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The year 1961 in film involved some significant events. The year 1961 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below This list of years in film indexes the individual year Events 1870s - French inventor Charles-Émile Reynaud improved on the Zoetrope idea by placing mirrors at the center of the Events 1880 - American George Eastman begins to commercially manufacture dry plates for Photography. Events 1891 - Designed around the work of Muybridge Marey and Eastman Thomas Edison 's employee William K Events William Dickson completes his work for Thomas Edison on the Kinetograph cylinder either in this year or 1889 Events WK Laurie Dickson supervises the construction of the first movie studio called the " Black Maria " in West Orange New Jersey which produces Events The final revisions to the Kinetoscope are made including a vertical transport and wider film Events Thomas Edison builds "America's First Movie Studio" the Black Maria Blacksmith Scene is made Events January 7 - William Kennedy Dickson receives a Patent for motion picture film. Events March 22 - First display of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière (private screening Events January - In Britain, Birt Acres and Robert W Paul developed their own film projector the Theatrograph (later known Events 125 people died during a film screening at the Charity Bazaar in Paris after a curtain catches on fire from the ether used to fuel the Events May 19 - Vitagraph is founded in New York Birt Acres invents the first amateur format Birtac, by splitting 35 mm The year 1899 in film involved some significant events Events T Events Several full-length films were produced during the first decade of the 1900s The year 1900 in film involved some significant events Events Reulos Goudeau & Co The year 1901 in film involved some significant events Events Edwin S The year 1902 in film involved some significant events Events March 10 - Circuit Court's decision disallows Thomas Edison from having a monopoly The year 1903 in film involved some significant events Events Thomas Edison demolishes "America's First Movie Studio" the Black The year 1904 in film involved some significant events Events As shown in the film Westinghouse Works, some filmmakers begin to move The year 1905 in film involved some significant events Events Pathé Frères colors black-and-white films by machine The year 1906 in film involved some significant events Events 26 December - The world's first feature film The Story of the Kelly Gang The year 1907 in film involved some significant events Events January 19 - Variety publishes its first film review The year 1908 in film involved some significant events Events Thomas Edison formed the Motion Picture Patents Company, with goals of controlling The year 1909 in film involved some significant events Events Matsunosuke Onoe, who would become the first superstar of Japanese cinema Events Several full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1910s The year 1910 in film involved some significant events Events The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot The year 1911 in film involved some significant events Events October 27: David Horsley 's Nestor Motion The year 1912 in film involved some significant events Events Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D The year 1913 in film involved some significant events Events The Squaw Man, the first Hollywood feature film is made The year 1914 in film involved some significant events Events The 3300-seat Strand Theater opens in New York City. The year 1915 in film involved some significant events Events June 18: The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA was formed by The year 1916 in film involved some significant events Events October 17 - A Daughter of the Gods released - first US production with The year 1917 in film involved some significant events Events Foundation of Universum Film AG (UƒA as a propaganda film company in Berlin The year 1918 in film involved some significant events Events Following litigation for anti-trust activities the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture The year 1919 in film involved some significant events Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Events Many full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1920s The year 1920 in film involved some significant events Events November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres Events November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general Events April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York Events Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B Events Top grossing films The Big Parade Ben-Hur The Freshman Events August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film Don Juan. Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. Events The days of the Silent film were numbered A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on Events Many full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1930s Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon The year 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the Events Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film The year 1941 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1942 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released The year 1945 in film involved some significant events Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short Cartoon The year 1946 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1947 in film involved some significant events Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York The year 1948 in film involved some significant events Events Laurence Olivier 's Hamlet becomes the The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Events Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety