Films 1950-1978
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1950Â Â Â Â Â Â Mar 23,
At the Academy Awards, "All the King's Men" won best picture of
1949; its star, Broderick Crawford, won best actor. Olivia de
Havilland won best actress for "The Heiress."
   (AP, 3/23/00)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The British musical film
"Alice in Wonderland" was directed by Dallas Bower.
   (SFC, 10/21/99, p.A25)(MoTV, 1977, p.16)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "All About Eve"
starred Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm and George Sanders as
a sardonic Broadway columnist. It was directed by Joseph L.
Mankiewicz and received a record 14 Oscar nominations and won 6. It
was rated #16 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. In 2003 3 poets
authored "Phoebe 2002: An Essay in Verse" based on the film.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)(SFEC, 4/20/97, Par
p.4)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFEC, 8/23/98, DB p.42)(SFC, 9/3/99,
p.B3)(SSFC, 12/7/03, p.M2)(SFC, 7/16/12, p.C4)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "American
Guerilla in the Philippines" was based on the 1945 nonfiction book
by Ira Wolfert.
   (SFC,11/28/97, p.B8)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The MGM musical "Annie Get
Your Gun" starred Howard Keel and Betty Hutton. It was directed by
George Sidney.
   (SFC, 5/7/02, p.A21)(SFC, 11/8/04, p.A2)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Asphalt
Jungle" starred Sterling Hayden, Marilyn Monroe and Brad Dexter
(d.2002). It was directed by John Huston.
   (WSJ, 6/21/99, p.A24)(TVM, 1977, p.37)(SFC,
12/16/02, p.A23)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Atom Man Versus
Superman" was the 2nd Superman film in a 15-part serial format. It
again starred Kirk Alyn.
   (SFC, 3/18/99, p.C4)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "At War with the
Army" starred Jerry Lewis.
   (SFEC, 9/6/98, Par p.14)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The Indian film "Barsaat"
was a blockbuster written by Ramanand Sagar.
   (WSJ, 4/22/98, p.A1)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Battleground"
starred Van Johnson and was directed by William Wellman. It was a
replay of the Battle of the Bulge and was one of the 3 top grossing
films of the year.
   (WSJ, 4/24/95, p.R-5)(WUD, 1994 p.36)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Big Lift"
starred Montgomery Clift and Paul Douglas. It was based on the
1948-1949 Berlin Airlift.
   (SFEC, 6/21/98, Par p.18)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Borderline"
starred Claire Trevor.
   (SFEC, 11/8/98, DB p.62)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Born Yesterday"
with Judy Holliday was directed by George Cukor. It was written by
Garson Kanin and won an Oscar for best picture.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)(SFEC, 3/14/99, p.D8)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Broken Arrow"
starred Jimmy Stewart and Debra Paget.
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SSFC, 8/15/04, Par p.2)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Caged” starred
Eleanor Parker (1922-2013). She received an Oscar mnomination for
her role as an inmate in a brutal prison.
   (SFC, 12/11/13, p.A9)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Captain Carey,
USA" featured the song "Mona Lisa" by Jay Livingston (d.2001) and
Ray Evans.
   (SFC, 10/19/01, p.D5)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film “The
Cheat” starred Bernard Blier and Simone Signoret.
   (SFC, 10/31/15, p.E4)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The Disney animated film
"Cinderella" was produced. It was narrated by Betty Lou Gerson.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)(SFC, 1/16/99, p.A18)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Company She
Keeps" starred Jane Greer.
   (SFC, 8/28/01, p.A15)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Copper Canyon"
starred Hedy Lamarr.
   (SFC, 1/20/00, p.A10)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cyrano de
Bergerac" starred Jose Ferrer and Mala Powers (1931-2007). It was
directed by Michael Gordon and produced by Stanley Kramer. Ferrer
won an Oscar for his role.
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)(SFC, 6/14/07, p.B4)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film
"Destination Moon" helped launch a decade of science fiction movie
making.
   (SFEC, 4/26/98, Par p.8)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Diary of
a Country Priest" was directed by Robert Bresson.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.44)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "D.O.A." starred
Edmond O'Brian and was shot in SF. In 2004 it was added to the
National Film Registry.
   (WSJ, 6/21/99, p.A24)(SFEC, 10/10/99, DB
p.49)(SFC, 12/31/04, p.E6)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Fancy Pants"
featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Father Is a
Bachelor" starred Peggy Converse and William Holden.
   (SFC, 3/21/01, p.A23)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â Lucille Ball starred in
"Fuller Brush Girl." She was on contract with MGM and made $3,500 a
week.
   (SFC, 9/23/96, D1)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Great
Rupert" starred Terry Moore, Jimmy Durante and Jimmy Conlin and was
directed by George Pal.
   (SFEM, 2/6/99, p.4)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Gunfighter"
starred Gregory Peck and Helen Westcott (d.1998 at 70). It was
directed by Andre de Toth.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, Par p.18)(SFC, 11/1/02, p.A28)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Hard, Fast and
Furious” starred Sally Forrest as a rising tennis star who battles
her demanding stage mother. It was directed by Ida Lupino.
   (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043619/)(SFC,
1/11/18, p.E8)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Harvey" starred
Jimmy Stewart and Victoria Oakie (d.2003 at 91).
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SFC, 10/14/03, p.A21)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Hasty Heart"
starred Ronald Reagan
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, DB p.54)(SFEC, 6/29/97, DB p.33)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film "The
Hollywood Ten" was directed by John Berry. Berry was blacklisted and
left the US for France.
   (SFC, 12/1/99, p.A26)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hot Rod" was
directed by Lewis D. Collins.
   (SFC, 7/15/97, p.A18)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film “Illicit
Interlude” was directed by Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007).
   (SFC, 7/31/07, p.E3)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "In a Lonely
Place" with Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame was directed by
Nicholas Ray. Hadda Brooks (d.2002) sang to Bogart in the film. In
2007 it was added as a classic to the American national registry.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)(SFEM, 2/22/98, p.6)(SFC,
11/23/02, p.A19)(SFC, 12/28/07, p.E3)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "The Jackpot."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â Two short films of Jackson
Pollock in his studio were made by Hans Namuth.
   (WSJ, 11/10/98, p.A20)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "King Solomon’s
Mines" was remade with Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr. It was one
of the 3 top grossing films of the year.
   (WSJ, 4/24/95, p.R-5)(SFEC, 4/5/98, DB p.45)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lady Without a
Passport" starred Hedy Lamarr.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.49)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "La Ronde"
starred Simone Signoret and was directed by Max Ophuls. It was based
on a play by Arthur Schnitzler and originally banned in the US for
immorality.
   (SFEC, 9/5/99, DB p.50)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Les
Enfants Terribles" was narrated by Jean Cocteau and based on his
1929 novel.
   (SFC, 10/12/97, DB p.40)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Magnificent
Yankee" was a biopic about Justice Oliver Wendall Holmes. It starred
Louis Calhern and Ann Harding.
   (SFEC, 12/5/99, DB p.48)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "Mamma
Mia, Che Impressione!" starred Alberto Sordi in his first role.
   (SFC, 12/1/97, p.E3)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Men"
featured the debut of Marlon Brando. It was directed by Fred
Zinnemann and produced by Stanley Kramer.
   (SFEC, 6/13/99, DB p.37)(SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The Mexican film "Los
Olvidados" was directed by Luis Bunuel. It was released in the US as
"The Young and the Damned." It was a study of social pathology among
the urban poor in Mexico City.
   (WSJ, 3/30/01, p.W6)(SFC, 8/9/07, p.B5)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â Charles O’Neil (1904-1996)
co-wrote the screenplay for the film "Montana."
   (SFC, 9/5/96, p.C2)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Murder Without
Crime" was the 1st film directed by J. Lee Thompson (d.2002).
   (SFC, 9/9/02, p.A22)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film “Night
and the City,” a film noir classic, was directed by Jules Dassin.
   (SFC, 8/15/06, p.B5)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "No Man of her
Own" featured the debut of Lyle Bettger (d.2003 at 88).
   (SFC, 10/10/03, p.A25)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "No Sad Songs for
Me" was produced with music by George Dunning.
   (SFC, 3/3/00, p.D5)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "No Way Out"
starred Sidney Poitier.
   (SFEC, 11/1/98, Par p.18)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Odette" featured
Peter Ustinov.
   (SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Our Very Own”
starred Farley Granger and Ann Blyth. It featured the debut of
Phyllis Kirk (1927-2006).
   (SFC, 10/24/06, p.B5)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Outrage" starred
Mala Powers (1931-2007). It was directed by Ida Lupino and created a
minor sensation for its frank treatment of rape.
   (SFC, 6/14/07, p.B4)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The MGM musical film
"Pagan Love Song" starred Esther Williams, Rita Moreno and Howard
Keel. It was partly filmed on Kauai, Hawaii.
   (TVM, 1975, p.431)(SFEC, 9/6/98, p.T4)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Panic in the
Streets" starred Richard Widmark and Jack Palance (1919-2006), who
was billed as Walter Palance. It was directed by Elia Kazan and was
written by Edward Anhalt, who won an Oscar.
   (SFEC, 3/14/99, p.D5)(SFC, 11/11/06, p.B6)(SFC,
3/27/08, p.A2)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rashomon"
starred Toshiro Mifune and was directed by Akira Kurosawa. It was
about a crime recollected from different points of view.
   (SFC,12/25/97, p.A25)(SFC, 9/7/98, p.A21)(SFEC,
8/1/99, DB p.40)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Reformer and
the Redhead" starred June Allyson and Dick Powell.
   (SFC, 7/11/06, p.B5)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rio Grande"
starred Maureen O'Hara.
   (SFEC, 3/14/99, Par p.16)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film
"Rocketship X-M" helped launch a decade of science fiction movie
making.
   (SFEC, 4/26/98, Par p.8)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Rocky Mountain”
starred Errol Flynn and Patrice Wymore, who married Flynn soon after
the film was made.
   (SFC, 3/29/14, p.C4)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rogue River"
starred Peter Graves.
   (SFEC, 6/28/98, Par p.26)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Samson and
Delilah" was produced and was one of the 3 top grossing films of the
year.
   (WSJ, 4/24/95, p.R-5)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film
"Scandal" was directed by Akira Kurosawa.
   (SFC, 9/7/98, p.A21)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "Seven
Days to Noon" was produced by the twin Boulting brothers. Paul Dehn
and James Bernard won an Oscar in 1951 for best story. It was about
a threatened nuclear attack on London
   (SFC, 7/18/01, p.C16)(SFC, 11/12/01, p.A19)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The noir film "Shakedown"
starred Howard Duff.
   (SFC, 1/14/03, p.D2)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Sleeping
City" featured the debut of Alex Nicol.
   (SFC, 8/2/01, p.A20)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "State Secret"
starred Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
   (SFC, 5/8/00, p.A5)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Steel
Helmet" with Gene Evans was directed by Samuel Fuller (d.1997 at
86). It was set in the Korean War.
   (SFC,11/1/97, p.A17)(SFC,12/5/97, p.C12)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Story of a Love
Affair" was the first feature film by Michelangelo Antonioni.
   (SFEC, 1/17/99, DB p.43)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sunset
Boulevard" starred Gloria Swanson and William Holden. It was written
and directed by Billy Wilder and was rated #12 by the Amer. Film
Inst. in 1998.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)(USAT, 6/17/98,
p.9D)(SFEC, 6/27/99, BR p.45)(SFEC, 11/14/99, BR p.3)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tarzan and the
Slave Girl" starred Lex Barker and Vanessa Brown (d.1999 at 71). It
was directed by Lee Sholem.
   (TVM, 1975, p.568)(SFC, 5/24/99, p.C4)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The comedy film “Tea for
Two” starred Doris Day and Gordon MacRae. It featured the debut of
Broadway actress Patrice Wymore (1926-2014), who soon married Errol
Flynn.
   (SFC, 3/29/14, p.C4)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The noir film “Tension”
starred Audrey Totter.
   (SFC, 12/18/13, p.A11)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Three Little
Words” starred Fred Astaire and Debbie Reynolds.
   (SFC, 12/29/16, p.A7)Â
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Treasure Island"
with Robert Newton as Long John Silver was produced. It was based on
the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tripoli" starred
Maureen O'Hara.
   (SFEC, 3/14/99, Par p.16)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Two Lost Worlds”
starred Jim Arness and Kasey Rogers.
   (MoTV, 1977, p.755)(SFC, 7/15/06, p.B6)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The Mexican film “Un Dia
de Vida” (One Day of Life) by Emilio Fernandez told the story of a
dissident army officer sentenced to death for protesting military
complicity in the assassination of Emiliano Zapata.
   (SFC, 7/7/14, p.E2)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Union Station"
featured Lyle Bettger.
   (SFC, 10/10/03, p.A25)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Waiting Women"
featured Jarl Kulle (d. 1997 at 70) and was directed by Ingmar
Bergman.
   (SFC, 10/4/97, p.A20)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Watch the
Birdie" starred tap dancer Ann Miller.
   (SFC, 1/23/04, p.A2)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Where Danger Lives."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "Winchester ‘73."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Woman On the
Run" featured Ross Elliott (d.1999 at 82) Ann Sheridan and Dennis
O'Keefe and was directed by Norman Foster.
   (TVM, 1975, p.655)(SFC, 8/18/99, p.C4)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Young Man with a
Horn" starred Lauren Bacall and Kirk Douglas.
   (SFEC, 11/21/99, Par p.30)(SFEC, 1/23/00, Par
p.12)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â A film starring Tyrone
Power was based on a biographical book by Ira Wolfert that told the
story of "Rich" Richardson (d.2001 at 83), PT boat commander and
Philippine guerilla operative during WW II.
   (SFC, 10/23/01, p.C2)
1950Â Â Â Â Â Â Gross Hollywood revenues
for the year were $1,379 million with 3,107 million admissions and
average ticket price of $0.46.
   (WSJ, 4/24/95, p.R-5)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Abbot and
Costello Meat the Invisible Man” featured Arthur Franz.
   (SFC, 6/20/06, p.B5)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â "Ace in the Hole" [see The
Big Carnival]
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Across the Wide
Missouri"Â with Clark Gable was directed by William Wellman.
   (SFC, 7/20/96, p.E1)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The African
Queen" with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn was produced. It
was rated #17 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
   (USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "An American in
Paris" with Gene Kelly, Nina Foch, Leslie Caron and Georges Guetary
was directed by Vincent Minnelli. It won an Oscar for best picture
and another for best musical score. Saul Chaplin (d.1997 at 85)
helped compose the music. It was rated #68 by the Amer. Film Inst.
in 1998.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.38)(SFC, 9/19/97,
p.A22)(SFC,11/18/97, p.A19)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Angels in the
Outfield" starred Paul Douglas and Janet Leigh. It was remade in
1994.
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, DB p.51)(SFEC, 4/26/98, DB p.56)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Awaara" (The
Vagabond) starred Leela Chitnis. She left India for the US in the
1980s and died in 2003 at age 93.
   (SFC, 7/16/03, p.A19)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bedtime for
Bonzo" starred Ronald Reagan.
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, DB p.54)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Big
Carnival" (Ace in the Hole) starred Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling.
It was directed by Billy Wilder and was about a cynical newsman
covering a mining disaster. It was based on the 1925 incident where
Floyd Collins, a Kentucky farmer, discovered Sand Cave and was
trapped for 2 weeks as he crawled back to the surface.
   (SFC, 2/27/98, p.C5)(WSJ, 5/17/99, p.A24)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Big Night"
starred John Drew Barrymore. It was screen written by Ring Lardner
Jr. (d.2000 at 85) and Hugo Butler.
   (SFC, 11/2/00, p.A23)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Blue Veil”
starred Jane Wyman.
   (SFC, 9/11/07, p.A2)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Brave Bulls”
starred Mel Ferrer (1917-2008).
   (SFC, 6/4/08, p.B11)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bride of the
Gorilla" was produced.
   (SFC, 6/10/02, p.B6)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Browning
Version" was produced.
   (SFC, 4/21/00, p.D4)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bullfighter and
the Lady" starred Robert Stack and was directed by Budd Boetticher
(d.2001 at 85).
   (SFC, 12/7/01, p.A28)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Captain Horatio
Hornblower" starred Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo. Peck played a
British hero in the Napoleonic War .
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, Par p.18)(WSJ, 5/21/98, p.A1)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “China Corsair”
featured the debut of Ernest Borgnine.
   (SFC, 7/9/12, p.C4)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "A
Christmas Carol" with Alastair Sim as Scrooge.
   (SFC,12/19/97, p.C20)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "Cry the
Beloved Country" was based on the novel by Alan Paton. It was screen
written by John Howard Lawson, who was blacklisted during the
McCarthy era. It starred Sidney Poitier and was directed by Zoltan
Korda.
   (TVM, 1975, p.119)(SFC, 10/3/97, p.C10)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "David and
Bathsheba" starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The short documentary film
"Day of the Fight" was the first work by Stanley Kubrick.
   (SFC, 3/8/99, p.A7)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Day the
Earth Stood Still” starred Michael Rennie. It was directed by Robert
Wise.
   (SFC, 9/16/05, p.B8)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Death of a
Salesman" starred Fredric March and was directed by Laslo Benedek.
It was produced by Stanley Kramer.
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)(TVM, 1975, p.132)(SFC,
2/21/01, p.A18)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Detective Story"
starred Kirk Douglas, William Bendix and Eleanor Parker. Parker was
nominated for an Oscar for her role as the frustrated wife of
Douglas.
   (SSFC, 4/6/03, p.A23)(SFC, 12/11/13, p.A9)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Double Dynamite"
starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Duck and Cover”
was produced as a civil defense educational aid to prepare
schoolchildren in case of an atomic attack. In 2004 it was added to
the National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/31/04, p.E6)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Fixed Bayonets"
was directed by Samuel Fuller (d.1997 at 86).
   (SFC,11/1/97, p.A17)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film "Flight to
Mars" was produced using the cinecolor process.
   (SFEC, 4/26/98, Par p.8)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Flying Padre"
was directed by Stanley Kubrick.
   (SFC, 3/8/99, p.A7)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â "Follow the Sun" with
Glenn Ford was the first feature length film production about golf
and told the story of Ben Hogan’s comeback from an auto accident.
   (Hem., 7/96, p.101)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "He Ran All the
Way" was directed by John Berry. The screenplay was by Dalton
Trumbo.
   (SFC, 12/1/99, p.A26)(SFC, 3/3/05, p.E3)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Here Comes the
Groom" starred Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman.
   (SSFC, 1/21/01, DB p.36)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "His Kind of Woman."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hoodlum Empire"
starred Claire Trevor.
   (SFEC, 11/8/98, DB p.62)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hotel Sahara"
featured Peter Ustinov.
   (SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The noir film "House on
Telegraph Hill" starred Valentina Cortese.
   (SFC, 1/14/03, p.D2)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Idiot"
(Hakuchi) starred Toshiro Mifune. It was directed by Akira Kurosawa.
   (SFC,12/26/97, p.C3)(SFC,12/25/97, p.A25)(SFC,
9/7/98, p.A21)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "I Was a
Communist for the FBI" was based on the true story of Matt Cvetic
(d.1962 at 53). In 2001 Daniel J. Leab authored "I Was a Communist
for the FBI," the story of Mr. Cvetic.
   (WSJ, 2/12/00, p.A25)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Journal d'un
Cure de Campagne" (Diary of a Country Priest) was directed by Robert
Bresson. It was based on a book by Georges Bernanos.
   (SFC, 12/22/99, p.A27)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Lavender
Hill Mob" featured the debut of Audrey Hepburn and starred Alec
Guinness. It was directed by Charles Crichton.
   (SFEC, 6/13/99, DB p.37)(SFC, 9/16/99, p.A19)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Lemon Drop
Kid" starred Bob Hope. It featured the song "Silver Bells" by Jay
Livingston and Ray Evans."
   (SFC, 10/19/01, p.D5)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The comedy film "Love
Nest" featured Marilyn Monroe in one of her 1st starring roles. It
was produced by Jules Buck.
   (SFC, 7/24/01, p.A20)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Magic Box"
featured Peter Ustinov.
   (SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The 3 1/2* British film
"The Man in the White Suit" was directed by Alexander Mackendrick
and starred Alec Guinness and Joan Greenwood.
   (TVM, 1975, p.360)(SFC, 1/30/98, p.E17)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mr. Drake’s
Duck" starred Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
   (SFC, 5/8/00, p.A5)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "My Favorite Spy"
starred Hedy Lamarr and Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 1/20/00, p.A10)(SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "My Forbidden Past."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "No Highway" (aka No Highway in the Sky).
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “On Dangerous
Ground” starred Ida Lupino as the sister of a murder suspect. It was
directed by Nicholas Ray, Ida Lupino (uncredited). The screenplay
was written by A. I. Bezzerides based on the novel Mad with Much
Heart, by Gerald Butler.
  Â
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Dangerous_Ground)(SFC, 1/11/18,
p.E8)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Only the
Valiant" starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "On the Riviera"
starred Gwen Verdon.
   (SFEC, 12/20/98, Par p.14)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "An Outcast of
the Islands" starred Wendy Hiller.
   (SFC, 5/17/03, p.A16)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The Western film "The
Painted Hills" starred Lassie, the collie, and was directed by
Harold F. Kress (d.1999 at 86).
   (SFC, 9/28/99, p.A26)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "People Will
Talk" starred Jeanne Crain, Hume Cronyn and Cary Grant.
   (SFC, 6/17/03, p.A21)(SFC, 12/15/03, p.A24)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Place in the
Sun" with Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor was directed by
George Stevens. It was based on Theodore Dreiser’s "An American
Tragedy." It was rated #92 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.36)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The noir film “The
Prowler” starred Evelyn Keyes and Van Heflin.
   (SFC, 7/12/08, p.B5)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Quo Vadis"
featured Peter Ustinov.
   (SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "The Racket."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rawhide" starred
Jack Elam (d.2003), Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward.
   (SFC, 10/23/03, p.A22)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Red Badge of
Courage" was directed by John Huston and starred Audie Murphy. It
was based on the Civil War novel by Stephen Crane.
   (SFC, 5/28/99, p.C11)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Right Cross"
starred June Allyson and Dick Powell.
   (SFC, 7/11/06, p.B5)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The 3* film "Royal
Wedding" starred Gene and was directed by Stanely Donen.
   (SFC, 1/16/98, p.D7)(TVM, 1975, p.487)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Saturday’s Hero"
had music composed by Elmer Bernstein.
   (SFC, 1/28/98, p.E6)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Show
Boat" with Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel was remade under the
direction of George Sidney. The original was from 1936.
   (SFC, 9/12/96, p.E3)(SFEC, 4/5/98, DB p.43)(SFC,
5/7/02, p.A21)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Silver City”
starred Edmond O’Brien and Kasey Rogers.
   (MoTV, 1977, p.648)(SFC, 7/15/06, p.B6)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Steel
Helmet" featured Gene Evans (d.1998 at 75).
   (SFC, 4/2/98, p.A23)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The German film "The Story
of a Sinner" starred Hildegard Knef (d.2002 at 76). A brief nude
scene scandalized roman Catholic authorities.
   (SFC, 2/4/02, p.B5)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Strangers on a
Train" was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and featured his daughter
Patricia. It starred Farley Granger, Kasey Rogers (1925-2006) and
Robert Walker who play a tennis player and a psychopath who exchange
murders. In 2001 it was rated the #32 most thrilling film.
   (SFEC,11/23/97, DB p.56)(SFEC, 6/14/98, DB
p.51)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Streetcar
Named Desire" with Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden and Vivien
Leigh was directed by Alia Kazan. It was based on a story by
Tennessee Williams. It was rated #45 by the Amer. Film Inst. in
1998.
   (WSJ, 9/66/96, p.A12)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFEC,
5/30/99, DB p.46)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Summer Stock"
starred Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.
   (SFC, 2/17/01, p.A23)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tales of
Hoffman" featured ballerina Moira Shearer. It was directed by
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger choreographed to the opera
music.
   (SFEC, 1/18/98, DB p.42)(SFC, 2/2/06, p.B7)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Teresa" featured
the debut of Rod Steiger. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann.
   (SFEC, 1/4/98, Par. p.18)(SFC, 7/10/02, p.A6)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Texas Carnival"
starred tap dancer Ann Miller.
   (SFC, 1/23/04, p.A2)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "That’s My Boy"
starred Jerry Lewis.
   (SFEC, 9/6/98, Par p.14)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Thing From
Another World" starred Ken Tobey (d.2002 at 85). It was remade in
1982 as "The Thing."
   (SFC, 12/25/02, p.A29)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tomahawk"
starred Van Heflin, Yvonne DeCarlo, Preston Foster, Jack Oakie, Alex
Nicol and Rock Hudson. It was about the legendary trapper and guide
Jim Bridger.
   (SFEC, 6/28/98, DB p.55)(SFC, 8/2/01, p.A20)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The noir film "Tomorrow Is
Another Day" starred Steve Cochran as an ex-con.
   (SFEC, 4/30/00, DB p.58)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Too Young to
Kiss” starred June Allyson and Van Johnson.”
   (SFC, 7/11/06, p.B5)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Two Tickets to
Broadway" starred tap dancer Ann Miller.
   (SFC, 1/23/04, p.A2)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Valentino"
starred Walter Craig (d.2001, aka Anthony Dexter) as the silent film
star. It was directed by Lewis Allen.
   (SFC, 4/6/01, p.D3)(TVM, 1975, p.621)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "When Willie
Comes Marching Home" starred Dan Dailey and Corinne Calvert. It was
written by Sy Gomberg and directed by John Ford.
   (SFC, 2/17/01, p.A23)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Whistle at Eaton
Falls" starred Lloyd Bridges and featured Ernest Borgnine
(1917-2012).
   (www.imdb.com/title/tt0044212/)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "You're in the
Navy Now" starred Gary Cooper and featured the debut of Charles
Bronson (1921-2003).
   (SFC, 9/1/03, p.A2)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â Oct, The film “Parasakthi”
was released in Tamil Nadu, India. It was written by M. Karunanidhi
as a propaganda vehicle for a new political party. He went on to
enjoy four stints as the state’s chief minister.
   (Econ, 6/8/13, p.45)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The Western film "Apache
War Smoke" starred Gilbert Roland and featured Robert Horton. It was
directed by Harold F. Kress.
   (SFC, 9/28/99, p.A26)(SFC, 3/17/16, p.D5)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "At Sword's
Point" starred Maureen O'Hara.
   (SFEC, 3/14/99, Par p.16)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Bad and the
Beautiful" starred Kirk Douglas and was directed by Vincente
Minnelli. Art director Edward C. Carfagno won an Academy Award for
his work. In 2002 it was added to the National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 1/2/97, p.A20)(SFC, 5/24/99, p.D2)(TVM,
1975, p.29)(SFC, 12/19/02, p.E12)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Because of You"
starred Loretta Young.
   (SFEC, 8/13/00, p.B10)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bela Lugosi
Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla" was directed by William Beaudine. Herman
Cohen (d.2002) served as assoc. producer.
   (SFEM, 3/21/99, p.4)(SFC, 6/10/02, p.B6)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "Bend of the River."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bonzo Goes to
College" starred Maureen O’Sullivan.
   (SJM, 6/24/98, p.4A)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The 1st modern 3-D film
"Bwana Devil" starred Robert Stack and premiered Nov 26. It was made
in 3-D by cameraman Lothrop Worth (d.2000 at 96) and inspired a
series of 1950s 3-D movies.
   (SFC, 3/18/00, p.A21)(MC, 11/26/01)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "Carbine Williams."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Carrie,” based
on the novel by Theodore Dreiser, starred Jennifer Jones and
Lawrence Olivier. It was directed by William Wyler.
   (TVM, 1977, p.117)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"Champagne Safari" was about the 2nd honeymoon of queen Rita
Hayworth and her 3rd husband Prince Aly Khan as they traveled
through Africa.
   (SFEC, 7/12/98, DB p.58)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Clash by Night"
with Keith Andes(d.2005), Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan and Marilyn
Monroe was directed by Fritz Lang. This was the first film to
feature Marilyn Monroe as a star. It was based on a story by
Clifford Odets.
   (TVM, 1975, p.99)(SFEC, 12/22/96, DB p.51)(SFEC,
1/24/99, BR p.9)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Come Back,
Little Sheba" starred Burt Lancaster and was directed by Daniel
Mann.
   (TVM, 1975, p.104)(SFC, 4/26/00, p.C1)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Crimson
Pirate" starred Burt Lancaster and was directed by Robert Siodmak.
   (SFC, 4/26/00, p.C1)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Denver and Rio
Grande” starred Sterling Hayden and Kasey Rogers.
   (MoTV, 1977, p.182)(SFC, 7/15/06, p.B6)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Eight Iron Men"
starred Lee Marvin and was directed by Edward Dmytryk. It was
produced by Stanley Kramer.
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)(TVM, 1975, p.158)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "El Bruto"
starred Katy Jurado (1924-2002) and was directed by Luis Bunuel.
Jurado won an Ariel, Mexico’s highest acting award, for her
performance.
   (SFC, 7/6/02, p.A19)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The 5,000
Fingers of Dr. T" starred Peter Lind Hayes and was directed by Roy
Rowland. It was produced by Stanley Kramer and based on a story by
Sr. Seuss.
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)(TVM, 1975, p.181)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Flesh and Fury"
starred Tony Curtis.
   (SSFC, 12/15/02, Par p.26)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Forbidden Games"
by Rene Clement was produced.
   (SFC, 7/3/96, p.E3)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Fourposter"
starred Rex Harrison and was directed by Irving Reis. It was
produced by Stanley Kramer. It was based on a play by Jan de Hartog.
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)(TVM, 1975, p.194)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Greatest
Show on Earth" starred Charlton Heston and Betty Hutton. It was
directed by Cecil B. DeMille and won an Oscar for best picture.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)(SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Happy Time"
starred Charles Boyer and was directed by Richard Fleischer. It was
produced by Stanley Kramer.
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "High Noon"
starred Gary Cooper, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurdao and Grace Kelly. It
was directed by Fred Zinnemann and Carl Foreman was the
screenwriter. It was rated #33 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. It
was produced by Stanley Kramer. In 2001 it was rated the #20 most
thrilling film. It featured the Oscar winning Tex Ritter song "Do
Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling" by Dimitri Tiomki and Ned Washington.
   (TMC, 1994, p.1952)(SFEC, 1/5/97, p.T5)(SFC,
3/15/97, p.A19)(SFC, 3/11/98, p.A4)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(WSJ,
4/6/00, p.A20)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)(SSFC, 6/30/02, Par p.2)(SFC,
7/6/02, p.A19)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ikiru" was
directed by Akira Kurosawa.
   (SFC, 9/7/98, p.A21)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Importance
of Being Earnest" was adopted from a comedy by Oscar Wilde. It was
directed by Anthony Asquith and starred Michael Redgrave, Margaret
Rutherford, Edith Evans and Joan Greenwood.
   (SFEC, 4/11/99, DB p.36)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Julius Caesar"
starred John Gielgud.
   (SFC, 5/23/00, p.A13)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "La Provinciale"
starred Gina Lollobrigida and was directed Mario Soldati and based
on a novel by Alberto Moravia.
   (SFC, 6/24/99, p.A25)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Las Vegas
Story" was screen written by Paul Jarrico.
   (SFC,10/30/97, p.A26)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Lawless
Breed" was about John Wesley Hardin. It starred Rock Hudson and
Julie Adams and was based on Hardin’s autobiography.
   (SFEC, 6/28/98, DB p.55)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Le Plaisir" was
directed by Max Ophuls and was based on 3 stories by Guy de
Maupassant.
   (SFEC, 9/5/99, DB p.50)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â Charles Chaplin directed
the movie "Limelight." It received an Oscar for best musical score
21 years later. He left the US and returned to England and then
moved to Switzerland as a tax exile. Chaplin produced, directed,
edited and choreographed the film in which he starred with his
children.
   (CFA, '96, p.89)(WSJ, 7/17/96, p.A12)(SFEC,
8/23/98, Z1 p.8)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lone Star" was
directed by Vincent Sherman and starred Clark Gable and Ava Gardner.
   (TVM, 1975, p.334)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Love Is Better
Than Ever" starred Josephine Hutchinson and Elizabeth Taylor.
   (SFC, 6/11/98, p.C3)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lovely to Look
At" starred tap dancer Ann Miller.
   (SFC, 1/23/04, p.A2)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Lusty Men"
starred Robert Mitchum and his brother John Mallory (John Mitchum
d.2001).
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFC, 12/3/01, p.A17)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Macao."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Marrying
Kind" was produced by Bert Granet (d.2002 at 92).
   (SFC, 11/25/02, p.A15)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Meet Danny
Wilson" starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Member of
the Wedding" with Julie Harris was directed by Fred Zinneman. It was
based on a book and play by Carson McCullers. It was produced by
Stanley Kramer.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.36)(SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Merry Widow"
starred Gwen Verdon.
   (SFEC, 12/20/98, Par p.14)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Moulin Rouge"
starred Jose Ferrer as Toulousse-Lautrec, along with Zsa Zsa Gabor,
Suzanne Flon and Colette Marchand. It was directed by John Huston.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)(SSFC, 6/3/01, DB p.49)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "My Six Convicts"
starred Millard Mitchell and was directed by Hugo Fregonese. It was
produced by Stanley Kramer.
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)(TVM, 1975, p.396)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Narrow
Margin" starred Marie Windsor and was directed by Richard Fleischer.
   (SFC, 12/14/00, p.C9)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Night Into
Morning" with Nancy Davis, Ray Milland and John Hodiak was produced.
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, DB p.54)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "One Minute to Zero."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Othello” was
directed by Orson Welles.”
   (SFC, 5/5/15, p.E2)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Park Row" with
Gene Evans was directed by Sam Fuller. It was about 2 newspaper
owners in New York in 1886.
   (SFC,12/5/97, p.C12)(SFC, 4/2/98, p.A23)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pat and Mike"
starred Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn and was written by
Garsin Kanin (d.1999 at 86) and wife Ruth Gordon.
