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Mar 25

Movies: “Muscle Beach Party”

Mar. 25, 1964 - Opening today is “Muscle Beach Party,” the second beach party film produced by American International Pictures. It stars...

Aug 10, 2023

Films of the '60s | "The Thrill of It All" (1963) [Ep. 2]

New, for subscribers, our review of "The Thrill of It All" (1963), with Doris Day and James Garner. We also reveal our ranked list of...

Jul 5, 2023

Bonus Content for Patreon Supporters of Real Time 1960s

We are now releasing monthly bonus content for Patreon supporters of Real Time 1960s. 1. Friend-level supporters can access a retro-style...

Jan 15, 2023

Jack Warner Details Production Plans for 1963

Jan. 15, 1963 - The president of Warner Brothers Studios predicted today that “exceptional production and release plans” in the next year...

Dec 17, 2022

Dec. 17, 1962 - Richard Burton Interview

Dec. 17, 1962 - Richard Burton was interviewed today by Emrys Walters for the program "Wales Today." The actor is currently making "The ...

Dec 9, 2022

Actor Dick Powell Has Cancer

Dec. 9, 1962 - Actor Dick Powell (pictured with his wife June Allyson) has canceled his television appearances for the remainder of the...

Nov 20, 2022

Nov. 20, 1962 - Marlon Brando Interviewed in Australia

Nov. 20, 1962 - At the Mascot Airport in Sydney, Australia today, 38-year-old Marlon Brando gave a brief press conference before changing...

Oct 31, 2022

Movies: “Girls! Girls! Girls!” with Elvis Presley

Oct. 31, 1962 - Opening today is “Girls! Girls! Girls!” a musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a penniless Hawaiian who loves...

Oct 29, 2022

Movies: “The Birds”

Oct. 29, 1962 - Universal Pictures will release “The Birds,” the suspense drama produced and directed independently by Alfred Hitchcock....

Oct 26, 2022

Actress Louise Beavers Dead at 60

Oct. 26, 1962 - Louise Beavers (pictured left with Mary Pickford in 1929), who starred in the “Beulah” comedy series on television, died...

Oct 25, 2022

Rex Harrison Signed for Film Version of “My Fair Lady”

Oct. 25, 1962 - Rex Harrison (left) has been signed to recreate his original role of Professor Higgins in the film version of “My Fair...

Oct 24, 2022

Movies: “The Manchurian Candidate”

Oct. 24, 1962 - Opening today is “The Manchurian Candidate,” a political thriller about Communist sleeper agents. The film was directed...

Oct 23, 2022

Mankiewicz Fired from “Cleopatra,” Taylor and Burton Outraged

Oct. 23, 1962 - Writer-director Joseph Mankiewicz (center) has been dismissed by Darryl F. Zanuck, the new president of Twentieth...

Oct 17, 2022

Movies: “McLintock!”

Oct. 17, 1962 - Final details have been announced for John Wayne’s forthcoming production, “McLintock!” a Western drama in color, which...

Oct 14, 2022

Movies: “Man’s Favorite Sport?”

Oct. 14, 1962 - Rock Hudson has been set to star in “Man’s Favorite Sport,” described as a comedy dealing with the adventures of a...

Oct 9, 2022

Otto Preminger to Produce “Harm’s Way”

Oct. 9, 1962 - Now that Darryl F. Zanuck has definitively documented the Army’s European campaign on D-Day, Otto Preminger (right) combat...

Oct 9, 2022

“Dracula” Director Tod Browning Dead at 80

Oct. 9, 1962 - Tod Browning (pictured right with Helen Chandler and Bela Lugosi in 1930), who directed scores of Hollywood movies for...

Oct 5, 2022

Movies: “Dr. No”

Oct. 5, 1962 - Opening today is “Dr. No,” a spy film directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Ian...

Oct 5, 2022

Movies: “The Chapman Report”

Oct. 5, 1962 - Opening today is “The Chapman Report,” a Technicolor drama starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Shelley Winters, Jane Fonda,...

Oct 4, 2022

Movies: “The Longest Day”

Oct. 4, 1962 - Twentieth Century-Fox’s “The Longest Day,” Darryl F. Zanuck’s version of the Cornelius Ryan novel about the D-Day landings...