As a result of Television, the studios and companies sought to put audiences back in theaters The year 1950 in film involved some significant events Events February 15 - Walt Disney Studios The year 1951 in film involved some significant events Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian The year 1952 in film involved some significant events Events January 10 - Cecil B The year 1953 in film involved some significant events Events September 16 — The Robe debuts as The year 1954 in film involved some significant events Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx The year 1955 in film involved some significant events Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls The year 1956 in film involved some significant events Events August 4 - The last film serial Blazing the Overland The year 1957 in film involved some significant events Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock The year 1958 in film involved some significant events Events February 16- " In the Money " by William The year 1959 in film involved some significant events Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film Events Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the 1960s The year 1960 in film involved some significant events Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military The year 1962 in film involved some significant events Events Dr The year 1963 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr The year 1965 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1966 in film involved some significant events Events Walt Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse died on The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film The year 1968 in film involved some significant events Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter The year 1969 in film involved some significant events Events Cannes Film Festival opens but closes in support World cinema In cinema all over the world the seventies brought about vigor in adventurous cool and realistic complex narratives with rich cinematography and elaborate scores The year 1970 in film involved some significant events Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian The year 1971 in film involved some significant events Events February 8 - Bob Dylan 's hour long documentary The year 1972 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1973 in film involved some significant events Events The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx divorces his second The year 1974 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released The year 1975 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft The year 1976 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas ' The year 1977 in film involved some significant events Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway The year 1978 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U The year 1979 in film involved some significant events Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode Events The 1980s saw the continued rise of the blockbuster, an increased amount of Nudity in film and the increasing emphasis in the American industry on film The year 1980 in film involved some significant events Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film McVicar, opens Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. Events June 10 = Steven Spielberg 's Science fiction PG-rating film E Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name Events 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to Events Michael Jackson 's first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films (U Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million Events Thousands of full-length Films were produced during the 1990s The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for The year 1991 in film involved some significant events Events April 28 - Bonnie The year 1992 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U The year 1995 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace The year 1998 in film involved some significant events Events February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s Events Thousands of full-length Films have been produced during the first decade of the 21st Century The year 2000 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films Please note that following the tradition of the The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The year 2003 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings The Return The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place The year 2005 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest 2007 saw major releases such as The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure Book of Secrets, 2009 in film has numerous films in production to be released in 2009 as well as films that have announced release dates but have yet to begin filming
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Events
- Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad) released
Top grossing films (U. L'année dernière à Marienbad (translated as Last Year in Marienbad in the UK and Last Year at Marienbad in North S. )
| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
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| 1. | 101 Dalmations* | Disney | $68,648,000 |
| 2. | West Side Story | United Artists | $19,646,000 |
| 3. | The Guns of Navarone | Columbia | $13,000,000 |
| 4. | El Cid | Allied Artists | $12,000,000 |
| 5. | The Absent-Minded Professor* | Disney | $11,426,000 |
| 6. | The Parent Trap* | Disney | $11,322,000 |
| 7. | La Dolce Vita* | Astor/AIP | $8,000,000 |
| 8. | Lover Come Back | Universal | $7,625,000 |
| 9. | King of Kings | MGM | $6,520,000 |
| 10. | Poor White Trash* | CDA/United Artists | $6,000,000 |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1961.shtml
Awards