   (SFEC, 3/14/99, p.D8)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The John Ford film "The
Quiet Man" with John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara was produced. Ford
received his 6th Oscar for directing this film.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)(SFEC, 3/15/98, DB p.56)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film serial “Radar Men
from the Moon” featured George Wallace (d.2005) as Commando Cody.
   (SFC, 7/28/05, p.B7)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Red Planet Mars"
with Peter Graves was produced.
   (SFC, 4/22/97, p.D5)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Road to Bali"
featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Scaramouche”
featured Stewart Granger, Nina Foch (1924-2008) and Eleanor Parker.
   (SFC, 12/13/08, p.A5)(SFC, 12/11/13, p.A)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Seafarers" was
directed by Stanley Kubrick.
   (SFC, 3/8/99, p.A7)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film “Secrets
of Women” was directed by Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007).
   (SFC, 7/31/07, p.E3)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The 4* film "Singin’ in
the Rain" starred Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse (1922-2008), Douglas
Fowley (d.1998 at 86), Donald O'Connor (d.2003 at 78) and Debbie
Reynolds (1932-2016). It was directed by Stanely Donen and was rated
#10 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. The MGM movie was released Apr
10.
   (SFC, 1/16/98, p.D7)(TVM, 1975, p.522)(SFC,
5/29/98, p.D7)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFEC, 9/20/98, DB p.54)(SSFC,
9/28/03, p.A1)(SFC, 12/29/16, p.A7)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Sniper"
starred Arthur Franz (d.2006), Adolphe Menjou and Marie Windsor. It
was directed by Edward Dmytryk. It was written by Edward and Anna
Anhalt and produced by Stanley Kramer.
   (TVM, 1975, p.529)(SFC, 1/14/03, p.D2)(SFC,
6/20/06, p.B5)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Snows of
Kilimanjaro" starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, Par p.18)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Somebody Loves
Me" starred Betty Hutton. This was a biopic of vaudeville star
Blossom Seeley.
   (SFEC, 8/6/00, DB p.60)(SFC, 3/14/07, p.A2)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Son of Paleface"
starred Roy Rogers, Bob Hope and Jane Russel.
   (SFC, 7/7/98, p.A2)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sudden Fear"
with Joan Crawford and Jack Palance was shot in SF.
   (SFEC, 12/22/96, DB p.52)(SFEC, 3/1/98, DB
p.48)(SFEC, 10/10/99, DB p.49)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "This Is
Cinerama" was produced. In 2002 it was added to the National Film
Registry.
   (SFC, 12/19/02, p.E12)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film “The Truth
About Marriage” starred Jean Gabin and Danielle Darrieux.
   (SFC, 10/31/15, p.E4)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The socialist realism film
"Umberto D" was directed by Vittoria De Sica.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The Western film "Way of a
Gaucho" starred Rory Calhoun (d.1999 at 76).
   (SFC, 4/29/99, p.D6)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Where’s Charley”
starred Ray Bolger.
   (SFC, 12/25/07, p.)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Winning
Team" with Ronald Reagan was produced.
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, DB p.54)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “With a Song in
My Heart” starred Susan Hayward as band singer Jane Froman (d.1980).
   (SSFC, 5/15/05, Par p.2)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The World in His
Arms" starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1952Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Viva Zapata!"
starred Marlon Brando, Jean Peters and Anthony Quinn. It was
directed by Elia Kazan.
   (SFC, 4/9/99, p.D5)(TVM, 1975, p.627)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Abbott and
Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" with Helen Westcott was
directed by Charles Lamont.
   (SFC, 3/26/98, p.B4)(TVM, 1975, p.1)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The Mexican film “Abismos
de Pasion” was directed by Luis Bunuel. It was loose adaptation of
Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” and featured Ernesto Alonso
(d.2007).
   (SFC, 8/9/07, p.B5)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Above and
Beyond” starred Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker.
   (SFC, 12/11/13, p.A9)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "All I Desire"
starred Maureen O’Sullivan.
   (SJM, 6/24/98, p.4A)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "All My Babies"
was produced to educate midwives in the South. In 2002 it was
added to the National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/19/02, p.E12)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Angel Face."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Arrowhead"
starred Charlton Heston and Mary Sinclair (d.2000 at 78).
   (SFC, 11/15/00, p.B6)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Band Wagon"
by Vincent Minelli was produced in which Jack Buchanon played a
pompous director modeled on Orson Welles. It starred Oscar Levant,
Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. The screenplay was by Adolph Green
and Betty Comden.
   (WSJ, 2/16/96, p.A8)(SFC,10/24/97, p.C14)(SFEC,
3/5/00, DB p.43)(SFC, 10/25/02, p.A4)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Beast From
20,000 Fathoms" was produced by Fred Freiberger (d.2003). It was
based on a Ray Bradbury story. Ray Harryhausen (b.1920) was
responsible for the special effects.
   (SFC, 3/15/03, p.A16)(SFC, 2/27/08, p.E5)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The Spanish film
“Bienvenido Mister Marshall!” was directed by Luis Garcia Berlanga.
   (Econ, 8/10/13, p.71)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Bigamist"
was directed by Ida Lupino. It featured Edmond O’Brien married to
Joan Fontaine in Los Angeles and Ida Lupino in San Francisco.
   (SFEM, 8/16/98, p.3)(SFC, 1/11/18, p.E8)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Big Heat”
starred Glenn Ford.
   (SFC, 8/31/06, p.B7)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Blowing Wild"
starred Gary Cooper. The screenplay was by Philip Yordan.
   (SSFC, 4/6/03, p.A23)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bright Road"
starred Harry Belafonte.
   (SSFC, 9/16/01, Par p.22)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â Feb 18, The film "Bwana
Devil," the movie that heralded the 3D fad of the 1950s, opened in
New York City.
   (AP, 2/18/98)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "By the Light of
the Silvery Moon" starred Gordon MacRae and Doris Day. It also
featured the debut of Meredith MacRae (7).
   (SFC, 7/15/00, p.A23)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Caddy" with
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis was produced.
   (Hem., 7/96, p.101)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Captain’s
Paradise" starred Alec Guinness.
   (SFC, 8/7/00, p.A15)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The 2 1/2* film "Charge at
Feather River" starred Helen Westcott and was directed by Gordon
Douglas.
   (TVM, 1975, p.91)(SFC, 3/26/98, p.B4)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The Western film "City of
Bad Men" starred Leo Gordon (d.2000 at 78).
   (SFC, 12/29/00, p.B11)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film noir thriller
"Crime Wave" with Sterling Hayden and Charles Bronson was directed
by Andre de Toth.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.41)(SFC, 11/1/02, p.A28)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "The
Cruel Sea" starred Jack Hawkins and was directed by Charles Frend.
It was based on a novel by Nicholas Monsarrat.
   (TVM, 1975, p.118)(SFC, 10/24/98, p.A22)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Desert Song”
starred Irene Manning, Kathryn Grayson, and Gordon MacRae. It was
directed by H. Bruce Humberstone.
   (SFC, 6/1/04, B4)(MoTV, 1977, p.184)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Duck Amuck" was
produced and added to the National Film Registry in 1999.
   (SFC, 11/18/99, p.E10)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Earrings of
Madame de …" starred Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer and Vittorio
De Sica. It was directed by Max Ophuls.
   (WSJ, 6/11/99, p.W5)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Eaux D’Artifice"
was directed by Kenneth Anger. It was later selected as a Library of
Congress film classic.
   (SFC, 1/21/98, p.E1,6)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Escape from Fort
Bravo”” starred Eleanor Parker and William Holden.
   (SSFC, 12/1/13, p.A9)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The Mexican film "Espaldas
Mojadas" (Wetbacks) was directed by Hector Alejandro Galindo.
   (SFC, 2/11/99, p.A25)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Fear and Desire"
was directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was Kubrick's first film and the
screen-acting debut for Paul Mazursky.
   (SFC, 3/8/99, p.A7)(SFC, 6/12/99, p.B8)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "From Here to
Eternity" with Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, Montgomery
Clift, Ernest Borgnine and Burt Lancaster was made. Sinatra was an
Oscar winner. The film won an Oscar and was directed by Fred
Zinnemann. It was based on the book by James Jones (d.1977). It was
rated #52 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. In 2002 it was added to
the National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 3/15/97, p.A19)(SFC, 10/12/97, DB
p.52)(SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 12/19/02,
p.E12)(SFC, 7/9/12, p.C4)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The Roy Rowland film "The
5,000 Fingers of Dr. T" was produced based on a tale by Dr. Seuss.
   (SFEM,11/16/97, p.4)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes" starred Marilyn Monroe. She sang "Diamonds Are a Girl’s
Best Friend."
   (SFEC, 1/26/97 Par, p.40)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The English biopic film
"Gilbert and Sullivan" starred Robert Morley and Maurice Evans.
   (WSJ, 11/22/00, p.A20)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Glen or Glenda"
was directed by Edward D. Wood.
   (SFC, 12/25/98, p.C21)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Glenn Miller
Story” starred June Allyson and James Stewart.”
   (SFC, 7/11/06, p.B5)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Go, Man, Go!"
was about the Harlem Globetrotters and screen written by Alfred
Palca (d.1998 at 78) who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
Palca assigned the credit to his cousin Arnold Becker.
   (SFC, 10/3/97, p.C10)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â Bud Browne (1912-2008),
completed his first surf film, “Hawaiian Surfing Movies,” in Santa
Monica, Ca. He was later considered the father of surf films.
   (AP, 7/29/08)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Here Come the
Girls" featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "His Majesty
O’Keefe" starred Burt Lancaster.
   (SFC, 1/16/01, p.C4)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Hitch-Hiker"
was directed by Ida Lupino. It starred Edmond O’Brian, Frank Lovejoy
and William Talman. It was named a Library of Congress Classic in
1998.
   (SFEM, 8/16/98, p.3)(SFC, 11/30/98, p.D3)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hondo" starred
John Wayne and Leo Gordon. It was based on a short story by Louis
L’Amour, who produced a full length novel to coincide with the
movie.
   (SFEC, 3/5/00, Par p.2)(SFC, 12/29/00,
p.B11)(WSJ, 5/3/02, p.W13)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Houdini" starred
Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.
   (SSFC, 12/15/02, Par p.26)(SFC, 10/5/04, p.A2)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "House of Wax,"
the first 3-D movie, starred Vincent Price, Charles Bronson and
Phyllis Kirk (d.2006). It was directed by Andre de Toth, produced by
Warner Bros. and premiered in NYC on Apr 10. It was based on the
play “The Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933) by Charles Belden
(1904-1954).
   (AP, 4/9/97)(HN, 4/10/98)(SFC, 11/1/02, p.A28)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "How To Marry a
Millionaire" with Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe was
produced.
   (SFEC, 5/18/97, Par p.7)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "It Came from
Outer Space" was produced.
   (SFC, 10/29/96, p.B2)(SFEM, 4/13/97, p.6)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film "Invaders
From Mars" featured Arthur Franz. It included special effects by Ray
Harryhausen on a body-snatching theme.
   (SFEC, 4/26/98, Par p.8)(SFC, 6/20/06, p.B5)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "I
Vitelloni" starred Alberto Sordi.
   (SFC, 12/1/97, p.E3)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Joe Louis
Story" featured Ossie Davis.
   (SFEC, 10/20/96, Par, p.24)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Juggler"
starred Kirk Douglas and was directed by Edward Dmytryk. It was
produced by Stanley Kramer.
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)(TVM, 1975, p.298)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Julius Caesar"
was produced. Art director Edward C. Carfagno won an Academy Award
for his work.
   (SFC, 1/2/97, p.A20)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The MGM dance musical film
"Kiss Me Kate" starred Howard Keel (d.2004), Bob Fosse and Ann
Miller. It was directed by George Sidney.
   (SFEC, 9/20/98, DB p.54)(SFC, 5/7/02, p.A21)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lady Without
Camellias" was by Michelangelo Antonioni.
   (SFEC, 1/17/99, DB p.43)
1951Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Lili” starred
Mel Ferrer (1917-2008) as a disabled pupeteer.
   (SFC, 6/4/08, p.B11)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The independent film "The
Little Fugitive" was directed by Morris Engel (1919-2005).
   (SFC,11/21/97, p.C17)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “A Lion Is in the
Streets” starred James Cagney as the politician Huey Long. It was
written by Luther Davis (1916-2008).
   (SFC, 8/5/08, p.B4)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film "The
Living Desert" by Stuart V. Jewell (d.1997 at 84) was a Disney
"True-Life Adventure" feature. In 2000 it was selected for
preservation in the National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 7/19/97, p.A21)(SFC, 12/28/00, p.D5)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Magnetic
Monster" was written by Curt Siodmak.
   (SFC, 11/21/00, p.A25)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Main Street to
Broadway" starred Tallulah Bankhead.
   (SSFC, 1/14/01, DB p.34)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Master of
Ballantrae" starred Errol Flynn.
   (SFC, 8/1/98, p.E1)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â May 28, Premier of first
animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor, "Melody".
   (HN, 5/28/98)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mesa of Lost
Women" starred Jackie Coogan and Tandra Quinn. It was directed by
Ron Ormand and Herbert Trevos and was about a mad scientist who
injects the pituitary gland of a tarantula into a woman.
   (SFEM, 11/22/98, p.6)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The
Million-Pound Note" starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Mister
Ripois" starred Germaine Montero and was directed by Rene Clement.
   (SFC, 7/1/00, p.C2)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mogambo" with
Clark Gable and Grace Kelly was produced. The stars were outfitted
by Willis & Geiger.
   (NH, 9/96, p.17)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Mr.
Hulot’s Holiday" starred and was directed by Jacques Tati.
   (WSJ, 8/1/00, p.A20)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Naked Spur"
starred Jimmy Stewart. It was directed by Anthony Mann.
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SFEC, 11/8/98, DB p.51)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Off Limits"
featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â Feb 5, "Peter Pan" by Walt
Disney opened at Roxy Theater, NYC. [see Feb 11]
   (MC, 2/5/02)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â Feb 11, Walt Disney’s
"Peter Pan" premiered. [See Feb 5]
   (HN, 2/11/97)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pickup on South
Street" starred Richard Widmark and Jean Peters. It was directed bvy
Samuel Fuller.
   (SFC, 10/21/00, p.A24)(SFC, 3/27/08, p.A2)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film "Phantom
From Space" was produced. It was a low-budget "first contact" movie
involving a silicon-based life form set in the Los Angeles Griffith
Observatory.
   (SFEC, 4/26/98, Par p.8)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pin Down Girls"
was about professional wrestling.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.52)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Pleasure
Garden" was directed by James Broughton.
   (SFC, 6/24/99, p.E3)
1953 Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Proud Ones"
by Yves Allegret was produced.
   (SFEM, 9/8/96, p.6)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Remains to Be
Seen” starred June Allyson and Van Johnson.”
   (SFC, 7/11/06, p.B5)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Return to
Paradise" starred Gary Cooper and Roberta Haynes. It was directed by
Mark Robson, set in Samoa and based on a book by James Michener.
   (TVM, 1975, p.475)(SFCM, 10/14/01, p.45)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The Scottish film "Rob
Roy, The Highland Rogue" starred Ian MacNaughton as Callum
MacGregor.
   (SFC, 1/4/03, p.A15)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Robe"
starred Richard Burton and Victor Mature.
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, DB p.54)(SFC, 8/10/99, p.A20)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Roman Holiday"
starred Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck and Eddie Albert. It was
directed by William Wyler. It was added to the National Registry of
films in 1999. The screenplay was by Dalton Trumbo.
   (WSJ, 7/23/96, p.A20)(SFC, 11/18/99, p.E10)(SFC,
7/8/02, p.D2)(SFC, 3/3/05, p.E3)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sadie Thompson"
starred Peggy Converse and Rita Hayworth.
   (SFC, 3/21/01, p.A23)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Salt of the
Earth" was written by Michael Wilson, directed by Herbert Biberman
and produced by Paul Jerrico (d.1997 at 82). All three men had been
blacklisted by HUAC. The film chronicled a long strike by
Mexican-American zinc miners in New Mexico. It was later selected as
a Library of Congress film classic.
   (SFC,10/30/97, p.A26)(SFC, 1/21/98,
p.E1,6)Â Â Â
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Second Chance."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The western 4* film
"Shane" with Alan Ladd and Jack Palance was directed by George
Stevens. It was later selected as a Library of Congress film
classic. It was rated #69 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)(SFEC,12/28/97, BR
p.8)(SFC, 1/21/98, p.E1,6)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Small Town Girl"
starred tap dancer Ann Miller.
   (SFC, 1/23/04, p.A2)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “So Big” featured
Jane Wyman and Sterling Hayden in the screen version of Edna
Ferber’s best-selling novel.
   (SFC, 9/11/07, p.A2)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Stalag 17"
starred William Holden and Peter Graves. It was written by Billy
Wilder and directed by Don Taylor (d.1998 at 78).
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.49)(SFEC, 6/28/98, Par
p.26)(SFC, 1/2/99, p.C2)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Taxi" with
Stubby Kaye starred Dan Dailey.
   (SFC,12/16/97, p.B4)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Titanic" was the
first movie to tell the story of the sunken British liner. It
starred Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb. [see 1912 & 1943]
   (SFEC,12/797, DB p.41)(SFC, 1/2/98, p.C15)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The comedy film "Those
Redheads From Seattle" starred Rhonda Fleming, Gene Barry, Teresa
Brewer (1931-2007) and Guy Mitchell.
   (SFC, 7/6/99, p.B2)(SFC, 10/19/07, p.A11)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "Thunder Bay."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tokyo Story" was
produced.
   (SFC, 2/23/99, p.B7)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Torch Song"
starred Joan Crawford and Michael Wilding. It was about a romance
between a Broadway star and a blind pianist.
   (SFEC, 8/22/99, DB p.34)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "The Wages
of Fear" was directed by Henri-Georges Clouzet. In 1977 William
Friedkin made a remake called "The Sorcerer."
   (SFEC, 1/3/99, DB p.38)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "War of the
Worlds" was based on the novel by H.G. Wells. Landscapes for the
movie were painted by illustrator Chesley K. Bonestell (1888-1986).
   (SFC, 7/6/98, p.D1)(WSJ, 5/30/00, p.A24)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "White Witch Doctor."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1953Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Young Bess"
starred Charles Laughton as Henry VIII and Jean Simmons as a young
Queen Elizabeth.
   (SFEC, 3/21/99, DB p.45)
1953-1998Â Â Â The prestigious D.W. Griffith Award for
film directors was won by 28 directors. The award was retired in
1999 due to racial stereotypes in Griffith films.
   (SFC, 12/15/99, p.E6)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The Mexican film "And
Tomorrow They Will Be Women" featured Sonia Furio (1937-1996).
   (SFC, 12/4/96, p.A17)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Apache" starred
Burt Lancaster and Jean Peters.
   (SFC, 10/21/00, p.A24)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bad Day at Black
Rock" by John Sturges starred Spencer Tracy and Robert Ryan. [see
1955]
   (SFEM, 12/8/96, p.8)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Barefoot
Contessa" starred Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart. It was directed
by Joseph Mankiewicz. Edmund O’Brian received an Oscar for best
supporting actor.
   (SFEC, 3/29/98, DB p.58)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Beat the Devil"
starred Humphrey Bogart and Gina Lollabrigida. The surrealistic
spoof in int’l. thrillers was directed by John Huston, who co-wrote
it with Truman Capote.
   (WSJ, 10/20/00, p.W16)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Beau Brummel"
featured Peter Ustinov.
   (SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â In Egypt Youssef Chahine
(1926-2008), filmmaker, directed “The Blazing Sun” with Omar Sharif.
   (SFC, 7/29/08, p.B5)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Bob Mathias
Story” starred Bob Mathias (1931-2006), 2-time US Olympic decathlon
champion.
   (SSFC, 9/3/06, p.A14)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Brigadoon”
starred Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse.
   (SFC, 6/18/08, p.A2)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The Western film "Broken
Lance" starred Spencer Tracy. Philip Yordan won an Oscar for the
screenplay.
   (SSFC, 4/6/03, p.A23)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The Bugs Bunny cartoon
"Bewitched Bunny" quoted Bugs: "Ah, sure, I know! But aren't they
all witches inside?"
   (SFEC, 12/12/99, p.A28)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bridges of
Toko-Ri" starred William Holden and Grace Kelly. It was an anguished
look at the Korean War.
   (SFEC, 8/2/98, Z1 p.6)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Broken Lance"
starred Spencer Tracy, Katy Jurado and Jean Peters.
   (SFC, 10/21/00, p.A24)(SFC, 7/6/02, p.A19)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Caine Mutiny"
starred Humphrey Bogart, May Wynn and E.G. Marshall. It was directed
by Edward Dmytryk (d.1999) and produced by Stanley Kramer. Arthur
Franz supplied the narration. It was based on the book by Herman
Wouk.
   (SFC, 10/15/96, p.B1)(SFEC, 8/17/97, BR p.5)(SFC,
10/12/97, Par p.22)(SFC, 6/20/06, p.B5)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The Otto Preminger film
"Carmen Jones" starred Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte. It was
based on the 1875 French opera Carmen. In 1997 a biography of
Dandridge was written by Donald Bogle: "Dorothy Dandridge: A
Biography."
   (SFEC, 8/10/97, BR p.3)(SFEC, 8/15/99, DB
p.45)(SSFC, 9/16/01, Par p.22)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Casanova's Big
Night" starred Bob Hope.
   (WSJ, 6/3/03, p.D5)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cattle Queen of
Montana" starred Anthony Caruso and Barbara Stanwyck.
   (SFC, 4/5/03, p.A14)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Country
Girl" starred Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby as an alcoholic singer.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.48)(SSFC, 1/21/01, DB p.36)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Creature from
the Black Lagoon" featured Richard Denning and was directed by Jack
Arnold. Ben Chapman (1928-2008) played the creature.
   (SFC, 10/13/98, p.A22)(TVM, 1975, p.114)(Econ,
3/8/08, p.97)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Deep in My
Heart" starred Jose Ferrer, Ann Miller Merle Oberon, Walter Pigeon,
Cyd Charisse, james Mitchell and William Olvis (d.1998 at 70). It
was directed by Stanely Donen and was the story of composer Sigmund
Romberg.
   (TVM, 1975, p.133)(SFC, 12/9/98, p.B4)(SFC,
6/18/08, p.A2)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Demetrius and
the Gladiators" starred Victor Mature.
   (SFC, 8/10/99, p.A20)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Devil Girl From
Mars” featured British actress Hazel Court (1926-2008).
   (SFC, 4/19/08, p.B5)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dial M for
Murder" starred Grace Kelly and Ray Milland and was directed by
Alfred Hitchcock. It was based on the 1952 book by Frederick Knott
(d.2002 at 86). In 2001 it was rated the #48 most thrilling film.
   (TVM, 1975, p.140)(WSJ, 4/8/98, p.A20)(SFC,
6/14/01, p.E5)(SFC, 12/24/02, p.A16)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "Doctor
in the House" starred Dirk Bogarde and Kenneth More. It was directed
by Ralph Thomas.
   (SFC, 3/22/01, p.A20)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Donovan's Brain"
was produced.
   (SFC, 2/6/04, p.E12)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The Western film "Drum
Beat" starred Alan Ladd and Charles Bronson.
   (SFC, 9/1/03, p.A2)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Egyptian"
starred Victor Mature and Peter Ustinov.
   (SFC, 8/10/99, p.A20)(SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Executive suite”
starred William Holden and Nina Foch. It was directed by Robert
Wise.
   (SFC, 9/16/05, p.B8)(SFC, 12/13/08, p.A5)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The French Line"
was produced.
   (SFC, 2/6/04, p.E12)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Girl Gang" dealt
with drugs, blackmail and prostitution.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.52)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Glenn Miller
Story" starred Jimmy Stewart and Frances Langford.
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SFC, 7/12/05, p.B5)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Godzilla, King
of the Monsters" was released. It was produced by Japan’s Toho Co.,
headed by Tomoyuki Tanaka (d.1997). Godzilla went on to star in 22
films.
   (SFC, 4/3/97, p.C2)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The High and the
Mighty" starred Claire Trevor, Ann Doran (d.2000 at 89), Robert
Stack (d.2003), Jan Sterling (d.2004), Laraine Day and John Wayne.
   (SFEC, 4/9/00, p.C14)(SFC, 10/3/00, p.C2)(SFC,
3/30/04, p.B6)(SFC, 11/13/07, p.D9)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â Zvi Kolitz (d.2002 at 89)
wrote and co-produced "Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer," Israel’s 1st war of
independence movie.
   (SFC, 10/12/02, p.A21)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hobson’s Choice"
starred Charles Laughton, Brenda de Banzie and John Mills. It was
based on a 1915 play by Harold Brighouse, set in Manchester,
England.
   (WSJ, 1/16/02, p.A14)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Iron Glove"
starred Robert Stack.
   (SFC, 5/16/03, p.A2)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "It Should Happen
to You" featured Jack Lemmon.
   (SFEC, 4/5/98, Par p.22)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The Western film "Johnny
Guitar" starred Joan Crawford and was directed by Nicholas Ray.
   (SSFC, 4/6/03, p.A23)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Lawless
Rider" starred Johnny Carpenter.
   (SSFC, 6/28/03, p.A31)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Law vs.
Billy the Kid" was screen written by Bernard Gordon. Gordon was
blacklisted and gave the credit to his friend John T. Williams.
   (SFC, 10/3/97, p.C10)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Long, Long
Trailer" featured Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz on their honeymoon.
   (SFC, 8/26/97, p.E7)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The Polish film "The Loop"
was directed by Wojciech Has.
   (SFC, 10/4/00, p.B2)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Magnificent
Obsession" starred Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. It was directed by
German emigre Douglas Sirk.
   (SFC, 7/28/99, p.E7)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Man Crazy" was
produced.
   (SFC, 2/6/04, p.E12)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Naked Jungle”
starred Eleanor Parker and Charlton Heston.
   (SFC, 12/11/13, p.A9)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Night People"
starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The US film "On the
Waterfront" starred Eva Marie Saint and Marlon Brando as an ex-boxer
working on the docks and Rod Steiger. It was directed by Elia Kazan
and won 7 Oscars. It was rated # 8 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
  Â
(WSJ,5/20/96,p.A1)(SFC,6/1/96,p.E7)(SFC,7/30/97,p.E3)(SFEC,1/4/98,Par.
p.6) (USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFEC, 3/14/99, p.D5)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Peter Pan" with
Mary Martin was made from the Broadway play. It was shown to a
national TV audience in 1955 to help promote color TV.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)(SFC, 12/30/03, p.D2)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "The Poor
and the Noble" starred Toto (Antonio de Curtis) and Sophia Loren.
   (SFC, 1/31/01, p.D1)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Purple
Plain" starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Red Garters"
starred Rosemary Clooney, Jack Carson and Guy Mitchell. It was a
musical Western spoof.
   (SFC, 7/6/99, p.B2)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rear Window"
starred Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly and was directed by Alfred
Hitchcock. A photographer laid up in a wheelchair witnesses a murder
through his binoculars. It was rated #42 by the Amer. Film Inst. in
1998. In 2001 it was rated the #14 most thrilling film.
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SFC, 2/20/98, p.C13)(SFEC,
6/14/98, DB p.51)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Riot In Cell
Block 11" starred Leo Gordon.
   (SFC, 12/29/00, p.B11)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "River of No
Return" starred Robert Mitchum and Harry Monty (d.1999).
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFC, 1/1/00, p.A25)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The romantic comedy film
"Sabrina" starred Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and Audrey
Hepburn. It was directed by Billy Wilder and was based on a play by
Samuel Taylor. It was remade in 1995. Ernest Lehman (1916-2005) was
the screenwriter. In 2002 it was added to the National Film
Registry.
   (SFEC,11/2/97, DB p.63)(SFEC,11/16/97, DB
p.16)(SFC, 5/27/00, p.A26)(SSFC, 3/18/01, DB p.47)(SFC, 12/19/02,
p.E12)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film "Sansho
the Bailiff" was produced.
   (SFC, 10/12/97, DB p.53)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "Senso,"
a historical romance, was made by Luchino Visconti.
   (SFEM, 9/10/00, p.21)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Seven Brides for
Seven Brothers” was produced. In 2004 it was added to the National
Film Registry. Michael Kidd (1915-2007) choreographed the dancing.
   (SFC, 12/31/04, p.E6)(SFC, 12/25/07, p.B6)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film "Seven
Samurai" (Shichinin no samurai) starred Toshiro Mifune. It was
directed by Akira Kurosawa. It was the basis for the American film
"The magnificent Seven."
   (SFC,12/26/97, p.C3)(SFC,12/25/97, p.A25)(SFC,
9/7/98, p.A21)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "She Couldn’t Say No."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The biblical film "The
Silver Chalice" starred Paul Newman (1925-2008) and E.G. Marshall.
This was Newman's debut film and he later bought an ad to apologize
for it. It was later considered one of the worst films ever made.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.33)(SFC, 8/26/98,
p.A17)(SFEC, 5/9/99, Par p.2)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Star Is Born"
starred Judy Garland and James Mason. It was directed by George
Cukor and produced by Sid Luft, the 3rd husband of Judy Garland. In
2000 it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.49)(SFC, 12/28/00, p.D5)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film the "Steel Cage"
starred Maureen O’Sullivan.
   (SJM, 6/24/98, p.4A)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "La
Strada" was directed by Federico Fellini.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.42)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Suddenly" with
Frank Sinatra was produced.
   (SFEC,12/28/97, BR p.8)(SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Susan Slept
Here” starred Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016).
   (SFC, 4/2/08, p.B9)(SFC, 12/29/16, p.A7)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Them" starred
James Arness and James Whitmore. Huge marauding ants get spawned by
nuclear experiments in the desert.
   (SFC, 10/22/98, p.A7)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Three Coins in a
Fountain" starred Jean Peters.
   (SFC, 10/21/00, p.A24)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Track of the Cat."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "20,000 Leagues
Under the Sea" was made with James Mason as Captain Nemo. It also
starred Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre.
   (WSJ, 5/20/96, p.A1) (SFC, 6/1/96, p.E7)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "White Christmas"
starred Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney and Danny Kaye.
   (SSFC, 1/21/01, DB p.36)(SSFC, 6/30/02, p.A20)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Wild One"
starred Marlon Brando and Lee Marvin. It was directed by Laslo
Benedek and produced by Stanley Kramer. It stemmed from a photo in
Life magazine of a biker in Hollister, Ca. in 1947.
   (SFEC, 10/27/96, DB p.56)(TVM, 1975, p.649)(SFC,
7/4/02, p.A18)
1954Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Young at Heart"
starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Abbott and
Costello" Meet the Mummy was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/16/99, DB p.56)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Artists and
Models" starred Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine.
   (SFC, 11/20/96, p.E3)(SFEC, 9/6/98, Par p.14)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bad Day at
Blackrock" with Spencer Tracy and Ernest Borgnine was directed by
John Sturges. [see 1954]
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, DB p.52)(WSJ, 8/14/97, p.A1)(SFC,
7/9/12, p.C4)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Big Knife"
starred Rod Steiger.
   (SFEC, 12/5/99, DB p.62)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Blackboard
Jungle" starred Glenn Ford and Sidney Poitier. It was directed by
Richard Brooks.
   (SFEC, 10/27/96, DB p.56)(SFEC, 11/1/98, Par
p.18)(SFC, 9/3/99, p.B3)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Blood Alley”
starred John Wayne and Lauren Bacall. Director William Wellman fired
Robert Mitchum from the cast for dunking a studio worker during a
shoot into SF Bay.
   (SFC, 1/7/05, p.F6)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â Jean-Pierre Melville
directed his French classic noir thriller "Bob le Flambeur."
   (SFC, 2/28/97, p.D3)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Cobweb”
starred Richard Widmark.
   (SFC, 3/27/08, p.A2)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Confidential
Report" (aka Mr. Arkadin) was directed by Orson Welles with music by
Paul Misraki.
   (SFC, 11/3/98, p.C2)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Court
Martial of Billy Mitchell" starred Rod Steiger, Darren McGavin Peter
Graves.
   (SFEC, 1/4/98, Par. p.18)(SFEC, 6/28/98, Par
p.26)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The French thriller film
"Diabolique" was directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. It was remade in
1996 with Sharon Stone.
   (WSJ, 3/22/96, p.A10)(SFEC, 2/1/98, DB
p.59)(SFEC, 8/1/99, DB p.48)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Days of
Dylan Thomas" was made by Rollie McKenna (d.2003).
   (SFC, 7/15/03, p.A19)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The Elia Kazan film "East
of Eden" with James Dean and Jo Van Fleet (1915-1996) was directed
by Elia Kazan. It was a reworking of the biblical account of Cain
and Abel and won an Academy Award.
   (SFC, 6/11/96, p.A21)(SFEC, 6/21/98, DB
p.51)(SSFC, 2/29/04, p.C5)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The Mexican film “Ensayo
de un Crimen” (The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz) was
directed by Luis Bunuel and featured Ernesto Alonso.
   (SFC, 8/9/07, p.B5)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "The Far Country."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Father Panchali"
was directed by Satyajit Ray. It was about a poor boy growing up in
Bengal.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.36)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Francis in the
Navy" starred Clint Eastwood and a mule. 7 talking mule films were
made between 1950-1956 based on a 1946 collection of short stories
by David Sterns III (d.2003 at 94).
   (SFC, 12/3/96, p.E1,3)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Gentlemen Marry
Brunettes" starred Gwen Verdon.
   (SFEC, 12/20/98, Par p.14)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Girlfriends"
was by Michelangelo Antonioni.
   (SFEC, 1/17/99, DB p.43)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Girl on the
Red Velvet Swing" featured the 1906 murder of architect,
philanderer, Stanford White.
   (SFEC, 10/13/96, BR p.3)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Good Morning
Miss Dove" starred Robert Stack.
   (SFC, 5/16/03, p.A2)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Guys and Dolls"
featured Stubby Kaye and starred Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons and
Marlon Brando and was directed by Joseph Mankiewicz. It was based on
the 1950 Broadway musical which was based on several Damon Runyon
short stories.
