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The year 1968 in film involved some significant events. The year 1968 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 1961 in film involved some significant events Events Last Year at Marienbad ( L'année dernière 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 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

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films (U.S.) 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1968 5 Short Film Series 6 Births 7 Deaths

Events

• October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. The Lion in Winter is a 1968 historical Costume drama made by Avco Embassy Pictures, based on the Broadway play by Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage
• November 1 - The MPAA's film rating system is introduced. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U

Top grossing films (U. S. )

Rank	Title	Studio	Gross
1.	Funny Girl	Columbia	$26,325,000
2.	2001: A Space Odyssey	MGM	$25,522,000
3.	The Odd Couple	Paramount	$20,000,000
4.	Bullitt	Warner Brothers-7Arts	$19,000,000
5.	Romeo and Juliet	Paramount	$17,473,000
6.	Oliver!	Columbia	$16,800,000
7.	Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	$15,000,000
7.	Rosemary's Baby	Paramount	$15,000,000
9.	Yours, Mine and Ours	United Artists	$11,639,000
10.	The Lion in Winter	Embassy	$10,006,000

source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1968.shtml

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Oliver! - Romulus, Columbia

Best Director: Carol Reed - Oliver!

Best Actor: Cliff Robertson - Charly

Best Actress (tie): Katharine Hepburn - The Lion in Winter

Best Actress (tie): Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl

Best Foreign Language Film: War and Peace (Война и мир), directed by Sergei Bondarchuk (USSR)

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: The Lion in Winter

Best Actor: Peter O'Toole - The Lion in Winter

Best Actress: Joanne Woodward - Rachel, Rachel

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Oliver!

Best Actor: Ron Moody - Oliver!

Best Actress: Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl

Other

Best Director: Paul Newman - Rachel, Rachel

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): canceled due to events of May 1968

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos (Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed), directed by Alexander Kluge, West Germany

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Ole dole doff (Who Saw Him Die? ), directed by Jan Troell, Sweden

Films released in 1968

• 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick
• Artists Under the Big Top (Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos), Golden Lion winner
• The Astro-Zombies
• Bandolero!
• Barbarella
• Brilliantovaya ruka (Diamond Arm) - a hugely popular Russian comedy
• Bullitt
• Candy
• The Charge of the Light Brigade
• Charly
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - starring Dick Van Dyke
• Coogan's Bluff
• Danger: Diabolik
• Destroy All Monsters
• The Detective - starring Frank Sinatra
• The Devil's Brigade - starring William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards
• Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River, starring Jerry Lewis
• Faces
• Firecreek
• Finian's Rainbow
• Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif
• Gamera and Mothra: Earth Defense War ?? (17e Parallele Le Vietnam En Guerre)
• Gamera vs. Viras (also known as "Destroy All Planets")
• The Green Berets
• Hang 'Em High
• Head
• The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
• Hell in the Pacific
• Hellfighters
• Ice Station Zebra
• If.... Palme d'Or winner
• Isadora
• The Lion in Winter
• Live a Little, Love a Little
• La Marca del Hombre Lobo
• Il marchio di Kriminal
• Mayerling
• Monterey Pop
• Night of the Living Dead
• Nobody's Perfect
• Las Noches del Hombre Lobo
• The Odd Couple
• Ole Dole Doff Golden Bear winner
• Oliver!, starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, and Harry Secombe
• Once Upon a Time in the West
• The Party
• Performance, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Donald Cammell and Mick Jagger
• Petulia
• The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
• Planet of the Apes
• The Producers, written and directed by Mel Brooks, starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder and Kenneth Mars
• Rachel, Rachel
• Romeo and Juliet
• Rosemary's Baby
• Satanik
• The Secret Life of an American Wife
• The Secret War of Harry Frigg
• Separation
• The Shakiest Gun in the West
• The Shoes of the Fisherman, Anthony Quinn
• Shame (Skammen)
• Speedway
• Star!
• Stay Away, Joe
• The Subject Was Roses
• Targets
• The Thomas Crown Affair
• Twisted Nerve
• War and Peace
• Where Eagles Dare
• Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (short subject)
• Witchfinder General, directed by Michael Reeves, starring Vincent Price
• Yellow Submarine
• Yours, Mine and Ours