- Best Picture: West Side Story - Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, United Artists
- Best Director: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins - West Side Story
- Best Actor: Maximilian Schell - Judgment at Nuremberg
- Best Actress: Sophia Loren - Two Women
- Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris - West Side Story
- Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno - West Side Story
- Best Foreign Language Film: Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel), directed by Ingmar Bergman, Sweden
- Drama:
- Best Picture: The Guns of Navarone
- Best Actor: Maximilian Schell - Judgement at Nuremberg
- Best Actress: Geraldine Page - Summer and Smoke
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture (tie): A Majority of One
- Best Picture (tie): West Side Story
- Best Actor: Glenn Ford - Pocketful of Miracles
- Best Actress: Rosalind Russell - A Majority of One
- Other
- Best Director: Stanley Kramer - Judgment at Nuremberg
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Long Absence (Une aussi longue absence), directed by Henri Colpi, France
- Viridiana, directed by Luis Buñuel, Spain
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad), directed by Alain Resnais, France
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- La Notte (The Night), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy
Films released in 1961
- The Absent-Minded Professor
- Atlantis, the Lost Continent
- Babes in Toyland
- Back Street
- Blue Hawaii starring Elvis Presley (his biggest box-office success)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Bridge to the Sun
- The Children's Hour, nominated for five Academy Awards
- The Comancheros
- Come September
- The Devil at 4 O'Clock, starring Frank Sinatra and Spencer Tracy, and Gregoire Aslan
- El Cid, starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren
- The Errand Boy, starring Jerry Lewis
- Fanny
- Flower Drum Song
- The Fruit Is Ripe (Les Filles sèment le vent)
- Goodbye Again
- The Guns of Navarone
- Hoodlum Priest
- The Hustler
- Judgment at Nuremberg
- King of Kings
- Khovanshchina
- La dolce vita (U. The 34th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1961, were held on April 9, 1962 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working West Side Story is a 1961 film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Robert Wise ( September 10, 1914 &ndash September 14, 2005) was an American sound effects editor film editor and Academy Jerome Robbins (11 October 1918 – 29 July 1998 was an American film director and Choreographer whose work has included everything from classical ballet to Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930) is an Academy Award -winning Austrian Actor. Judgment at Nuremberg (released in the UK as Judgement at Nuremberg) ( 1961) is a fictionalized film account of the post- World Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Sophia Loren (born September 20 1934 is an Academy Award winning Italian film actress born Sofia Villani Scicolone Two Women (Original title La Ciociara, literally translated as "The Woman from Ciociaria " is a 1960 Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts George Chakiris (born September 16, 1934) is an American Dancer and Academy Award and Golden Globe -winning Film Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS Rita Moreno (born December 11, 1931) is a singer dancer and multiple award-winning actress The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars handed out annually by the U Through a Glass Darkly ( Swedish: Såsom i en spegel (" As in a mirror " is a 1961 Swedish film written Ernst Ingmar Bergman ( pronounced) (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007 was a nine-time Academy Award -nominated Swedish film, stage The 19th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in Film for 1961 films were held on March 5, 1962. This page lists the winners and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture — Drama, since its institution in 1951 The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 film based on a well-known 1957 novel about World War II by Scottish thriller writer The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 Judgment at Nuremberg (released in the UK as Judgement at Nuremberg) ( 1961) is a fictionalized film account of the post- World The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 Geraldine Sue Page ( November 22, 1924 – June 13, 1987) was an American actress Summer and Smoke is a 1948 play by Tennessee Williams, originally entitled Chart of Anatomy when Williams began work on it in 1945 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. A Majority of One is a play by Leonard Spigelgass. The Comedy involves Mrs Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford ( May 1, 1916 &ndash August 30, 2006) was a Canadian -born American Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 film that was the last to be directed by Frank Capra. The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in Rosalind Russell ( June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an award-winning American Actress of stage and This page lists the winners and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, since its institution in 1943 Stanley Kramer ( September 29, 1913 &ndash February 19, 2001) was an Academy Award -nominated American Film director The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. The Long Absence ( Une aussi longue absence) is a 1961 film directed by Henri Colpi. Henri Colpi ( July 15, 1921 - Brigue, Switzerland – 14 January, 2006 - Menton, France) was a French Viridiana is a 1961 Spanish - Mexican Coproduction, directed by Luis Buñuel and produced in Spain by Mexican Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 &ndash 29 July 1983 was a Spanish -born Filmmaker and naturalized