   (SFC,12/16/97, p.B4)(SFEC, 9/27/98, DB p.51)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The western film "Hidden
Guns" featured Faron Young.
   (SFC, 12/12/96, p.C8)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hit the Deck"
starred tap dancer Ann Miller.
   (SFC, 1/23/04, p.A2)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â Christopher Isherwood
wrote "Goodbye to Berlin" in 1939. It included a story about a
singer called Sally Bowles that became the basis for the 1951 play
"I Am a Camera," the 1955 film "I Am a Camera," the 1966 musical
play "Caberet" and the 1972 musical film "Cabaret."
   (WSJ, 3/23/98, p.A20)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film "I Live
in Fear" starred Toshiro Mifune as an elderly nuclear protestor.
   (SFC,12/25/97, p.A25)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Indian Fighter"
starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Indiscreet
Mrs. Jarvis" was an Alan Smithee production.
   (SFC, 2/26/98, p.E4)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The science fiction
thriller film "It Came From Beneath the Sea" was produced. Ray
Harryhausen directed the animation.
   (SFC, 7/8/98, p.D5)(SSFC, 5/16/04, p.M6)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Interrupted
Melody" was the story of opera star Marjorie Lawrence and featured
the voice of Eileen Farrell (d.2002). The role of lawrence was
played by Eleanor Parker.
   (SFC, 3/25/02, p.B5)(SFC, 12/11/13, p.A)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “It’s Always Fair
Weather” starred Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse.
   (SFC, 6/18/08, p.A2)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Kentuckian"
starred Burt Lancaster and Walter Matthau. Lancaster also directed.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5,C2)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Killer's Kiss"
was directed by Stanley Kubrick.
   (SFC, 3/8/99, p.A7)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The noir film "Kiss Me
Deadly" with Ralph Meeker as Mike Hammer was directed by Robert
Aldrich. A private eye chases after a suitcase with nuclear
material. It was added to the National Registry of films in 1999.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)(SFC, 7/6/98, p.D1)(SFC,
11/18/99, p.E10)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lady and the
Tramp" was produced. It featured the voice of Peggy Lee.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)(SFEC, 8/23/98, DB p.63)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ladykillers"
starred Alec Guinness. It was directed by Alexander Mackendrick
(d.1993).
   (SFC, 8/7/00, p.A15)(WSJ, 3/25/02, p.A16)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Land of the
Pharaohs" was produced.
   (SFC, 6/18/97, p.E3)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film “The Light
Across the Street” starred Brigitte Bardot.
   (SFC, 10/31/15, p.E4)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The animated Disney film
"The Littlest Outlaw" was produced.
   (SFC, 3/27/01, p.A18)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lola Montes"
starred Martine Carol and was directed by Max Ophuls.
   (SFEC, 9/5/99, DB p.50)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Long Gray Line”
starred Tyrone Power and Maureen O’Hara. Betsy Palmer was also
featured in the film.
   (MoTV, 1977, p.422)(SFC, 6/3/15, p.E3)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Love Is a Many
Splendored Thing" starred Jennifer Jones and William Holden.
   (SFC, 5/29/00, p.A26)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Love Me or Leave
Me" starred James Cagney and Doris Day as singer Ruth Etting. The
script by Daniel Fuchs won a 1955 Oscar.
   (SFEC, 10/17/99, DB p.46)(WSJ, 6/8/05, p.D14)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film “The
Lovers of Lisbon” starred Francoise Arnoul and Daniel Gelin.
   (SFC, 10/31/15, p.E4)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Man Called
Peter" starred Jean Peters in her last film.
   (SFC, 10/21/00, p.A24)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "The Man From Laramie." The screenplay was by Philip
Yordan.
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SSFC, 4/6/03, p.A23)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Man Without a
Star" starred Jeanne Crain and Kirk Douglas. It was directed by King
Vidor.
   (SFC, 12/15/03, p.A24)(MoTV, 1977, p.455)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Man with the
Golden Arm" by Otto Preminger was produced. It starred Frank
Sinatra, Kim Novak and Darren McGavin and was a daring film on drug
addiction. The jazz score was by Elmer Bernstein.
   (TOH, 1982, p.1956)(TVM, 1975, p.364)(SSFC,
2/26/06, p.B8)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Man With the Gun."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Marty" starred
Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair. It was directed by Delbert Mann
(1920-2007). The script was by Paddy Chayevsky and was originally a
TV play. Borgnine won the best-actor Oscar for his role as a
lovesick butcher.
   (WSJ, 4/10/98, p.W11)(SFC, 11/13/07, p.D9)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The McConnell
Story" starred June Allyson.
   (WSJ, 7/23/02, p.D8)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mr. Roberts"
starred Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Matthau won
best supporting actor for his role. Betsy Palmer (1926-2015) was
also featured in the film.
   (SFC, 9/5/96, p.B2)(SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.49)(SFEC,
4/5/98, Par p.22)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "My Sister
Eileen" was the first that Bob Fosse choreographed on his own. It
was a musical version of the 1942 movie.
   (SFEC, 11/8/98, DB p.40)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"Night and Fog" by Alain Resnais was about the Nazi concentration
camps.
   (WSJ, 2/5/99, p.W2)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Night of the
Hunter" with Robert Mitchum, Peter Graves, Shelley Winters and
Lillian Gish was directed by Charles Laughton. It was later selected
as a Library of Congress film classic. It was Laughton's only film
as director. In 2001 it was rated the #35 most thrilling film.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFC, 1/21/98, p.E1,6)(SFEC,
6/28/98, Par p.26)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)
  Â
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "Nights
of Cabiria" with Giulietta Masina was directed by Fellini.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.36)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Not as a
Stranger" starred Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra and Olivia de
Havilland. It was directed by Stanley Kramer. It was based on a
novel by Morton Thompson
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)(TVM,
1975, p.412)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The Rodgers and
Hammerstein musical film "Oklahoma" starred Rod Steiger and was
directed by Fred Zinnemann. In 2007 it was added as a classic to the
American national registry.
   (SFEC, 1/4/98, Par. p.18)(SFC, 7/10/02,
p.A6)(SFC, 12/28/07, p.E3)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pather Panchali"
by Satyajit Ray (d.1992) was produced.
   (SFC, 4/30/97, p.E6)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Picnic" by
Joshua Logan starred William Holden, Susan Strasberg (d.1999 at 60)
and Kim Novak. The music was by George Dunning.
   (SFC, 8/16/96, p.D14)(SFC, 1/23/99, p.A19)(SFC,
3/3/00, p.D5)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The "Private War
of Major Benson" starred Charlton Heston as an Army Major who takes
command of an ROTC program at a children’s academy.
   (SFC, 2/15/03, p.A25)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Purple
Plain" starred Gregory Peck and was directed by Robert Parrish. The
screenplay was by Eric Ambler.
   (TVM, 1975, p.460)(SFC, 10/24/98, p.A22)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Queen Bee"
starred Joan Crawford as a control freak. Betsy Palmer was also
featured in the film.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.52)(SFC, 6/3/15, p.E3)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rebel Without a
Cause" starred James Dean, Corey Allen, Natalie wood and Sal Mineo
as Plato. It was rated #59 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
   (SFEC,10/27/96, DB p.56)(SFEC, 3/1/98, DB
p.48)(WSJ, 6/17/98, p.A14)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFEC, 12/27/98, Z1
p.8)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film "Record
of a Living Being" (Ikimono no kiroku) starred Toshiro Mifune. It
was directed by Akira Kurosawa.
   (SFC,12/26/97, p.C3)(SFC,12/25/97, p.A25)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Revenge of the
Creature" starred Clint Eastwood in his first role.
   (SFC, 12/3/96, p.E3)(SFC,10/31/97, p.C7)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Richard III"
starred John Gielgud.
   (SFC, 5/23/00, p.A13)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The French noir film
"Rififi" starred Marie Sabouret and Jean Servais. It was directed by
Jules Dassin.
   (SFEC, 11/5/00, DB p.58)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Road to
Paradise" featured Georges Guetary (d.1997 at 82), the Egyptian-born
crooner.
   (SFC, 9/19/97, p.A22)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Seven Little
Foys" starred Bob Hope, and James Cagney. It was about a vaudeville
family that crisscrossed the country from 1912-1928. Bob Hope played
vaudevillian Eddie Foy. This was the debut film of director Melville
Shavelson (1917-2007), who also did the screenplay.
   (SFC, 4/25/03, A29)(SFC, 8/10/07, p.B9)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Seven Year
Itch" was directed by Billy Wilder. It starred Marilyn Monroe,
Marguerite Chapman, Evelyn Keyes and Tom Ewell and was based on a
1952 play by George Axelrod (d.2003).
   (TVM, 1975, p.509)(SFC, 9/4/99, p.A25)(SFC,
7/12/08, p.B5)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Smiles of a
Summer Night" featured Jarl Kulle (d. 1997 at 70) and was directed
by Ingmar Bergman.
   (SFC, 10/4/97, p.A20)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Strategic Air
Command" starred James Stewart and June Allyson.
   (WSJ, 7/23/02, p.D8)(SFC, 7/11/06, p.B5)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Summertime"
starred Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi and Darren McGavin (d.2006
at 83).
   (SSFC, 4/1/01, DB p.37)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tarantula"
starred Clint Eastwood.
   (SFEM, 4/13/97, p.6)(SSFC, 10/15/06, p.A1)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Tender Trap"
starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film "This
Island Earth" was produced.
   (SFEM, 4/13/97, p.A6)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â Alfred Hitchcock made "To
Catch a Thief" with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly.
   (WSJ, 2/14/97, p.A12)(SFC, 4/18/97, p.D7)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "Toto
Against the Four" starred Toto.
   (SFC, 1/31/01, p.D1)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Treasure of
Ruby Hills" was based on a story by Louis L’Amour. It starred
Zachary Scott, Carole Matthews and Barton MacLane.
   (SFEC, 6/28/98, DB p.55)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ulysses" starred
Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn and Silvana Mangano.
   (USAT, 3/24/99, p.12E)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The prison film
"Unchained" featured the theme song Unchained Melody written by Alex
North.
   (SFC, 4/28/01, p.A21)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Vanishing
American" was based on the Zane Grey book. The original was made in
1924.
   (SFEC, 9/24/00, p.T10)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Virgin
Queen" starred Bette Davis, Joan Collins and Richard Todd.
   (SFEC, 3/21/99, DB p.45)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "We're No Angels"
featured Peter Ustinov.
   (SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film “The
Wicked Go to Hell” starred Marina Vlady.
   (SFC, 10/31/15, p.E4)
1955Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Woman's Prison"
starred Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Mae Clark, Cleo Moore, Juanita
Moore, Audrey Totter and Gertrude Michael.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.52)
Go to http://www.timelinesdb.com
Subject = Film, Filmstar
Films 1956-xxxx
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â Mar 21, 50 years ago,
"Marty" won best picture at the Academy Awards; its star, Ernest
Borgnine, won best actor. Anna Magnani won best actress for "The
Rose Tattoo."
   (AP, 3/21/06)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “All That Heaven
Allows” starred Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson and Virginia Grey. It was
directed by Ross Hunter.
   (SFC, 8/7/04, p.B6)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Anastasia with
Ingrid Bergman and Yul Brynner was produced. Bergman won an Oscar
for her role.
   (SFEC, 7/20/97, BR p.6)(SFEC,11/16/97, DB
p.56)(SFC, 3/15/02, p.D1)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "And God Created
Woman" with Brigitte Bardot was directed by Roger Vadim (d.2000 at
72). The music was by Paul Misraki.
   (SFC, 9/25/96, p.A9)(SFC, 11/3/98, p.C2)(SFC,
2/12/00, p.A21)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Around the World
in 80 Days was produced by Mike Todd. It won an Oscar for best
picture. It featured Frank Sinatra in a cameo role.
   (TOH, 1982, p.1956)(SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)(SFC,
5/16/98, p.E6)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Baby Doll”
starred Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach and Karl Malden. It was directed
by Elia Kazan.
   (TVM, 1977, p.43)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Bad Seed"
starred Patty McCormack as the evil child Rhoda Penmark. The film
received 4 Academy Award nominations and became a camp classic.
   (SFEC, 7/11/99, DB p.44)(SFC, 10/14/11, p.E12)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Bandido."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Benny
Goodman Story" starred Steve Allen as Benny Godman.
   (SFC, 11/1/00, p.A19)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film “The Best
Things in Life Are Free” featured Ernest Borgnine.
   (SFC, 7/9/12, p.C4)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bigger Than
Life" starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Brave One"
was directed by Irving Rapper. It was the story of a Mexican boy and
a bull and was written by blacklisted Dalton Trumbo under the
pseudonym Robert Rich.
   (SFC, 12/30/99, p.C6)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bus Stop"
starred Marilyn Monroe and Hope Lange.
   (SFEC, 5/30/99, DB p.46)(SFEC, 7/11/99, DB
p.41)(SFC, 12/22/03, p.A20)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â A film version of the
Broadway musical "Carousel" was produced.
   (SFEC, 10/13/96, DB p.41)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Catered Affair”
starred Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine. The screenplay was by Paddy
Chayefsky.
   (SFC, 7/9/12, p.C4)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Court Jester"
with Angela Lansbury was produced. In 2004 it was added to the
National Film Registry.
   (SFEC, 12/8/96, Par p.18)(SFC, 12/31/04, p.E6)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Eddie Duchin
Story" was produced with music by George Dunning.
   (SFC, 3/3/00, p.D5)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Fastest Gun
Alive" starred Jeanne Crain and Glenn Ford. It was directed by
Russell Rouse.
   (SFC, 12/15/03, p.A24)(MoTV, 1977, p.231
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The science fiction
classic "Forbidden Planet" was produced. It featured the Krell, a
race of beings who have evolved beyond their bodies and exist as
pure thought. They built a powerful reactor that instantly produced
and delivered anything that the mind could visualize.
   (Wired, Dec. '95, p.202)(SFEC, 1/26/97, p.D1)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Foreign
Intrigue" starred Robert Mitchum and Ingrid Thulin (d.2004).
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFC, 1/9/04, p.A21)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Friendly
Persuasion" was produced.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Full of Life"
was directed by Richard Quine and starred Judy Holliday and
Salvatore Baccaloni. The screenplay was by John Fante.
   (TVM, 1975, p.199)(SFC, 3/30/00, p.E7)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Giant" with
Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean by George Stevens was
set in Marfa, Texas, 120 northwest of Big Bend Nat’l. Park. The
story was based on a book by Edna Ferber. It was rated #82 by the
Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. In 2005 it was selected for preservation
by the US National Film Registry.
   (SFEC, 9/15/96, p.T5)(SFEM, 11/24/96, p.8)(USAT,
6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 12/28/05, p.E6)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Girl Can’t
Help It" with Jayne Mansfield was by Frank Tashlin and featured
music by Fats Domino, Little Richard and the Platters.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.36)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Girl He Left
Behind” featured comedian Alan King (d.2004).
   (SFC, 5/10/04, p.A2)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Great
American Pastime" starred tap dancer Ann Miller.
   (SFC, 1/23/04, p.A2)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Great Man"
starred Julie London (d.2000 at 74). It was directed by Jose Ferrer.
   (SFC, 10/19/00, p.A29)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Gunfight at the
O.K. Corral" starred Kirk Douglas and was directed by John Sturges.
   (SFEC, 1/23/00, Par p.12)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Gun the Man
Down” was directed by Andrew McLaglen (1920-2014).
   (SFC, 9/5/14, p.D4)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Harder They
Fall" starred Rod Steiger and Humphrey Bogart. This was Bogart's
last film. The screenplay was by Philip Yordan.
   (SFEC, 1/4/98, Par. p.18)(SFEC, 6/13/99, DB
p.37)(SSFC, 4/6/03, p.A23)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The Cole Porter musical
film "High Society" was produced. It was based on the Philip Barry
play and film "The Philadelphia Story." It starred Grace Kelly, Bing
Crosby and Frank Sinatra.
   (SFEC, 8/24/97, DB p.39)(WSJ, 4/29/98, p.A20)
1956 Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Hill in
Korea" with Michael Caine (born as Maurice Mickelwhite) was
produced.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, Par p.16)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The B film “Hot Rod Girl”
featured Frank Gorshin (1933-2005).
   (SFC, 5/19/05, p.B7)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Incredible
Shrinking Man" opened.
   (SFEM, 2/2/97, p.15)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The 4* science fiction
film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" starred Kevin McCarthy and was
directed by Don Siegel. It was remade in 1978 by Philip Kaufman. In
2001 it was rated the #47 most thrilling film.
   (WSJ, 7/3/97, p.A9)(WSJ, 10/24/97, p.B3)(SFEC,
8/1/99, DB p.48)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Iron Petticoat"
starred Katharine Hepburn and Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 6/30/03, p.A11)(SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Johnny Concho"
starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Julie" starred
Doris Day.
   (SSFC, 2/29/04, p.C5)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Kid for Two
Farthings" was directed by Carol Reed and based on the novel by Wolf
Mankowitz. It was about a London boy who buys a little goat thinking
him to be a unicorn.
   (TVM, 1975, p.303)(SFC, 5/29/98, p.D7)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Killing"
starred Sterling Hayden, Marie Windsor and Elisha Cook and was
directed by Stanley Kubrick.
   (SFC, 3/8/99, p.A7)(SFC, 3/12/99, p.D15)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The King and I"
starred Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno and Deborah Kerr. It was directed
by Jerome Robbins and Walter Lang and was banned in Thailand. Ernest
Lehman was the screenwriter.
   (TVM, 1975, p.305)(SFEC, 2/9/97, DB p.58)(SFEC,
9/20/98, DB p.54)(SSFC, 3/18/01, DB p.47)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Lone Ranger"
starred Clayton Moore.
   (SFC, 12/29/99, p.A11)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Love Me Tender"
with Elvis Presley premiered Oct 16.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)(MC, 10/16/01)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lust for Life"
starred Kirk Douglas as Vincent van Gogh and Anthony Quinn as Paul
Gauguin. It was directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on a novel
by Irving Stone.
   (SFC, 5/24/99, p.D2)(SSFC, 2/18/01, DB p.52)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Man Escaped"
was directed by Robert Bresson. It won the 1957 best director award
at Cannes.
   (SFC, 12/22/99, p.A27)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Man in the
Gray Flannel Suit" starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, Par p.18)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Man in the
Vault” was directed by Andrew McLaglen.
   (SFC, 9/5/14, p.D4)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Man Who Knew
Too Much" starred Jimmy Stewart, Doris Day and Hillary Brooke. It
was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, his 2nd version following the 1934
original. It featured the song "Que Sera Sera" by Jay Livingston and
Ray Evans."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SFEC, 11/8/98, DB p.50)(SSFC,
11/26/00, DB p.55)(SFC, 10/19/01, p.D5)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Meet Me in Las
Vegas" featured Frank Sinatra in a cameo.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Miracle in the
Rain” starred Jane Wyman and Van Johnson.
   (SFC, 9/11/07, p.A2)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Moby Dick" with
Gregory Peck was made by John Huston.
   (USAT, 2/11/97, p.D1)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The Puerto Rican film
"Modesta" was directed by Benji Doniger. It was named a Library of
Congress Classic in 1998.
   (SFC, 11/30/98, p.D3)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Mole People"
with Hugh Beaumont was made.
   (WSJ, 2/10/96, p.A16)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Monolith
Monsters" was produced. The extraterrestrials were gigantic slabs of
meteoritic crystal.
   (SFEM, 4/13/97, p.6)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Notre Dame de
Paris" starred Anthony Quinn and Gina Lollabrigida as the hunchback
and his paramour.
   (SFC, 3/18/02, p.D6)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Oklahoma Woman"
was directed by Roger Corman.
   (SFEM, 6/27/99, p.6)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film "On
the Bowery" was made by Lionel Rogosin (d.2000 at 76). It depicted
life on New York’s skid row and reflected alienation in American
society.
   (SFC, 12/12/00, p.B4)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Operation
Murder" starred Rosamund John.
   (SFC, 11/4/98, p.C7)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Opposite
Sex" starred Ann Miller. It was a remake of the 1939 George Cukor
film "The Women." It was based on a play by Clare Boothe Luce.
   (SFC, 7/8/96, p.E5)(SFEC, 3/9/96, Par
p.2)(SFEC,11/2/97, DB p.62)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Patterns"
featured Sallie Gracie (d.2001 at 80). It was based on a Rod Serling
story that was done as a teleplay in 1955.
   (SFC, 8/18/01, p.E3)(SSFC, 6/28/03, p.A31)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â Agnes Varda, a
Belgium-born filmmaker, directed "La Pointe Courte." It was later
credited as the first film of the New Wave in France. Her real-time
1962 masterpiece, "Cleo from 5 to 7," is considered one of the era's
high points.
   (AP, 11/9/17)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Rack”
starred Paul Newman.
   (SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Rainmaker"
starred Burt Lancaster and Katharine Hepburn. It was based on the
Broadway play by Richard Nash.
   (USAT, 11/12/99, p.1E)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ransom" featured
Leslie Nielson.
   (SFEC, 1/11/98, DB p.56)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "The Red
Balloon" was produced. It won an Academy Award.
   (WSJ, 11/1/02, p.A1)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Searchers"
starred John Wayne and was directed by John Ford. It was later
selected as a Library of Congress film classic. It was rated #96 by
the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
   (SFEC,11/2/97, DB p.62)(SFC, 1/21/98,
p.E1,6)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)Â Â Â
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Seventh
Seal" was directed by Ingmar Bergman.
   (TOH, 1982, p.1956)(SFC, 7/31/07, p.E3)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Somebody Up
There Likes Me” starred Paul Newman. It was directed by Robert Wise.
   (SFC, 9/16/05, p.B8)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Swan" with
Grace Kelly, Louis Jordan and Alec Guinness was produced. It was
based on the play by Ferenc Molnar.
   (WSJ, 7/23/96, p.A20)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Tea and
Sympathy” starred John Kerr.
   (SSFC, 8/29/04, Par p.2)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Ten
Commandments" starred Charlton Heston and Yvonne De Carlo. This was
the last film made by Cecil B. De Mille. In 1996 dollars it grossed
$602 mil. It was added to the National Registry of films in 1999.
   (SFC, 7/12/96, p.D11)(WSJ, 3/19/98, p.R4)(SFC,
11/18/99, p.E10)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The blockbuster Indian
film “Thaikuppin Tharam” starred M.G. Ramachandran. It was directed
by MA Thirumugam.
  Â
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaikkupin_Tharam)(Econ, 1/28/17,
p.36)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "That Certain
Feeling" featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Trapeze" starred
Tony Curtis.
   (SFEC, 1/24/99, DB p.37)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The noir film “While the
City Sleeps” was directed by Fritz Lang. It was based on the 1952
book “Bloody Spur” by Charles Einstein (1926-2007). Einstein based
his book on the crimes of William Heirens, the “Lipstick Killer,”
who terrorized Chicago in the mid-1940s. The film was set in NYC.
   (SSFC, 3/11/07, p.B6)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Wild Party"
starred Anthony Quinn and was directed by Harry Horner.
   (SFC, 11/14/98, p.A23)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Wings of
Eagles" starred Maureen O'Hara.
   (SFEC, 3/14/99, Par p.16)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Written on the
Wind" starred Robert Stack, Lauren Bacall, Rock Hudson and Dorothy
Malone. It was directed by German emigre Douglas Sirk.
   (SFC, 7/28/99, p.E1)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The Scottish sci-fi film
"X the Unknown" starred Ian MacNaughton.
   (SFC, 1/4/03, p.A15)
1956Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Young Strangers"
was directed by John Frankenheimer (1930-2002). This was his feature
film debut.
   (SSFC, 7/7/02, p.A23)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â Mar 27, In the 29th
Academy Awards "Around World in 80 Days," Bergman, Brynner win.
   (MC, 3/27/02)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â Oct 2, The World War II
drama "The Bridge on the River Kwai," directed by David Lean,
premiered in Britain. The film opened in the United States the
following December.
   (AP, 10/2/07)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â Oct 17, The movie
"Jailhouse Rock," starring Elvis Presley, had its world premiere in
Memphis, Tenn.
   (AP, 10/17/07)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â Oct 25, The movie musical
"Pal Joey," starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak, was
released.
   (AP, 10/25/07)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â Oct 29, Louis B. Mayer
(b.1885), Belarus born MGM producer, died. In 2005 Scott Eyman
authored “Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer.”
   (www.answers.com/topic/louis-b-mayer)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â Dec 11, The movie "Peyton
Place," based on the novel by Grace Metalious, starred Lana Turner
and had its world premiere in Camden, Maine, where most of it had
been filmed.
   (AP, 12/11/07)(SFC, 8/13/14, p.E8)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â Dec 26, The Ingmar Bergman
film "Wild Strawberries," starring Victor Sjostrom, opened in
Sweden.
   (AP, 12/26/07)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "All at Sea"
featured Jackie Collins (16).
   (SSFC, 8/4/02, Par p.14)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "An Affair to
Remember" starred Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning and Cary
Grant. It was a remake of the 1939 movie "Love Affair,"
written in part by Donald Ogden Stewart, who was blacklisted during
the McCarthy era.
   (SFC, 10/3/97, p.C10)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The 2* film "April Love"
with Pat Boone was about a city boy who moves to a horse farm.
   (WSJ, 10/24/97, p.B3)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Attack of the
Crab Monsters” featured Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan and Ed Nelson
(1928-2014). It was directed by Roger Corman.
   (TVM, 1977, p.40)(SFC, 8/13/14, p.E8)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Band of Angels”
starred Clark Gable, Sidney Poitier, and Yvonne De Carlo.
   (AP, 1/11/07)  Â
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Beau James"
featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Big Land"
starred Julie Bishop (d.2001 at 87) in her last film.
   (SFC, 9/12/01, p.A21)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film “Black
River” starred Tatsuya Nakadai and was directed by Masaki Kobayashi.
   (WSJ, 7/2/08, p.B13)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â Alex Guinness, William
Holden and Jack Hawkins starred in the film "Bridge on the River
Kwai." Carl Foreman was the screenwriter. It premiered at the RKO
Palace Theater in New York City on Dec 18 and later won multiple
Oscars. It was rated #13 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. Holden was
the 1st Hollywood actor to earn a $ 1 million for a film.
   (WSJ, 2/27/96, p.A19)(SFEC, 9/8/96, DB p.8)(AP,
12/18/97)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(WSJ, 4/6/00, p.A20)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Buster
Keaton Story" starred Donald O'Connor.
   (SSFC, 9/28/03, p.A33)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "China Gate" with
Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson and Nat "King" Cole was directed by Sam
Fuller.
   (SFC,12/5/97, p.C12)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Curse of
Frankenstein" starred Christopher Lee and featured Hazel Court. It
was a British Hammer Film production with a score by James Bernard.
   (SFEC, 12/15/96, DB p.66)(SFC, 7/18/01,
p.C16)(SFC, 4/19/08, p.B5)(Econ, 6/20/15, p.90)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Deadly
Mantis" with Craig Stevens, William Hopper and Alix Talton was
made.
   (WSJ, 2/10/96, p.A16)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Delicate
Delinquent" starred Jerry Lewis.
   (SFEC, 9/6/98, Par p.14)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Delinquents"
was written and directed by Robert Altman.
   (SFC, 11/22/06, p.A14)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Designing Woman"
starred Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall. It was directed by Vincente
Minnelli.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, Par p.18)(SFEC, 11/21/99, Par
p.30)(SFEC, 3/5/00, DB p.43)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Desire Under the
Elms” was directed by Delbert Mann.
   (SFC, 11/13/07, p.D9)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Desk Set"
starred Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.
   (SSFC, 4/1/01, DB p.37)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dragstrip Girl"
starred Fay Spain and Frank Gorshin. It was directed by Edward L.
Cahn and became a pulp classic.
   (SFC, 7/15/97, p.A18)(SFC, 5/31/03, p.D1)(SSFC,
6/28/03, p.A31)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Elevator to the
Gallows" was screened at Cannes.
   (SFEC, 3/12/00, p.D5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "The Enemy Below."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Escape from San
Quentin" included Don Devlin (d.2000 at 70).
   (SFC, 12/16/00, p.C4)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Face in the
Crowd" starred Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, Anthony
Franciosa and Lee Remick. It was directed by Elia Kazan.
   (WSJ, 9/14/98, p.A30)(SFEC, 4/4/99, DB p.39)(SFC,
7/3/00, p.B5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Fall T" was
produced. In 2000 it was selected for preservation in the National
Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/28/00, p.D5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Fire Down Below."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Funny
Face" starred Fred Astaire, Suzy Parker (d.2003 at 69) and Audrey
Hepburn. It was directed by Stanely Donen.
   (SFEC, 8/16/98, DB p.41)(SFC, 5/6/03, p.A16)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Girl Most
Likely" was a remake and screen written by Paul Jarrico.
   (SFC,10/30/97, p.A26)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Glimpse of the
Garden” was produced. In 2007 it was added as a classic to the
American national registry.
   (SFC, 12/28/07, p.E3)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Gun Battle at
Monterey" was filmed at Monterey, Ca.
   (SSFC, 2/29/04, p.C5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Gun for a
Coward” starred Fred MacMurray and was directed by Abner Biberman.
   (www.imdb.com/title/tt0049285/)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Hatful of Rain”
starred Anthony Franciosa (1928-2006) and was directed by Frank
Zinnemann. It was based on a Broadway play by Michael Gazzo.
   (SFC, 1/21/06, p.B5)(MoTV, 1977, p.306)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Heaven Knows Mr. Allison."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Helen Morgan
Story" was a biopic on torch singer Helen Morgan and featured Ann
Blyth and Paul Newman. The screenplay was by Dean Riesner (d.2002 at
83). Gogi Grant did the singing for Blyth.
   (SFC, 9/3/02, p.A20)(SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)(SFC,
3/17/16, p.D5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hellcats of the
Navy" starred Arthur Franz, Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Davis.
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, DB p.54)(SFC, 6/20/06, p.B5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Il Grido" (The
City) starred Steve Cochran and was directed by Michelangelo
Antonioni.
   (SFEC, 1/17/99, DB p.43)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Island in the
Sun" starred Dolores Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, John Justin and
Joan Fontaine. It was directed by Robert Rossen and was filmed in
Barbados and Grenada.
   (SFEC, 8/15/99, DB p.45)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The black and white film
"I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" was directed by Herbert L. Strock.
   (TVM, 1977, p.343)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "I Was a Teenage
Werewolf" starred Michael Landon and was directed by Gene Fowler
(d.1998 at 80). It was produced by Herman Cohen.
   (SFC, 3/7/98, p.E1)(SFC, 5/15/98, p.D7)(SFC,
6/10/02, p.B6)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The black and white film
"Invasion of the Saucer Men" was about Martians menacing a lover’s
lane.
   (SFC, 3/7/98, p.E1)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Jailhouse Rock"
with Elvis Presley was produced. In 2004 it was added to the
National Film Registry.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)(SFC, 12/31/04, p.E6)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The James Dean
Story" was directed by Robert Altman.
   (SFC, 11/22/06, p.A14)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â Walt Disney's movie
"Johnny Tremain" was released in movie theaters.
   (DTnet, 6/19/97)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Joker Is
Wild" starred Frank Sinatra and Jeanne Crain.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)(SFC, 12/15/03, p.A24)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The Polish film "Kanal"
was made by Andrzej Wajda.
   (SFEC, 3/19/00, DB p.52)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A King in New
York" was made by Charlie Chaplin.
   (SFEC, 12/13/98, BR p.6)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film "Kisses"
by Yasuzo Masumura (d.1986 at 62) marked the director’s debut.
   (SFC, 9/2/97, p.E1)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Kiss Them for
Me" starred Carry Grant and Suzy Parker. It featured the film debut
of Ray Walston.
   (SFC, 1/3/01, p.A17)(SFC, 5/6/03, p.A16)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film "Kronos"
was produced.
   (SFEC, 4/26/98, Par p.8)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "La
Grande Strada Azzurra" ("The Wide Blue Road") starred Yves Montand
and Alida Valli. The tale of a fishing community was directed by
Gillo Pontecorvo (1919-2006).
   (AP, 10/13/06)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Les
Miserables" was produced.
   (SFC, 3/18/02, p.D6)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Les Mistons" was
the first film directed by Francois Truffaut.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.53)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Let’s All Go to
the Lobby" was produced. In 2000 it was selected for preservation in
the National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/28/00, p.D5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Look Homeward
Angel" was directed by George Roy Hill and based on a novel by
Thomas Wolfe.
   (SFC, 12/28/02, p.A2)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Love in the
Afternoon" starred Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn and was directed
by Billy Wilder.
   (TVM, 1975, p.342)(SFC, 3/29/02, p.A14)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Loving You" with
Elvis Presley was produced. It featured his parents as extras.
   (SFEC, 3/9/96, Z1 p.5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Lower
Depths" starred Toshiro Mifune in a version of the Gorky story. It
was directed by Akira Kurosawa.
   (SFC,12/25/97, p.A25)(SFC, 9/7/98, p.A21)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Man Escaped"
by Robert Bresson was based on the true story of French General
Andre Devigny. Bresson won the best director award at Cannes for his
work.
   (SFC, 2/19/99, p.E2)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Man in the
Shadow" starred Jeff Chandler and Orson Welles.
   (SFEC, 6/28/98, DB p.55)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Man of a
Thousand Faces" starred Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer and James Cagney
as Lon Chaney. The screenplay was by Ivan Goff (d.1999 at 89) and
Ben Roberts. It was directed by Joseph Pevney.
   (TVM, 1975, p.360)(SFC, 9/25/99, p.A21)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The noir film "The
Midnight Story" starred Tony Curtis.
   (SFC, 1/14/03, p.D2)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Monkey on My
Back" starred Cameron Mitchell as a boxer addicted to morphine. It
was directed by Andre de Toth.