Short Film Series

• Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
• Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
• Speedy Gonzales (1953-1968)

Births

• January 2 - Cuba Gooding Jr., actor
• January 6 - John Singleton, director and writer
• January 14 - LL Cool J, rapper, actor
• February 1 - Pauly Shore, actor
• February 18 - Molly Ringwald, actress
• March 2 - Daniel Craig, actor
• March 30- Celine Dion, singer
• April 14 - Anthony Michael Hall, actor
• April 24 - Stacy Haiduk, actress
• April 19 - Ashley Judd, actress
• September 10 - Guy Ritchie, director, writer, married to Madonna
• September 28 - Naomi Watts, actress
• September 30 - Monica Bellucci, actress
• December 2 - Lucy Liu, actress
• December 3 - Brendan Fraser, actor

Deaths

• February 7 - Nick Adams, 36, American actor
• February 13 - Mae Marsh, 73, American actress
• March 16 - June Collyer, 61, American actress
• March 30 - Bobby Driscoll, 31, American actor
• April 16 - Fay Bainter, 74, American actress
• April 24 - Tommy Noonan, 45, American actor
• May 5 - Albert Dekker, 62, American actor
• May 9 - Marion Lorne, 84, American actress
• May 10 - Scotty Beckett, 38, American actor
• May 21 - Doris Lloyd, 71, British actress
• June 4 - Dorothy Gish, 70, American actress
• June 7 - Dan Duryea, 61, American actor
• July 1 - Alice Guy-Blaché, 94, pioneer French/American filmmaker
• July 1 - Virginia Weidler, 42, American actress
• July 27 - Lilian Harvey, 62, British actress and singer
• August 23 - Hunt Stromberg, 74, American producer
• August 26 - Kay Francis, 69, American actress
• September 3 - Isabel Withers, 72, American actress
• September 18 - Franchot Tone, 63, American actor
• October 18 - Lee Tracy, 70, American actor
• October 30 - Ramón Novarro, 69, Mexican actor
• October 30 - Pert Kelton, 61, American actress
• November 8 - Wendell Corey, 54, American actor
• November 18 - Walter Wanger, 74, American producer
• November 25 - Upton Sinclair, 90, American writer and producer
• December 12 - Tallulah Bankhead, 66, American actress
• December 15 - Dorothy Abbott, 47, American actress

