1960s Timeline

Dec. 15, 1961 - A Shakespearean love story played by Albert Finney (pictured) and Zoe Caldwell has turned into romance offstage. Mr....

Dec. 14, 1961 - An Berlin audience viewed the world premiére of the American film, “Judgment at Nuremberg.” A capacity audience of 1,200...

Dec. 12, 1961 - Opening in local theatres today is “The Colossus of Rhodes,” a dubbed Italian import with Rory Calhoun (left) and Lea...

Dec. 12, 1961 - West German newspapers were unanimous today in approving the verdict against Adolf Eichmann (pictured in 1942) by an...

Dec. 11, 1961 - Israeli judges rejected one by one today the arguments that Adolf Eichmann hoped would gain some mitigation of sentence...

Dec. 10, 1961 - Scheduled to arrive this week in local theatres is “El Cid,” a biographical adventure with Charlton Heston and Sophia...

Dec. 10, 1961 - Adolf Eichmann was convicted in a Jerusalem court this morning of crimes against the Jewish people, crimes against...

Dec. 6, 1961 - What happens to a producer-director when he is ready to begin shooting his movie and then has to wait a year for his star?...

Dec. 2, 1961 - 26-year-old Alain Delon, one of France’s top screen idols whose success this year in the French “Purple Noon” and the...

Dec. 2, 1961 - Singer Dinah Shore announced today that she and her husband, actor George Montgomery, were separating and would be...

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...