1960s Timeline

Feb. 6, 1962 - Final agreement has been reached for the purchase of “My Fair Lady” by Warner Brothers. A joint announcement today by...

Feb. 5, 1962 - Embassy Pictures has acquired distribution rights to the Italian-made period drama, “Madame,” starring Sophia Loren in the...

Feb. 5, 1962 - One of Hollywood’s “singing ghosts” has condemned the trick of concealing names of singers who, unseen, do the vocal...

Feb. 5, 1962 - Kirk Douglas has decided to star in the stage as well as the screen version of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” The...

Feb. 4, 1962 - Scheduled to arrive in local theatres this week is “Lover Come Back,” a Universal-International romantic comedy starring...

Feb. 2, 1962 - Two New Yorkers have been cast in “To Kill a Mockingbird” (Universal), the screen version of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize...

Feb. 2, 1962 - Today’s new United Artists double-bill is “The Happy Thieves,” a comedy-adventure with Rita Hayworth and Rex Harrison,...

Jan. 31, 1962 - Michelangelo Antonioni’s “The Night” (“La Notte”), Italy’s official nominee for the Academy Award in the foreign...

Jan. 30, 1962 - Frank Sinatra has agreed to play the leading role in the Paramount screen version of “Come Blow Your Horn,” the Neil...

Jan. 30, 1962 - Today’s new film is “Seven Women From Hell,” a 20th Century-Fox drama with Patricia Owens, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero,...

Jan. 29, 1962 - Robert Wise will produce and direct “The Haunting,” an adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s novel, “The Haunting of Hill...

Jan. 28, 1962 - Hollywood again has enlisted a recruit from television. Norman Jewison has been signed to make his screen debut as the...

🎙 Happy Birthday to the great Paul Newman, who would have been 97 today. “The Hustler” features one of his greatest performances. Check...

Jan. 25, 1962 - Universal’s “The Outsider,” a drama starring Tony Curtis (pictured), will have its première Feb. 7 at New York’s...

Jan. 25, 1962 - The New York Board of Regents today upheld the refusal of the motion picture division of the State Department of...

Jan. 24, 1962 - Robert Ryan has been signed to portray General James M. Gavin (pictured in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge) in...

🎙 Happy Birthday to the brilliant Piper Laurie, 90 years old today. “The Hustler” features one of her most brilliant performances. Check...

Jan. 22, 1962 - “Only Two Can Play,” a British comedy with Peter Sellers and Mai Zetterling, will be the next attraction at New York’s...

Jan. 21, 1962 - A television documentary about the making of “Road to Hong Kong,” a forthcoming motion picture starring Bing Crosby, Bob...

Jan. 21, 1962 - Scheduled to arrive in local theatres this week is a double feature from Columbia. The first film is “The Three Stooges...