Mexican who worked mainly in Mexico The Leone d’Oro ('Golden Lion' is the highest prize given to a film at the Biennale Venice Film Festival. L'année dernière à Marienbad (translated as Last Year in Marienbad in the UK and Last Year at Marienbad in North Alain Resnais (born June 3 1922 in Vannes, France) is a French Film director whose early works are often grouped within the New Wave or The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading Film festivals and most reputable media events held in Berlin La Notte ( The Night) is a 1961 Italian film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( September 29 1912 &ndash July 30 2007) was an Italian Modernist For the stock character see Absent-minded professor. The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 Walt Disney Pictures Atlantis the Lost Continent is a 1961 Science fiction film, directed by George Pal and starring Anthony Hall aka Sal Ponti, about Babes in Toyland is a 1961 Christmas Musical film in Technicolor, directed by Jack Donohue, produced by Back Street is a Romance novel written by Fannie Hurst in 1931, with underlying themes of Death and Adultery. Blue Hawaii is a 1961 Musical film set in the state of Hawaii and starring Elvis Presley. Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, and featuring Patricia Neal, Bridge to the Sun is a 1961 film directed by Etienne Périer starring Carroll Baker, James Shigeta, James Yagi and Tetzuro Tamba The Children's Hour is a 1961 film adaptation of the play of the same name written by Lillian Hellman. The Comancheros is a 1961 western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring John Wayne and Stuart Whitman. Come September is a 1961 comedy-romance genre film directed by Robert Mulligan. The Devil at 4 O'Clock is a 1961 disaster film with elevated themes starring Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra and directed by Mervyn Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor Spencer Tracy ( April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award -winning Actor of stage and Grégoire Aslan ( 28 March 1908 - 8 January 1982) was an Armenian actor El Cid is a 1961 historical Epic film made by Samuel Bronston Productions in association with The Rank Organisation Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4 1923 &ndash April 5 2008) was an American Actor of Sophia Loren (born September 20 1934 is an Academy Award winning Italian film actress born Sofia Villani Scicolone The Errand Boy was filmed from July 24-September 1 1961 and was released on November 28, 1961 by Paramount Pictures. Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American Comedian, award-winning actor producer writer and director best-known for his slapstick Fanny is a 1961 film drama based on the 1954 musical Fanny, about a young man torn between leaving his boring life for adventures at Flower Drum Song is a 1961 film adaptation of the 1958 Broadway musical play Flower Drum Song, written by composer Richard Rodgers Goodbye Again, also known as Aimez Vous Brahms?, is a 1961 Franco - American romantic Drama film The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 film based on a well-known 1957 novel about World War II by Scottish thriller writer Hoodlum Priest is a 1961 film by Irvin Kershner, based on the life of Father Charles Clark who ministered to street gangs The Hustler is a 1961 American Drama film. It tells the story of small-time pool hustler, "Fast Eddie" Felson and his desire to prove Judgment at Nuremberg (released in the UK as Judgement at Nuremberg) ( 1961) is a fictionalized film account of the post- World For the 1927 Cecil B DeMille film see The King of Kings King of Kings ( 1961) is a American Motion For the 1880 opera on which this film is based see Khovanshchina. S. release)
- La Notte Golden Bear winner
- The Ladies Man, starring Jerry Lewis
- The Last Time I Saw Archie
- Last Year at Marienbad, Golden Lion winner
- The Long Absence (Une aussi longue absence) - Palme d'Or winner
- Lover Come Back
- A Majority of One
- The Mark
- The Misfits, starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable
- Mothra
- One-Eyed Jacks
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians
- One, Two, Three', starring James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, and Arlene Francis
- The Outsider, a biography starring Tony Curtis as famous WWII marine, Ira Hayes
- The Parent Trap
- Paris Blues
- The Pit and the Pendulum with Vincent Price
- Pocketful of Miracles
- Il Posto
- Question 7
- A Raisin in the Sun
- Return to Peyton Place (film mentioned in article)
- The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
- Sennin Buraku
- Scarlet Sails (Алые Паруса)
- Splendor in the Grass
- Summer and Smoke
- Teen Kanya
- Through a Glass Darkly - (Såsom i en spegel)
- Town Without Pity
- Two Rode Together, starring James Stewart and Richard Widmark
- Victim
- Viridiana - Palme d'Or winner
- West Side Story
- Wild in the Country starring Elvis Presley
- Two Women (U. La Notte ( The Night) is a 1961 Italian film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. The Ladies Man is a Comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis. Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American Comedian, award-winning actor producer writer and director best-known for his slapstick The Last Time I Saw Archie is a 1961 Comedy film set in the waning days of World War II. L'année dernière à Marienbad (translated as Last Year in Marienbad in the UK and Last Year at Marienbad in North The Long Absence ( Une aussi longue absence) is a 1961 film directed by Henri Colpi. The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. Lover Come Back is a 1961 Romantic comedy released by Universal Pictures. A Majority of One is a play by Leonard Spigelgass. The Comedy involves Mrs This page refers to the film For the Left Behind book go to The Mark (Left Behind. The Misfits is a 1961 American Drama film, written by Arthur Miller, directed by John Huston, and starring Clark is a 1961 daikaiju Eiga (giant-monster movie from Toho Studios, directed by genre regular Ishirō Honda with special effects by legend Eiji One-Eyed Jacks, a Western movie released in 1961 is the only Film directed by Marlon Brando, who replaced the original director Stanley One Hundred and One Dalmatians (often abbreviated as 101 Dalmatians) is the seventeenth Animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. One Two Three ( 1961) is a comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and written by I James Francis Cagney Jr ( July 17, 1899 &ndash March 30, 1986) was an Academy Award -winning American Film Horst Werner Buchholz ( December 4, 1933 – March 3, 2003) was a German Actor, best remembered for his part in Pamela Tiffin (born October 13 1942 in Oklahoma City Oklahoma) was an American Film actress. Arlene Francis (born Arline Francis Kazanjian; October 20 1907 - May 31 2001) was an American actress Radio Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz June 3, 1925) is an American film actor Biography The son of Joe E and Nancy W Hayes Ira Hayes was born on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Sacaton Arizona The Parent Trap (1961 is a Walt Disney Productions Feature film starring Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith Paris Blues is a 1961 American feature film It stars Sidney Poitier as expatriate jazz musician Eddie Cook and Paul Newman as trombone-playing Ram Bowen The Pit and the Pendulum (also known as Pit and the Pendulum) is a 1961 Horror film directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Vincent Leonard Price Jr ( May 27 1911 &ndash October 25 1993) was an American Film Actor, remembered Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 film that was the last to be directed by Frank Capra. Il Posto ( 1961) is an Italian film directed by Ermanno Olmi. Question 7 is a 1961 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Michael Gwynn, Margaret Jahnen and Christian de Bresson A Raisin in the Sun is a 1961 Drama film starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Roy Glenn, and Return to Peyton Place is a 1959 novel by Grace Metalious. After the phenomenal success of her first novel the blockbuster hit Peyton Place The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone is a 1961 British Motion picture made by Seven Arts - Warner Bros is a Manga series by Kō Kojima which runs in the adult magazine Weekly Asahi Geinō, published by Tokuma Shoten in Japan. Scarlet Sails ( Алые паруса; Alye Parusa) is a 1961 Soviet Film produced by Mosfilm and directed by Alexandr Splendor in the Grass, an American movie from 1961, tells a story of Sexual repression, love and heartbreak Summer and Smoke is a 1948 play by Tennessee Williams, originally entitled Chart of Anatomy when Williams began work on it in 1945 Teen Kanya is a 1961 film directed by Satyajit Ray, and based upon short stories by Rabindranath Tagore. Through a Glass Darkly ( Swedish: Såsom i en spegel (" As in a mirror " is a 1961 Swedish film written Town Without Pity is a 1961 film starring Kirk Douglas as Major Steve Garrett Two Rode Together ( 1961) is a Western film directed by John Ford, and starring James Stewart, Richard Widmark, James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor Richard Widmark ( December 26, 1914 &ndash March 24, 2008) was an American Actor of Films stage, Victim is a 1961 British Film directed by Basil Dearden, starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms. Viridiana is a 1961 Spanish - Mexican Coproduction, directed by Luis Buñuel and produced in Spain by Mexican The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. West Side Story is a 1961 film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. Wild in the Country is a 1961 film drama starring Elvis Presley in which he portrays a troubled young man from a Dysfunctional family who Two Women (Original title La Ciociara, literally translated as "The Woman from Ciociaria " is a 1960 S. release)
- Yojimbo
Short Film Series
- Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
- Terrytoons (1930-1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
- Bugs Bunny (1940-1962)
- Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)
- Speedy Gonzales (1953-1968)
- Goofy (1961)
Births
- January 5 - Suzy Amis, actress
- January 13 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress
- February 11 - Carey Lowell, actress
- April 6 - Gene Eugene, actor, lead singer of Adam Again
- June 9 - Michael J. Fox, actor (in Back to the Future trilogy)
- July 15 - Forest Whitaker, actor
- July 18 - Elizabeth McGovern, actress
- October 31 - Peter Jackson, director
- November 19 - Meg Ryan, US actress
Deaths
- February 2 - Anna May Wong, 56, American actress
- February 17 - Nita Naldi, 63, American actress
- March 6 - George Formby, 56, British actor, entertainer
- March 12 - Belinda Lee, 25, British actress
- May 4 - Anita Stewart, 66, American actress
- May 13 - Gary Cooper, 60, American actor
- May 22 - Joan Davis, 53, American actress
- June 17 - Jeff Chandler, 42, American actor
- August 4 - Maurice Tourneur, 88, French film director
- August 27 - Gail Russell, 36, American actress
- August 30 - Charles Coburn, 84, American actor
- September 10 - Leo Carrillo, 81, American actor
- September 22 - Marion Davies, 64, American actress
- October 11 - Chico Marx, 74, American actor, member of the Marx Brothers
- October 18 - Tsuru Aoki, 69, Japanese-born American actress
- October 22 - Joseph Schenck, 82, Russian-born American pioneer motion picture executive
- November 15 - Elsie Ferguson, 78, American stage and film actress
- November 24 - Ruth Chatterton, 67, American actress
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