1960s Timeline

May 12, 1962 - Arriving in local theatres next week is “Bon Voyage!” a Walt Disney comedy with Fred MacMurray and Jane Wyman. James...

May 10, 1962 - “The Incredible Mr. Limpet,” a comedy with music combining live action and animation, will go into production at Warner...

May 9, 1962 - Singer Rosemary Clooney divorced actor José Ferrer today in a brief hearing in Santa Monica, Calif., that contrasted with...

May 8, 1962 - “Advise and Consent,” a film produced and directed by Otto Preminger (pictured left in Cannes, France with Gene Tierney and...

May 8, 1962 - Oxford University confirmed today the nomination of Charlie Chaplin (pictured in 1931’s “City Lights”) as an honorary...

May 7, 1962 - Maureen Stapleton will make her musical comedy screen debut in “Bye Bye Birdie,” now in production at Columbia Studios in...

May 6, 1962 - Director Stanley Kubrick (pictured), who is awaiting the opening next month of his film version of Vladimir Nabokov’s...

May 6, 1962 - Arriving in local theatres this week is “World In My Pocket,” a European crime melodrama with Rod Steiger (right), Jean...

May 4, 1962 - A football game has been going on intermittently for several days on a turf-covered field laid out in one of the largest...

May 4, 1962 - The world premiere of MGM’s “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm,” in widescreen Cinerama, will take place on the...

May 3, 1962 - Curt Jurgen, Lilli Palmer (pictured), and Eddie Albert will co-star with Robert Taylor in Walt Disney’s production of...

May 1, 1962 - Sammy Davis Jr. (left) will star in the proposed musical version of Clifford Odets’ “Golden Boy.” The announcement was made...

May 1, 1962 - A daughter was born today to singer Julie London (pictured right in 1955) in a hospital at suburban Van Nuys, California....

Apr. 30, 1962 - Howard Hawks (pictured in 1958 with Angie Dickinson), one of the most successful action directors in American films, will...

Apr. 29, 1962 - Actress Vanessa Redgrave was married today at the Hammersmith Registrar’s Office in London to Tony Richardson, the film...

Apr. 26, 1962 - “Divorce Italian Style,” a comedy representing Italy at the Cannes Film Festival next month, has been acquired for...

Apr. 24, 1962 - Burt Lancaster walked off Mike Wallace’s “P.M.” television show after Mr. Wallace had asked the motion-picture actor...

Apr. 24, 1962 - Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, and Brandon de Wilde will appear with Paul Newman in “Wildest of the Thousand.” An...

Apr. 23, 1962 - The return to films of Princess Grace of Monaco will be postponed for eight months to a year, Alfred Hitchcock announced...

Apr. 22, 1962 - Opening in local theatres today is “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” a Western directed by John Ford and starring John...