1960s Timeline

Oct. 11, 1961 - Chico Marx, oldest member of the famed Marx Brothers, died today of a heart ailment. He was 70 years old. Chico and his...

Oct. 10, 1961 - “Back Street,” a new film version of the sentimental novel by Fannie Hurst, is at New York’s Capitol Theatre, Broadway...

Oct. 8, 1961 - Opening on Tuesday in local theatres is "Splendor in the Grass," a drama by William Inge, produced and directed by Elia...

Oct. 7, 1961 - Sweden's Ingmar Bergman was on both the screen and soundstages in Stockholm last week. While his latest somber drama,...

Oct. 6, 1961 - John Frankenheimer (pictured right with Burt Lancaster), the director, thinks color film should be confined, almost...

Oct. 5, 1961 - A marriage license was issued Tuesday in the New York Municipal Building to Peter Fonda and Susan Brewer. The couple plan...

Oct. 4, 1961 - Bette Davis (pictured in the forthcoming “Pocketful of Miracles”) has lodged a $1 million libel suit against the...

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....

Oct. 4, 1961 - Anne Baxter (pictured) gave birth to a daughter in Hollywood today. The child is the first for the actress and her...

Oct. 2, 1961 - Opening in local theatres this week is "King of the Roaring Twenties," a gangster drama about Arnold Rothstein, with David...

Sept. 30, 1961 - "Spartacus," the spectacle-adventure starring Kirk Douglas, will mark its first anniversary at New York's DeMille...

Sept. 28, 1961 - The stars and other figures who live near Hollywood's Sunset Strip have become the most fallout-proof citizens of...

Sept. 27, 1961 - Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, the film performers, became parents of a daughter today at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital...

Sept. 25, 1961 - Opening in local theatres today is "The Hustler," a CinemaScope drama directed by Robert Rossen from Walter Tevis's...

Sept. 22, 1961 - Marion Davies (pictured in 1936), a star of the old Hollywood, died today of cancer. A friend said that Miss Davies,...

Sept. 22, 1961 - "Back Street," Ross Hunter's film version of the sentimental 1931 novel by Fannie Hurst, will open at the Capitol...

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...

Sept. 20, 1961 - Mickey Rooney (pictured with Rod Serling) has been signed for a leading role in Serling's "Requiem for a Heavyweight,"...

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...

Sept. 20, 1961 - "Town Without Pity," a United Artists release filmed in Germany, will open Oct. 10 at New York's Astor Theatre,...