1960s Timeline

Oct. 6, 1961 - John Frankenheimer (pictured right with Burt Lancaster), the director, thinks color film should be confined, almost entirely, to musicals and travelogues. Mr. Frankenheimer completed "Birdman of Alcatraz" and "All Fall Down" this year. His next project will be to direct "The Manchurian Candidate," starring Frank Sinatra. All three pictures are in black and white. "Color," says Mr. Frankenheimer, "generally ruins good drama. There are exceptions, of course. Ther

Oct. 5, 1961 - A marriage license was issued Tuesday in the New York Municipal Building to Peter Fonda and Susan Brewer. The couple plan to be married Sunday in St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church. Miss Brewer, whose home is in Beverly Hills, Calif., is a student at Sarah Lawrence College. Her fiancé, son of Henry Fonda, the actor, and the late Mrs. Frances Seymour Brokaw Fonda, lives at 151 E. 74th Street. He also is an actor. #classicmovies #classicmoviestars #Mov

Oct. 4, 1961 - Bette Davis (pictured in the forthcoming “Pocketful of Miracles”) has lodged a $1 million libel suit against the publishers of Modern Screen magazine. The actress charged that an article in the magazine's May issue falsely depicted her as "a pathetic, grotesque, ridiculous, and eccentric person who occupied herself by morosely ruminating about her past glories and by facing the future hopelessly, forlornly, and fearfully." #classicmovies #classicmoviestars #Mov

Oct. 4, 1961 - Today's new film is "Breakfast at Tiffany's," a comedy based on Truman Capote's novel, at the Radio City Music Hall. Audrey Hepbrun, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Martin Balsam, and Mickey Rooney are in the Paramount release, which was directed by Blake Edwards. A young New York socialite (Hepburn) becomes interested in a young man (Peppard) who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way. #classicmovies #classicmoviestars #

Oct. 4, 1961 - Anne Baxter (pictured) gave birth to a daughter in Hollywood today. The child is the first for the actress and her husband, Randolph Galt. She has another daughter, Katrina, 10 years old, by her marriage to the late John Hodiak. The couple plan to return to their ranch in Australia. #classicmovies #classicmoviestars #Movies #moviestar #movieset #MovieStars #moviescene #moviescenes #moviestarplanet #moviestagram #moviesoundtrack #MovieStill #movieshoot #moviesc