1960s Timeline

Mar. 31, 1962 - Starring in Alfred Hitchcock’s film “The Birds,” currently before the cameras in California, are Rod Taylor, Suzanne...

Mar. 31, 1962 - Salem Productions, the independent film company headed by director Martin Ritt and Paul Newman, has settled on the first...

Mar. 30, 1962 - Lee J. Cobb will portray Frank Sinatra’s father in the Paramount adaptation of the stage comedy, “Come Blow Your Horn.”...

Mar. 27, 1962 - Suzanne Pleshette, who is currently before the cameras in California in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” and co-stars with...

Mar. 25, 1962 - Ingrid Bergman (center) and Michael Redgrave (right) will co-star next season in “Hedda Gabler” on CBS-TV. Mr. Redgrave...

Mar. 24, 1962 - The MGM remake of “The Mutiny on the Bounty” has been subject to countless delays and troubles. Many in Hollywood —...

Mar. 21, 1962 - Eddie Fisher (center), the singer, arrived in New York from Rome by plane tonight and denied reports that he and his...

Mar. 21, 1962 - More than half the U.S. Senators saw last night Hollywood’s version of the Senate in action. The occasion was a private...

Mar. 21, 1962 - Sources in Monaco today denied a rumor that in returning to moviemaking Princess Grace was helping her husband, Prince...

Mar. 21, 1962 - Rex Harrison married Rachel Roberts, the British actress, today in Italy in a ceremony that shifted abruptly from one...

Mar. 21, 1962 - Alfred Hitchcock is using his own money to finance his latest movie, it was learned today. The cost will be well in...

Mar. 20, 1962 - Two new Allied Artists presentations will open today on a double-bill program at neighborhood theatres. “The George Raft...

Mar. 19, 1962 - Princess Grace of Monaco, the former Grace Kelly of Philadelphia, will return to motion pictures this summer when she...

Mar. 18, 1962 - Opening in local theatres today is “Twenty Plus Two,” directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring David Janssen, Jeanne...

Mar. 18, 1962 - “The Guns of Navarone” was voted the best picture of 1961 in the 39th annual poll of movie critics, reviewers and...

Mar. 17, 1962 - Director Francois Truffaut (right), pleased by the critical and popular success in Paris of “Jules and Jim,” is hard at...

Mar. 13, 1962 - Bette Davis, one of the stars of “The Night of the Iguana,” is bowing out of the Tennessee Williams play. She will be...

Mar. 12, 1962 - Jane Fonda, daughter of Henry Fonda, will star in her third Broadway appearance. She has been signed by Jay Julien for...

Mar. 12, 1962 - Richard Harris, Irish stage and screen actor, who just completed a leading characterization in the MGM remake of “Mutiny...

Mar. 11, 1962 - Ethel Waters (pictured with Billy Graham in 1957), the singer and actress, was recovering at her home today after she had...