   (SFC, 11/1/02, p.A28)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "The Night
Heaven Fell" (Les Bijoutiers du Clair-de-lune) was directed by Roger
Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "Night Passage."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Nights of
Cabiria" by Federico Fellini featured his wife, Giulietta Masina, as
a Roman prostitute.
   (WSJ, 8/7/98, p.W4)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "No Sun in
Venice" (Sait-on Jamais?) was directed by Roger Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Old Yeller"
starred Tomy Kirk, Fess Parker and Dorothy McGuire and the dog named
Spike. It was set in Texas in 1869.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)(SFEC, 8/23/98, DB p.63)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Omar Khayyam
starred Debra Paget.
   (SSFC, 8/15/04, Par p.2)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The UN produced film "Out"
was about Hungarian refugees with a script by John Hersey.
   (SFC, 8/26/97, p.E4)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Pajama Game"
starred Doris Day, Carol Haney and John Raitt.
   (SFEC, 11/8/98, DB p.40)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pal Joey"
starred Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak and Rita Hayworth. It was an
adaptation of a Rogers and Hart musical.
   (SFC, 1/15/98, p.E7)(SFC, 10/22/99, p.C3)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Parson and
the Outlaw" starred Buddy Rogers.
   (SFC, 4/22/99, p.D2)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pather Panchali
from India" was directed by Satyajit Ray.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.44)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Paths of Glory"
was about a WW I mutiny within a French army unit. It starred Kirk
Douglas and was directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was banned in France
by Pres. Charles de Gaulle.
   (SFEC, 2/9/97, DB p.58)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Peyton Place"
starred Hope Lange (d.2003 at 70) and Lee Philips (d.1999 at 72).
   (SFC, 3/12/99, p.A23)(SFC, 12/22/03, p.A20)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pride and the
Passion" starred Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren. It was
directed by Stanley Kramer.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)(SFC, 9/5/00, p.A24)(SFC,
2/21/01, p.A18)(TVM, 1975, p.454)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Raintree County"
starred Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint and Lee
Marvin. It was directed by Edward Dmytryk.
   (TVM, 1975, p.466)(SFC, 7/3/99, p.A21)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Saint Joan"
starred Jean Seberg and Richard Widmark. It was directed by Otto
Preminger and was an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play "St.
Joan" about Joan of Arc.
   (SFEC, 12/5/99, DB p.59)(SFC, 3/27/08, p.A2)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sayanora"
starred Miyoshi Umeki (1929-2007) and Red Buttons. It was based on a
novel by James Michener. Umeki and Buttons won Oscars for their
supporting roles.
   (SFEC, 9/26/99, DB p.44)(SFC, 9/12/07, p.A17)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The dance musical film
"Silk Stockings" starred Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire. It was
directed by Rouben Mamoulian. It was a remake of the film
"Ninotchka."
   (SFEC, 9/20/98, DB p.54)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Slaughter on
Tenth Avenue" starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Slippery When
Wet” was shot by Bruce Brown. Dale Velzy (1927-2005), pioneer
surfboard builder, helped launch the surfing-movie genre by funding
Brown to shoot the film in Hawaii.
   (SFC, 5/31/05, p.B4)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Something of
Value" starred Wendy Hiller.
   (SFC, 5/17/03, p.A16)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Spirit of
St. Louis" starred Jimmy Stewart and was directed by Billy Wilder.
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SFC, 3/29/02, p.A14)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The western film "Spoilers
of the Forest" starred Rod Cameron, Hillary Brooke (d.1999 at 84)
and Vera Ralston.
   (SFC, 6/2/99, p.C7)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Spring Reunion"
starred Betty Hutton and Dana Andrews.
   (SFEC, 8/6/00, DB p.60)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Story of
Mankind" starred Hedy Lamarr.
   (SFC, 1/20/00, p.A10)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The 3* drama film "The Sun
Also Rises" with Tyrone Power was based on the Hemingway novel.
   (WSJ, 10/24/97, p.B3)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Sweet Smell
of Success" starred Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster as gossip
columnist J.J. Hunsecker. The music was by jazz drummer Chico
Hamilton. It was based on a 1950 novella “Tell Me About It Tomorrow”
by Ernest Lehman, who was co-screenwriter with Clifford Odets. It
was directed by Alexander Mackendrick (d.1993).
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)(SFEC, 3/1/98, DB
p.48)(SFEC, 10/17/99, DB p.46)(SSFC, 3/18/01, DB p.47)(WSJ, 3/25/02,
p.A16)(SFC, 7/6/05, p.B7)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Syanora" starred
Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki. Buttons and Umeki won Oscars.
   (SFEC, 3/29/98, DB p.58)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tall T" starred
Randolph Scott and Maureen O’Sullivan. It was shot in Lone Pine, Ca.
and was directed by Bud Boetticher. In 2000 it was selected for
preservation in the National Film Registry.
   (SFEC, 8/17/97, p.T3)(SJM, 6/24/98, p.4A)(SFC,
12/28/00, p.D5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tammy and the
Bachelor" starred Debbie Reynolds.
   (SFEC, 1/5/97, DB p.28)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tarnished
Angels" with Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone and Robert Stack was
produced. It was based on "Pylon" by William Faulkner and was
directed by Douglas Sirk.
   (SFEM, 12/8/96, p.8)(SFC, 7/28/99, p.E1)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tattered Dress"
starred Jeanne Crain and Jeff Chandler.
   (SFC, 12/15/03, p.A24)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Teenage Doll" by
Roger Corman was about a restless teenager who joins a girl gang.
   (SFEM, 8/16/98, p.3)(SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.52)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “This Could Be
the Night” starred Anthony Franciosa.
   (SFC, 1/21/06, p.B5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film “Three
Days to Live” starred Leno Ventura and Jeanne Moreau.
   (SFC, 10/31/15, p.E4)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film "Throne
of Blood" (Kumonosujo) starred Toshiro Mifune in the Kurosawa
directed reworking of Macbeth in the stylized manner of Noh drama.
It was directed by Akira Kurosawa.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.44)(SFC,12/25/97,
p.A25)(SFC, 9/7/98, p.A21)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Thunder Road"
with Robert Mitchum was produced. It was about moonshiners in the
hills of the Smokey Mountains.
   (DFP, 7/28/96, p.J3)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "3:10 to Yuma"
with Van Heflin and Glenn Ford was produced. It was based on a novel
by Elmore Leonard.
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, DB p.51)(SFEC, 12/27/98, BR p.6)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Time Limit”
starred Richard Widmark and was directed by Karl Malden. It was
based on a 1956 court-martial drama by Henry Denker about a US
prisoner in Korea suspected of treason.
   (SFC, 5/24/12, p.C5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Tin Star”
starred Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins and Betsy Palmer.
   (MoTV, 1977, p.733)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The Sidney Lumet film
drama "Twelve Angry Men" starred Henry Fonda and E.G. Marshall and
John Fiedler (1925-2005). It was based on the 1954 teleplay for
"Studio One" by Reginald Rose." In 2007 it was added as a classic to
the American national registry.
   (SFEC, 12/22/96, DB p.51,52)(WSJ, 8/11/97,
p.A12)(SFC, 6/30/05, p.B6)(SFC, 12/28/07, p.E3)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “20 Million Miles
to Earth” was produced. Ray Harryhausen (b.1920) was responsible for
the special effects.
   (SFC, 2/27/08, p.E5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film "The 27th
Day" starred Gene Barry. It was based on a novel by John Mantley
(d.2003).
   (TVM, 1977, p.752)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Unholy Wife”
starred Diana Dors and Rod Steiger. It was set in the wine country
of California’s Napa and Central Valleys.
   (SFC, 6/22/06, p.F3)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film
“Untamed” starred Tatsuya Nakadai and was directed by Mikio Naruse.
   (WSJ, 7/2/08, p.B13)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Until They Sail”
starred Paul Newman and featured the debut of Sandra Dee.
   (SFC, 2/21/05, p.A2)(SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Voodoo Island"
starred Boris Karloff. It was filmed on Kauai, Hawaii.
   (TVM, 1975, p.628)(SFEC, 9/6/98, p.T4)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Wayward Bus"
starred Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins and Dan Daily. It was based on
a novel by John Steinbeck.
   (SFEC, 6/21/98, DB p.51)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The cartoon film "What’s
Opera Doc" with Bugs Bunny was produced. It was later selected as a
Library of Congress film classic.
   (SFC, 1/21/98, p.E1,6)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "White Nights"
starred Marcello Mastroianni and Maria Schell.
   (SFC, 1/11/00, p.B6)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Wild Is the
Wind” starred Anthony Franciosa.
   (SFC, 1/21/06, p.B5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film “Wild
Strawberries” was directed by Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007).
   (SFC, 7/31/07, p.E3)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Will Success
Spoil Rock Hunter" was produced. In 2000 it was selected for
preservation in the National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/28/00, p.D5)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Witness for the
Prosecution" starred Charles Laughton and was directed by Billy
Wilder.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.49)(SFEC, 4/23/00, DB p.46)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Woman in a
Dressing Gown" was directed by J. Lee Thompson.
   (SFC, 9/9/02, p.A22)
1957Â Â Â Â Â Â Erich von Stroheim
(b.1885), actor and director, died in Paris. In 2000 Arthur Lennig
published the biography "Stroheim."
   (WSJ, 2/23/00, p.A20)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â Mar 19, The film "South
Pacific," with Mitzi Gaynor, was released. It was adapted from the
Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical.
   (AP, 3/19/08)(SSFC, 6/29/08, DB p.58)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â Mar 26, In the 30th
Academy Awards "The Bridge on the River Kwai" won 7 Awards,
including best picture of 1957; its director, David Lean, and star
Alec Guinness also received Oscars. Joanne Woodward was named best
actress for "The Three Faces of Eve."
   (AP, 3/26/08)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 23, The film noir
thriller "Touch of Evil," starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and
Orson Welles, who also directed, was released.
   (AP, 4/23/08)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â May 9, The film "Vertigo"
with James Stewart and Kim Novak was released. It was directed by
Alfred Hitchcock and had been shot in the SF Bay Area. "Vertigo"
premiered in San Francisco.
   (SFEC, 8/11/96, DB, p.39)(AP, 5/9/08)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â May 15, The MGM movie
musical "Gigi," starring Leslie Caron as a young French
courtesan-in-training, was released.
   (AP, 5/15/08)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â Jul 16, The
science-fiction film "The Fly" opened in San Francisco.
   (AP, 7/16/08)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â Sep 12, The
science-fiction movie "The Blob," starring Steve McQueen, billed as
"Steven," was released.
   (AP, 9/12/08)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Andy Hardy Comes
Home" starred Mickey Rooney.
   (SSFC, 3/11/01, DB p.61)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â A 2nd film "Anna Lucasta"
starred Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr. and Rosetta LeNoire (d.2002).
It was directed by Arnold Laven. It was based on a play by Philip
Yordan (d.2003). A 1949 version had an all-white cast.
   (TVM, 1975, p.19)(SFC, 3/20/02, p.A25)(SSFC,
4/6/03, p.A23)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The Polish film "Ashes and
Diamonds" was made by Andrzej Wajda.
   (SFEC, 3/19/00, DB p.52)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The movie "Attack of the
50 Foot Woman" was released May 19 in the movie theaters in USA.
   (DTnet, 5/19/97)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Auntie Mame"
starred Rosalind Russell. It was ranked 48th most funny film in
2000. "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to
death."
   (SFC, 6/15/00, p.E3)(SSFC, 4/1/01, DB p.37)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Le Beau
Serge" starred Gerard Blain (d.2000) and was directed by Claude
Chabrol.
   (SFC, 12/19/00, p.B5)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "Bell, Book and Candle."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Big Beat”
featured Fats Domino, Gogi Grant and other performers.
   (SFC, 3/17/16, p.D5)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Big Country"
starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, Par p.18)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Big Deal on
Madonna Street" starred Vittorio Gassman and Toto. It was directed
by Mario Monicelli.
   (SFC, 6/30/00, p.D7)(SFC, 1/31/01, p.D1)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The science-fiction movie
"The Blob," starring Steve McQueen, billed as "Steven," was
released.
   (AP, 9/12/08)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Bravados"
starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film "Brink of
Life" was directed by Ingmar Bergman. Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson
and Eva Dahlbeck won Cannes Film Festival best actress awards for
their work.
   (SFC, 1/9/04, p.A21)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Carmen Jones"
was based on the 1943 musical "Carmen Jones" was based on Bizet’s
1875 opera "Carmen" in turn based on the 1845 novella by Prosper
Merimee.
   (SFC, 10/24/96, p.D1) (WSJ, 2/5/97, p.A16)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof" starred Liz Taylor and Paul Newman. It was based on a play by
Tennessee Williams and was adopted for cable TV in 1985.
   (SFEC, 5/23/99, DB p.52)(SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â Marcel Carne (1906-1990),
French film director, made "The Cheaters" (Les Tricheurs) with
Jean-Paul Belmondo.
   (SFC, 11/1/96, p.A28)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Crash Landing"
was the last movie for Nancy Reagan.
   (SFEC, 1/11/98, Z1 p.8)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Damn Yankees"
starred Ray Walston (d.2000 at 86), Gwen Verdon (d.2000 at 75) and
was choreographed by Bob Fosse.
   (SFEC, 11/8/98, DB p.40)(SFC, 10/19/00,
p.D3)(SFC, 1/3/01, p.A17)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Defiant
Ones" starred Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier and Theodore Bikel. It was
directed by Stanley Kramer.
   (TVM, 1975, p.133)(SFEC, 11/1/98, Par p.18)(SFEC,
1/24/99, DB p.37)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The Czechoslovakian film
"The Fabulous World of Jules Verne" was produced.
   (SFEM, 2/6/99, p.4)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "Dracula"
was produced. The score was by James Bernard.
   (SFC, 7/18/01, p.C16)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Female
Animal" starred Hedy Lamarr.
   (SFC, 1/20/00, p.A10)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Friend Without a
Face" was produced.
   (WSJ, 2/9/00, p.W7)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film "The Fly"
was produced.
   (SFEM, 4/13/97, p.6)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Geisha Boy"
starred Jerry Lewis.
   (SFEC, 9/6/98, Par p.14)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Gift of
Love" with Lauren Bacall was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/18/97, Par p.6)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The Vincente Minnelli film
"Gigi" was produced and won 9 Oscars. It was later selected as a
Library of Congress film classic. Maurice Chevalier (1889-1972) sang
“Thank Heaven for Little Girls.”
   (SFC, 3/25/97, p.A15)(SFC, 1/21/98, p.E1,6)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Goddess"
starred Kim Stanley (d.2001 at 76).
   (SFC, 8/25/01, p.A18)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film "The
Hidden Fortress" starred Toshiro Mifune and was directed by Akira
Kurosawa. It served as an inspiration for "Star Wars."
   (SFC,12/25/97, p.A25)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Horse’s
Mouth" starred Alec Guiness as a lunatic painter. It was based on a
novel by Joyce Cary.
   (WSJ, 2/16/00, p.W9)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "House on Haunted
Hill" starred Vincent Price and was directed by William Castle
(d.1977).
   (SFC, 8/10/99, p.B1)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "How to Steal a
Million" starred Audrey Hepburn. Her Hubert de Givenchy suit was
auctioned in 1997 for $10,350. The suit was part of Saint Laurent’s
first collection as the successor to Christian Dior.
   (SFC,10/31/97, p.C2)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "The Hunters."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ice Cold in
Alex" was directed by J. Lee Thompson.
   (SFC, 9/9/02, p.A22)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "It Happened to
Jane" starred Doris Day, Jack Lemmon and Casey Adams (Max
Showalter).
   (SFC, 8/3/00, p.D2)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "I Want To Live"
starred Susan Hayward as the death-row inmate Barbara Graham,
executed in 1955 for the murder of a wealthy, disabled Burbank
widow. It was directed by Robert Wise and based on the Santo gang
murder trial in Nevada County.
   (TVM, 1975, p.270)(SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.49)(SFC,
7/15/98, p.A20)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "King Creole"
starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Kings Go Forth"
starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Lady Takes a
Flyer" starred Richard Denning, Lana Turner and Jeff Chandler. It
was directed by Jack Arnold.
   (SFC, 10/13/98, p.A22)(TVM, 1975, p.315)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Left-Handed
Gun" was written by Leslie Stevens. Arthur Penn directed the film
with Paul Newman as Billy the Kid.
   (SFC, 4/14/96, EM, p.25)(SFC, 6/19/97,
p.A22)(SFC, 4/29/98, p.C2)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Let’s Rock"
starred Della Reese.
   (SFEC, 1/19/97, Par p.22)(SSFC, 12/17/00, Par
p.5)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Lineup" with
Eli Wallach and Warner Anderson was released. It was directed by Don
Siegel and had been shot in the SF Bay Area.
   (SFEC, 8/11/96, DB, p.39)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Lonelyhearts”
starred Maureen Stapleton (1925-2006).
   (SFC, 3/14/06, p.B5)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Lone Ranger
and the Lost City of Gold" starred Clayton Moore.
   (SFC, 12/29/99, p.A11)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Long Hot
Summer" starred Angela Lansbury, Tony Franciosa and Paul Newman.
   (SFEC, 12/8/96, Par p.18)(SFC, 1/21/06,
p.B5)(SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Look Back in
Anger" starred Richard Burton as Jimmy Porter, Britain’s original
"angry young man." It was based on a play by John Osborne.
   (WSJ, 4/21/00, p.W4)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The horror film "Macabre"
was directed by William Castle.
   (SFC, 8/10/99, p.B5)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Machine Gun
Kelly" was produced.
   (SFC, 10/29/96, p.B2)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Marjorie
Morningstar" starred Gene Kelly and Lezly Ziering.
   (SSFC, 7/20/03, p.C9)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The Indian film “Mother
India,” directed by Mehboob Khan, was nominated for an Oscar.
   (Econ, 2/9/08, p.72)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film “Night
Heat” starred Mylene Demongeot.
   (SFC, 10/31/15, p.E4)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "A Night
to Remember" was about the Titanic. It was based on the 1955 best
seller by Walter Lord (d.2002). It starred Kenneth More, Honor
Blackman, David McCallum and George Rose. The screenplay was by Eric
Ambler.
   (SFEC,12/797, DB p.41)(SFC, 1/2/98, p.C15)(SFC,
10/24/98, p.A22)(SFC, 5/21/02, p.A21)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Onionhead"
starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The UN produced the film
"Overture." It was directed by Thorold Dickinson and featured
Beethoven’s Egmont Overture against a background of war, hunger and
poverty.
   (SFC, 8/26/97, p.E4)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Paris Holiday"
featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Party Girl”
starred Cyd Charisse.
   (SFC, 4/2/08, p.B9)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Passport to
Shame" featured Jackie Collins (17).
   (SSFC, 8/4/02, Par p.14)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Queen of Outer
Space” starred Zsa Zsa Gabor.
   (SSFC, 10/9/11, p.A12)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Rally ‘Round the
Flag Boys!” starred Paul Newman.
   (SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Raw Wind in
Eden" starred Esther Williams and Jeff Chandler.
   (SFC, 9/6/99, p.B1)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The MGM film “The
Reluctant Debutante” featured Sandra Dee.
   (SFC, 2/21/05, p.A2)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The Revenge of
Frankenstein was a British Hammer Film production.
   (SFEC, 12/15/96, DB p.67)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ride a Crooked
Trail" starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rock You
Sinners" featured Jackie Collins (17).
   (SSFC, 8/4/02, Par p.14)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Run Silent, Run
Deep" starred Burt Lancaster, Clark Gable and Brad Dexter. It was
directed by Robert Ryan. It was based on the 1955 novel by US Navy
Capt. Edward L. Beach Jr.
  Â
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Silent,_Run_Deep)(SFC, 9/16/05,
p.B8)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Safecracker"
featured Jackie Collins.
   (SSFC, 8/4/02, Par p.14)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Separate Tables"
starred Burt Lancaster, Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, David Niven and
Wendy Hiller. Niven won a best actor Oscar for his performance and
Hiller won for best supporting actress. It was directed by Delbert
Mann.
   (SFC, 1/16/01, p.C4)(SSFC, 2/4/01, DB p.67)(SFC,
5/17/03, p.A16)(SFC, 11/13/07, p.D9)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The 7th Voyage
of Sinbad” starred Kerwin Matthews (d.2007). The film was made for
$650,000 and featured special effects by Ray Harryhousen.
   (SSFC, 5/16/04, p.M6)(SSFC, 7/8/07, p.B6)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Some Came
Running" starred Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, and Dean Martin.
It was directed by Vincente Minnelli.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)(MoTV, 1977, p.660)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Some Like It
Hot" with Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis Jack Lemmon and Richard
Denning (d.1998 at 85) was directed by Billy Wilder. It was set at
the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego and based on a story by Robert
Thoeren. It was rated #14 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
   (SFC, 8/12/96, p.A6)(WSJ, 10/25/96, p.B9)(USAT,
6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 10/13/98, p.A22)(SSFC, 2/11/01, DB p.47)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “South Pacific”
starred John Kerr and Mitzi Gaynor. It was filmed on the island of
Kauai, Ha.
   (SFEC, 9/7/97, p.T9)(SSFC, 8/29/04, Par
p.2)(SSFC, 6/29/08, DB p.58)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Stage Struck"
starred Christopher Plummer and Sallie Gracie.
   (SFC, 8/18/01, p.E3)(SSFC, 1/12/03, Par p.20)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Teacher’s Pet"
starred Doris Day and Clark Gable.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.48)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ten North
Frederick" starred Gary Cooper, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Suzy
Parker.
   (SFC, 5/6/03, p.A16)(SFC, 7/20/05, p.B7)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Thunder Road"
starred Robert Mitchum.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Too Much Too
Soon” starred Dorothy Malone and Errol Flynn. It was based on the
autobiography of diana Barrymore.
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(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052302/)Â Â Â
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Touch of Evil"
starred Orson Welles, Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston. It was also
directed by Welles. It was later selected as a Library of Congress
film classic. In Dec. 1957 Wells wrote a memo of 47 specific changes
that he wished to make in the film that involved the continuity of
cuts and music cues.
   (SFC,10/24/97, p.C8)(SFC, 1/21/98, p.E1,6)(SFEC,
2/8/98, DB p.57)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â Roman Polanski shot his
student film "Two men and a Wardrobe" in Poland.
   (WSJ, 10/29/03, p.D10)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Verboten" was
directed by Sam Fuller.
   (SFC, 7/2/02, p.D5)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The 4* film "Vertigo" with
James Stewart and Kim Novak was released. It was directed by Alfred
Hitchcock and had been shot in the SF Bay Area. A detective afraid
of heights falls for a woman he is hired to protect. It was rated
#61 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. Dan Auiler later authored
"Vertigo: The Making of a Hitchcock Classic." In 2001 it was rated
the #18 most thrilling film.
   (SFC, 5/19/96,Mag,p.27)(SFEC, 8/11/96, DB,
p.39)(WSJ, 10/24/97, p.B3)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 5/27/00, p.A26)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Vikings"
starred Kirk Douglas, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis.
   (WSJ, 1/8/99, p.A8)(SFC, 10/5/04, p.A2)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Voice in the
Mirror" starred Walter Matthau and Julie London. London wrote and
sang the title song. The film was about Alcoholics Anonymous.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
c1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "What Men Go
For" was produced.
   (WSJ, 7/20/01, p.A4)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The Disney documentary
"White Wilderness" was produced and featured a mass suicide of
lemmings herded off a cliff by the film maker supporting the myth of
lemming foolishness and proclivity to mass suicide.
   (SFC, 12/4/94, p. S-4)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Wild Heritage"
starred Maureen O’Sullivan.
   (SJM, 6/24/98, p.4A)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Wind Cannot
Read" starred Dirk Bogarde and was directed by Ralph Thomas.
   (SFC, 3/22/01, p.A20)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Witness for the
Prosecution" starred Marlene Dietrich and Tyrone Power and was
directed by Billy Wilder.
   (TVM, 1975, p.653)(SFC, 3/29/02, p.A14)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Young Lions"
starred Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin and Hope Lange.
It was directed by Edward Dmytryk. It was based on a novel by Irvin
Shaw. Maximilian Schell made his Hollywood debut.
   (TVM, 1975, p.665)(SFC, 7/3/99, p.A21)(SSFC,
2/2/14, p.C5)
1958Â Â Â Â Â Â The "Film Quarterly" began
publishing from UC Berkeley under editor Ernest Callenbach. In 1999
Brian Henderson and Ann Martin edited "Film Quarterly: Forty Years -
A Selection."
   (SFEC, 3/7/99, BR p.3)(SFEC, 8/22/99, BR p.5)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â Jan 21, Cecil Blount de
Mille (Cecil B. DeMille), one of Hollywood’s most successful
filmmakers, died at age 77. He was also one of the toughest. He once
said to his staff, "You are here to please me. Nothing else on earth
matters." He produced the "The 10 Commandments." In 2004 Robert S.
Birchard authored “Cecil B. DeMille’s Hollywood.”
   (HNPD, 8/12/98)(HNQ, 10/27/98)(MC, 1/21/02)(WSJ,
7/14/04, p.D14)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 6, In the 31st Academy
Awards "Gigi," Susan Hayward and David Niven won.
   (MC, 4/6/02)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Al Capone
starred Rod Steiger.
   (SFEC, 1/4/98, Par. p.18)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Alias Jesse
James" featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Anatomy of a
Murder starred Jimmy Stewart and George C. Scott.
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Angry Hills"
starred Robert Mitchum.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Beloved Infidel"
starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The William Wyler film
"Ben Hur" with Charlton Heston was directed by William Wyler. It won
11 Oscars. Art director Edward C. Carfagno won an Academy Award for
his work. It was based on the 1880 novel by Lew Wallace. It was
rated #72 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. In 2001 it was rated the
#49 most thrilling film. In 2004 it was added to the National Film
Registry.
   (SFC, 1/2/97, p.A20)(HT, 3/97, p.66)(SFC,
3/25/97, p.A15)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)(SFC,
12/31/04, p.E6)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Best of
Everything" starred Joan Crawford as an editor in a NT publishing
house along with Hope Lange. It was based on the 1958 novel by Rona
Jaffe (d.2005).
   (WSJ, 9/3/99, p.W2)(SFC, 12/22/03, p.A20)(SSFC,
1/1/05, p.B6)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Black Orpheus"
was directed by Marcel Camus. It featured the music of Luis Floriano
Bonfa (d.2001 at 78).
   (SFC, 1/13/01, p.A24)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Breathless"
starred Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg. It was directed by
Jean-Luc Godard.
   (SFC, 12/9/00, p.B5)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Career" starred
Dean martin and Anthony Franciosa.
   (SFC, 11/20/96, p.E3)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Compulsion"
starred E.G. Marshall and Lillian Dillman Amark.
   (SFC, 10/12/97, Par p.22)(SFC, 6/23/00, p.D5)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cousins" starred
Gerard Blain and was directed by Claude Chabrol. The music was by
Paul Misraki.
   (SFC, 11/3/98, p.C2)(SFC, 12/19/00, p.B5)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Crimson Kimono"
was directed by Sam Fuller. LA detectives investigate a stripper’s
murder.
   (SFC,12/5/97, p.C12)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Dangerous
Liaisons" (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) was directed by Roger Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The Disney film "Darby
O’Gill and the Little People" featured Sean Connery.
   (SFEC, 3/15/98, DB p.57)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Diary of
Anne Frank” featured Shelley Winters.
   (SSFC, 1/15/06, p.B7)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The FBI Story”
starred Jimmy Stewart and Larry Pennell. Ronald Reagan had tried to
get the role of Crandall played by Pennell.
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SSFC, 6/9/02, p.F3)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Flame Over
India" with Lauren Bacall was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/18/97, Par p.7)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The underground classic
film "The Flesh Eaters" was made by Bernard J. Cherin (d.1999 at
73).
   (SFC, 1/19/99, p.A16)
1959 Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "The 400
Blows" (Les Quatre Cents Coups) with Jean-Pierre Leaud was the first
feature film by Francois Truffaut (1932-1984). Truffaut won the best
director award at this year’s Cannes film festival.
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  Â
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Truffaut)(WSJ, 4/3/98,
p.W4)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Fugitive
Kind" featured Sallie Gracie.
   (SFC, 8/18/01, p.E3)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Gene Kruppa
Story" starred Sal Mineo, James Darren and Bobby Troup as Tommy
Dorsey. It was directed by Don Weis.
   (TVM, 1975, p.204)(SFC, 2/11/99, p.A25)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Gidget" starred
Cliff Robertson and Sandra Dee (1942-2005).
   (SFEC, 10/27/96, DB p.56)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Go, Johnny, Go"
was a Ritchie Valens rock-o-rama.
   (SFC, 3/7/98, p.E1)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Golden Fish"
by Jacques Cousteau won an Academy Award.
   (SFC, 6/26/97, p.A7)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "The
Great War" starred Alberto Sordi and Vittorio Gassman.
   (SFC, 12/1/97, p.E3)(SFC, 6/30/00, p.D7)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Green Mansions”
starred Audrey Hepburn and was directed by her husband, Mel Ferrer.
   (SFC, 6/4/08, p.B11)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Hanging
Tree" with George C. Scott was shot near Yakima.
   (PNI, 2/5/97, p.14)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hercules"
starred Steve Reeves.
   (SFC, 5/4/00, p.C4)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film "The
Hideous Sun Demon" was produced. It was about a man who turned into
a reptilian monster by the blaze of the sun.
   (SFEC, 4/26/98, Par p.8)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Hole in the
Head" starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The British comedy film
"I’m All Right Jack" was produced by the twin Boulting brothers.
   (SFC, 11/12/01, p.A19)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The remade film "Imitation
of Life" was directed by Douglas Sirk and starred Lana Turner,
Sandra Dee, Juanita Moore, Susan Kohner and John Gavin.
   (TVM, 1975, p.274)(SFC, 1/30/98, p.E17)(SFEC,
11/7/99, DB p.49)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â Russ Meyer produced his
1st film “The Immortal Mr. Teas.” This inaugurated the “nudie-cutie”
genre.
   (SSFC, 7/10/05, p.E4)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Jazz on a
Summer's Day" was produced and added to the National Film Registry
in 1999.
   (SFC, 11/18/99, p.E10)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The 2 1/2* film "Jean Paul
Jones" starred Robert Stack and was directed by John Farrow.
   (TVM, 1975, p.294)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Journey"
starred Jason Robards.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Journey to the
Center of the Earth" starred James Mason, Pat Boone and Diane Baker.
It was based on the novel by Jules Verne.
   (WSJ, 9/10/99, p.W11C)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "Kapo"
told the story of a Jewish girl trying to escape from a
concentration camp. It was directed by Gillo Pontecorvo (1919-2006).
   (AP, 10/13/06)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film "Leech
Woman" was produced.
   (SFEM, 4/13/97, p.A6)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Li’l Abner"
featured Stubby Kaye (d.1997 at 79) as Marryin’ Sam. He sang the
song "Jubilation T. Cornpone."
   (SFC,12/16/97, p.B4)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Mating Game"
starred Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall and Paul Douglas. It was
produced by Philip Barry Jr. (d.1998 at 74).
   (SFC, 5/26/98, p.B2)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Middle of the
Night” was directed by Delbert Mann.
   (SFC, 11/13/07, p.D9)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "The
Mouse That Roared" starred Peter Sellers and was directed by Jack
Arnold.
   (WSJ, 4/24/00, p.A36)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Mummy"
starred Christopher Lee (1922-2015).
   (SFEC, 5/16/99, DB p.56)(Econ, 6/20/15, p.90)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Naked Maja”
starred Ava Gardner Anthony Franciosa as the painter Goya.
   (SFC, 1/21/06, p.B5)(MoTV, 1977, p.501)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Never So Few"
starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The Alfred Hitchcock film
"North by Northwest" starred Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, Josephine
Hutchinson and Martin Landau. It was rated #40 by the Amer. Film
Inst. in 1998. Ernest Lehman wrote the original script. In 2001 it
was rated the #4 most thrilling film.
   (SFC, 9/12/96, p.E3)(SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.49)(SFC,
6/11/98, p.C3)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFEC, 9/5/99, DB p.34)(SSFC,
3/18/01, DB p.47)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)(SFC, 7/17/17, p.A6)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Nun’s Story"
was produced.
   (SFC, 6/19/97, p.A22)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film “Odd
Obsession” starred Tatsuya Nakadai and was directed by Kon Ichikawa.
   (WSJ, 7/2/08, p.B13)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Odds Against
Tomorrow" with Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Ed Begley, Shelley
Winters and Gloria Grahame was directed by Robert Wise. It was a
bitter study of race hatred.
   (SFEC, 12/22/96, DB p.51)(SFEM, 9/28/97, p.14)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "On the Beach"
starred Gregory Peck. It was directed by Stanley Kramer and partly
shot in San Francisco.
   (SFEC, 8/17/97, BR p.5)(SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Operation
Petticoat" starred Tony Curtis and Cary Grant.
   (SFEC, 1/24/99, DB p.37)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Peeping Tom” was
directed by Michael Powell. It was about a young psychopath who uses
a 16mm movie camera to film his victims while he is killing them.
   (WSJ, 11/20/07, p.D7)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film
"Pickpocket" was directed by Robert Bresson.
   (SFC, 12/22/99, p.A27)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pillow Talk"
starred Rock Hudson and Doris Day. The music was written by Frank
DeVol.
   (WSJ, 4/4/97, p.A7)(SFC, 10/30/99, p.C2)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film "Plan 9
from Outer Space" starred Conrad Brooks (Biedrzycki) and was
directed by Edward D. Wood. It was later hailed as the worst movie
ever made. The Baptist church was involved in the production.
   (SFC, 12/25/98, p.C21)(Econ, 3/17/07, p.69)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pork Chop Hill"
starred Gregory Peck and was directed by Lewis Milestone. The film
also featured Norman Fell (d.1998 at 74). The film was set in the
Korean War. Martin Landau (1928-2017) made his debut as a soldier in
the film.
   (TVM, 1975, p.451)(SFC, 12/15/98, p.A30)(SFC,
7/17/17, p.A6)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Porgy and Bess"
was produced by Samuel Goldwyn and Otto Preminger. It starred Sydney
Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr. and Pearl Bailey.
