1960s Timeline

Nov. 30, 1961 - Janet Leigh has been signed to co-star with Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey in “The Manchurian Candidate,” a United...

Nov. 26, 1961 - “The Wonders of Aladdin,” the comedy adaptation of the noted legend, which was filmed on location in Tunisia with Donald...

Nov. 26, 1961 - Ricardo Montalban and Juano Hernandez have joined the cast of “Adventures of a Young Man,” the Twentieth Century-Fox...

Nov. 24, 1961 - John Carradine (pictured) will make his Broadway musical comedy debut in “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the...

Nov. 24, 1961 - “One, Two, Three,” the Billy Wilder comedy with James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, and Arlene Francis, has been...

Nov. 23, 1961 - “Pocketful of Miracles,” Frank Capra’s new film adaptation of Damon Runyon’s story “Madame La Gimp,” will be the next...

Nov. 22, 1961 - Arriving in local theatres today is “Blue Hawaii,” a musical romantic comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring...

Nov. 7, 1961 - Burt Lancaster has been signed for the role of the Italian prince in the film adaptation of Giuseppe di Lampedusa’s...

Nov. 6, 1961 - The tendency of Hollywood producers to replace Broadway stars with movie talent when plays are converted into films has...

Nov. 5, 1961 - The Rev. A. DeWitt Mallary Jr., vicar of St. Thomas Protestant Episcopal Chapel in New York City, took issue in his sermon...

Nov. 5, 1961 - Scheduled to open this week in local theatres is “Paris Blues,” a drama with music. Martin Ritt directed the United...

Nov. 3, 1961 - In order to accommodate Henry Fonda, who has a tight schedule of acting commitments, Darryl F. Zanuck has decided to film...

Nov. 1, 1961 - “Bachelor in Paradise,” an MGM comedy with Bob Hope and Lana Turner, will open at New York’s Capitol Theatre on Nov. 16,...

Nov. 1, 1961 - Natalie Wood will play burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee in the screen version of “Gypsy,” with Rosalind Russell in Ethel...

Oct. 31, 1961 - A three-hour taped telecast of an anti-Communist rally (pictured) in Southern California will be shown tomorrow night on...

Oct. 30, 1961 - A son was born today to singer Bing Crosby (pictured right in 1958) and his wife Kathy Grant (left) at Queen of Angels...

Oct. 28, 1961 - The Mirisch Brothers, who have ample reason to exult over the reaction to their film production of “West Side Story,”...

Oct. 26, 1961 - A movie version of the Tennessee Williams play “Sweet Bird of Youth” was completed recently at the MGM studio. It stars...

Oct. 23, 1961 - “The Comancheros,” a Western drama with John Wayne, will open at New York’s Paramount Theatre on Election Day, Nov. 7....

Oct. 22, 1961 - Gig Young (left) has been signed to play the prize-fight manager in “Kid Galahad,” the role originally played by Edward...