1960s Timeline

Aug. 17, 1961 - Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin will appear with Judy Garland on her special television show March 11 over the Columbia...

Aug. 17, 1961 - Larry Parks and Susan Kohner will appear in John Huston's biographical drama film "Freud," in support of Montgomery Clift...

Aug. 15, 1961 - Opening in local theatres today is "Thief of Baghdad," an Italian-made costume fantasy with Steve Reeves (center). The...

Aug. 15, 1961 - Lee Marvin, the actor, was badly cut in the face today while filming a fight scene for the "Route 66" television show. A...

Aug. 13, 1961 - Opening in local theatres this week is "Ring of Fire," an MGM color melodrama with David Janssen and Joyce Taylor,...

Aug. 12, 1961 - Fred Morrison, the father of Janet Leigh, the movie actress, was found dead in his business office in Beverly Hills...

Aug. 11, 1961 - Warner Brothers' "Splendor in the Grass," directed and produced by Elia Kazan (center), with Natalie Wood (right) and...

Aug. 11, 1961 - Columbia's "Scream of Fear," starring Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, and Ann Todd, is scheduled to open on Aug. 22 at New...

Aug. 9, 1961 - Jimmy Durante had a one-hour show on NBC-TV last night in which he shared the stage with two other formidable headliners,...

Aug. 9, 1961 - Suzanne Pleshette, the young actress who most recently seen on Broadway in "The Miracle Worker," will play opposite Troy...

Aug. 8, 1961 - "Breakfast at Tiffany's," the film version of Truman Capote's novel, will have its world premiére at Radio City Music Hall...

Aug. 7, 1961 - Art Carney (pictured) and George Burns will be among the guest stars on "The Connie Francis Show," which ABC will televise...

Aug. 7, 1961 - Judy Garland (left), the singer, has separated from her husband, Sid Luft (right), her manager said today. Miss Garland,...

Aug. 7, 1961 - It is now official that Richard Burton will quit the musical "Camelot" on Sept. 16 to act with Elizabeth Taylor in the...

Aug. 6, 1961 - At the present time, "Lawrence of Arabia" dominates talk of British filmmaking as thoroughly as did "The Guns of Navarone"...

Aug. 6, 1961 - Arriving in local theatres this week is "Gidget Goes Hawaiian," a Columbia romantic comedy with Deborah Walley (pictured),...

Aug. 5, 1961 - Twentieth Century-Fox is preparing to open the vaults - the old R.K.O. vaults, that is - for a remake of the 1940 comedy,...

Aug. 4, 1961 - MGM will produce an adaptation of the stage musical "Jumbo," which was originally produced by Billy Rose in 1935. It will...

Aug. 3, 1961 - "Marines, Let's Go," a drama about the Korean War directed by Raoul Walsh, will open at New York's Paramount Theatre Aug....

Aug. 2, 1961 - "The Honeymoon Machine," an MGM romantic comedy with Steve McQueen, Paula Prentiss, and Jim Hutton, will be the next...