1960s Timeline

Aug. 2, 1961 - Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Yogi Berra will appear as themselves in "That Touch of Mink," a comedy starring Cary Grant...

Aug. 1, 1961 - René Clément's "Purple Noon" will open on Aug. 10 at the Little Carnegie Theatre in New York. The cast of the...

July 31, 1961 - Anthony Franciosa (right) will leave for Rome on Thursday to start pre-production for "Careless," a romantic drama based...

July 31, 1961 - Screen rights to the late Henry Morton Robinson's best-selling religious novel, "The Cardinal," have been acquired by...

July 30, 1961 - "The Fiercest Heart," a Twentieth Century-Fox dramatization of the novel by Stuart Cloete, arrives this week at...

July 29, 1961 - Eiji Okada, the Japanese actor who portrayed the hero in "Hiroshima, Mon Amour," named last year's best foreign-language...

July 27, 1961 - Next month three Hollywood cameramen will film a game at San Francisco's Candlestick Park between the Giants and the...

July 27, 1961 - Today's new film is "Francis of Assisi," a Twentieth Century-Fox biographical drama, with Bradford Dillman, Dolores Hart...

July 26, 1961 - Jocelyn Brando (left), Marlon Brando's older sister, will play the featured role of Pat Hingle's wife in Universal's "The...

July 25, 1961 - Madlyn Rhue, an actress, is in serious condition from injuries received in a head-on automobile collision in Hollywood,...

July 25, 1961 - Opening at local theatres today is "Homicidal," a horror-thriller film produced and directed by William Castle. Glenn...

July 23, 1961 - Scheduled to arrive in local theatres this week is "Tammy Tell Me True," a romantic comedy with Sandra Dee and John...

July 23, 1961 - Edward G. Robinson will be the narrator of "Cops and Robbers," a documentary of crime in America from pre-Revolutionary...

July 22, 1961 - Steve McQueen (pictured right with Nick Adams), who once served a stint in the U.S. Marine Corps, is currently filming...

July 22, 1961 - Shirley Ann Field, who appeared in the British film "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning," will co-star with Steve McQueen...

July 20, 1961 - Sidney Poitier (pictured with producer David Susskind), young Negro stage and screen star, has purchased a 12-room Tudor...

July 20, 1961 - First castings have been announced for Darryl F. Zanuck's production of "The Longest Day," the Cornelius Ryan book on the...

July 19, 1961 - Mort Sahl made his British debut today on a BBC television program. As usual, the comedian wore a sweater and open-necked...

July 19, 1961 - Susan Strasberg (pictured), who has been living in Rome for the last six months, has been signed for the starring role in...

July 18, 1961 - William Holden (right) has been signed for a leading role in "The Lion," the adaptation of Joseph Kessel's novel, which...