Movies: "Spartacus" Marks First Anniversary
Sept. 30, 1961 - "Spartacus," the spectacle-adventure starring Kirk Douglas, will mark its first anniversary at New York's DeMille...
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- Sep 28, 2021
Hollywood Gets Mass Fallout Shelter
Sept. 28, 1961 - The stars and other figures who live near Hollywood's Sunset Strip have become the most fallout-proof citizens of...
- Sep 27, 2021
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward Parents to Second Daughter
Sept. 27, 1961 - Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, the film performers, became parents of a daughter today at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital...
- Sep 25, 2021
Movie: "The Hustler," with Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, and Jackie Gleason
Sept. 25, 1961 - Opening in local theatres today is "The Hustler," a CinemaScope drama directed by Robert Rossen from Walter Tevis's...
- Sep 22, 2021
Marion Davies, Star of Old Hollywood and Hearst Paramour, Dies
Sept. 22, 1961 - Marion Davies (pictured in 1936), a star of the old Hollywood, died today of cancer. A friend said that Miss Davies,...
- Sep 22, 2021
Movie: "Back Street," with Susan Hayward, John Gavin, and Vera Miles
Sept. 22, 1961 - "Back Street," Ross Hunter's film version of the sentimental 1931 novel by Fannie Hurst, will open at the Capitol...
- Sep 21, 2021
Movie: "King of Kings" with Jeffrey Hunter
Sept. 21, 1961 - Two public previews of the film "King of Kings" have been scheduled for Oct. 8 and 9, before the official opening at New...
- Sep 20, 2021
Movie: Rod Serling's "Requiem for a Heavyweight"
Sept. 20, 1961 - Mickey Rooney (pictured with Rod Serling) has been signed for a leading role in Serling's "Requiem for a Heavyweight,"...
- Sep 20, 2021
Former Film Star Marion Davies Given Last Rites
Sept. 20, 1961 - Marion Davies (pictured in 1935) has been given the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church and was reported to be near...
- Sep 20, 2021
Movie: "Town without Pity" with Kirk Douglas and E.G. Marshall
Sept. 20, 1961 - "Town Without Pity," a United Artists release filmed in Germany, will open Oct. 10 at New York's Astor Theatre,...
- Sep 15, 2021
German Movie Star Horst Buchholz Jailed on Drunk Driving Charge
Sept. 15, 1961 - Horst Buchholz, the German film star who appeared in "The Magnificent Seven" last year, was discharged from a Munich...
- Sep 15, 2021
Movie: "Hatari!" with John Wayne and Elsa Martinelli
Sept. 15, 1961 - Italian actress and fashion model Elsa Martinelli (left) recently completed a leading role with John Wayne in Howard...
- Sep 13, 2021
Movie: "Long Day's Journey Into Night"
Sept. 13, 1961 - Katharine Hepburn, Sir Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards Jr., and Dean Stockwell have been signed for the four leading...
- Sep 13, 2021
Siegel Won't Produce Films with Racial Themes, "Sex Perversion Angles"
Sept. 13, 1961 - Hollywood producer Sol C. Siegel (pictured right) said today that he would not make pictures with racial themes or "sex...
- Sep 12, 2021
French Performer Maurice Chevalier Turns 73
Sept. 12, 1961 - Maurice Chevalier celebrated his 73rd birthday today. "I feel fine," said the French performer, in Britain playing a...
- Sep 12, 2021
Movie: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" to Premiere at Radio City
Sept. 12, 1961 - The Radio City Music Hall has announced film bookings that will carry the theatre into 1962. After the current...
- Sep 11, 2021
Hollywood Producer Says Epics Wave of the Future
Sept. 11, 1961 - Hollywood producer Samuel Bronston (lower left) is convinced that the salvation of the film industry lies in expensive,...
- Sep 10, 2021
Movie: "Master of the World," with Vincent Price and Charles Bronson
Sept. 10, 1961 - Arriving at local movie theatres this week is "Master of the World," a Jules Verne science-fiction drama starring...
- Sep 8, 2021
Movie: "The Longest Day," Film on D-Day Landings
Sept. 8, 1961 - Curt Jürgens (right) has been signed for the role of Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt, the German staff officer, in "The...
- Sep 7, 2021
Movie: "The Carpetbaggers"
Sept. 7, 1961 - Screen rights to Harold Robbins' novel, "The Carpetbaggers," have been acquired by Joseph E. Levine's Embassy Pictures...
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