Elsley, Jean-Marc FavorinEric Godon, Zeljko Ivanek, Sachi Kimura, Anna Madeley, Louis Nummy, Jordan Prentice, Jérémie Renier, Theo Stevenson, Inez Stinton, Emily Thorling, Angel Witney, Bonnie Witney, Ran Yaniv, Stephanie Carey, Jamie Edgell, Susan Ateh, Sommer Garcia, Ciarán Hinds, Liz Imperio, Arnold Montey, Carmen Osbahr, Robert Roldan, Bomber Hurley Smith.

On this day in music history - Voyager, by Uma Silbey (2006):

Voyager

Album by Uma Silbey,

released January 17, 2006.

Track list:

Voyager; Procession; Daydream; Beloved - Om Namah Shivaya Theme and Variations; Deep Caravan; Spinning Wheel; Free Float; In The Shining Of Your Love.

On this day in music history - Sounds of Silence, by Simon & Garfunkel (1966):

Sounds of Silence

Album by Simon & Garfunkel,

released January 17, 1966.

Track list:

The Sound of Silence (Electric Version); Leaves That Are Green; Blessed; Kathy's Song; Somewhere They Can't Find Me; Anji; Richard Cory; A Most Peculiar Man; April Come She Will; We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'; I Am a Rock; Blues Run the Game (Studio Outtake - 1965); Barbriallen (Demo); Rose of Aberdeen (Demo); Roving Gambler (Demo).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Blue Indigo.

Released January 17, 1958.

Directed by John Brahm.

Written by Martin Berkeley, Clarke Reynolds and Allen Rivkin.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Bethel Leslie, Nico Minardos, Jo Gilbert, Lillian Buyeff, Larry Thor, S. John Launer, Barney Phillips, Gavin Gordon, James Griffith, Rick Vallin.

On this day in movie history - The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927):

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

directed by Alfred Hitchcock,

written by Eliot Stannard, Alfred Hitchcock and Marie Belloc Lowndes,

based on the novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes,

was released in the United Kingdom on January 17, 1927.
Music by Ashley Irwin (for the 1999 release).

Cast:

Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen, Ivor Novello, Wallace Bosco, Daisy Campbell, Maudie Dunham, Reginald Gardiner, Eve Gray, Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville.

Born on this day – Andy Kaufman:

Andy Kaufman

Actor

Comedian

January 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984

Born on this day – Lucy Saroyan:

Lucy Saroyan

Actress

Photographer

Library archivist

January 17, 1946 – April 11, 2003

Credits:

Blue Collar (1978); Bravo Two (1977); Cactus Flower (1969); Columbo (1976); Eight Is Enough (1977); Greased Lightning (1977); Hopscotch (1980); Isadora (1968); Kotch (1971); Maidstone (1970); Mannix (1971); Prime Time (1977); Some Kind of a Nut (1969); The Blue Knight (1975–1976); The Name of the Game (1971); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974).