Movies: "Spartacus" Marks First Anniversary
Sept. 30, 1961 - "Spartacus," the spectacle-adventure starring Kirk Douglas, will mark its first anniversary at New York's DeMille...
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Sep 28, 2021
Hollywood Gets Mass Fallout Shelter
Sept. 28, 1961 - The stars and other figures who live near Hollywood's Sunset Strip have become the most fallout-proof citizens of...
Sep 27, 2021
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward Parents to Second Daughter
Sept. 27, 1961 - Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, the film performers, became parents of a daughter today at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital...
Sep 25, 2021
Movie: "The Hustler," with Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, and Jackie Gleason
Sept. 25, 1961 - Opening in local theatres today is "The Hustler," a CinemaScope drama directed by Robert Rossen from Walter Tevis's...
Sep 22, 2021
Marion Davies, Star of Old Hollywood and Hearst Paramour, Dies
Sept. 22, 1961 - Marion Davies (pictured in 1936), a star of the old Hollywood, died today of cancer. A friend said that Miss Davies,...
Sep 22, 2021
Movie: "Back Street," with Susan Hayward, John Gavin, and Vera Miles
Sept. 22, 1961 - "Back Street," Ross Hunter's film version of the sentimental 1931 novel by Fannie Hurst, will open at the Capitol...
Sep 21, 2021
Movie: "King of Kings" with Jeffrey Hunter
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...
Sep 20, 2021
Movie: Rod Serling's "Requiem for a Heavyweight"
Sept. 20, 1961 - Mickey Rooney (pictured with Rod Serling) has been signed for a leading role in Serling's "Requiem for a Heavyweight,"...
Sep 20, 2021
Former Film Star Marion Davies Given Last Rites
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...
Sep 20, 2021
Movie: "Town without Pity" with Kirk Douglas and E.G. Marshall
Sept. 20, 1961 - "Town Without Pity," a United Artists release filmed in Germany, will open Oct. 10 at New York's Astor Theatre,...
Sep 15, 2021
German Movie Star Horst Buchholz Jailed on Drunk Driving Charge
Sept. 15, 1961 - Horst Buchholz, the German film star who appeared in "The Magnificent Seven" last year, was discharged from a Munich...
Sep 15, 2021
Movie: "Hatari!" with John Wayne and Elsa Martinelli
Sept. 15, 1961 - Italian actress and fashion model Elsa Martinelli (left) recently completed a leading role with John Wayne in Howard...
Sep 13, 2021
Movie: "Long Day's Journey Into Night"
Sept. 13, 1961 - Katharine Hepburn, Sir Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards Jr., and Dean Stockwell have been signed for the four leading...
Sep 13, 2021
Siegel Won't Produce Films with Racial Themes, "Sex Perversion Angles"
Sept. 13, 1961 - Hollywood producer Sol C. Siegel (pictured right) said today that he would not make pictures with racial themes or "sex...
Sep 12, 2021
French Performer Maurice Chevalier Turns 73
Sept. 12, 1961 - Maurice Chevalier celebrated his 73rd birthday today. "I feel fine," said the French performer, in Britain playing a...
Sep 12, 2021
Movie: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" to Premiere at Radio City
Sept. 12, 1961 - The Radio City Music Hall has announced film bookings that will carry the theatre into 1962. After the current...
Sep 11, 2021
Hollywood Producer Says Epics Wave of the Future
Sept. 11, 1961 - Hollywood producer Samuel Bronston (lower left) is convinced that the salvation of the film industry lies in expensive,...
Sep 10, 2021
Movie: "Master of the World," with Vincent Price and Charles Bronson
Sept. 10, 1961 - Arriving at local movie theatres this week is "Master of the World," a Jules Verne science-fiction drama starring...
Sep 8, 2021
Movie: "The Longest Day," Film on D-Day Landings
Sept. 8, 1961 - Curt Jürgens (right) has been signed for the role of Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt, the German staff officer, in "The...
Sep 7, 2021
Movie: "The Carpetbaggers"
Sept. 7, 1961 - Screen rights to Harold Robbins' novel, "The Carpetbaggers," have been acquired by Joseph E. Levine's Embassy Pictures...
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