The 41st Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1969 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. 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 Oliver! is a 1968 Musical film directed by Carol Reed. The film is based on the Stage musical Oliver!, with 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 For the New York weathercaster see Carol Reed (weather broadcaster. 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 Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson III (born September 9, 1925) is an Academy Award - winning American Actor with a Charly (poster title CHAЯLY) is a 1968 Film which tells the fictional story of a mentally retarded Bakery 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 Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage 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 Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Funny Girl is a Musical film based on the stage musical of the same name. 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 War and Peace ( Война и мир; Voyna i mir) is a Soviet -produced film adaptation of the Leo Tolstoy 's novel Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk (sʲɪrˈgʲej ˈfʲodʌrəvʲitʂ bəndʌr'tʂuk Russian: Серге́й Фё́дорович Бондарчу́к; Ukrainian The 26th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in Film and Television for 1968 films were held on February 24, 1969. This page lists the winners and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture — Drama, since its institution in 1951 The Lion in Winter is a 1968 historical Costume drama made by Avco Embassy Pictures, based on the Broadway play by 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 Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T 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 Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American Academy Award - Golden Globe - Emmy and Rachel Rachel is also a name of an episode of All Grown Up! Rachel Rachel is a 1968 film which tells the story 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 Ronald Moodnick, known as Ron Moody (born 8 January 1924) is a British Actor. 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 This page lists the winners and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, since its institution in 1943 Paul Leonard Newman (January 26 1925 &ndash September 26 2008 was an Academy Award The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. For other events in May 1968 see 1968. The Leone d’Oro ('Golden Lion' is the highest prize given to a film at the Biennale Venice Film Festival. Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel Ratlos ("The Artists in the Big Top Perplexed" is a 1968 German film directed by Alexander Kluge Alexander Kluge (born February 14 1932 in Halberstadt, in the vicinity of Magdeburg, Germany) is a noted film director and author 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 Who Saw Him Die? (Ole dole doff is a 1968 Black and white Swedish film about a liberal Teacher struggling with the demands Jan Troell (born July 23 1931 in Limhamn outside Malmö, Sweden) is an Academy Award -nomiated Swedish film 2001 A Space Odyssey is a 1968 Science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Arthur C The Astro-Zombies, aka Space Zombies aka The Space Vampires, is a 1969 science fiction Horror film For the bullet belt see Bandolier. Bandolero! is a 1968 western directed by Andrew V Barbarella is a 1968 erotic sci-fi film directed by Roger Vadim and based on the French Barbarella comics The Diamond Arm ("Бриллиантовая рука") is a Russian Comedy film filmed by Mosfilm and first released in 1968 Bullitt is a 1968 American Thriller film starring Steve McQueen. This article is on the 1968 film For the 2006 film see Candy (2006 film Candy is a 1968 film directed by Christian Marquand The Charge of the Light Brigade is a British War film made in 1968 by Woodfall Film Productions and distributed by United Artists Charly (poster title CHAЯLY) is a 1968 Film which tells the fictional story of a mentally retarded Bakery Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 feature Film with a script by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes, and songs by the Sherman Brothers Richard Wayne “Dick” Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American Actor, Presenter and Entertainer, with a Coogan's Bluff is the title of a 1968 Universal film starring Clint Eastwood, Lee J Danger Diabolik (also known simply as Diabolik) is a 1968 feature film from Italian Filmmaker Mario Bava based on For the 1970's anti-rock band see Destroy All Monsters (band. Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor The Devil's Brigade is a 1968 American War film based on the 1966 book of the same name co-written by American novelist and historian William Holden ( April 17, 1918 &ndash November 12, 1981) was an Academy Award -winning American film Actor Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson III (born September 9, 1925) is an Academy Award - winning American Actor with a Vince Edwards ( July 9, 1928 - March 11, 1996) was an American actor director and singer best known for the role of TV doctor "Ben Don't Raise the Bridge Lower the River was filmed from May 15-June 30 1967 Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American Comedian, award-winning actor producer writer and director best-known for his slapstick Faces was a 1968 movie directed by John Cassavetes and starring John Marley, Cassavetes' wife Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel Firecreek is a 1968 western directed by Vincent McEveety and starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda in his second role Finian's Rainbow is a 1968 American movie musical directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Funny Girl is a Musical film based on the stage musical of the same name. Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Omar Sharif ( عمر الشريف; born April 10, 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning Egyptian is the 4th entry in the Gamera film series It is also known by the title Destroy All Planets. The Green Berets is a 1968 film featuring John Wayne, George Takei, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, and Aldo Ray, Hang 'Em High is a 1968 Western film directed by Ted Post starring Clint Eastwood. Head is a psychedelic Motion picture released in 1968, starring TV group The Monkees (in credit order Peter Hell in the Pacific is a 1968 World War II film starring Lee Marvin and Toshirō Mifune. Hellfighters is a film released in 1968 starring John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Bruce Cabot, Jay C Ice Station Zebra is a 1968 Action film directed by John Sturges, starring Rock Hudson as the submarine captain Patrick McGoohan if is an award-winning 1968 Feature film by British director Lindsay Anderson satirising English public school Isadora is a 1968 biographical Film which tells the story of celebrated American dancer Isadora Duncan. The Lion in Winter is a 1968 historical Costume drama made by Avco Embassy Pictures, based on the Broadway play by Live A Little Love A Little is a 1968 Musical film and comedy starring Elvis Presley. La Marca del Hombre-Lobo, also known as The Mark of the Wolfman, Hell's Creatures, The Wolfman of Count Dracula and Frankenstein's Mayerling is a 1968 romantic tragedy film starring Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Monterey Pop is a 1968 Concert film by DA Pennebaker that documents the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967. Night of the Living Dead (1968 directed by George Romero, is an independent Black-and-white Horror film. Nobody's Perfect is a naval comedy about the USS Bustard and the antics of her crew Las Noches del Hombre-Lobo, also known as Nights of the Werewolf and Nights of the Wolfman, is a 1968 Spanish horror film that is The Odd Couple is a 1968 film written by Neil Simon, based on his play of the same name, and directed by Gene Saks. Oliver! is a 1968 Musical film directed by Carol Reed. The film is based on the Stage musical Oliver!, with Ronald Moodnick, known as Ron Moody (born 8 January 1924) is a British Actor. Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 &ndash 2 May 1999 was an English Actor known for his burly screen presence Sir Harry Donald Secombe, CBE ( 8 September 1921 &ndash 11 April 2001) was a Welsh Entertainer with a noted fine Once Upon a Time in the West ( Italian title C'Era una Volta il West) is a 1968 epic Spaghetti Western Performance is a British film made in 1968 but not released until 1970. Nicolas Jack Roeg, BSC (born August 15, 1928 in London) is an English Cinematographer and Film director. Donald Seaton Cammell ( January 17, 1934 – April 24, 1996) was a Scottish Film director who enjoys a Cult Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock Petulia ( 1968) is a British Drama film directed by Richard Lester. The One and Only Genuine Original Family Band is a 1968 Musical film based on the novel Nebraska by Laura Bower Van Nuys Planet of the Apes is a 1968 Science fiction / thriller film directed by Franklin J The Producers is a 1968 feature-length Comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks. Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel ( February 28 1915 – September 8 1977) was an American Actor of stage and Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman; June 11 1933 Kenneth Mars (born April 14, 1936) is an American Television, movie and Voice actor, perhaps best known for his roles in several Rachel Rachel is also a name of an episode of All Grown Up! Rachel Rachel is a 1968 film which tells the story Romeo and Juliet ( 1968) is a movie adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American horror / thriller Film written and directed by Roman Polanski. The Secret Life of an American Wife is a 1968 Comedy film written and directed by George Axelrod. The Secret War of Harry Frigg is a 1968 Comedy Film, directed by Jack Smight and starring Paul Newman. sEParation is an EP by Destroy Babylon, released on May 4th 2007 The Shakiest Gun in the West is a 1968 Comedy western Film starring Don Knotts. The Shoes of the Fisherman is a 1963 Novel by the Australian author Morris West, as well as a 1968 Film based on the For other people named Anthony Quinn see Anthony Quinn (disambiguation Anthony Quinn ( April 21, 1915 &ndash Shame (Skammen is a 1968 Black-and-white Film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, and starring Liv Ullmann and Speedway is a 1968 Action film Musical film starring Elvis Presley as a Racecar driver Star! is a 1968 American Musical film Biography. William Fairchild 's Screenplay is based on the life of Gertrude Stay Away Joe is a 1968 comedy-drama Western film with musical interludes set in modern times and starring Elvis Presley, Burgess The Subject Was Roses is a Pulitzer Prize -winning 1964 play written by Frank D Targets ( 1968) is a Film written, produced and directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 movie by Norman Jewison starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Twisted Nerve is a 1968 British Psychological thriller film It is about a disturbed young man Martin who pretends under the name of Georgie War and Peace ( Война и мир; Voyna i mir) is a Soviet -produced film adaptation of the Leo Tolstoy 's novel Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 World War II Spy film directed by Brian G Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day is an animated Featurette based on the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A Witchfinder General is a 1968 British Horror film directed by Michael Reeves and starring Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy Michael Reeves ( October 17 1943 - February 11 1969) was an English Film director and Screenwriter. Vincent Leonard Price Jr ( May 27 1911 &ndash October 25 1993) was an American Film Actor, remembered Yellow Submarine is a 1968 animated Feature film based on the music of The Beatles. Yours Mine and Ours is a 1968 Film, directed by Melville Shavelson and starring Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda and Van Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros Animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969 Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check The year 1969 in film involved some significant events Events Cannes Film Festival opens but closes in support Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert The year 1969 in film involved some significant events Events Cannes Film Festival opens but closes in support Speedy Gonzales, "the fastest mouse in all Mexico " is an animated cartoon Mouse from the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes The year 1953 in film involved some significant events Events September 16 — The Robe debuts as Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Cuba Gooding Jr ( January 2, 1968) is an Academy Award -winning American actor Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King John Daniel Singleton (born January 6, 1968 in Los Angeles California) is an American Academy Award -nominated Film director Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. James Todd Smith (born January 14 1968 better known as LL Cool J, is an American Rapper and actor Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Paul Montgomery "Pauly" Shore (born February 1, 1968) is an American Actor, Performer and Comedian, perhaps Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American Actress, Singer and Dancer. