Movies: "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"
July 8, 1961 - "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," a science-fiction drama, opens at New York's Paramount Theatre on July 19. Walter...
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Jul 6, 2021
Movies: "Cleopatra" Resumes Filming
July 6, 1961 - Twentieth Century-Fox announced today that a fresh start would be made to film the movie "Cleopatra" in Rome and Egypt in...
Jul 5, 2021
Movies: "The Devil at 4 O'Clock" with Frank Sinatra, Spencer Tracy
July 5, 1961 - "The Devil at 4 O'Clock," a Columbia picture co-starring Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra and directed by Mervyn Leroy,...
Jul 5, 2021
Movies: "Fanny" with Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer, and Horst Buchholz
July 5, 1961 - Today's new film is "Fanny," a Warner Brothers color production at the Radio City Music Hall. Leslie Caron (right),...
Jul 5, 2021
Movies: Michelangelo Antonioni's "La Notte"
July 4, 1961 - The international jury at Berlin's 11th film festival today honored an Italian film with its top prize. The Golden Bear...
Jul 5, 2021
Jason Robards Jr. and Lauren Bacall Tie the Knot
July 4, 1961 - Lauren Bacall and Jason Robards Jr. were married today in Mexico. The ceremony was performed by a judge of the Civil ...
Jul 5, 2021
New James Bond Book"Thunderball" Hits Stores
July 3, 1961 - Hitting local bookstores today is "Thunderball," the latest James Bond mystery by Ian Fleming. Thunderball is the ninth ...
Jul 5, 2021
Movies: Sci-Fi Drama "Most Dangerous Man Alive"
July 3, 1961 - Today's new film is "Most Dangerous Man Alive," a science-fiction melodrama from Columbia. Ron Randell (left), Elaine ...
Jul 5, 2021
Movies: Godard's "A Woman Is a Woman"
July 2, 1961 - A French comedy of married love, "A Woman Is a Woman," has stirred the first real excitement at the Berlin Film Festival....
Jul 5, 2021
Movies: Visconti's "The Leopard"
July 1, 1961 - MGM plans to distributed the Italian-made screen version of "The Leopard," the best-selling novel by Giuseppe de...
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