Poitier later acquired the rights to the film and kept it out of
circulation.
   (MT, Fall. ‘97, p.13)(SFEC, 8/15/99, DB p.45)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The Western film "Ride
Lonesome" starred Randolph Scott and featured the debut of James
Coburn (1928-2002).
   (SFC, 11/19/02, p.A2)(SFC, 11/20/02, p.D3)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rio Bravo" was
starred John Wayne.
   (SFC, 6/19/97, p.A22)(SFEC, 3/5/00, Par p.2)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â John Cassavetes’ first
film "Shadows" was about an interracial romance.
   (SFEC, 9/29/96, DB p.44)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Shake Hands with
the Devil" starred Richard Harris.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The Polish film "Shared
Room" was directed by Wojciech Has.
   (SFC, 10/4/00, p.B2)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The Hollywood film
"Solomon and Sheba" was produced with Yul Brynner and Gina
Lollobrigida.
   (Civilization, July-Aug, 1995, p. 14)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Some Came
Running" starred Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. It
was directed by Vincente Minnelli. It was based on a novel by James
Jones.
   (SFEC, 3/5/00, DB p.43)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Some Like It
Hot" featured Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis. It was
directed by Billy Wilder.
   (SFEC, 4/5/98, Par p.22)(SFEC, 1/24/99, DB p.37)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â Cuban film director Tomas
Gutierrez Alea produced his first feature film "Stories of the
Revolution" (Historias de la Revolucion).
   (SFC, 9/24/96, p.E3)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Story on
Page One” starred Rita Hayworth and Anthony.
   (SFC, 1/21/06, p.B5)(MoTV, 1977, p.681)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “A Stranger in My
Arms” starred June Allyson and Sandra Dee.
   (SFC, 2/21/05, p.A2)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Suddenly Last
Summer" starred Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn and Montgomery
Clift. It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewitz. It was based on a
Tennessee Williams story with the screenplay by Gore Vidal.
   (TVM, 1975, p.556)(SFEC, 11/7/99, BR p.5)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Summer Place"
starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donohue. It was written, directed and
produced by Delmer Daves.
   (SFC, 6/23/96, BR, p.32)(SFEC, 7/12/98, DB p.52)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tiger Bay"
starred Hayley Mills.
   (SFEC, 6/4/00, Par p.26)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tamango" starred
Dolores Dandridge and Curt Jurgens and was directed by John Berry.
It was a French-Italian production of a 19th century slave-ship
revolt based on a story by Prosper Merimee.
   (SFEC, 8/15/99, DB p.45)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “This Earth Is
Mine” starred Rock Hudson, Jean Simmons and Dorothy McGuire. It was
directed by Henry King and was set in the wine country of
California’s Napa Valley.
   (SFC, 6/22/06, p.F3)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tiger Bay" was
directed by J. Lee Thompson.
   (SFC, 9/9/02, p.A22)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Tingler"
starred Vincent Price.
   (SFEC, 8/6/00, DB p.63)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Virgin
Spring" with Max von Sydow was directed by Ingmar Bergman with
photography by Sven Nykvist.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.36)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Wild and the
Innocent” starred Sandra Dee.
   (SFC, 2/21/05, p.A2)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "The Wonderful Country." It was based on the book by Texas
writer and artist Tom Lea (d.2001 at 93).
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The World of
Apu" was directed by Satyajit Ray.
   (SFEC, 4/9/00, DB p.46)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Wreck of the
Mary Deare" starred Charlton Heston, Gary Cooper, Richard Harris and
Michael Redgrave. It was directed by Michael Anderson and was based
on the novel by Hammond Innes (d.1998 at 83). The screenplay was by
Eric Ambler.
   (SFC, 6/12/98, p.A26)(TVM, 1975, p.658)(SFC,
10/24/98, p.A22)
1959Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Young
Philadelphians” starred Paul Newman.
   (SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1959-1961Â Â Â The Japanese tripartite film “The Human
Condition” starred Tatsuya Nakadai and was directed by Masaki
Kobayashi.
   (WSJ, 7/2/08, p.B13)  Â
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 4, In the 32nd Academy
Awards "Ben-Hur," Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret won.
   (MC, 4/4/02)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Alamo”
starred John Wayne and Richard Widmark. Wayne also directed and
produced the film.
   (SFC, 3/27/08, p.A2)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The flop sci-fi film "The
Amazing Transparent Man" starred Douglas Kennedy and Marguerite
Chapman and was directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.
   (TVM, 1975, p.14)(SFC, 9/4/99, p.A25)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Apartment"
starred Jack Lemmon, Jack Kruschen, Fred MacMurray and Edie Adams.
It was directed by Billy Wilder. It won a best picture Oscar and was
rated #93 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
   (SFEC, 4/5/98, Par p.22)(USAT, 6/17/98,
p.9D)(SFC, 3/29/02, p.A14)(SFC, 5/27/02, p.B5)(SFC, 11/21/02,
p.A25)(SFC, 10/17/08, p.A2)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film "The Bad
Sleep Well" (Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru) starred Toshiro Mifune as
a shrewd, vengeance seeking businessman. It was directed by Akira
Kurosawa.
   (SFC,12/25/97, p.A25)(SFC, 9/7/98, p.A21)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Il Bell Antonio"
starred Marcello Mastroianni as an impotent Sicilian.
   (SFC, 1/11/00, p.B6)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Bellboy"
starred Jerry Lewis. He also directed.
   (SFEC, 9/6/98, Par p.14)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Bells Are
Ringing” starred Frank Gorshin (1933-2005) and Dean Martin.
   (SFC, 5/19/05, p.B7)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ben-Hur" was one
of the three top grossing films of the year.
   (WSJ, 4/24/95, p.R-5)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Black Tights”
featured Moira Shearer and Roland Petit dancing Cyrano de Bergerac.
   (SFC, 2/2/06, p.B7)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Blood and
Roses" (Et Mourir de Plaisir) was directed by Roger Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â Elizabeth Taylor starred
in "Butterfield 8." She won a best actress Oscar for her role the
call girl who said: "I was the slut of all time." It was based on
the 1935 novel by John O’Hara.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)(WSJ, 3/15/08, p.W10)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The drive-in film classic
"A Bucket of Blood" was directed by Roger Corman and starred Dick
Miller. The film was remade in 1996 by Corman as The Death Artist.
   (SFC, 11/23/96, p.E4)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Can Can" was one
of the three top grossing films of the year. It featured Juliet
Prowse (1937-1996) and starred Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine.
   (SFEC, 9/15/96, C10)(WSJ, 4/24/95, p.R-5)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cinderfella"
starred Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn, Judith Anderson and Anna Marie
Alberghetti. It featured Count Basie and his orchestra.
   (SFC, 11/27/98, p.C6)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Conspiracy of
Hearts" was directed by Ralph Thomas.
   (SFC, 3/22/01, p.A20)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Dark at the
Top of the Stairs” was directed by Delbert Mann.
   (SFC, 11/13/07, p.D9)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Diamond Head"
starred Charlton Heston and was based on the book "Such Sweet
Thunder" by Peter Gilman.
   (SFC, 9/7/99, p.C2)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "El Cochecit"
(The Wheelchair) by Italian director Marco Ferreri was produced.
   (SFC, 5/10/97, p.A20)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film "The
Connection" was about drug addiction and made by Shirley Clarke
(d.1997 at 72).
   (SFC, 9/25/97, p.B2)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Elmer Gantry"
starred Burt Lancaster as a shady evangelist.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.49)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The
Entertainer"Â starred Alan Bates and Lawrence Olivier. It was
based on a John Osborne play and was directed by Tony Richardson.
   (WSJ, 11/27/96, p.A10)(WSJ, 5/16/97, p.A16)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Exodus" starred
Paul Newman. The music was composed by Ernest Gold (d.1999 at 77).
   (SFC, 11/8/96, p.A25)(SFC, 3/19/99, p.D4)(SSFC,
9/28/08, p.A16)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Face of a
Fugitive" featured James Coburn.
   (SFC, 11/20/02, p.D3)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Facts of
Life" featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Five Branded
Women" was screen written by Paul Jarrico.
   (SFC,10/30/97, p.A26)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "From the
Terrace" starred Paul Newman and was directed by Mark Robson. It was
adopted from a novel by John O’Hara and Ernest Lehman was the
screenwriter.
   (SSFC, 3/18/01, DB p.47)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Gangster
Story" was directed by Walter Matthau. Matthau was also appeared in
the film.
   (SFEC, 7/2/00, p.A9)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "The Grass Is Greener."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Great St.
Louis Bank Robbery starred Steve McQueen and David Clarke (d.2004).
   (SFC, 4/21/04, p.B7)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Guns of the
Timberland" starred Jeanne Crain and Alan Ladd.
   (SFC, 12/15/03, p.A24)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Home From the Hill."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The House of
Usher was produced. In 2005 it was selected for preservation by the
US National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/28/05, p.E6)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Huckleberry
Finn" starred Patty McCormack.
   (SFEC, 7/11/99, DB p.44)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Inherit the
Wind" starred Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, and Gene Kelly. It was
directed by Stanley Kramer and was based on a play (1955)
co-authored by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee which focused on
the 1921 Scopes evolution trial.
   (SFEC, 12/22/96, DB p.51)(SFC, 3/18/97, p.A22)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film "Jazz
on a Summer's Day" was shot by Bert Stern at the 1958 Newport Jazz
Festival.
   (SFEC, 10/17/99, DB p.46)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "La Dolce
Vita" starred Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996), Anita Ekberg and
Laura Betti (d.2004).
   (SFC, 12/20/96, p.A4)(SFC, 8/3/04, p.B6)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Last Days of
Pompeii" starred Steve Reeves.
   (SFC, 5/4/00, p.C4)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "L'Avventura"
starred Lea Massari and was directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.
   (SFEC, 1/17/99, DB p.43)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Let's Make Love"
starred Marilyn Monroe and featured singer Frankie Vaughn.
   (SFC, 9/18/99, p.A21)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Little Shop of
Horrors” featured Jack Nicholson in his 4th movie appearance. The
screenplay was by Charles Griffith (1930-2007).
   (SFC, 10/12/07, p.B11)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Love Games” was
directed by Philippe de Broca, his debut effort.
   (SFC, 12/3/04, p.B7)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Macumba Love"
starred Douglas Fowley.
   (SFC, 5/29/98, p.D7)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Magnificent
Seven" was directed by John Sturges. It was based on the 1954
Japanese film, "The Seven Samurai," by Akira Kurosawa. The music was
composed by Elmer Bernstein. It starred Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach,
Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn and
Horst Bucholz.
   (SFC, 1/28/98, p.E6)(TVM, 1975, p.353)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film
"Marriage-Go-Round" starred James Mason and Susan Hayward. It was
based on the Broadway play by Leslie Stevens (d.1998).
   (SFC, 4/29/98, p.C2)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "The Mountain Road."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â In India the film
"Mughal-e-Azam" (Emperor of the Moghuls) was released. It became one
of Bollywood's greatest classics. In 2004 it was re-released in a
color version. The film was set in Lahore at a time when Muslims
ruled India. It was shown in Pakistan for the 1st time in 2006.
   (AP, 11/8/04)(Reuters, 4/23/06)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "The Night Fighters."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "North to Alaska"
with John Wayne was produced.
   (SFC, 4/28/97, p.A18)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ocean’s Eleven"
starred Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
and Joey Bishop, the 5 members of the Rat Pack. Sinatra leads an
11-man team to rob 5 Las Vegas casinos simultaneously. Patrice
Wymore Flynn played Sinatra’s girlfriend.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)(SFEC, 8/16/98, DB p.56)(SFC,
3/29/14, p.C4)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Our Man in
Havana" starred Alec Guinness.
   (SFC, 8/7/00, p.A15)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "The
Passionate Thief" starred Toto and Anna Magnani.
   (SFC, 1/31/01, p.D1)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The thriller film "Peeping
Tom" starred Carl Boehm and Moira Shearer. It was written by Leo
Marks and directed by Michael Powell. It was about a killer who
films his victims at the moment of their death.
   (SFC, 2/26/99, p.D3)(SFEC, 9/19/99, DB p.52)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pepe" featured
Frank Sinatra in a cameo role.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Please Don’t Eat
the Daisies" starred David Niven and Doris Day. It was based on a
1959 book by Jean Kerr (d.2003).
   (SFC, 1/7/03, p.A22)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The Disney film
"Pollyanna" starred Hayley Mills and Jane Wyman. It was directed by
David Swift (d.2002 at 82).
   (SFEC, 1/18/98, DB p.47)(SFC, 1/15/02,
p.A17)(SFC, 9/11/07, p.A2)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Psycho" starred
Janet Leigh. One of the three top grossing films of the year, it was
directed by Alfred Hitchcock and featured his daughter Patricia in a
small role. It was rated #18 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. In
2001 it was rated the #1 most thrilling film.
   (WSJ, 4/24/95, p.R-5)(SFEC,11/23/97, DB
p.56)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Purple Noon"
with Alain Delon and Marie Laforet by Rene Clement was produced. It
was based on "The Talented Mr. Ripley," a suspense thriller by
Patricia Highsmith. A 2nd version was made in 1999.
   (SFC, 7/3/96, p.E3)(WSJ, 12/23/99, p.A16)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Rise and
Fall of Legs Diamond" was directed by Budd Boetticher.
   (SFC, 12/7/01, p.A28)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Sex Kittens Go
to College” starred Leonard Maltin and Louis Nye.
   (SFC, 10/11/05, p.B9)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Shoot the Piano
Player" starred singer Charles Aznavour and was directed by Francois
Truffaut.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.53)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sons and Lovers"
starred Wendy Hiller.
   (SFC, 5/17/03, p.A16)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Spartacus"
Lawrence Olivier, Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis and Peter Ustinov. It
was begun by Anthony Mann and completed by Stanley Kubrick. The
script was rewritten by Dalton Trumbo.
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, DB p.52)(SFC, 3/8/99, p.A7)(SFC,
5/24/99, p.D2)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Strangers When
We Met" starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The
Subterraneans" was an adaptation of Kerouac’s On the Road.
   (SFEC, 9/29/96, DB p.44)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sundowners"
starred Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov and Deborah Kerr. It was about
sheep drovers in Australia.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(WSJ, 10/31/97, p.A20)(SFC,
3/30/04, p.A2)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sunrise at
Campobello" starred Hume Cronyn.
   (SFC, 6/19/97, p.A22)(SFC, 6/17/03, p.A21)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tall Story"
starred Jane Fonda and Anthony Perkins dribbling with two hands.
   (SFC, 7/14/96, DB p.33)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Terrible Beauty"
starred Richard Harris.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The MGM film "Time
Machine" starred Rod Taylor. It was based on the 1895 H.G. Wells
novel.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Machine)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film “Through
a Glass Darkly” was directed by Ingmar Bergman.
   (SFC, 7/31/07, p.E3)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "The
Traffic Policeman" starred Alberto Sordi.
   (SFC, 12/1/97, p.E3)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Tunes of Glory”
starred John Mills and Alec Guinness.
   (SSFC, 4/24/05, p.A2)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Visit to a Small
Planet" starred Jerry Lewis.
   (SFEC, 9/6/98, Par p.14)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film “When a
Woman Ascends the Stairs” starred Tatsuya Nakadai and was directed
by Mikio Naruse.
   (WSJ, 7/2/08, p.B13)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Where the Boys
Are" starred Jim Hutton, George Hamilton, Connie Francis, Paula
Prentiss, Yvette Mimieux and Dolores Hart. It was set in Fort
Lauderdale and featured The Elbo Room, a small beachfront bar.
   (SFEC, 10/27/96, DB p.56)(WSJ, 3/19/98,
p.A16)(SFEC, 4/11/99, DB p.50)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Wild River" was
produced.
   (SFC, 12/19/02, p.E12)
1960Â Â Â Â Â Â Gross revenues for the
year were $984 million with 1,304 million admissions and average
ticket price of $0.76.
   (WSJ, 4/24/95, p.R-5)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 17, In the 33rd
Academy Awards "Apartment," Burt Lancaster and Liz Taylor won.
   (MC, 4/17/02)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The Disney comedy film
"The Absent Minded Professor" starred Fred MacMurray.
   (SFEC,11/23/97, DB p.42)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “All Hands on
Deck” starred Pat Boone and Buddy Hackett. It was directed by Norman
Taurog.
   (TVM, 1977, p.17)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Anatomy of a
Psycho" included Don Devlin.
   (SFC, 12/16/00, p.C4)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Angel Baby"
starred Burt Reynolds.
   (SFEC, 2/15/98, Par p.22)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bachelor in
Paradise" featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The noir film "Blasts of
Silence" was written, directed by and starred Allan Baron. It was
about a hit man who comes to Manhattan.
   (SFEC,10/26/97, DB p.44)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Breakfast at
Tiffany’s" with Patricia Neal, Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard was
directed by Blake Edwards and based on a novel by Truman Capote. It
featured the song "Moon River." Romantic video.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.35)(SFEC,11/16/97, DB
p.16)(SFC,12/26/97, p.C22)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Bridge to the
Sun starred Carroll Baker and James Shigeta. It was based on an
autobiography by Gwen Terasaki.
   (TVM, 1977, p.98)(SFC, 7/31/14, p.D2)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "By Love
Possessed" starred Jason Robards and Lana Turner.
   (WSJ, 6/18/97, p.B1)(SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Canadians"
was directed Burt Kennedy.
   (SFC, 2/17/01, p.A24)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Children’s
Hour” starred James Garner (1928-2014), Audrey Hepburn and Shirley
MacLaine. William Wyler directed this remake of Lilian Hellman’s
lesbian drama.
   (SFC, 7/21/14, p.A6)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The short film “The
Creation of Women” was produced by Ismail Merchant and shown at the
Cannes Film Festival.
   (SFC, 5/26/05, p.B6)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Cry for Happy”
starred Miyoshi Umeki.
    (SFC, 9/12/07, p.A17)
1961 Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film "The Day
the Earth Caught Fire" starred Michael Caine.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, Par p.16)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Devil at 4
O’Clock" starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â Marcello Mastroianni
(1924-1996), Italian actor, starred in "Divorce Italian Style."
   (SFC, 12/20/96, p.A4)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The experimental film “Dog
Star Man,” a series of 5 short films, was created by Stan Brakhage.
   (WSJ, 11/11/06, p.P2)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Dr. Blood’s
Coffin” featured British actress Hazel Court.
   (SFC, 4/19/08, p.B5)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "El Cid" starred
Charlton Heston and was produced in Spain by Samuel Bronston. The
screenplay was by Philip Yordan.
   (SSFC, 4/6/03, p.A23)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The comedy film "The
Errand Boy" with Jerry Lewis was produced. He also directed.
   (SFC, 5/2/97, p.C4)(SFEC, 9/6/98, Par p.14)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The German film "Flight to
Berlin" was directed by Will Tremper.
   (SFC, 12/17/98, p.C11)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Flower Drum
Song" starred Miyoshi Umeki and James Shigeta (1929-2014). It was
based on the 1957 novel by C.Y. Lee. Umeki had starred in the 1958
stage musical.
   (SFC, 10/9/97, p.C3)(SFC, 9/12/07, p.A17)(SFC,
7/31/14, p.D2)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Follow That
Dream" with Elvis Presley was produced.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Guns of
Navarone" starred Gregory Peck, Richard Harris and Anthony Quinn.
Carl Foreman was the screenwriter. It was directed by J. Lee
Thompson (d.2002).
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, Par p.18)(WSJ, 4/6/00, p.A20)(SFC,
9/9/02, p.A22)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The horror film
"Homicidal" was directed by William Castle.
   (SFC, 8/10/99, p.B5)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Hustler"
starred George C. Scott, Jackie Gleason and Paul Newman. The film
was based on a book by Walter Tevis, who was inspired by Eddie
Parker, aka Fast Eddie (d.2000 at 69).
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)(SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film drama "Judgement
at Nuremberg" starred Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Maximilian
Schell (1930-2014), Richard Widmark, Judy Garland and Marlene
Dietrich. It was directed by Stanley Kramer. Schell won an Oscar for
his roll.
   (SFEC, 12/22/96, DB p.51)(SFC, 2/23/01,
p.C15)(TVM, 1975, p.298)(SFC, 3/27/08, p.A2)(SSFC, 2/2/14, p.C5)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Jules and Jim"
starred Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner and Henri Serre and was directed
by Francois Truffaut.
   (SFEC, 10/13/96, DB p.56)(SFEC, 5/9/99, DB
p.53)Â Â Â
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The biblical epic film
"King of Kings" with Jeffrey Hunter was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The Polish film "Knife in
the Water" was the debut work by Roman Polanski.
   (SFC, 7/8/99, p.E3)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "La Notte"
starred Marcello Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau and was directed by
Michelangelo Antonioni.
   (SFEC, 1/17/99, DB p.43)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The western film “The Last
Sunset” starred Kirk Douglas, Rock Hudson and Dorothy Malone.
   (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055073/)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "The Last Time I Saw Archie."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Last Year at
Marienbad" was directed by Alain Resnais.
   (SFC, 4/26/99, p.E8)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "L'Eclisse" (The
Eclipse) starred Monica Vitti and Alain Delon and was directed by
Michelangelo Antonioni.
   (SFEC, 1/17/99, DB p.43)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â Jacque Demy produced his
first feature film "Lola." Anouk Aimee starred as the leading
cabaret dancer.
   (WSJ, 5/3/96, p.A8)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Look in Any
Window" starred Paul Anka.
   (SFEC, 1/17/99, Par p.18)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The comedy film "Lover
Come Back" starred Doris Day and Rock Hudson.
   (SFEC, 8/16/98, DB p.53)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mad Dog Coll"
starred Gene Hackman in his first role.
   (SFC, 4/22/00, p.E3)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Majority of
One" starred Alex Guinness as a Japanese gentleman.
   (SFC, 10/3/97, p.C7)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Misfits"
starred Clark Gable, Eli Wallach, Montgomery Clift and Marilyn
Monroe. It was directed by John Huston, written by Arthur Miller and
Produced by Frank E. Taylor (d.1999 at 83). It was Gable's last
film.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.49)(SFEC, 6/13/99, DB
p.37)(SFEC, 7/11/99, DB p.41)(SFC, 11/24/99, p.C7)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â Marguerite Henry (d.1997
at 95) wrote her children’s novel "Misty of Chincoteague" in 1947.
The book was made into a movie in 1961. It focused on the annual
swim of wild ponies between the islands of Assateague and
Chincoteague off the coast of Virginia. In all she wrote 59 books.
   (SFC,11/28/97, p.B8)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The Disney cartoon "101
Dalmatians" was released on Jan 25. 300 animators worked 3 years to
tell the story of Cruella De Vil and the pups she tried to turn into
a coat. Betty Lou Gerson (d.1999 at 84) was the voice of Cruella.
   (WSJ, 1/7/97, p.A16)(SFEC, 8/23/98, DB p.63)(SFC,
1/16/99, p.A18)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The comedy film "One Two
Three" starred James Cagney and was directed by Billy Wilder.
   (TVM, 1975, p.423)(SFEC, 2/7/99, BR p.5)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Only For
Love" (La Bride Sur le Cue) was directed by Roger Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Operation
Eichmann" was written by Lester Cole. He was blacklisted during the
McCarthy era and use the pseudonym Lester Copley.
   (SFC, 10/3/97, p.C10)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Outsider"
starred Tony Curtis and was directed by Delbert Mann.
   (SSFC, 12/15/02, Par p.26)(SFC, 11/13/07, p.D9)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Parrish" starred
Troy Donohue.
   (SFC, 9/3/01, p.A15)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Parent Trap"
starred Brian Keith (d.1997 at 75) Hayley Mills and Maureen O’Hara
(1920-2015). It was directed by David Swift.
   (SFC, 6/25/97, p.A16)(SFC, 1/15/02, p.A17)(SSFC,
10/25/15, p.D13)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Paris Blues"
starred Paul Newman, Joan Woodward, Sidney Poitier and Louis
Armstrong. It was directed by Martin Ritt.
   (SFC, 4/9/99, p.D5)(TVM, 1975, p.435)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Pocketful Of
Miracles” starred Glenn Ford. It was a remake of Frank Capra’s “Lady
for a Day.”
   (SFC, 8/31/06, p.B7)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Raisin in the
Sun" starred Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Stephen Perry. It was based
on a play by Lorraine Hansbury and loosely based on an
anti-segregation case won be her father. In 2005 it was selected for
preservation by the US National Film Registry.
   (SFEC, 11/1/98, Par p.18)(SFEC, 5/30/99, DB
p.46)(SFC, 12/28/05, p.E6)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Romanoff and
Juliet" featured Peter Ustinov.
   (SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Something Wild"
starred Doris Roberts.
   (SSFC, 11/23/03, Par p.24)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Splendor in the
Grass" starred Warren Beatty, Phyllis Diller and Natalie Wood.
   (SFC, 6/17/98, p.E1)(SFEC, 9/26/99, DB p.35)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Tammy Tell Me
True” starred Sandra Dee.
   (SFC, 2/21/05, p.A2)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "A Taste
of Honey" by Tony Richardson starred Murray Melvin and Rita
Tushingham. It premiered in the US in 1962.
   (WSJ, 3/28/97,
p.A14)(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055506/)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Then There Were
Three" was produced.
   (SFC, 8/2/01, p.A20)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Town Without
Pity" with E.G. Marshall was produced.
   (SFC, 10/12/97, Par p.22)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "Two Road Together."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Viridiana" from
Spain was directed by Luis Bunuel.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.44)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Voyage to the
Bottom of the Sea" was about a nuclear submarine and its crew who
attempt to put out a burning radiation belt.
   (SFC, 7/6/98, p.D1)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "West Side Story"
starred George Chakiris and Rita Moreno. It was co-directed by
Robert Wise and choreographer Jerome Robbins and took 10 Oscars.
Composer Saul Chaplin (d.1997 at 85) shared the Oscar for the best
musical score with Leonard Bernstein. Stephen Sondheim wrote the
lyrics. It was rated #41 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. Ernest
Lehman was the screenwriter.
   (SFC, 3/25/97, p.A15)(SFEM, 9/28/97,
p.14)(SFC,11/18/97, p.A19)(SFEC, 3/22/98, DB p.52)(USAT, 6/17/98,
p.9D)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Whistle Down the
Wind" starred Hayley Mills.
   (SFEC, 6/4/00, Par p.26)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart narrated in
the film "X-15" which featured Mary Tyler Moore.
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SFEC, 1/30/00, Par. p.14)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Yojimbo" starred
Toshiro Mifune and was directed by Akira Kurosawa. The Western film
"For a Few Dollars More" by Sergio Leone in 1964 was a remake of
"Yojimbo."
   (SFC,12/25/97, p.A25)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Young
Doctors" starred George Segal.
   (SFEC, 2/7/99, Par p.26)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Young Savages"
starred Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters.
   (SFC, 11/21/00, p.A25)(SSFC, 1/15/06, p.B7)
1961Â Â Â Â Â Â Gary Cooper, actor, died.
   (SFC, 3/8/00, p.C8)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 9, In the 34th Academy
Awards "West Side Story," Sophia Loren and Maximilian Schell won.
   (MC, 4/9/02)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Advise and
Consent" starred Henry Fonda and Charles Laughton. It was based on
the 1959 novel by Allen Drury.
   (SFC, 7/7/96, DB p.28)(SFC, 9/3/98, p.C6)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Antoine and
Colette" was a short film directed by Francois Truffaut.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.53)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Barabbas"
starred Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado and Douglas Fowley. It was
directed by Richard Fleischer and was based on the Lagerkvist novel.
   (TVM, 1975, p.33)(SFC, 5/29/98, p.D7)(SFC,
7/6/02, p.A19)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Billy Budd"
starred Terence Stamp and was directed by Peter Ustinov.
   (SFC, 2/25/98, p.E1)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Birdman of
Alcatraz" starred Burt Lancaster was directed by John Frankenheimer.
It had been shot in the SF Bay Area.
   (SFEC, 8/11/96, DB, p.39)(SSFC, 7/7/02, p.A23)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Blue Hawaii"
starred Elvis Presley. It was shot around the Coco Palms Hotel on
Kauai.
   (SSFC, 8/25/02, p.C12)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The Russian film
"Bootleggers" starred Georgy Vitsin and was directed by Leonid
Gaidai.
   (SFC, 10/25/01, p.A25)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Boys Night Out”
starred James Garner, Kim Novak and Tony Randall. It was directed by
Michael Gordon.
   (SFC, 7/21/14, p.A6)(TVM, 1977, p.94)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The noir film "Cape Fear"
starred Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum as a psychopath out to get
even with an attorney who put him away. It was directed by J. Lee
Thompson (d.2002).
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFEC,10/26/97, DB p.44)(SFC,
9/9/02, p.A22)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The horror film "Carnival
of Souls" starred Candace Hilligoss.
   (SFEC, 8/1/99, DB p.48)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Chapman
Report" starred Shelley Winters.
   (SSFC, 1/15/06, p.B7)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The spy comedy
“Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” was based on a purported
autobiography by TV game show producer Chuck Barris 1929-2017).
   (SFC, 3/24/17, p.D4)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film
"Chuchingura" was based on a true story.
   (SFC, 2/20/98, p.C13)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Days of Wine and
Roses" starred Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick in a portrayal of
alcoholics.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.49)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Day the
Earth Caught Fire" was about nuclear tests sending the Earth
careening toward the sun.
   (SFC, 7/6/98, p.D1)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Donovan’s Reef"
starred John Wayne and Lee Marvin. It was filmed on Kauai, Hawaii.
   (SFEC, 9/6/98, p.T4)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The Mexican film "El Santo
Against the Vampire Woman" starred Rodolfo Guzman.
   (SFEC, 9/19/99, p.A19)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The noir film "Experiment
in Terror" starred Ross Martin and was directed by Blake Edwards.
   (SFC, 1/14/03, p.D2)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "55 Days at
Peking" starred Charlton Heston and was produced by Samuel Bronston.
The screenplay was by Philip Yordan.
   (SSFC, 4/6/03, p.A23)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The remade film "Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse" starred Ingrid Thulman.
   (SFC, 1/9/04, p.A21)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “A Girl Named
Tamiko” starred Miyoshi Umeki.
    (SFC, 9/12/07, p.A17)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Girls, Girls,
Girls" starred Elvis Presley.
   (SFC, 9/5/00, p.A24)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Gypsy"
starred Rosalind Russell and Natalie Wood. It was directed by Mervyn
LeRoy and was about Gypsy Rose Lee. It featured the songs: "Let me
Entertain You" and "Everything’s Coming up Roses."
   (SFEC, 10/25/98, DB p.11)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film
“Harakiri” starred Tatsuya Nakadai and was directed by Masaki
Kobayashi.
   (WSJ, 7/2/08, p.B13)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hell Is for
Heroes" starred Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, James Coburn and Bob
Newhart. It was directed by Don Siegel.
   (SFEC, 7/5/98, DB p.44)(SFC, 11/20/02, p.D3)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Hemingway’s
Adventures of a Young Man” starred Paul Newman.
   (SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Heroes Island"
starred James Mason. It was written by Leslie Stevens (d.1998).
   (SFC, 4/29/98, p.C2)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Horizontal
Lieutenant” starred Miyoshi Umeki.
    (SFC, 9/12/07, p.A17)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "How the West Was
Won" starred Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck and Debbie Reynolds.
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)(SFC,
12/29/16, p.A7)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â George C. Scott refused an
Oscar nomination for "The Hustler" on grounds that actors should not
have to compete against each other. He refused again in 1971 for his
performance in "Patton."
   (WSJ, 5/13/96, p.A16)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film “Il
Sorpasso” was directed by Dino Risi. It starred Vittorio Gassman and
Jean-Louis Trintignant in one of the great road movies of all time.
   (SFC, 4/20/17, p.E8)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "The Iron
Mask" starred Germaine Montero and was directed by Henri Decoin.
   (SFC, 7/1/00, p.C2)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Kid Galahad"
with Elvis Presley was produced. It was a remake of a 1937 film by
Michael Curtiz.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Kind of
Loving" was directed by John Schlesinger (d.2003).
   (SFC, 7/26/03, p.A22)
1962      The film "La Jette"
was directed by Chris Marker and produced by Anatole Dauman.
   (SFC, 1/2/98, p.C14)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film: "Lawrence of
Arabia" with Peter O'Toole as Lawrence, Anthony Quinn and Alec
Guinness was directed by David Lean. O’Toole and Lean won Academy
Awards for the film. It was rated # 5 by the Amer. Film Inst. in
1998. Freddie Young (d.1998) was the cinematographer and made the
famous 3-minute shot where Omar Sharif emerges from the shimmering
desert haze. In 2001 it was rated the #23 most thrilling film.
   (V. Sun, 11/3/95, p.A20)(USAT, 6/17/98,
p.9D)(SFC, 12/5/98, p.C2)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)
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http://www.bigstar.com/search/detail.ff?pid=1012067
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lolita" starred
Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters and James Mason as Humbert Humbert. It was
directed by Stanley Kubrick and was based on the book by Vladimir
Nabakov. A French version was released in 1997.
   (WSJ, 4/30/97, p.B1)(SFC, 7/30/97, p.E3)(SFC,
3/8/99, p.A7)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Loneliness
of a Long-Distance Runner” was directed by Tony Richardson. It was
based on a 1959 short story by Alan Sillitoe which was set in Irvine
Beach, as part of a short story collection of the same name.
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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loneliness_of_the_Long_Distance_Runner_%28film%29)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lonely Are the
Brave" starred Kirk Douglas and Walter Matthau.
   (SFEC, 1/23/00, Par p.12)(SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Long Day's
Journey Into Night" starred Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson,
Jason Robards and Dean Stockwell. It was directed by Sidney Lumet
and based on the play by Eugene O'Neill.
   (SFEC, 5/30/99, DB p.46)(SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Longest Day"
starred Mel Ferrer, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Richard Burton,
Henry Fonda, Red Buttons, Paul Anka and Rod Steiger. It was about
D-Day and won an Oscar for photography.
