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![Movies: "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_3339a79f250b4f0c87dbf4c8db3f46c5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_3339a79f250b4f0c87dbf4c8db3f46c5~mv2.webp)
Jul 8, 2021
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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![Movies: "Cleopatra" Resumes Filming](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_c132c9d6572241e798695610a0d5415a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_c132c9d6572241e798695610a0d5415a~mv2.webp)
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...
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![Movies: "The Devil at 4 O'Clock" with Frank Sinatra, Spencer Tracy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_f244bd97a6164199a938b8d957129a90~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_f244bd97a6164199a938b8d957129a90~mv2.webp)
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,...
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![Movies: "Fanny" with Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer, and Horst Buchholz](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_912fca82b3d94c728cc1b4acdf015365~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_912fca82b3d94c728cc1b4acdf015365~mv2.webp)
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),...
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![Movies: Michelangelo Antonioni's "La Notte"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_0d505f8e07624e67b866357eeb65d3f3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_0d505f8e07624e67b866357eeb65d3f3~mv2.webp)
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...
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![Jason Robards Jr. and Lauren Bacall Tie the Knot](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_1e43c889593d4a8ca272737b24cb6479~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_1e43c889593d4a8ca272737b24cb6479~mv2.webp)
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 ...
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![New James Bond Book"Thunderball" Hits Stores](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_74797f3743a14d21a49a07cd9993ff2e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_74797f3743a14d21a49a07cd9993ff2e~mv2.webp)
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 ...
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![Movies: Sci-Fi Drama "Most Dangerous Man Alive"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_ce19603dfe874b27ba54563c85a5ceb9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_ce19603dfe874b27ba54563c85a5ceb9~mv2.webp)
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 ...
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![Movies: Godard's "A Woman Is a Woman"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_e2299881413a42e2b3944ba1f4160523~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_e2299881413a42e2b3944ba1f4160523~mv2.webp)
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....
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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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