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968 is an English Actor. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( OC OQ (born March 30 1968 in Charlemagne Quebec) is a Canadian pop Singer Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14 1968 known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor producer and director who achieved Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Stacy Haiduk is an American Actress who has starred in numerous television shows such as Superboy, SeaQuest DSV, and Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her leading roles in a series of late 1990s and early Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire) is an English Screenwriter and Film director. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Naomi Ellen Watts (born September Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (born September 30, 1964 or 1968 is an Italian Actress, and Fashion model. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Lucy Alexis Liu ( born December 2, 1968) is an American actress. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Brendan James Fraser (born December 3 1968 is a Canadian-American Film and stage actor Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Nick Adams may refer to Nick Adams (actor (1931&ndash1968 appeared in Hollywood films and on US television during the 1950s and 1960s Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Mae Marsh (born Mary Wayne Marsh, November 9, 1894 in Madrid New Mexico, died February 13, 1968 in Hermosa Beach Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king June Collyer ( August 19, 1906 - March 16, 1968) was an American Film actress of the 1920s and 1930s Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Bobby Driscoll ( March 3 1937 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa – March 30 1968 in New York City) was an Academy Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Fay Okell Bainter ( December 7, 1893 &ndash April 16, 1968) was an Academy Award -winning American actress. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Tommy Noonan (born Thomas Noon) ( April 29, 1921 – April 24, 1968) was a comedy genre film performer screenwriter and producer Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Albert Dekker ( December 20, 1905 &ndash May 5, 1968) was an American Character actor and Politician best Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Marion Lorne MacDougall ( August 12, 1883 - May 9, 1968) was an American Emmy Award -winning Character actress. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Scott Hastings Beckett ( October 4, 1929 &ndash May 10, 1968) better known as Scotty Beckett was an American Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Hessy Doris Lloyd ( 3 July, 1896 &ndash 21 May, 1968) was an English actress Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Dorothy Elizabeth Gish ( March 11, 1898 - June 4, 1968) was an American actress Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Dapper Dan redirects here For the Prohibition gangster see Danny Hogan. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Alice Guy-Blaché ( July 1, 1873 &ndash March 24, 1968) was a pioneer Filmmaker who was the first female director in the motion picture Virginia Weidler ( March 21, 1927 &ndash July 1, 1968) was an American Child actor, popular in Hollywood Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Lilian Harvey (Lilian Helen Muriel Pape ( January 19 1906 – July 27 1968) was a British-born German actress and singer Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Hunt Stromberg ( 12 July 1894, Louisville Kentucky - 23 August 1968, Santa Monica California) was an American Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Kay Francis (January 13 &ndashAugust 26) was an American stage and film actress Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Isabel Withers ( January 20, 1896 - September 3, 1968) was a stage motion picture and television actress from Frankton Indiana. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Franchot Tone ( February 27, 1905 &ndash September 18, 1968) was an American Actor. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Lee Tracy (born William Lee Tracy) ( April 14, 1898 – October 18, 1968) was an Academy Award -nominated American Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Ramón Novarro ( February 2, 1899 - October 30, 1968) was a Mexican Actor who achieved fame as a " Latin lover Pert Kelton ( October 14 1907 &ndash October 30 1968) was an American vaudeville movie radio and television actress who portrayed the Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Wendell Corey ( March 20, 1914 – November 8, 1968) was an American Actor. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Walter Wanger ( July 11, 1894 – November 18, 1968) was an Academy Award -winning American Film producer Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Upton Beall Sinclair Jr ( September 20, 1878 &ndash November 25, 1968) was a Pulitzer Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Tallulah Brockman Bankhead ( January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968) was an American Actress, talk-show host and Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Dorothy Abbott ( December 16, 1920 &ndash December 15, 1968) was an American Film actress.

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