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, DB p.52)(SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFEC,
1/4/98, Par. p.18)(SFEC, 7/5/98, DB p.33)(SFEC, 8/2/98, Z1 p.6)(SFC,
6/4/08, p.B11)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Love On a
Pillow" (Le Repos du Guerrier) was directed by Roger Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Lover Come Back”
starred Doris Day, Rock Hudson and Tony Randall. It was directed by
Delbert Mann.
   (TVM, 1977, p.432)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Madison Avenue"
starred Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews. It was directed by H. Bruce
Humberstone.
   (SFC, 12/15/03, p.A24)(MoTV, 1977, p.441)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "Mafioso"
starred Alberto Sordi.
   (SFC, 12/1/97, p.E3)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "Momma
Roma" was directed by Paolo Pasolini.
   (SFC, 11/11/99, p.B1)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The movie thriller "The
Manchurian Candidate" starred Lawrence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Angela
Lansbury, Janet Leigh and Margaret Mason (d.1999 at 58). It was
based on a novel by Richard Condon. John Frankenheimer echoed the
Cold War scare in the film which was rated #67 by the Amer. Film
Inst. in 1998. In 2001 it was rated the #17 most thrilling film.
   (SFC, 5/19/96, p.A13)(SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)(USAT,
6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 4/1/99, p.C4)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Man Who Shot
Liberty Valance" starred Jimmy Stewart and was directed by John
Ford. Also featured was Denver Pyle (d.1997 at 77). In 2007 it was
added as a classic to the American national registry.
   (SFEM, 3/23/97, p.18)(SFC, 7/3/97,
p.E4)(SFEC, 11/8/98, DB p.51)(SFC, 12/28/07, p.E3)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â Arthur Penn directed the
film "The Miracle Worker" with Patty Duke as Helen Keller and Anne
Bancroft (born 1931 as Anna Maria Italiano) as the teacher. Bancroft
won an Academy Award for her role as Annie Sullivan.
   (SFC, 4/14/96, EM, p.25)(SFEC, 7/16/00, DB p.48)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Music Man"
starred Robert Preston and Buddy Hackett. In 2005 it was selected
for preservation by the US National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 7/1/03, p.A2)(SFC, 12/28/05, p.E6)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mutiny on the
Bounty" starred Richard Harris.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "O Pagador de
Promesas" (The Payer of Promises) was made into a film by Brazilian
writer Alfredo de Freitas Dias Gomes (d.1999 at 77) and won this
year's top prize at Cannes.
   (SFC, 5/19/99, p.A21)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Period of
Adjustment" starred Tony Franciosa and was directed by George Roy
Hill.
   (SFC, 12/28/02, p.A2)(SFC, 1/21/06, p.B5)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Playboy of the
Western World" with Siobhan McKenna was an adaptation of a play by
J.M. Synge.
   (SFEC, 3/15/98, DB p.57)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Premature
Burial” featured British actress Hazel Court and was based on a
story by Edgar Allan Poe.
   (SFC, 4/19/08, p.B5)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pressure Point"
starred Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin and Peter Falk. It was directed
by Hubert Cornfield and produced by Stanley Kramer.
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)(TVM, 1975, p.453)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Requiem for a
Heavyweight" starred Anthony Quinn and Jackie Gleason.
   (SFC, 11/21/00, p.A25)(SFC, 10/10/02, p.D1)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Road to Hong
Kong" starred Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Roman Adventure"
starred Troy Donohue.
   (SFC, 9/3/01, p.A15)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"Robert Frost: A Lovers Quarrel with the World" was commissioned by
Pres. Kennedy and made by Shirley Clarke (d.1997 at 72).
   (SFC, 9/25/97, p.B2)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sanjuro"
(Tsubaki sanjuro) starred Toshiro Mifune. It was directed by Akira
Kurosawa.
   (SFC,12/26/97, p.C3)(SFC, 9/7/98, p.A21)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sergeants 3"
starred Frank Sinatra and the whole Rat Pack.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)(SFEC, 8/16/98, DB p.56)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Seven Deadly
Sins" (Les Sept Peches Capitaux) starred Jean-Pierre Aumont. It was
directed by Roger Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)(SFC, 1/31/01, p.C2)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film “The
Seventh Juror” starred Bernard Blier.
   (SFC, 10/31/15, p.E4)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film “The
Silence” was directed by Ingmar Bergman.
   (SFC, 7/31/07, p.E3)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Un Singe
en Hiver" (A Monkey in Winter) starred Jean Gabin and Jean-Paul
Belmondo. It was directed by Henri Verneuil (d.2002).
   (SFC, 1/11/02, p.A19)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "State
Fair" was a remake of the 1945 version directed by Jose Ferrer. It
starred Pat Boone, Ann-Margret and Alice Faye.
   (TVM, 1975, p.545)(SFEC, 5/10/98, p.C8)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sweet Bird of
Youth" starred Geraldine Page, Paul Newman and Ed Begley. Begley won
an Oscar for best supporting actor.
   (SFEC, 3/29/98, DB p.58)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Taras Bulba"
starred Yul Brynner. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson (d.2002).
   (SFC, 9/9/02, p.A22)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tender Is the
Night" starred Jason Robards.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "That Touch of
Mink" with Cary Grant was directed by Delbert Mann.
   (SFC, 4/28/97, p.A18)(SFC, 11/13/07, p.D9)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "To Kill a
Mockingbird Bird" with Robert Duvall and Gregory Peck as Atticus
Fynch was directed by Robert Mulligan. It was based on the
autobiographical novel by Harper Lee. He won an Oscar for his role.
It was rated #34 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. The screenplay was
by Horton Foote.
   (WSJ, 7/26/96, p.A9)(WSJ, 6/18/97, p.A20)(SFEC,
3/1/98, Par p.18)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFEC, 6/6/99, DB p.51)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Trial” was
directed by Orson Welles.’
   (SFC, 5/5/15, p.E2)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Trial of
Joan of Arc" was directed by Robert Bresson.
   (SFEC, 12/5/99, DB p.59)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Two for the
Seesaw" starred Robert Mitchum. It was directed by Robert Wise.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFC, 9/16/05, p.B8)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Two Weeks in
Another Town” featured Cyd Charisse.
   (SFC, 6/18/08, p.A2)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â Marlon Brando starred in
"The Ugly American."
   (WSJ, 12/12/95, p.A1)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â Marcello Mastroianni
(1924-1996), Italian actor, and Brigitte Bardot starred in "A Very
Private Affair." It was directed by Louis Malle.
   (SFC, 12/20/96, p.A4)(SFEM, 2/9/97, p.33)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Vice and
Virtue" (Le Vice et la Vertu) was directed by Roger Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Whatever
Happened to Baby Jane" starred Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.
   (SFEM, 8/24/97, p.6)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Who’s Got the
Action" starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1962Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Wild Westerners"
featured Guy Mitchell.
   (SFC, 7/6/99, p.B2)
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Subject = Film, Filmstar
Films 1963-xxxx
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 8, In the 35th Academy
Awards "Lawrence of Arabia," Anne Bancroft and Gregory Peck won.
   (MC, 4/8/02)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Act One" starred
Jason Robards. It featured the debut of David Doyle, later known as
Bosley in TV’s Charlie’s Angels.
   (SFC, 3/1/97, p.C3)(SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "All Night Long"
was screen written by Paul Jarrico. His credit was under the name
Peter Achilles.
   (SFC,10/30/97, p.A26)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Behold the Pale
Horse" was directed by Fred Zinnemann.
   (SFC, 3/15/97, p.A19)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Billy Liar"
starred Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie. It was directed by John
Schlesinger.
   (SFC, 7/26/03, p.A22)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â Alfred Hitchcock directed
"The Birds" with Tippi Hedren set in California’s Bodega Bay. It had
no music in the soundtrack. Rear-projection technique was used to
project footage of real birds with actors in front of the screen. In
2001 it was rated the #7 most thrilling film.
   (SFC, 5/19/96,Mag, p.27)(SFEC,10/26/97, Z1
p.2)(WSJ, 3/19/98, p.R4)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bye Bye Birdie"
was produced.
   (SFEC, 10/27/96, DB p.56)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Call Me Bwana"
featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Captain Newman"
starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â Ossie Davis was in the
film "The Cardinal."
   (SFEC, 10/20/96, Par, p.24)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Charade" starred
Walter Matthau and James Coburn.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)(SFC, 11/20/02, p.D3)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Child Is
Waiting" starred Burt Lancaster, Lawrence Tierney and Judy Garland.
It was directed by John Cassavetes and produced by Stanley Kramer.
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)(TVM, 1975, p.453)(SFC,
3/1/02, p.A33)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cleopatra"
starred Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Roddy McDowall and ran
for 243 minutes. Taylor was the 1st Hollywood actress to earn a $ 1
million for a film.
   (SFEC, 1/26/97 Par, p.16)(SFEC, 10/4/98,
p.B10)(SSFC, 4/6/03, Par p.2)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The comedy film "Come Blow
Your Horn" starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)(SFEC, 8/16/98, DB p.55)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film "The
Cool World" was about a poor black teenager trapped in the Harlem
ghetto and made by Shirley Clarke (d.1997 at 72).
   (SFC, 9/25/97, p.B2)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Contempt" by
Jean-Luc Godard starred Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli and Jack
Palance.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.41)(SFEM, 8/10/97, p.6)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Critic’s Choice"
starred Bob Hope and Lucille Ball.
   (SFEC, 8/23/98, DB p.42)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The German film "Delay in
Marienborn" was directed by Will Tremper.
   (SFC, 12/17/98, p.C11)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The horror film "Dementia
13" was shot in Ireland and was the first film directed by Francis
Ford Coppola (24).
   (SFEC, 11/22/98, DB p.54)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dr. No"
premiered in US on May 8. Sean Connery starred in the James Bond
movie "Doctor No." World wide receipts totaled $60
mil.  Â
   (MC, 5/8/02)(WSJ, 11/7/95, p. A1)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Duel of the
Titans" starred Steve Reeves.
   (SFC, 5/4/00, p.C4)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "8 1/2" by
Federico Fellini was edited by Ruggero Mastroianni (1930-1996) and
starred Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996). It was somewhat
autobiographical and eliminated the boundaries between waking
experiences, dreams and reveries.
   (SFC, 12/20/96, p.A4)(SFEM, 4/13/97, p.6)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Forty Pounds of
Trouble" featured Stubby Kaye.
   (SFC,12/16/97, p.B4)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Four for Texas"
starred Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and the Three Stooges. It was
directed by Robert Aldrich.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film “The Girl
Hunters” was based on a Mickey Spillane novel and starred Mickey
Spillane and Shirley Eaton. It was directed by Roy Rowland.
   (SFC, 7/18/06, p.B5)(MoTV, 1977, p.273)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Great
Escape" starred Steve McQueen, James Coburn and James Garner. It was
directed by John Sturges. It was based on Allied POW escape from
Stalag Luft III in Germany during WW II as told in the 1949 book
"The Great Escape" by Paul Brickall. Newman's character was based on
the Jackson Barrett Mahon (d.1999 at 78), an American fighter pilot,
who provided technical advice for the film. In 2001 it was rated the
#19 most thrilling film. Bud Eakins (1930-2007), standing in for
McQueen, performed the film’s famous motorcycle jump over barbed
wire.
   (SFC, 8/11/99, p.C5)(SFC, 12/23/99, p.A27)(SFC,
6/14/01, p.E5)(SFC, 10/12/07, p.B11)(SFC, 7/21/14, p.A6)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The psychological thriller
film "The Haunting" was directed by Robert Wise.
   (SFC, 9/12/96, p.E3)(SFC,10/29/97, p.E3)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "High and Low"
(Tengoku to jigoku) starred Toshiro Mifune. It was directed by Akira
Kurosawa.
   (SFC,12/26/97, p.C3)(SFC, 9/7/98, p.A21)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hud" with
Patricia Neal and Paul Newman was directed by Martin Ritt. It was
based on a novel by Larry McMurtry. Melvyn Douglas won an Oscar for
Best Supporting Actor.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.36)(SFEC, 4/4/99, DB p.39)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "I Could Go On
Singing" starred Judy Garland.
   (SFC, 2/23/01, p.C15)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Irma La Douce"
starred Shirley MacLaine, James Cann and Jack Lemmon and was
directed by Billy Wilder.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.49)(SFEC, 4/5/98, Par
p.22)(SSFC, 10/11/03, Par p.16)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Island of Love"
starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Jason and the
Argonauts” was produced. Ray Harryhausen (b.1920) was responsible
for the special effects.
   (SSFC, 5/16/04, p.M6)(SFC, 2/27/08, p.E5)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lady in a Cage"
starred James Caan.
   (SFEC, 10/8/00, Par p.7)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The comedy film "It’s a
Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" starred Jimmy Durante, Spencer Tracy,
Milton Berle, Buddy Hackett and Bobo Lewis (d.1998 at 72). It was
directed by Stanley Kramer. It won an Oscar in 1964 for sound
effects. It premiered at Hollywood’s new Cinerama Theatre on Nov 7
in a lengthy 195 minute version.
   (SFC, 11/14/98, p.A23)(WSJ, 2/13/02, p.A1)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Kings of the
Sun" starred Yul Brynner. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson
(d.2002).
   (SFC, 9/9/02, p.A22)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â Charles O’Neil (1904-1996)
co-wrote the screenplay for the film "Lassie’s Great Adventure."
   (SFC, 9/5/96, p.C2)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Le Lit Conjugal"
(The Conjugal Bed) by Italian director Marco Ferreri was produced.
   (SFC, 5/10/97, p.A20)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Leopard" starred
Burt Lancaster as the prince who makes the ceremonial cut into the
timballo. It was directed Luchino Visconti and based on the novel by
Giuseppe di Lampedusa.
   (SFC, 10/2/96, zz1 p.8)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lilies of the
Field" with Sidney Poitier was produced. Poitier won an Oscar for
his performance.
   (SFC, 3/25/97, p.A15)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The List of
Adrian Messenger" starred Frank Sinatra, George C. Scott and Robert
Mitchum.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)(SFC,
9/24/99, p.D2)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lord of the
Flies" was directed by Peter Brook.
   (WSJ, 6/15/98, p.A26)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Love With the
Proper Stranger" starred Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen.
   (SFC,11/14/97, p.C18)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mary, Mary" was
produced. It was based on the Broadway play by Jean Kerr.
   (SFC, 1/7/03, p.A22)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â Andrew McLaglen
(1920-2014) directed the film “McLintock!” starring John Wayne and
Maureen O’Hara.
   (SFC, 9/5/14, p.D4)(TVM, 1977, p.468)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Move Over
Darling” starred James Garner, Doris Day and Polly Bergen. It was
directed by Michael Gordon.
   (SFC, 7/21/14, p.A6)(TVM, 1977, p.487)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Murder at the
Gallop” starred Margaret Rutherford (d.1972).
   (WSJ, 3/4/06, p.P2)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Now About These
Women" featured Jarl Kulle (d. 1997 at 70) and was directed by
Ingmar Bergman.
   (SFC, 10/4/97, p.A20)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Nutty
Professor" starred Jerry Lewis and Stella Stevens. Lewis also
directed the film. In 2004 it was added to the National Film
Registry.
   (TVM, 1975, p.414)(SFC, 6/29/96, p.E1)(SFC,
12/31/04, p.E6)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Organizer"
was made by Mario Monicelli.
   (WSJ, 10/25/96, p.A15)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A New Kind of
Love" starred Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman.
   (SFEC, 11/1/98, DB p.54)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Nutty,
Naughty Chateau" (Un Chateau en Suede) was directed by Roger Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Organizer"
starred Marcello Mastroianni and was directed by Mario Monicelli.
   (SFC, 1/11/00, p.B6)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Palms Springs
Weekend" starred Troy Donohue and Connie Stevens. The screenplay was
written by Earl Hammer Jr.
   (SFC, 9/3/01, p.A15)(SSFC, 3/27/16, p.C13)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Papa’s Delicate
Condition" starred Jackie Gleason.
   (SFC, 10/10/02, p.D9)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Prize”
starred Paul Newman.
   (SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "PT 109" with
Cliff Robertson as John F. Kennedy was produced.
   (SFC, 7/7/96, DB p.27)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Rampage."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Raven”
featured British actress Hazel Court and Vincent Price. It was based
on a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
   (SFC, 4/19/08, p.B5)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Sadist" by
James Landis was produced.
   (SFEM, 4/27/97, p.6)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The Mexican film "The
Saint Against the Strangler" starred Begona Palacios (d.2000 at 58).
   (SFC, 3/3/00, p.d5)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The Mexican film "The
Saint Against the Ghost and the Strangler" starred Begona Palacios.
Palacios later married director Sam Peckinpah.
   (SFC, 3/3/00, p.d5)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film “The
Servant” starred Dirk Bogarde and James Fox. It was directed by
Joseph Losey. It was a merciless dissection of the relationship
between a scheming valet and his dissolute master.
   (WSJ, 3/23/05, p.D8)(Econ, 3/10/12, p.80)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Shock Corridor"
was a melodrama written and directed by Sam Fuller (d.1997 at 86).
It was the story of a reporter undercover at a mental institution.
It starred Peter Breck, Constance Towers and Hari Rhodes.
   (SFC, 10/10/97, p.C10)(SFC,11/1/97,
p.A17)(SFC,12/5/97, p.C12)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The 8-hour film “Sleep”
was produced by Andy Warhol.
   (SFC, 9/20/06, p.E5)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Songs in
the Basement" starred Germaine Montero and was directed by Henri
Verneuil.
   (SFC, 7/1/00, p.C2)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Spencer's
Mountain" starred Maureen O'Hara.
   (SFEC, 3/14/99, Par p.16)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Sporting
Life" starred Richard Harris as a Yorkshire coal miner who becomes a
successful professional rugby player. It was directed by Lindsay
Anderson.
   (WSJ, 2/22/02, p.W5)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tammy and the
Doctor" starred Sandra Dee and featured the debut of Peter Fonda.
   (SFEC, 6/15/97, Par. p.18)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "Take Her She’s Mine."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Thrill of It
All” starred James Garner, Doris Day and Arlene Francis. It was
directed by Norman Jewison.
   (SFC, 7/21/14, p.A6)(TVM, 1977, p.728)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The 4* British film "Tom
Jones" was directed by Tony Richardson. It starred Albert Finney,
Joyce Redman and Susannah York.
   (SFC, 4/2/98, p.E1)(TVM, 1975, p.597)(SFEC,
12/6/98, DB p.58)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Three Stooges Go
Around the World in a Daze" was produced.
   (SSFC, 11/25/01, p.A28)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Toys in the
Attic" starred Wendy Hiller and was directed by George Roy Hill.
   (SFC, 12/28/02, p.A2)(SFC, 5/17/03, p.A16)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Trial"
starred Anthony Perkins, Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider
and Elsa Martinelli. It was based on the Kafka novel.
   (SFC, 6/7/99, p.B2)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Twilight of
Honor" featured the debut of Linda Evans.
   (SFEC, 8/24/97, Par p.18)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The V.I.P.s”
starred Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Margaret Rutherford,
who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. It was directed by
Anthony Asquith.
   (AARP, 6/03, p.22)(MoTV, 1977, p.769)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Who’s Been
Sleeping in My Bed” starred Carol Burnett.
   (SSFC, 12/18/05, Par p.22)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â Marcello Mastroianni
(1924-1996), Italian actor, starred in "Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow."
   (SFC, 12/20/96, p.A4)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Zorba the Greek"
starred Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas and Lila Kedrova
(d.2000). Kedrova won an Oscar for best supporting actress.
   (SFC, 4/21/00, p.D4)
1963Â Â Â Â Â Â The Kenya Film
Classification Board (KFCB) was established to regulate films.
   (http://kfcb.co.ke/)(Econ, 11/5/16, p.42)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The
Americanization of Emily" starred James Garner, Julie Andrews and
James Coburn.
   (WSJ, 7/23/02, p.D8)(SFC, 11/20/02, p.D3)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Bande a
Part" was directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
   (SSFC, 1/18/04, p.M4)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Becket" starred
Peter O’Toole, Richard Burton and John Gielgud. It was directed by
Peter Glenville. It was written by Edward Anhalt (d.2000 at 86) and
won him an Oscar.
   (TVM, 1975, p.7)(SFC, 9/5/00, p.A24)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Bedtime Story”
starred Marlon Brando and David Niven.” It was written by Paul
Henning (1912-2005).
   (SFC, 3/26/05, p.B5)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â Bernardo Bertolucci
directed "Before the Revolution" which he wrote in 1962 at age 22.
   (WSJ, 6/14/96, p.A7)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Behold a Pale
Horse" starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Best Man"
with Henry Fonda was produced.
   (SFC, 7/7/96, DB p.28)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The Brazilian film "Black
God, White Devil" was directed by Glauber Rocha.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.44)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Black Like Me"
was produced by Bernard J. Cherin. It was based on the book by John
Howard Griffith.
   (SFC, 1/19/99, p.A16)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Brass
Bottle" starred Tony Randall, Burl Ives and Kathie Browne (d.2003).
   (SFC, 4/17/03, p.A23)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Chalk
Garden" starred Hayley Mills.
   (SFEC, 6/4/00, Par p.26)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cheyenne Autumn"
starred Jimmy Stewart and Richard Widmark.
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SFC, 3/27/08, p.A2)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Chimes at
Midnight" starred John Gielgud.
   (SFC, 5/23/00, p.A13)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Circel of
Love" (La Ronde) was directed by Roger Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Circus World"
starred John Wayne and Rita Hayworth and was produced by Samuel
Bronston. The screenplay was by Philip Yordan.
   (SSFC, 4/6/03, p.A23)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Curse of the
Living Corpse" starred Roy Schneider.
   (SFEC, 1/31/99, Par p.14)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Curse of the
Mummy's Tomb" starred Dickie Owen.
   (SFEC, 5/16/99, DB p.56)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dead Birds" was
directed by Robert Gardner. It was named a Library of Congress
Classic in 1998.
   (SFC, 11/30/98, p.D3)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Dear Heart” was
directed by Delbert Mann.
   (SFC, 11/13/07, p.D9)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â Czech Rep. film director
Jan Nemec (d.2016), a representative of the new wave of Czechoslovak
cinema, debuted "Diamonds of the Night,", about two boys escaping
from a transport to a Nazi death camp.
   (AP, 3/19/16)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Disorderly
Orderly" starred Jerry Lewis.
   (SFEC, 9/6/98, Par p.14)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dog Star Man"
was made by experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage (d.2003 at
70).
   (SFC, 3/12/03, p.A22)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dr. Strangelove;
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" starred George
C. Scott and Sterling hayden. It was directed by Stanley Kubrick and
was later selected as a Library of Congress film classic. It was
rated #26 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
   (SFEC,12/28/97, BR p.8)(SFC, 1/21/98,
p.E1,6)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)(SSFC, 5/22/11, DB
p.46)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Empire” was
produced. In 2004 it was added to the National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/31/04, p.E6)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "L’Empire
de la Nuit" featured the tap dancing of the Harold Nicholas.
   (SFC, 7/5/00, p.A19)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary surfing
film “Endless Summer” was shot by Bruce Brown.
   (SFC, 5/31/05, p.B4)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ensign Pulver"
starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Fail-Safe"
starred Henry Fonda and Walter Matthau. It was based on a 1962 novel
by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler.
   (SFC, 7/7/96, DB p.28)(SFC, 9/18/04, p.B7)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Film" starred
Buster Keaton and was directed by Samuel Beckett.
   (SFEC, 1/17/99, BR p.7)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â Sergio Leone directed
"Fistful of Dollars" with Clint Eastwood.
   (SFC, 12/3/96, p.E3)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The Western film "For a
Few Dollars More" with Clint Eastwood by Sergio Leone was a remake
of Kurosawa’s 1961 film "Yojimbo."
   (SFC,12/25/97, p.A25)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The James Bond movie "From
Russia With Love" starred Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi. World
wide receipts totaled $79 mil. Desmon Llewelyn (d.1999 at 85)
starred as Q.
   (WSJ, 11/7/95, p. A1)(Hem., 7/96, p.55)(TVM,
1975, p.198)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film "Give
Me a Riddle" was made by David Schickele in Nigeria after his
service in the Peace Corps.
   (SFC, 11/3/99, p.C6)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Global Affair"
featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The James Bond movie
"Goldfinger" starred Sean Connery. It grossed $125 mil. The theme
song was sung by Shirley Bassey with lyrics by Anthony Newley and
Leslie Bricusse.
   (WSJ, 11/7/95, p. A1)(Hem., 7/96, p.55)(SFC,
4/15/99, p.C4)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Goodbye Charlie"
starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Good Neighbor
Sam” featured Charles Lane.
   (SFC, 7/11/07, p.A2)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The Beatles's film "A Hard
Day’s Night" was directed by Richard Lester.
   (SFEC, 10/27/96, DB p.58)(SFEC, 10/11/97, DB
p.36)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Having a Wild
Weekend" featured the Dave Clark Five and the fabled T.A.M.I show
with James Brown, Chuck Berry, the Rolling Stones and the Supremes.
   (SFEM, 6/28/98, p.3)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film "High
and Low" starred Toshiro Mifune as a factory owner standing up to
his son’s kidnapper.
   (SFC,12/25/97, p.A25)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hush Hush Sweet
Charlotte" with Bette Davis was produced. The music was written by
Frank DeVol (d.1999 at 88).
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.36)(SFC, 10/30/99, p.C2)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "I Am Cuba" was
directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. It was made as a propaganda film
about Soviet-Cuban friendship.
   (SFEC, 4/12/98, DB p.52)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Incredible
Mr. Limpet" starred Don Knotts (1924-2006).
   (SFEC, 11/29/98, DB p.48)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Invitation to a
Gunfighter" starred Yul Brynner and George Segal. It was directed by
Richard Wilson and produced by Stanley Kramer.
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)(TVM, 1975, p.283)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "It Happened
Here" was co-directed by Andrew Mollow and Kevin Brownlow. It
depicted a Britain occupied by Nazi Germany.
   (SFEC, 1/30/00, DB p.42)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Killers"
starred Lee Marvin, Clu Gulager, John Cassavetes, Angie Dickinson
and Ronal Reagan in his last film role.
   (SFC, 2/20/98, p.C13)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Kissin’ Cousins"
with Elvis Presley was produced.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Kiss Me Stupid"
starred Dean Martin and was written and directed by Billy Wilder.
   (SFC, 11/20/96, p.E3)(SFEC, 4/23/00, DB p.46)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â "Kiss of the Vampire" was
a British Hammer Film production.
   (SFEC, 12/15/96, DB p.67)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Lady in a Cage”
was written and produced by Luther Davis (1916-2008).
   (SFC, 8/5/08, p.B4)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lilith" starred
Peter Fonda, Kim Hunter, Jean Seberg and Gene Hackman.
   (SFEC, 6/15/97, Par. p.18)(SSFC, 12/30/01, Par
p.16)(SFC, 9/12/02, p.A26)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Man in the Middle."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Marnie" starred
Sean Connery, Tippi Hedren and Melody Thomas Scott. It was directed
by Alfred Hitchcock and based on a 1961 novel by Winston Graham
(d.2003).
   (TVM, 1975, p.367)(SSFC, 2/24/02, Par p.12)(SFC,
7/11/03, p.A19)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â Marcello Mastroianni
(1924-1996), Italian actor, starred with Sophia Loren in "Marriage
Italian Style."
   (SFC, 12/20/96, p.A4)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mary Poppins"
featured the debut of Julie Andrews. Andrews won an Oscar for her
performance.
   (SFEM, 5/4/97, p.6)(SFC, 8/22/97, p.D14)(SFC,
3/18/02, p.D1)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Masque of
the Red Death” starred British actress Hazel Court and Vincent
Price. It was based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
   (SFC, 4/19/08, p.B5)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The
Misadventures of Merlin Jones" was produced.
   (SFC, 11/25/02, p.A15)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Moonspinners"
starred Hayley Mills in her transition from child actor to romantic
lead.
   (SFEC, 1/18/98, DB p.46)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Muscle Beach
Party” starred Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and Dan Haggerty.
   (SSFC, 1/17/16, p.C17)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "My Fair Lady"
starred Audrey Hepburn, Stanley Holloway and Rex Harrison. It was
rated #91 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
   (SFEC,11/16/97, DB p.16)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Naked Kiss"
starred Constance Towers and Anthony Eisley. It was directed by Sam
Fuller (d.1997) and was about a prostitute who flees her pimp and
hides in a small town.
   (SFC,12/5/97, p.C12)(SFC,12/5/97, p.C12)(SFEM,
1/11/98, p.2)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Nightmare in
Chicago" was directed by Robert Altman.
   (SFC, 11/22/06, p.A14)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The John Huston film
"Night of the Iguana" starred Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah
Kerr, Sue Lyon and Elizabeth Taylor. It was filmed in Puerto
Vallarta, Mexico and featured the work of cinematographer Gabriel
Figueroa (1908-1997).
   (SFC, 4/29/97, p.A20)(USAT, 1/16/04, p.1D)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Nothing But the
Best" with Willie Rushton (1937-1996) was produced.
   (SFC, 12/12/96, p.C8)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The comedy film "Paris -
When It Sizzles" starred William Holden and Audrey Hepburn.
   (SFEC, 4/18/99, DB p.45)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Patsy"
starred Jerry Lewis.
   (SFC, 10/10/02, p.A21)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"Point of Order" was a distilling of the 1954 Army-McCarthy Senate
hearings. It was directed by Emile de Antonio and Daniel Talbot.
   (SFC, 11/12/98, p.E3)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pumpkin Eater"
with Anne Bancroft was produced.
   (SFC, 8/26/97, p.E4)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Red Desert"
starred Monica Vitti and Richard Harris and was directed by
Michelangelo Antonioni. It was Antonioni’s 1st color film. The
cinematography was by Carlo Di Palma (d.2004)
   (SFEC, 1/17/99, DB p.43)(WSJ, 11/10/00,
p.W11)(SFC, 7/15/04, p.B7)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rio Conchos"
starred Tony Franciosa and Richard Boone. It was directed by Gordon
Douglas.
   (SFC, 1/21/06, p.B5)(MoTV, 1977, p.601)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Robin and the
Seven Hoods" starred Frank Sinatra, Dean martin and Sammy Davis Jr.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)(SFEC, 8/16/98, DB p.56)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Santa Claus
Conquers the Martians” was produced.
   (SSFC, 12/19/04, Par p.11)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The Polish film "The
Saragosso Manuscript" starred Zbigniev Cybulski (d.1967 at 39) and
was directed by Wojciech Has (d.2000 at 75). It was based on the
novel "The Manuscript," found in Saragosso and written by Jan
Potocki, a Polish expatriate.
   (SFEM, 8/1/99, p.2)(SFC, 8/5/99, p.B1,5)(SFC,
10/4/00, p.B2)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Seven Days in
May" starred Kirk Douglas and was directed by John Frankenheimer.
   (SFEC, 1/23/00, Par p.12)(SSFC, 7/7/02, p.A23)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sex and the
Single Girl" featured Stubby Kaye.
   (SFC,12/16/97, p.B4)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Shot in the
Dark" was ranked 48th most funny film in 2000.
   (SFC, 6/15/00, p.E3)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â Luis Bunuel made his film
"Simon del Desierto" (Simon of the Desert) in Mexico. It was his
last film before returning to Europe. It features an ascetic who
gets transported to a go-go bar in Greenwich Village.
   (SFC, 4/14/98, p.E3)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Soft Skin"
starred Francoise Dorleac and Jean-Louis Trintignant as illicit
lovers.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.53)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “That Man from
Rio” was directed by Philippe de Broca. It represented part of the
new wave in French film making.
   (SFC, 12/3/04, p.B7)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Thirteen
Most Beautiful Boys of 1964" was produced by Andy Warhol.
   (WSJ, 1/2/02, p.A15)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "36 Hours"
starred James Garner as a WW II POW.
   (SFEC, 7/5/98, DB p.46)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Topkapi"
featured Peter Ustinov.
   (SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Umbrellas of
Cherbourg" starred Catherine Deneuve and was produced by
Jacques Demy.
   (SFC, 6/11/96, p.E1)(SFEC, 4/16/00, DB p.50)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Unsinkable
Molly Brown" starred Debbie Reynolds as Molly Brown, the richest
woman in Denver, who survived the sinking of the Titanic. The film
was based on a Broadway play and incorporated the song-and-dance
routine "I Ain’t Down yet."
   (SFEC,12/797, DB p.41)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Visit”
starred Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn. A Broadway production had
starred Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne and was based on a 1956 play
by Swiss playwright Friedrich Durrenmatt. The film was directed by
Bernhard Wicki.
   (WSJ, 10/21/06, p.P8)(MoTV, 1977, p.770)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Viva Las Vegas"
with Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret was produced. Nicky Blair (d.1998
at 70) played Elvis’ sidekick.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)(SFC, 11/25/98, p.B4)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "What a Way to
Go" starred Robert Mitchum and Paul Newman.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The World of
Henry Orient" starred Peter Sellers and was directed by George Roy
Hill. It was based on a 1958 novel by Nora Johnson (1933-2017).
   (SFC, 12/28/02, p.A2)(SFC, 10/11/17, p.D6)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "World Without
Sun" by Jacques Cousteau won an Academy Award.
   (SFC, 6/26/97, p.A7)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Yellow
Rolls-Royce" starred George C. Scott with the filmscript by Terence
Rattigan.
   (SFC, 6/23/97, p.E3)(SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1964Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Your Cheatin’
Heart" starred George Hamilton as singer Hank Williams.
   (WSJ, 11/27/01, p.A20)
1964 Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Zulu" with
Michael Caine was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, Par p.16)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Mar 2, The movie version
of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical “The Sound of Music,” starring
Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, had its world premiere at New
York’s Rivoli Theater. The musical, about the Trapp Family, was a
hit on the Great White Way for 3-1/2 years and one of the most
popular motion pictures of all time. It remains a classic even
today. The movie brought instant stardom for Miss Andrews, who went
on to star in other singing roles in the theatre, on television, in
movies and as a popular recording artist.
