1960s Timeline

Aug. 31, 1961 - Twentieth Century-Fox has "indefinitely postponed" its multimillion dollar production of "The Greatest Story Ever Told,"...

Aug. 30, 1961 - Charles Coburn (pictured with Marilyn Monroe in 1953), whose career in show business covered 68 years, died today of...

Aug. 29, 1961 - "The Great War," an Italian-made drama, is opening at New York's Trans-Lux Theatre (with subtitles). Vittorio Gassman and...

Aug. 28, 1961 - Rex Harrison has been signed to portray Julius Caesar in 20th Century-Fox’s "Cleopatra," which director Joseph Mankiewicz...

Aug. 27, 1961 - Ingrid Thulin, one of the leading actresses in Sweden, will star in "Intermezzo" over the NBC-TV network on Nov. 19 from...

Aug. 27, 1961 - Gail Russell, film actress, was found dead in her Los Angeles apartment today. The body of the 36-year-old wife of Guy...

Aug. 25, 1961 - Jane Fonda and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. have been cast in "The Chapman Report," a Technicolor drama by Warner Brothers that...

Aug. 25, 1961 - Mercedes McCambridge, actress, is being sued for divorce by her husband, Fletcher Markle, movie director and producer....

Aug. 24, 1961 - "40 Pounds of Trouble," a comedy film, will be the first feature that Curtleigh Productions, Tony Curtis's independent...

Aug. 24, 1961 - Robert F. Six, president of Continental Air Lines, and Audrey Meadows, the actress best known for her role as Alice...

Aug. 23, 1961 - Darryl F. Zanuck's "The Big Gamble," a drama set on the Ivory Coast of Africa, will be the next attraction at New York's...

Aug. 23, 1961 - Sidney Lumet has been signed to direct the film version of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night." The film...

Aug. 23, 1961 - Three stars of the New York Yankees made their Hollywood debuts today: Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Yogi Berra, who...

Aug. 22, 1961 - Anthony Quinn will play an Arab chief in "Lawrence of Arabia." The actor will interrupt his assignment in "Barrabas," now...

Aug. 22, 1961 - Donnell Cooley (right), the musician and actor better known as Spade Cooley, was spared the gas chamber and sentenced to...

Aug. 22, 1961 - Alice Faye (pictured with José Ferrer), musical comedy star of the 1930s and '40s, will return to the screen after an...

Aug. 21, 1961 - "El Cid," a historical film spectacle with Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren, will open at New York's Warner Theatre on a...

Aug. 19, 1961 - Opening in local theatres this week is "The Young Doctors," a drama film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Ben...

Aug. 18, 1961 - Josephine Baker, American-born music-hall star, was decorated today as a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor for her...

Aug. 18, 1961 - This week's new film is "The Pit and the Pendulum," a Panavision horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring...