Today’s Past in the Movies … May 17

May 17 … What occurred in movie-land today in years past?

Events on this day:

1992 – Lethal Weapon 3 records box office of $33,243,086 on opening weekend.

Born on this day:

1911 – Maureen O’Sullivan (Actress: Tarzan the Ape Man, The Thin Man)
1936 – Dennis Hopper (Actor/Director: Easy Rider, Blue Velvet, Apocalypse Now)
1938 – Jason Bernard (Actor: WarGames, All of Me, Liar Liar)
1955 – Bill Paxton (Actor: Wierd Science, Near Dark, Twister)

Died on this day:

2004 – Tony Randall (Actor: The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, Pillow Talk)