   (AP, 3/2/05)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 5, In the 37th Academy
Awards "My Fair Lady," Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews won.
   (MC, 4/5/02)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Sep 27, Clara Bow
(b.1905), silent film star, died in Los Angeles. David Stenn later
authored "Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild."
   (SFC, 6/21/02,
p.D6)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Bow)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Leslie Halliwell, British
movie maven, published "The Filmgoer’s Companion," a rudimentary
Who’s Who for films.
   (SFC, 9/13/00, p.C1)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Agony and
the Ecstasy" starred Charlton Heston as Michelangelo. It was based
on a novel by Irving Stone.
   (SSFC, 2/18/01, DB p.52)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Alphaville was
directed by Jean-Luc Godard. The musical score was by Paul Misraki
(d.1998 at 90). Misraki composed music on over 150 film soundtracks.
   (SFC, 11/3/98, p.C2)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Art of Love"
starred Dick Van Dyke, James Garner, Elke Sommer and Ethel Merman.
   (SSFC, 2/18/01, DB p.52)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Baby the Rain
Must Fall" starred Josephine Hutchinson and Steve McQueen. The
screenplay was by Horton Foote.
   (SFC, 6/11/98, p.C3)(SFEC, 6/6/99, DB p.51)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Beach Blanket
Bingo" with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon was produced. It
was the 5th and best of the 7 "Beach Party " movies.
   (SFEC, 10/27/96, DB p.57)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Bedford
Incident" starred Sidney Poitier.
   (SFEC, 11/1/98, Par p.18)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Blindfold"
starred Rock Hudson. It was directed by Philip Dunne and was based
on a story by Lucille Fletcher.
   (TVM, 1975, p.536)(SFC, 9/5/00, p.A24)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Brainstorm"
starred Jeffrey Hunter, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews and Kathie
Browne.
   (SFC, 4/17/03, p.A23)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cat Ballou" with
Lee Marvin was produced. It featured Stubby Kaye and Nat King Cole
as the strolling minstrel narrators.
   (WSJ, 6/20/97, p.A16)(SFC,12/16/97, p.B4)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Chimes at
Midnight” was directed by Orson Welles.’
   (SFC, 5/5/15, p.E2)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cincinnati Kid"
starred Steve McQueen and Edward G. Robinson.
   (SFEC, 9/27/98, DB p.51)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â William Wyler directed the
film "The Collector."
   (WSJ, 1/4/96, p.A8)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Darling" starred
Julie Christie. It was directed by John Schlesinger (40). Christie
won an Academy Award for her role.
   (SFEC, 2/1/98, DB p.34)(SFC, 7/26/03, p.A22)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "Dear Brigitte."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Diary of a
Chambermaid" starred Jeanne Moreau and was directed by Luis Bunuel.
   (SFEC, 3/12/00, p.D5)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Die! Die! My
Darling" starred Tallulah Bankhead (d.1968).
   (SSFC, 1/14/01, DB p.34)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Bob Dylan (23) did a tour
of England that was chronicled in the film "Don’t Look Back" by D.A.
Pennebaker.
   (SFEC, 2/8/98, p.D5)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Doctor Zhivago"
starred Omar Shariff, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness and Julie Christie.
It was directed by David Lean and rated #39 by the Amer. Film Inst.
in 1998. Lara's Theme was written by Maurice Jarre. A TV version on
PBS came out in 2003.
   (SFEC, 1/4/98, Par. p.18)(SFEC, 2/1/98, DB
p.34)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 11/1/03, p.D1)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Do Not Disturb"
starred Doris Day.
   (SFC, 8/19/00, p.A19)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Father Goose"
won an Academy Award for scriptwriter Frank Tarloff (d.1999 at 83).
Tarloff was one of the Hollywood writers blacklisted in the 1950s
for refusing to cooperate with the HUAC hearings.
   (SFC, 6/29/99, p.A19)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Fool Killer”
starred Anthony Perkins and featured the debut of Edward Albert
(14).
   (SFC, 9/28/06, p.B5)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Funny Things
Happen Down Under” featured Olivia Newton-John (17).
   (SSFC, 9/11/05, p.26)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Frankie and
Johnny" with Elvis Presley was produced.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Four in the
Morning" starred Dame Judi Dench.
   (SSFC, 3/24/02, Par p.26)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Genghis Kahn””
starred Omar Sharif and was directed by Henry Levin..
   (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059429/)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Girl Happy" with
Elvis Presley was produced.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Greatest
Story Ever Told" was directed by George Stevens. It was based on a
book by Fulton Oursler. The title was borrowed from the 1947-1956
radio program by writer Henry Denker.
   (SFC, 6/19/97, p.A22)(SFC, 5/24/12, p.C5)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Great Race"
starred Tony Curtis.
   (SSFC, 12/15/02, Par p.26)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Harum Scarum"
with Elvis Presley was produced.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Having a Wild
Weekend" starred the Dave Clark Five and was directed by John
Boorman.
   (SFEC, 1/31/99, DB p.50)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hawks and
Sparrows" starred Toto and was directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
   (SFC, 1/31/01, p.D1)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "He Who
Rides a Tiger" was directed by Charles Crichton.
   (SFC, 9/16/99, p.A19)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Ossie Davis was in the
film "The Hill."
   (SFEC, 10/20/96, Par, p.24)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "In Harm’s Way"
starred John Wayne, and Kirk Douglas and was directed by Otto
Preminger. It was set during WW II in the Pacific.
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, DB p.53)(TVM, 1975, p.276)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "I'll Take
Sweden" featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Ipcress
File" with Michael Caine (32) was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, Par p.16)(SSFC, 2/9/03, Par p.4)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "John Goldfarb
Please Come Home" featured Peter Ustinov.
   (SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "King Rat"
starred George Segal.
   (SFEC, 2/7/99, Par p.26)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Knack and
How To Get It" starred Charlotte Rampling.
   (SSFC, 4/29/01, Par p.15)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lady L" starred
Paul Newman and was directed by Peter Ustinov.
   (SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)(SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Looking for
Love" featured Johnny Carson.
   (SFEC, 10/11/98, DB p.45)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Lord Jim”
starred Peter O’Toole. It was directed by Richard Brooks and was
based on the novel by Joseph Conrad.
   (SFC, 12/16/13, p.A4)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Loved One"
starred Rod Steiger.
   (SFEC, 1/4/98, Par. p.18)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Milos Forman directed the
film "Loves of a Blond."
   (WSJ, 12/27/96, p.A5)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Major Dundee"
starred Richard Harris and James Coburn.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)(SFC, 11/20/02, p.D3)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film “Marco
the Magnificent” starred Omar Sharif.
   (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059429/)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Marriage on the
Rocks" starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Arthur Penn directed
"Mickey One" with Warren Beatty.
   (SFEC, 1/5/97, EM p.8)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mirage" starred
Gregory Peck and Walter Matthau.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, Par p.18)(SFEC, 7/2/00, p.A9)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Mister Moses."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Monkey’s
Uncle" was produced.
   (SFC, 11/25/02, p.A15)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Never Too Late"
starred Maureen O’Sullivan.
   (SJM, 6/24/98, p.4A)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "None But the
Brave" starred Frank Sinatra and Brad Dexter.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)(SFC, 12/16/02, p.A23)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The Russian film
"Operation Y and Other Adventures of Shurik" starred Georgy Vitsin
and was directed by Leonid Gaidai.
   (SFC, 10/25/01, p.A25)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Othello" with
Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith and Joyce Redman was
produced.
   (USAT, 8/16/96, p.3D)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Our Man Flint"
was produced.
   (SSFC, 11/25/01, p.A28)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Patch of Blue"
starred Sidney Poitier and Shelly Winters.
   (SFEC, 11/1/98, Par p.18)(SSFC, 3/18/01, DB p.44)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Pawnbroker"
starred Rod Steiger.
   (SFEC, 1/4/98, Par. p.18)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film “Persona”
was directed by Ingmar Bergman.
   (SFC, 7/31/07, p.E3)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pierrot le Fou"
starred Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina. It was directed by
Jean-Luc Godard.
   (SFC, 12/9/00, p.B5)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Pleasure
Seekers" starred Tony Franciosa and Ann-Margret. It was a remake of
“Three Coins in The Fountain.”
   (SFC, 1/21/06, p.B5)(MoTV, 1977, p.601)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Red Beard"
(Akahige) starred Toshiro Mifune as a pioneering physician. It was
directed by Akira Kurosawa.
   (SFC,12/25/97, p.A25)(SFC, 9/7/98, p.A21)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film
"Repulsion" with Catherine Deneuve was directed by Roman Polanski.
It was a tale of female madness and paranoia.
   (SFC, 5/22/98, p.C3)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Rounders"
was directed Burt Kennedy.
   (SFC, 2/17/01, p.A24)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Sandpiper"
starred Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. It featured the song
"The Shadow of Your Smile" by Johnny Mandel for which he won an
Academy Award. The screenplay was by Dalton Trumbo.
   (SFC, 8/20/96, p.A18)(SFC, 3/3/05, p.E3)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Shenandoah"
starred Jimmy Stewart. It was directed by Andrew McLaglen
(1920-2014).
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ship of Fools"
starred George Segal, Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin and
Vivien Leigh. This was Leigh's last film. It was directed by Stanley
Kramer.
   (SFEC, 2/7/99, Par p.26)(SFEC, 6/13/99, DB
p.37)(TVM, 1975, p.516)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Slender
Thread" featured Dabney Coleman.
   (SSFC, 12/16/01, p.16)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sound of Music"
starred Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer and was directed by
Robert Wise. It was rated #55 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
Ernest Lehman was the screenwriter.Â
   (SFEM, 9/28/97, p.14)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SSFC,
1/12/03, Par p.20)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Swingin’ Summer"
starred Raquel Welch."
   (SSFC, 3/17/02, Par p.26)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “That Funny
Feeling” starred Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin.
   (SFC, 2/21/05, p.A2)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Thousand
Clowns" with Jason Robards, Martin Balsam, Barry Gordon and Barbara
Harris was produced.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.36)(SSFC, 1/7/01, DB p.42)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Those
Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" with Willie Rushton
(1937-1996) was produced.
   (SFC, 12/12/96, p.C8)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The James Bond movie
"Thunderball" starred Sean Connery. World wide receipts total $141
mil. The screenplay was by John R. Hopkins. It premiered in US on
Dec 29.
   (WSJ, 11/7/95, p. A1)(MC, 12/29/01)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Train" was
directed by John Frankenheimer. It was about French Resistance
fighters trying to stop the Nazis from shipping away art treasures.
   (WSJ, 9/25/98, p.W2)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Treasure of the
Aztecs" was screen written by Paul Jarrico.
   (SFC,10/30/97, p.A26)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Truth About
Spring" starred Hayley Mills.
   (SFEC, 6/4/00, Par p.26)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Von Ryan’s
Express" starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â The comedy film “What’s
New Pussycat” starred Peters Sellers and Peter O’Toole. It was
written by Woody Allen.
   (SFC, 12/16/13, p.A4)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 28, In the 38th
Academy Awards "Sound of Music," Julie Christie and Lee Marvin won.
   (MC, 4/28/02)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â Jun 22, The film "Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opened. It starred George Segal, Richard
Burton and Elizabeth Taylor as a downtrodden professor and his
drunken wife and was directed by Mike Nichols. Ernest Lehman was the
screenwriter.
   (www.imdb.com/title/tt0061184/)(SFEC, 3/23/97, DB
p.54)(SFC, 7/30/97, p.E3)(SFC, 11/21/14, p.E1)
1966 Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Alfie" starred
Michael Caine and Shelley Winters.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, Par p.16)(SSFC, 1/15/06, p.B7)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Arabesque"
starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, Par p.18)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Assault on a
Queen" starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Bible: In
the Beginning" starred George C. Scott and Peter O’Toole. It was
directed by John Huston.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)(SFC, 12/16/13, p.A4)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Big Gundown"
starred Lee Van Cleef and was directed by Sergio Sollima. The score
was by Ennio Morricone.
   (SFC, 7/7/99, p.E3)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Big Hand for
the Little Lady" starred Jason Robards, Joanne Woodward and Henry
Fonda.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)(SSFC, 6/28/03, p.A31)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Blowup" starred
David Hemmings (1941-2003) and was directed by Michelangelo
Antonioni.
   (SFC, 9/12/96, p.E3)(SFEC, 1/17/99, DB p.43)(SFC,
12/5/03, p.A27)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Born Free" was
shot in Kenya and based on the true story of Joy Adamson raising a
lioness. It was produced by Paul B. Radin (d.2001 at 88) It won 2
Oscars for original score and title song.
   (SFC, 10/29/01, p.A18)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Boy Did I Get a
Wrong Number" starred Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)(AP,
8/20/12)Â Â Â
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cast a Giant
Shadow" starred Frank Sinatra. It was written, produced and directed
by Melville Shavelson (1917-2007).
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)(SFC, 8/10/07, p.B9)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"Castro Street" was directed by Kenneth Anger. It was later selected
as a Library of Congress film classic.
   (SFC, 1/21/98, p.E1,6)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Chappaqua" was
written and directed by Conrad Rooks. It featured William S.
Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Ornette Coleman, Paula Pritchett, and
music by Ravi Shankar and the Fugs. It was an autobiographical
account of how Rooks pursued a 'Sleeping cure" in France for his
addictions. A New print was released in 1999.
   (SFC, 6/4/99, p.C5)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Chase" with
E.G. Marshall and Robert Duvall was produced.
   (SFC, 10/12/97, Par p.22)(SFEC, 8/16/98, Par
p.16)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Chimes At
Midnight" with Orson Welles as Falstaff and John Gielgud as Henry
IV, was produced. It enacted the Battle of Shrewsbury.
   (WSJ, 7/12/96, p.A9)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Countess
From Hong Kong" was made by Charlie Chaplin.
   (SFEC, 12/13/98, BR p.6)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Crazy Quilt"
was directed by John Korty.
   (SFEM, 3/29/98, p.6)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dead Heat on a
Merry-Go-Round" starred James Coburn.
   (SFC, 11/20/02, p.D3)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Double Trouble"
with Elvis Presley, Norman Rossington (d.1999 at 70) and Annette Day
was produced.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)(SFC, 5/25/99, p.B2)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"Endless Summer" by Bruce Brown was about 2 surfers following the
summer around the globe. In 2002 it was added to the National Film
Registry.
   (SFEC, 7/18/99, p.T2)(SFC, 12/19/02, p.E12)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film “The
Face of Another” starred Tatsuya Nakadai and was directed by Hiroshi
Teshigahara.
   (WSJ, 7/2/08, p.B13)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Fahrenheit 451"
by Francis Truffaut starred Julie Christie and Oskar Werner. It was
based on the novel by Ray Bradbury.
   (SFC, 1/31/97, p.D5)(SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.53)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Family Way"
starred Hayley Mills in her first truly adult role. It was directed
by Roy Boulting, whom she married in 1971.
   (SFEC, 1/18/98, DB p.47)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Fantastic
Voyage" starred Raquel Welch."
   (SSFC, 3/17/02, Par p.26)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Faster Pussycat!
Kill! Kill!" was about three karate-chopping dolls in the desert who
plan to steal the loot of an old man and his retarded son. It was
directed by Russ Meyer (1922-2004)
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.36)(SFC, 9/22/04, p.A2)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The Disney film "The
Fighting Prince of Donegal" was set in the 16th century as Irish
clans rose up against the British.
   (SFEC, 3/15/98, DB p.57)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Fine Madness"
starred Sean Connery as a compulsive truth-telling poet. It was
directed by Irvin Kershner.
   (WSJ, 5/15/98, p.W5)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Flight of
the Phoenix" starred Jimmy Stewart and Ian Bannen. It was directed
by Robert Aldrich.
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(TVM, 1975, p.184)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Fortune
Cookie" starred Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and was directed by
Billy Wilder .
   (SFEC,11/2/97, DB p.60)(SFC, 3/29/02, p.A14)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "The Game
Is Over" (La Curee) was directed by Roger Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Georgy Girl"
starred Lynn Redgrave, Charlotte Rampling and Alan Bates.
   (SSFC, 4/29/01, Par p.15)(SFC, 12/29/03, p.A12)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Ghost and
Mr. Chicken" starred Don Knotts.
   (SFEC, 4/26/98, p.56)(SSFC, 2/26/06, p.B7)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â Clint Eastwood starred in
"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
   (SFEM, 1/12/97, Par, p.4)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Group"
featured the debut of Hal Holbrook.
   (SFEC, 8/10/97, Par p.14)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Harper" starred
Lauren Bacall, Paul Newman and Shelley Winters.
   (SFEC, 5/18/97, Par p.6)(SSFC, 1/15/06, p.B7)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hawaii" starred
Richard Harris and Julie Andrews. It was directed by George Roy
Hill.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)(SFC, 12/28/02, p.A2)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film “Hour of
the Wolf” was directed by Ingmar Bergman.
   (SFC, 7/31/07, p.E3)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Inside Daisy
Clover" starred Robert Redford and Natalie Wood.
   (SFC, 6/17/98, p.E1)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Is Paris
Burning" starred Kirk Douglas and Robert Stack. It was directed by
Rene Clement.
   (SFC, 7/3/96, p.E3)(SFEC, 1/23/00, Par p.12)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “King of Hearts”
starred Alan Bates and was directed by Philippe de Broca
(1933-2004).
   (SFC, 12/3/04, p.B7)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Man Called
Adam" starred Sammy Davis Jr., Louis Armstrong and Mel Torme. It was
written by Lester Pine (d.2001 at 84).
   (SFC, 8/18/01, p.E3)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “A Man Could Get
Killed” featured Sandra Dee.
   (SFC, 2/21/05, p.A2)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Man for All
Seasons" starred Paul Scofield and Wendy Hiller. It won an Oscar for
best picture. It was based on a play by Robert Bolt.
   (SFC, 3/15/97, p.A19)(SFEC, 3/23/97, DB
p.54)(WSJ, 10/22/98, p.A20)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Man Is Not a
Bird" was directed by Dusan Makavejev and featured in the SF film
festival.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.42)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The Czech film "Marketa
Lazarova" was directed by Frantisek Vlacil.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.44)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â Jean Luc Godard’s film
"Masculine-Feminine" was produced.
   (WSJ, 5/31/96, p.A10)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Midsummer
Night’s Dream" with Suzanne Farrell was made.
   (SFEC, 6/8/97, Par p.18)(TVM, 1975, p.375)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Modesty Blaise"
starred Monica Vitti.
   (SFEC, 1/3/99, DB p.29)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The noir film "The Money
Trap" starred Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth.
   (SFC, 7/11/97, p.E2)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Morgan: A
Suitable Case for Treatment" was directed by Czech-born Karel Reisz
(d.2002).
   (SFC, 11/28/02, p.A30)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Not With My
Life, You Don't" starred George C. Scott.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "One Million
Years B.C." starred Raquel Welch."
   (SSFC, 3/17/02, Par p.26)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Oscar"
starred Tony Bennet and Stephen Boyd.
   (SFEC, 2/7/99, DB p.61)(SFEC, 11/28/99, DB p.48)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Our Man Flint"
starred James Coburn.
   (SFC, 11/20/02, p.D3)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The
Professionals" starred Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee Marvin and
Claudia Cardinale. It was directed by Richard Brooks.
   (SFC, 9/3/99, p.B3)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â Film director Jan Nemec
(79), a representative of the new wave of Czechoslovak cinema
directed "Report on the Party and Guests," targeting totalitarian
power.
   (AP, 3/19/16)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "The Rare Breed." It was directed by Andrew McLaglen
(1920-2014).
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SFC, 9/5/14, p.D4)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Sand
Pebbles" starred Steve McQueen, Mako (1933-2006) and Richard Crenna
(d.2003). It was directed by Robert Wise.
   (SFC, 1/20/03, p.B4)(SFC, 7/24/06, p.B8)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The noir sci-fi film
"Seconds" starred Rock Hudson and was directed by John
Frankenheimer.
   (SFEM, 8/31/97, p.3)(SFEC, 4/30/00, DB p.58)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The Russian film "Shadows
of Forgotten Ancestors" was directed by Sergei Paradjanov and
featured in the SF film festival.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.42)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Shop on Main
Street" was directed by Jan Kadar and Elmar Klos and featured in the
SF film festival.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.42)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Spinout" with
Elvis Presley was produced.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film “The
Sword of Doom” starred Tatsuya Nakadai and was directed by Kihachi
Okamoto.
   (WSJ, 7/2/08, p.B13)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Taming of
the Shrew" had its screen set designed by Renzo Mongiardino (d.1998
at 81). It was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starred Elizabeth
Taylor and Richard Burton.
   (SFC, 2/3/98, p.A15)(TVM, 1975, p.565)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Three on a
Couch" starred Jerry Lewis. He also directed the film.
   (SFEC, 9/6/98, Par p.14)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Through Navajo
Eyes" was produced. In 2002 it was added to the National Film
Registry.
   (SFC, 12/19/02, p.E12)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Time for
Burning” was produced. In 2005 it was selected for preservation by
the US National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/28/05, p.E6)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The screenplay for the
film "Tobruk" was by Leo Gordon.
   (SFC, 12/29/00, p.B11)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Torn Curtain”
starred Julie Andrews and Paul Newman.
   (SSFC, 10/17/04, Par p.16)(SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Trouble With
Angels" starred Hayley Mills. The popular comedy was directedÂ
by Ida Lupino.
   (SFEC, 6/4/00, Par p.26)(SFC, 1/11/18, p.E8)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Viva Maria"
starred Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot. It was directed by Luis
Malle.
   (SFEC, 3/12/00, p.D5)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Walk Don't Run"
starred Cary Grant. This was Grant's last film.
   (SFEC, 6/13/99, DB p.37)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "What’s Up, Tiger
Lily" was the debut for director Woody Allen. It was produced by
Henry Saperstein (d.1998).
   (SFC, 6/26/98, p.D4)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Who Killed
Johnny Ringo" was screen written by Paul Jarrico. His credit due to
blacklisting was under the name Peter Achilles.
   (SFC,10/30/97, p.A26)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Wild Angels"
starred Peter Fonda.
   (SFEC, 6/15/97, Par. p.18)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The British comedy film
“The Wrong Box” starred John Mills.
   (SSFC, 4/24/05, p.A2)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â The comedy film "You’re a
Big Boy Now" was Francis Coppola’s first full-scale feature.
   (WSJ, 11/21/97, p.A20)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 10, In the 39th
Academy Awards "Man For All Seasons," Elizabeth Taylor and Paul
Scofield won.
   (MC, 4/10/02)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â Jun 10, Spencer Tracy
(b.1900), American film star, died. His work included 75 feature
films and two Oscars. In 2011 James Curtis authored “Spencer Tracy:
A Biography.”
  Â
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Tracy)(SSFC, 10/30/11, p.F6)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Accident" was
directed by Joseph Losey.
   (SFC, 4/21/00, p.D4)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Barefoot in the
Park" starred Robert Redford and Jane Fonda.
   (SFC, 6/17/98, p.E1)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bedazzled"
starred Peter Cook as the devil and Dudley Moore as a short order
cook. It was directed by Stanley Donen.
   (SFC, 10/23/00, p.F3)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Belle de Jour"
by Luis Bunuel starred Catherine Deneuve.
   (WSJ, 1/3/97, p.A7)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Big Mouth"
starred Jerry Lewis. He also directed the film.
   (SFEC, 9/6/98, Par p.14)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Billion Dollar
Brain" starred Michael Caine and was directed by Andre de Toth.
   (SFC, 11/1/02, p.A28)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â Arthur Penn directed the
film "Bonnie and Clyde" starred Gene Hackman, Warren Beatty and Faye
Dunaway. It was rated #27 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. In 2001
it was rated the #13 most thrilling film.
   (SFC, 4/14/96, EM, p.25)(SFC, 7/13/96, p.
A19)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Bride Wore
Black" starred Jeanne Moreau and Charles Denner and was directed by
Francois Truffaut.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.53)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Camelot"
starred Richard Harris and David Hemmings.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)(SFC, 12/5/03, p.A27)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â Columbia Pictures released
"Casino Royale," a James Bond spoof film with David Niven.
Jacqueline Bisset played Giovanna Goodthighs. The screenplay was
written by Billy Wilder.
   (WSJ, 11/9/95, p.A2(SFEM, 1/12/97, Par
p.18)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â Yuri Nikulin (1921-1997)
starred in the Russian film "Caucasian Prisoner" as the leader of an
incompetent bunch of crooks.
   (SFC, 8/22/97, p.A24)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Circle"
starred Richard Harris.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Clambake"
starred Elvis Presley and Shelley Fabares.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The Czech film "Closely
Watched Trains" was directed by Jiri Menzel. It was based on the
novel by Bohumil Hrabal (1915-1997).
   (SFC, 2/4/97, p.A16)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Cool Hand Luke”
starred Paul Newman. In 2005 it was selected for preservation by the
US National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/28/05, p.E6)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Comedians"
starred Alec Guinness and Peter Ustinov.
   (SFC, 8/7/00, p.A15)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dirty Dozen" was
made with Lee Marvin, Jim Brown, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Hanley
Jaeckel (d.1997) and Charles Bronson. It was directed by Robert
Aldrich.
   (SFEC, 1/26/97 Par, p.5)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Divorce American
Style" starred Jason Robards.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Doctor
Dolittle" was produced.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Don’t Look Back"
featured Joan Baez as Bob Dylan’s touring companion on a 1965 tour
of England. It was directed by D.A. Pennebaker. It was named a
Library of Congress Classic in 1998.
   (SFEC, 6/28/98, DB p.52)(SFC, 11/30/98, p.D3)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Don't Make
Waves" starred Tony Curtis and Sharon Tate. It was directed by
Alexander Mackendrick.
   (SFEC, 1/24/99, DB p.37)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film "Eat
the Document" covered the Bob Dylan tour of the United Kingdom and
was shot for an ABC screening that never happened. It screened in
New York in the 1970s and again in 1999.
   (SFC, 2/18/99, p.D6)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Eight on the
Lam" starred Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller and Jonathan Winters.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)(AP, 8/20/12)(SFC, 4/13/13,
p.A6)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "El Dorado"
starred James Caan, John Wayne and Robert Mitchum.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFEC, 3/5/00, Par p.2)(SSFC,
10/11/03, Par p.16)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Far From the
Maddening Crowd" starred Julie Christie, Alan Bates and Terence
Stamp. John Schlesinger directed his first big-budget movie.
   (SFC, 5/19/96, BR, p.31)(WSJ, 10/8/99, p.W6)(SFC,
7/26/03, p.A22)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Fitzwilly” was
directed by Delbert Mann.
   (SFC, 11/13/07, p.D9)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Flim-Flam
Man" starred George C. Scott.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1967 Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Funeral in
Berlin" with Michael Caine was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, Par p.16)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Gentle Giant"
starred Huntz Hall.
   (SFC, 2/2/99, p.A19)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Graduate"
starred Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman and was directed by Mike
Nichols. The song Mrs. Robinson was originally written by Simon and
Garfunkel for Mrs. Roosevelt. It was rated # 7 by the Amer. Film
Inst. in 1998.
   (SFEC, 2/9/97, DB p.37)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Grand Prix"
starred Toshiro Mifune of Japan in his first US film. It was
directed by John Frankenheimer.
   (SFC,12/25/97, p.A25)(SFC,12/26/97, p.C3)(SSFC,
7/7/02, p.A23)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Guess Who’s
Coming to Dinner" starred Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and
Sidney Poitier. It was directed by Stanley Kramer and rated # 99 by
the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. The music was written by Frank DeVol.
   (USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFEC, 6/13/99, DB
p.37)(SFC, 10/30/99, p.C2)(TVM, 1975, p.228)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Guide for a
Married Man" starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Half a
Sixpence" was produced.
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Happening"
starred Faye Dunaway.
   (SFEC, 8/6/00, Par p.18)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Happiest
Millionaire" with Lesley Ann Warren was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/25/97, Par p.C14)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hombre" starred
Paul Newman and was directed by Martin Ritt. It was based on a novel
by Elmore Leonard.
   (TVM, 1975, p.254)(SFEC, 12/27/98, BR p.6)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hour of the Gun"
starred Jason Robards.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1967 Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hurry Sundown"
with Michael Caine, Faye Dunaway, Jane Fonda, John Philip Law and
singer Steve Sanders (d.1998 at 45) was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, Par p.16)(SFC, 6/11/98,
p.C3)(SFC, 5/16/08, p.B11)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Incident"
starred Beau Bridges.
   (SFEC, 8/9/98, Par p.18)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "In Cold Blood"
with Robert Blake, based on the Truman Capote non-fiction novel, was
directed by Richard Brooks.
   (WSJ, 11/18/96, p.A10)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Incident"
featured Ed McMahon.
   (SFEC, 9/3/00, Par p.18)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "In the Heat of
the Night" starred Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It was later made
into a TV series (1988-1994). It won an Oscar for best picture. Rod
Steiger won an Oscar for his role. In 2002 it was added to the
National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/10/96, p.D2)(SFEC, 3/23/97, DB
p.38)(SFEC, 1/4/98, Par. p.18)(SFEC, 11/1/98, Par p.18)(SFC,
12/19/02, p.E12)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "In Like Flint"
starred James Coburn.
   (SFC, 11/20/02, p.D3)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film noir "Le
Samourai" was produced with Alain Delan.
   (SFC, 2/28/97, p.D3)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The Western film "Lonesome
Cowboys" was produced.
   (SFEM, 6/27/99, p.6)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Manner of
Innocence" starred Hayley Mills.
   (SFEC, 6/4/00, Par p.26)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Mummy’s
Shroud" was a British Hammer Film production.
   (SFEC, 12/15/96, DB p.67)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Naked Runner"
starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Navajo Joe"
starred Burt Reynolds.
   (SFEC, 2/15/98, Par p.22)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Night of the
Generals” starred Omar Sharif and was directed by Anatole Litvak.
   (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062038/)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pitch People"
featured Ed McMahon.
   (SFEC, 9/3/00, Par p.18)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Playtime"
was directed by Jacques Tati.
   (WSJ, 8/1/00, p.A20)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â John Boorman’s thriller
film "Point Blank" with Angie Dickinson, Lee Marvin and Carroll
O'Connor was produced. It was remade in 1999 as "Playback."
   (SFC, 9/12/96, p.E3)(SFC, 11/21/96, p.C3)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"Portrait of Jason" was about a black homosexual hustler and made by
Shirley Clarke (d.1997 at 72).
   (SFC, 9/25/97, p.B2)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The President’s
Analyst" starred James Coburn.
   (SFC, 11/20/02, p.D3)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The Russian film "Prisoner
of Caucasus" starred Georgy Vitsin (d.2001 at 83) and was directed
by Leonid Gaidai.
   (SFC, 10/25/01, p.A25)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Reluctant
Astronaut" starred Don Knotts.
   (SSFC, 2/26/06, p.B7)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Romeo and
Juliet" had its screen set designed by Renzo Mongiardino. It was
directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starred Leonard Whiting and Olivia
Hussey.
   (SFC, 2/3/98, p.A15)(TVM, 1975, p.485)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rosie" starred
Vanessa Brown.
   (SFC, 5/24/99, p.C4)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Sailor from
Gibraltar" starred Jeanne Moreau and was directed by Tony
Richardson.
   (SFEC, 3/12/00, p.D5)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The St.
Valentine’s Day Massacre" starred Jason Robards as al Capone. It was
directed by Roger Corman.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)(SSFC, 1/7/01, DB p.42)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Three Faces
of Eve" was written and produced by Margaret Fowler (d.2003 at 82).
Joanne Woodward won a best actress Oscar for her performance.
   (SFC, 7/24/03, p.A22)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" starred Mary Tyler Moore and Julie
Andrews. Richard Morris wrote the screenplay and George Roy Hill
directed. Elmer Bernstein (d.2004) received an Academy Award for his
score.
   (SFEC, 1/30/00, Par. p.14)(WSJ, 4/24/02,
p.D9)(SFC, 8/20/04, p.B6)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Titicut Follies”
was directed by Frederick Wiseman. It was banned by the
Massachusetts Supreme Court for its stark portrayal of inmate
conditions in Bridgewater, Mass.
   (WSJ, 11/11/06, p.P2)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tony Rome"
starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "To Sir With
Love" starred Sidney Poitier.
   (SFEC, 11/1/98, Par p.18)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Two for the
Road" starred Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney.
   (SFEC, 8/22/99, DB p.37)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Valley of the
Dolls" with Barbara Parkins, Sharon Tate and Susan Hayword was
released. Hayword replaced Judy Garland who was fired from the
picture.
   (SFEM, 7/13/97, p.6)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Wait Until Dark"
with Audrey Hepburn, Richard Crenna and Alan Arkin. It was directed
by Terence Young and based on a 1966 play by Frederick Knott. Mel
Ferrer produced the film.
   (TVM, 1975, p.629)(WSJ, 4/8/98, p.A20)(SFC,
6/4/08, p.B11)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The 6 hour 40 min. Russian
film "War and Peace" was directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, who also
played Pierre.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)(SFC,12/24/97, p.C1)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The 2* film "The War
Wagon" starred John Wayne and Kirk Douglas and was directed by Burt
Kennedy (d.2001 at 78).
   (TVM, 1975, p.633)(SFC, 2/17/01, p.A24)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Way West"
featured Stubby Kaye and starred Robert Mitchum. It was directed by
Andrew McLaglen.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFC,12/16/97, p.B4)(SFC,
9/5/14, p.D4)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Weekend" was
directed by Jean-Luc Godard and depicted consumer greed turned to
anarchy.
   (SFC, 12/9/00, p.B5)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Welcome to Hard
Times" with Henry Fonda was produced.
   (SFC, 7/11/97, p.E2)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The French musical film
"Young Girls of Rochefort" was directed by Jacques Demy. It starred
Catherine Deneuve and Gene Kelly in his last major dance role. It
was restored and released again in 1998.
