1960s Timeline

Mar. 25, 1964 - Opening today is “Muscle Beach Party,” the second beach party film produced by American International Pictures. It stars...

New, for subscribers, our review of "The Thrill of It All" (1963), with Doris Day and James Garner. We also reveal our ranked list of...

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Jan. 15, 1963 - The president of Warner Brothers Studios predicted today that “exceptional production and release plans” in the next year...

Dec. 17, 1962 - Richard Burton was interviewed today by Emrys Walters for the program "Wales Today." The actor is currently making "The ...

Dec. 9, 1962 - Actor Dick Powell (pictured with his wife June Allyson) has canceled his television appearances for the remainder of the...

Nov. 20, 1962 - At the Mascot Airport in Sydney, Australia today, 38-year-old Marlon Brando gave a brief press conference before changing...

Oct. 31, 1962 - Opening today is “Girls! Girls! Girls!” a musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a penniless Hawaiian who loves...

Oct. 29, 1962 - Universal Pictures will release “The Birds,” the suspense drama produced and directed independently by Alfred Hitchcock....

Oct. 26, 1962 - Louise Beavers (pictured left with Mary Pickford in 1929), who starred in the “Beulah” comedy series on television, died...

Oct. 25, 1962 - Rex Harrison (left) has been signed to recreate his original role of Professor Higgins in the film version of “My Fair...

Oct. 24, 1962 - Opening today is “The Manchurian Candidate,” a political thriller about Communist sleeper agents. The film was directed...

Oct. 23, 1962 - Writer-director Joseph Mankiewicz (center) has been dismissed by Darryl F. Zanuck, the new president of Twentieth...

Oct. 17, 1962 - Final details have been announced for John Wayne’s forthcoming production, “McLintock!” a Western drama in color, which...

Oct. 14, 1962 - Rock Hudson has been set to star in “Man’s Favorite Sport,” described as a comedy dealing with the adventures of a...

Oct. 9, 1962 - Now that Darryl F. Zanuck has definitively documented the Army’s European campaign on D-Day, Otto Preminger (right) combat...

Oct. 9, 1962 - Tod Browning (pictured right with Helen Chandler and Bela Lugosi in 1930), who directed scores of Hollywood movies for...

Oct. 5, 1962 - Opening today is “Dr. No,” a spy film directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Ian...

Oct. 5, 1962 - Opening today is “The Chapman Report,” a Technicolor drama starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Shelley Winters, Jane Fonda,...

Oct. 4, 1962 - Twentieth Century-Fox’s “The Longest Day,” Darryl F. Zanuck’s version of the Cornelius Ryan novel about the D-Day landings...