   (SFC, 8/18/98, p.D4)(SFC, 9/18/98, p.C3)(SFC,
12/30/99, p.E3)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â Sean Connery starred in
the James Bond movie "You Only Live Twice." World wide receipts
totaled $112 mil.  Â
   (WSJ, 11/7/95, p. A1)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “You’re a Big Boy
Now” was directed by Francis Ford Coppola (27).
   (SSFC, 5/7/17, DB p.54)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â Andy Warhol’s film "****"
showed once in its 25-hour form in New York.
   (SFEC, 1/26/97 Par, p.16)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â Kevin Brownlow published
"The Parade's Gone By," a history of the American silent film.
   (SFEC, 1/30/00, DB p.42)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â Alfred Hitchcock won the
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
   (SSFC, 3/25/01, DB p.51)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 2, The influential
science-fiction film "2001: A Space Odyssey," produced and directed
by Stanley Kubrick, had its world premiere in Washington.
   (AP, 4/2/08)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 10, In the 40th
Academy Awards "Heat of the Night," Rod Steiger & Katharine
Hepburn won.
   (MC, 4/10/02)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â Nov 1, The Motion Picture
Association of America unveiled its new voluntary film rating
system: G for general audiences, M for mature audiences (later
changed to GP, then PG), R for restricted audiences, and X (later
changed to NC-17) for adults only.
   (AP, 11/1/08)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The British-French film
"Adieu l'Ami" (Farewell Friend) starred Charles Bronson.
   (SFC, 9/1/03, p.A2)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Anzio" starred
Robert Mitchum.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bandolero"
starred Jimmy Stewart.
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Barbarella"
starred Jane Fonda, David Hemmings and John Phillip Law. It was
directed by Roger Vadim and featured the evil scientist Duran Duran.
   (SFEC, 9/8/96, DB p.11)(SFC, 11/16/96, p.E4)
1968 Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Battle of
Britain" with Michael Caine was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, Par p.16)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Bed" was
directed by James Broughton.
   (SFC, 6/24/99, p.E3)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Blackbeard's
Ghost" was produced.
   (SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Boom" starred
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton and was directed by Joseph Losey
and was an adaptation of Tennessee Williams.
   (SFC, 1/30/98, p.E17)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Boston
Strangler" starred Henry Fonda and Tony Curtis.
   (SFC, 9/5/00, p.A24)(SSFC, 12/15/02, Par p.26)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â Francois Truffaut produced
his film "The Bride Wore Black" based on the Cornell Woolrich novel
published under the pseudonym William Irish.
   (WSJ, 4/19/96, p.A11)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The 3 1/2* film
"Bullitt"Â with Steve McQueen and Jacqueline Bisset was
directed by Peter Yates. It had been shot in the SF Bay Area and was
based on a book by Alan Trustman. In 2001 it was rated the #36 most
thrilling film. In 2007 it was added as a classic to the American
national registry.
   (SFEC, 8/11/96, DB, p.39)(A.Com, 1/25/98)(SFC,
2/20/98, p.C13)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)(SFC, 12/28/07, p.E3)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Candy" starred
Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The German film “The
Castle” starred Maximilian Schell. It was based on the novel by
Franz Kafka.
   (SSFC, 2/2/14,
p.C5)(www.imdb.com/title/tt0073345/)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Charge of the
Light Brigade" starred David Hemmings."
   (SFC, 12/5/03, p.A27)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â Albert Broccoli produced
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," a film based on an Ian Fleming children’s
story.
   (WP, 6/29/96, p.B6)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Coogan’s Bluff"
starred Clint Eastwood and was directed by Don Siegel. Dean Riesner
wrote the screenplay.
   (SFC, 9/3/02, p.A20)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Countdown"
starred Robert Duvall and was directed by Robert Altman.
   (SFEC, 8/16/98, Par p.16)(SFC, 11/22/06, p.A14)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"Czechoslovakia 1968" was a 20-minute production by the US
Information Agency.
   (SFC,11/21/97, p.C17)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â Yuri Nikulin (1921-1997)
starred in the Russian comedy film "Diamond Arm" as a mild-mannered
man caught in a diamond smuggling scheme.
   (SFC, 8/22/97, p.A24)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Detective"
starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "The
Devil Rides Out" was produced. The score was by James Bernard.
   (SFC, 7/18/01, p.C16)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The Polish film "The Doll"
was directed by Wojciech Has.
   (SFC, 10/4/00, p.B2)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Don't Just Stand
There" starred Mary Tyler Moore.
   (SFEC, 1/30/00, Par. p.14)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The Polish film
"Everything for Sale" was directed by Andrzej Wajda.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.44)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Faces" was
directed by John Cassavetes.
   (SFEC, 4/11/99, DB p.38)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Fade In" was an
Alan Smithee production.
   (SFC, 2/26/98, p.E4)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Finian’s
Rainbow" was produced.
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Stewart starred in
the film "Firecreek."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Fireman’s
Ball" was directed by Milos Forman and featured in the SF film
festival.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.42)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "5 Card Stud"
starred Robert Mitchum.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Fixer"
starred Alan Bates and Dirk Bogarde. The screenplay was by Dalton
Trumbo.
   (SFC, 12/29/03, p.A12)(SFC, 3/3/05, p.E3)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Flesh" starred
Joe Dallesandro.
   (SFC, 7/28/97, p.E3)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Funny
Girl" was produced by Ray Stark. It starred Barbra Streisand and was
based on the life of Broadway singer Fanny Brice, Stark's
mother-in-law. Oamr Sharif played the Jewish gambler Nick Arnstein.
   (SFC, 12/29/96, DB p.39)(SSFC, 1/18/04,
p.A14)(SFC, 7/11/15, p.A3)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Green
Berets" starred John Wayne as US Army Captain Larry Thorne, killed
when his helicopter was downed during a special forces mission in
Vietnam in 1965.
   (SFEC, 8/2/98, Z1 p.6)(SFC, 5/29/99, p.A14)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Head" featured
The Monkeys musical group. It was written by Bob Rafelson and Jack
Nicholson.
   (WSJ, 1/9/97, p.A8)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Hellfighter”
starred John Wayne. It was based on the life of oil field
firefighter Paul N. Adair (d.2004).
   (SFC, 8/9/04, p.B6)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hell in the
Pacific" was directed by John Boorman.
   (SFEC, 7/5/98, DB p.44)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film "High
School" was directed by Frederick Wiseman. It was later selected as
a Library of Congress film classic.
   (SFC, 1/21/98, p.E1,6)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The animated Disney film
"The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit" was produced.
   (SFC, 3/27/01, p.A18)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hot Millions"
starred Peter Ustinov and Bob Newhart.
   (SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)(SSFC, 7/17/05, Par p.14)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "How to Save a
Marriage (and Ruin Your Life)" starred Dean Martin, Stella Stevens
and Eli Wallach.
   (SSFC, 6/28/03, p.A31)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ice Station
Zebra" featured Jim Brown, Tony Bill and Patrick McGoohan.
   (SFEC, 1/26/97 Par, p.5)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Isadora" starred
Jason Robards and Vanessa Redgrave. It was directed by Karel Reisz.
The long film was cut from 168 minutes to 131 and re-released as
"The Loves of Isadora."
   (WSJ, 2/20/98, p.A16)(SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Je t'aime, je
t'aime" was directed by Alain Resnais.
   (SFC, 4/26/99, p.E8)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lady in Cement"
starred Frank Sinatra.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Lion in
Winter" starred Anthony Quinn, Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn.
It was directed by Anthony Harvey with the screenplay by James
Goldman (d.1998 at 71). It was based on Goldman’s Broadway play.
   (SFC, 10/30/98, p.D4)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Live A Little,
Love A Little" with Elvis Presley was produced.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lonesome
Cowboys" starred Joe Dallesandro Taylor Mead and Viva. It was
directed by Andy Warhol and monitored by the FBI.
   (SFC, 7/7/99, p.E3)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Madigan” by Don
Siegel introduced Detective Sgt. Daniel Madigan played by Richard
Widmark.
   (SFC, 3/27/08, p.A2)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Mayerling”
starred Omar Sharif and was directed by Terence Young.
   (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064645/)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Me and My
Brother" was completed by Peter Orlovsky, the companion of Allen
Ginsberg. It was begun in 1965 and was about Peter's mentally ill
brother, Julius. It was shown at the 1998 SF film festival and Peter
received the Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award.
   (SFC, 4/29/98, p.E3)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â Cuban film director Tomas
Gutierrez Alea produced his film "Memories of Underdevelopment"
(Memorias del Subdesarrollo).
   (SFC, 9/24/96, p.E3)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Monterey Pop"
was directed by D.A. Pennebaker. It featured Jimi Hendrix, Country
Joe and the Fish, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the
Jefferson Airplane.
   (SFEC, 6/28/98, DB p.54)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Night of the
Living Dead" was made for $114,000 by George A. Romero. He made
another version in 1990. The cult horror movie "Night of the Living
Dead" had its world premiere in Pittsburgh Oct 1. It was added to
the National Registry of films in 1999.
   (SFC, 5/23/97, p.C11)(SFC,10/29/97, p.E3)(AP,
10/1/98)(SFC, 11/18/99, p.E10)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Night They
Raided Minsky’s" starred Jason Robards.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "No Way To Treat
a Lady" starred Rod Steiger.
   (SFEC, 1/4/98, Par. p.18)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Odd Couple" with
Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon was produced.
   (SFC, 9/5/96, p.B2)(SFEC, 4/5/98, Par p.22)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Omega
Imperative" was an Alan Smithee production.
   (SFC, 2/26/98, p.E4)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Once Upon a Time
in the West" starred Charles Bronson and was directed by Sergio
Leone.
   (SFC, 9/1/03, p.A2)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Paper Lion"
starred Alan Alda, Roy Schneider and Lauren Hutton. It was based on
the 1966 book by George Plimpton (1927-2003).
   (SFEC, 1/31/99, Par p.14)(SFEC, 10/24/99, Par
p.18)(SFC, 9/27/03, p.A2)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Petulia" starred
George C. Scott and Julie Christie. David Hicks (d.1998 at 69)
served as the set design consultant.
   (SFEC, 2/1/98, DB p.34)(SFC, 4/2/98, p.A23)(SFC,
9/24/99, p.D2)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film "The
Planet of the Apes" starred Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter. In 1998
James Cameron planned a remake.
   (NH, 11/96, p.12)(SFC, 1/8/98, p.E4)(SFC,
9/12/02, p.A26)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Play Dirty"
starred Michael Caine and was directed by Andre de Toth.
   (SFC, 11/1/02, p.A28)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pretty Poison"
with Tuesday Weld was directed by Noel Black.
   (WSJ, 8/1/97, p.A12)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Private Navy
of Sergeant O'Farrell" featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Producers"
was ranked 11th most funny film in 2000. It starred Dick Shawn
(d.1987).
   (SFC, 6/15/00, p.E3)(SSFC, 8/12/01, Par p.2)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Rachel Rachel”
featured Geraldine Fitzgerald and was directed by Paul Newman.
   (SFC, 7/20/05, p.B7)(SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Revolution," a
"definitive hippie documentary," by Jack O’Connell was produced. It
opened at the Straight Theater on Haight St. in San Francisco.
   (SFC, 7/3/96, p.E4)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Right On! The
Original Last Poets" was made by Herbert Danska. It was not released
until 1970.
   (SFEM, 5/9/99, p.6)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film "The
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" was made by William Shirer.
   (WSJ, 11/8/99, p.A48)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Romeo and
Juliet" with Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey was directed by
Franco Zeffirelli.
   (SFC, 2/14/97, p.D5)(SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â Roman Polanski made his
film "Rosemary’s Baby" with Mia Farrow as a naive young wife from
Omaha who is impregnated by Satan. John Cassavetes played her
treacherous actor-husband. In 2001 it was rated the #9 most
thrilling film. Ruth Gordon won an Oscar for Best Supporting
Actress.
   (WSJ, 1/12/95, A14)(WSJ, 8/29/97, p.A9)(SFC,
6/14/01, p.E5)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The
Scalphunters" starred Ossie Davis and was directed by Sydney Pollack
(1934-2008).
   (SFEC, 10/20/96, Par, p.24)(SFC, 5/27/08, p.A2)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Secret War
of Harry Frigg" starred Paul Newman.
   (SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Sergeant”
starred Rod Steiger and John Philip Law. Dennis Murphy wrote the
screenplay based on his 1958 novel.
   (SFC, 10/11/05, p.B9)(SFC, 5/16/08, p.B11)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sebastian" was
directed by David Greene.
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)(SFC, 4/9/03, p.A30)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Secret Ceremony"
starred Robert Mitchum.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Secret Life
of an American Wife" starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Shalako" starred
Sean Connery in a western based on a story by Louis L’Amour.
   (SFEC, 6/28/98, DB p.55)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The Russian film "The
Shield and the Sword," covered the exchange of Soviet undercover
agent Rudolf Abel convicted in the US for downed American spy plane
pilot Francis Gary Powers. Russian President Vladimir Putin later
said the film inspired him to join the KGB.
   (AP, 6/21/17)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Shoes of a
Fisherman" starred Anthony Quinn.
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, DB p.54)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Skidoo" with
Jackie Gleason was shot in part in South San Francisco.
   (PI, 3/21/98, p.5)(SFC, 10/10/02, p.D9)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Speedway"
starred Elvis Presley and Nancy Sinatra.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Star!"
was produced. It was a flop.
   (SFC, 3/25/97, p.A15)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Stay Away, Joe"
with Elvis Presley and Joan Blondell was produced.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Stolen Kisses"
starred Leaud, Delphine Seyrig and Jade and was directed by Francois
Truffaut.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.53)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Subject Was
Roses" starred Patricia Neal, Martin Sheen, Jack Albertson.
   (SFEC, 4/4/99, DB p.39)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Swimmer"
starred Burt Lancaster, who hops his way across the pools of
Fairfield County, Conn.
   (WSJ, 5/8/98, p.W1)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Take the Money
and Run" was directed by Woody Allen.
   (SFEC, 5/25/97, BR p.5)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The animated short "Thank
You Mask Man" was made by Jeff Hale.
   (SFC,11/15/97, p.C6)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The 3* film "The Thomas
Crown Affair" starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway and was based
on a book by Alan Trustman. It was directed by Norman Jewison.
   (A.Com, 1/25/98)(TVM, 1975, p.585)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Three in the
Attic” starred Christopher Jones (1941-2014) and Yvette Mimieux.
   (SFC, 2/10/14, p.C6)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The $10 million film
"2001: A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick was produced. It was
based on the book, The Sentinel, by Arthur C. Clarke. It was later
selected as a Library of Congress film classic. It was rated #22 by
the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. In 2001 it was rated the #40 most
thrilling film.
   (TL, 1988, p.117)(Wired, 3/97, p.163)(SFC,
1/21/98, p.E1,6)(WSJ, 3/19/98, p.R4)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC,
6/14/01, p.E5)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Villa Rides"
starred Robert Mitchum.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Virgin
President" featured Severn Darden, Peter Boyle and the Second City
Group.
   (SFC, 7/7/96, DB p.28)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "War and Peace"
starred Sergei Bondarchuk, who also directed the 6 1/2 hour work
based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
   (SFEC, 8/22/99, DB p.37)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Who’s That
Knocking at My Door" was a first effort by martin Scorsese. It was
filmed in New York’s Little Italy. It starred Harvey Keitel and Zina
Bethune.
   (SFEC, 11/22/98, DB p.54)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Wild in the
Streets” starred Christopher Jones (1941-2014).
   (SFC, 2/10/14, p.C6)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Why Man Creates"
was produced. In 2002 it was added to the National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/19/02, p.E12)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â Disney’s animated film
“Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day,” featured the voice of Paul
Winchell (1922-2005).
   (SFC, 6/27/05, p.A2)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "With Six You Get
Eggroll" starred Doris Day and featured comedian George Carlin.
   (SFC, 11/29/97, p.C1)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Yellow Submarine
from England" was directed by George Dunning.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.44)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Young Runaways"
starred Patty McCormack.
   (SFEC, 7/11/99, DB p.44)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Yours, Mine and
Ours" starred Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda. It was based on the true
story of Helen Eileen Beardsley (d.2000 at 70), mother of 20
children, and her 1964 book "Who Gets the Drumstick.".
   (SFC, 4/29/00, p.A26)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 14, In the 41st
Academy Awards "Oliver" won as best picture, Cliff Robertson won as
best actor (Charly), Katherine Hepburn tied as best actress (Lion in
Winter) with Barbara Streisand (Funny Girl).
  Â
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41st_Academy_Awards)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â May 8, The Academy Award
Oscar for best 1968 documentary was given to runner-up “Journey Into
Self,” after it was found that “Young Americans,” the original
winner had been shown in a theater in October, 1967, making it
ineligible for the 1968 award. Alex Grasshoff had directed the
“Young Americans,” a chronicle of a summer tour by the singing
group.
   (SFC, 4/22/08,
p.B5)(http://theoscarsite.com/pictures1968/journeyintoself.htm)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â May 25, "Midnight Cowboy"
was released with an X rating. It was based on the novel by James
Leo Herlihy and became the only x-rated film to win an Oscar.
   (www.nndb.com/films/794/000032698/)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â Arthur Penn directed the
film "Alice’s Restaurant" with Arlo Guthrie as Arlo Guthrie.
   (SFC, 4/14/96, EM, p.25)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Alfred the
Great" starred David Hemmings."
   (SFC, 12/5/03, p.A27)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The Brazilian film
"Antonio da Mortes" was directed by Glauber Rocha.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.44)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Arrangement"
starred Kirk Douglas, Deborah Kerr (1921-2007) and Faye Dunaway. It
was directed by Elia Kazan.
   (SFC, 2/18/02, p.403)(SFC, 10/19/07, p.A11)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Big Bounce"
starred Ryan O’Neal.
   (TVM, 1975, p.44)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bob & Carol
& Ted & Alice" with Dyan Cannon depicted a story of
wife-swapping.
   (SFC, 6/23/96, BR, p.32)(SFEC, 7/13/97, DB p.55)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Bridge at
Remagen" with E.G. Marshall was produced.
   (SFC, 10/12/97, Par p.22)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid" starred Paul Newman and was directed by George
Roy Hill. It was rated #50 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
   (USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 12/28/02, p.A2)(SSFC,
9/28/08, p.A16)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cactus Flower"
starred Goldie Hawn and Walter Matthau. Hawn won an Oscar for best
supporting actress in her debut role.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Castle Keep” was
directed by Sydney Pollack.
   (SFC, 5/27/08, p.A2)(
www.filmreference.com/Directors-Pe-Ri/Pollack-Sydney.html)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Chairman"
starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Change of Habit"
starred Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair and Elvis Presley.
   (SFEC, 1/30/00, Par. p.14)(SFC, 2/6/07, p.B5)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The US film “Che” starred
Omar Sharif (1932-2015). The radical chic exploitation flick, a
portrayal of guerrilla leader Che Guevara, was aimed at the youth
market.
  Â
(www.progressive.org/news/2014/10/187879/top-ten-che-guevara-films)(SFC,
7/11/15, p.A3)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Coming Apart"
starred Rip Torn and Sally Kirkland and was directed by Milton
Ginsberg. It was about a psychiatrist's voyeuristic experiment and
was re-released in a new print in 1999.
   (SFC, 7/5/99, p.B3)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The New Wave in Iranian
film was begun by Dariush Mehrjui with "The Cow." It was about a
poor village that loses its only cow.
   (SFEC, 4/23/00, DB p.52)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Damned"
starred Charlotte Rampling.
   (SSFC, 4/29/01, Par p.15)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Death of a
Gunfighter" was an Alan Smithee production. It had 2 directors,
neither of whom wanted to be associated with the film, so the
Directors Guild of America came up with the Alan Smithee pseudonym.
   (SFC, 2/26/98, p.E4)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Death Rides a
Horse" starred Lee Van Cleef and John Philip Law. Giulio Petroni
directed this spaghetti Western with a score of by Ennio Morricone.
   (SFC, 7/7/99, p.E3)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dillinger Is
Dead" by Italian director Marco Ferreri was produced.
   (SFC, 5/10/97, p.A20)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dragnet" was
directed by and starred Jack Webb.
   (TVM, 1975, p.152)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â Peter Fonda and Dennis
Hopper produced and starred in "Easy Rider" on a budget of $400,000.
Later the two actors fought in a lawsuit over recognition and credit
for their individual roles in the film which was made without a
written contract. It was rated #88 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
It was named a Library of Congress Classic in 1998.
   (WSJ, 2/9/96, p.A1)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC,
11/30/98, p.D3)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "La Femme Douce"
was directed by Robert Bresson.
   (SFC, 12/22/99, p.A27)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "First Time"
starred Jacqueline Bisset and was produced by Allan Carr.
   (SFC, 6/30/99, p.C2)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Goodbye
Mr. Chips" starred John Mills and Peter O’Toole. It was directed by
Herbert Ross (d.2001). The filmscript was written by Terence
Rattigan.
   (SFC, 6/23/97, p.E3)(SFC, 10/13/01, p.A16)(SFC,
12/16/13, p.A4)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "The Good Guys and the Bad Guys."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Great Bank
Robbery” starred Zero Mostel, Kim Novak, Ruth Warrick (1916-2005),
and Clint Walker. It was directed by Hy Averback.
   (MoTV, 1977, p.286)(SFC, 1/19/05, p.B7)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hamlet" starred
Anthony Hopkins and Marianne Faithfull and was directed by Tony
Richardson. It was a version of his London theater production.
   (SFEC, 5/23/99, DB p.58)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hang Your Hat on
the Wind" was produced by Lawrence Lansburgh (d.2001 at 89).
   (SFC, 3/27/01, p.A18)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Hello
Dolly" starred Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau.
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, DB p.54)(SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "How to Commit
Marriage" featured Bob Hope.
   (SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Italian Job”
starred Michael Caine and Noel Coward. The crime fable was set in
Turin, Italy.
   (SFC, 2/11/06, p.E10)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "John and Mary"
starred Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow.
   (SFC,11/14/97, p.C18)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Krakatoa, East
of Java" was produced. The screenplay was by Philip Yordan. The
volcano is actually west of Java.
   (SSFC, 4/6/03, p.A23)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The Russian film "Krasnaya
palatka" (1969), starring Sean Connery, detailed the 1928 Nobile
expedition and attempted rescue. This movie was released in North
America under the title "The Red Tent."
   (www.imdb.com/title/tt0067315/)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Looking
Glass War” starred Christopher Jones (1941-2014). It was based on a
novel by John le Carre.
   (SFC, 2/10/14, p.C6)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Love Bug"
was produced.
   (SFC, 7/8/98, p.D5)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "MacKenna’s Gold"
starred Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, Par p.18)(SFC, 7/11/15, p.A3)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Mad Woman of
Chaillot" starred Katharine Hepburn.
   (SFC, 6/30/03, p.A11)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Marlowe" starred
James Garner with a brief appearance by Bruce Lee.
   (SFC, 11/8/00, p.D3)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Marooned"
starred Gregory Peck and Richard Crenna. It was based on a book by
Martin Caidin and the film won an Oscar for special effects.
   (SFC, 3/26/97, p.C3)(SFC, 1/20/03, p.B4)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Medium Cool"
starred Robert Forster and Verna Bloom. It was directed by Haskell
Wexler (1922-2015) and set during the Chicago Convention riots of
1968. It was about a TV cameraman who falls in love with a Virginia
schoolteacher.
   (SFEC, 9/6/98, DB p.52)(SFC, 12/30/15, p.D5)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Me, Natalie"
featured Philip Sterling (d.1998 at 76) and introduced Al Pacino.
   (SFC, 12/7/98, p.A25)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Midnight
Cowboy" starred Dustin Hoffman and John Voight. It was rated #36 by
the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. It won best picture and John
Schlesinger won an Oscar for his direction.
   (SFC, 5/9/96, p.A1)(SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)(USAT,
6/17/98, p.9D)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mississippi
Mermaid" starred Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve and was
directed by Francois Truffaut.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.53)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Monte Carlo Or
Bust" with Willie Rushton (1937-1996) was produced.
   (SFC, 12/12/96, p.C8)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "Oliver!"
was directed by Carol Reed and won the best picture Oscar.
   (SFEC, 3/14/99, DB p.36)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Once Upon a Time
in the West" starred Jason Robards, Henry Fonda and Claudia
Cardinale and was directed by Sergio Leone.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)(SSFC, 1/7/01, DB p.42)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â George Lazenby starred in
the James Bond movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." World wide
receipts totaled $65 mil.  Â
   (WSJ, 11/7/95, p. A1)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Partner" starred
Pierre Clementi and was directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. It was
based on Dostoyevsky's story "The Double."
   (SFEC, 6/13/99, DB p.54)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â San Francisco's hardcore
pioneer director/producer Alex de Renzy, in his directorial debut
with reputed sexologists Phyllis and Eberhard Kronhausen, conducted
interviews with uninhibited Danes, along with closeups of every
detail of conventional sexual intercourse and depictions of
lesbianism, fellatio, and cunnilingus. A 90-minute version screened
in San Francisco was later confiscated and the film was banned in a
number of states. In the wake of the landmark decision in People v.
Alex de Renzy the documentary film “Pornography in Denmark” went
into wide release.
   (www.filmsite.org/sexinfilms21.html)(SFC,
7/12/11, p.E1)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Prime of
Miss Jean Brodie" featured a nude sitting.
   (SFC, 1/3/98, p.C7)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film
"Qeimada" starred Marlon Brando in a tale against colonialism. It
was directed by Gillo Pontecorvo (1919-2006).Â
   (AP, 10/13/06)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rain People"
starred James Caan.
   (SSFC, 10/11/03, Par p.16)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Tom, Tom the
Piper’s Son” was produced. In 2007 it was added as a classic to the
American national registry.
   (www.imdb.com/title/tt0378889/)(SFC, 12/28/07,
p.E3)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Topaz” was
directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was based on a best-seller by Leon
Uris.
  Â
(www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=109452)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film
"Satyricon" was directed by Federico Fellini with music by Nino
Rota. It was based on a satiric novel by Petronius Arbiter.
   (SFC, 3/5/01, p.E3)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Savage Land"
starred George C. Scott.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Secret of Santa
Vittoria" starred Anthony Quinn. It was directed by Stanley Kramer
and based on the book by Robert Crichton
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)(TVM, 1975, p.504)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Stalking
Moon" starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sterile Cuckoo"
with Liza Minnelli was produced. It was directed by Alan Pakula.
   (SFEC, 1/26/97 Par, p.22)(SFC, 11/20/98, p.C10)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â Marcello Mastroianni
(1924-1996), Italian actor, starred in "Sunflowers."
   (SFC, 12/20/96, p.A4)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Support Your
Local Sheriff" starred Jack Elam and James Garner.
   (SFC, 10/23/03, p.A22)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Sweet
Charity" featured Stubby Kaye and Shirley MacLaine. It was the
directorial debut of Bob Fosse.
   (SFC,12/16/97, p.B4)(SFEC, 11/8/98, DB p.40)
1968Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "That Cold Day in
the Park" was directed by Robert Altman.
   (SFC, 11/22/06, p.A14)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Trouble With
Girls" with Elvis Presley and Marilyn Mason was produced.
   (SFEC, 8/3/97, DB p.35)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The John Wayne film "True
Grit" was produced. It won an Oscar for best picture and Wayne won
an Oscar for Best Actor.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film “Una
Storia d’Amore” featured American opera star Anna Moffo (1932-2006)
in what appeared to be a nude scene.
   (SSFC, 3/12/06, p.B7)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Undefeated"
starred John Wayne, Rock Hudson and Marian McCargo Bell (d.2004). It
was directed by Andrew McLaglen.
   (MoTV, 1977, p.759)(SFC, 4/10/04, p.B7)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Valley of
Gwangi” was produced. Ray Harryhausen (b.1920) was responsible for
the special effects.
   (SFC, 2/27/08, p.E5)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Viva Max"
featured Peter Ustinov.
   (MoTV, 1977, p.770)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Walk With Love
and Death" was directed by John Huston and starred his daughter
Anjelica Huston (17).
   (SFEC,11/23/97, DB p.56)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The 3 1/2* film "The Wild
Bunch" was directed by Sam Peckinpah. It starred William Holden,
Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O’Brian, Ben Johnson, Warren
Oates, Jaime Sanchez, Strother Martin and L.Q. Jones. It was about a
1913 gang, hired by a renegade Mexican Gen'l., out for one last
fling. It was rated #80 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. It was
added to the National Registry of films in 1999.
   (TVM, 1975, p.648)(SFC, 1/30/98, p.E17)(USAT,
6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 11/18/99, p.E10)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Wild Child"
was directed by Francois Truffaut. He also acted in the film.
   (WSJ, 7/11/97, p.A12)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Winning" starred
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. It was directed by James Goldstone.
   (TVM, 1975, p.652)(SFC, 11/8/99, p.C2)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Women in Love"
starred Alan Bates and Glenda Jackson and was directed by Ken
Russell (1927-2011). It was based on the novel by D.H. Lawrence.
Glenda Jackson won a best actress Academy Award for her role.Â
   (TVM, 1975, p.65)(SFC, 7/30/99, p.D4)(SFC,
11/29/11, p.C5)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Young Billy
Young" starred Robert Mitchum, Robert Walker and Angie Dickinson.
   (SFEC, 6/28/98, DB p.55)(SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Z" starred Irene
Papas and Yves Montand and was directed by Constantin Costa-Gavras
and featured in the SF film festival.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.42)(SFC,11/6/97, p.E1)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Zabriskie Point"
starred Daria Halprin and Mark Frachette was directed by
Michelangelo Antonioni. The music was by guitarist John Fahey
(d.2001 at 61).
   (SFEC, 1/17/99, DB p.43)
Go to http://www.timelinesdb.com
Subject = Film, Filmstar
Films 1970-xxxx
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â Jan 25, The Robert Altman
film "M*A*S*H" premiered in NYC.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MASH_(film))
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â Jan 27, Movie rating
system modified "M" rating to "PG."
   (www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2006/01/)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 7, In the 42nd Academy
Awards "Midnight Cowboy," John Wayne and Maggie Smith won.
   (MC, 4/7/02)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â May 20, The Beatles movie
"Let it Be" premiered in Britain.
   (www.imdb.com/title/tt0065976/)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â Jun 24, The film
"Catch-22," directed by Mike Nichols, opened. It was based on the
novel by Joseph Heller.
   (SFEC, 7/5/98, DB
p.44)(www.imdb.com/title/tt0065528/)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â Dec 25, Federico Fellini’s
“The Clowns,” part documentary and part fantasy, was released in
Italy for television and the next day as a film.
   (SFC, 1/12/15, p.A6)(TVM, 1977, p.139)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Adam at 6 a.m."
starred Michael Douglas.
   (SSFC, 4/6/03, Par p.24)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Airport" starred
Maureen Stapleton. It was one of the three top grossing films of the
year. Gross revenues for the year were $1,429 million with 920.6
million admissions and the average ticket price was $1.55.
   (WSJ, 4/24/95, p.R-5)(SFC, 3/14/06, p.B5)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The British Monty Python
film "And Now for Something Completely Different" was produced. [see
1971]
   (SFC, 6/3/98, p.E3)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Anne of a
Thousand Days" starred Richard Burton and John Colicos (d.2000 at
71).
   (SFC, 3/8/00, p.C8)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Ballad of
Cable Hogue" starred Jason Robards.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bed and Board"
starred Leaud and Claude Jade and was directed by Francois Truffaut.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.53)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Beneath the
Planet of the Apes" starred Kim Hunter.
   (SFC, 9/12/02, p.A26)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Boys in the
Band" starred Robert Latourneaux and was directed by William
Fridekin and adopted from a play by Mart Crowley. It was the first
mainstream work to deal with homosexuality.
   (SFEC, 1/3/99, DB p.38)(SFC, 1/15/99, p.D4)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Brand X" was a
quiz show spoof.
   (SFC, 7/28/97, p.E3)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Brewster
McCloud" was directed by Robert Altman.
   (SFC, 11/22/06, p.A14)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Brother Sun,
Sister Moon" was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and shot in Assisi,
Italy. Its screen set was designed by Renzo Mongiardino.
   (SFEC, 9/28/97, p.A21)(SFC, 2/3/98, p.A15)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "C.C. and
Company" starred Ann-Margret and Joe Namath and was produced by
Allan Carr.
   (SFC, 6/30/99, p.C2)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â James Stewart starred in
the film "The Cheyenne Social Club."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The biopic film "The
Christine Jorgensen Story" starred John Hansen as the first male to
undergo a sex change in 1952.
   (SFEC, 9/7/97, DB p.43)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Cockeyed
Cowboys of Calico County" featured Stubby Kaye.
   (SFC,12/16/97, p.B4)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Connecting
Rooms" starred Bette Davis as a cellist. Her playing was done by
stand-in celebrated cellist Amaryllis Fleming (d.1999 at 73)
   (SFC, 7/31/99, p.A17)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cotton Comes to
Harlem" starred Godfrey Cambridge. It was based on the 1965 crime
novel by Chester Himes.
   (SFC, 5/9/03, p.E7)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cromwell"
starred Richard Harris.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Darling
Lili" starred Julie Andrews.
   (SSFC, 10/17/04, Par p.16)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "David
Copperfield" starred Wendy Hiller.
   (SFC, 5/17/03, p.A16)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Deep” was
directed by Orson Welles.’
   (SFC, 5/5/15, p.E2)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Diary of a Mad
Housewife" starred Carrie Snodgrass (d.2004) and was directed by
Frank Perry.
   (MoTV, 1977, p.191)(SFC, 4/10/04, p.B7)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dirty Dingus
McGee" starred Frank Sinatra and George Kennedy. It was directed by
Burt Kennedy.
   (SFC, 5/16/98, p.E6)(WUD, 1994 p.143)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film "Dodes
ka-den" was directed by Akira Kurosawa.
   (SFC, 9/7/98, p.A21)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Dunwich
Horror” starred Sandra Dee.
   (SFC, 2/21/05, p.A2)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film "The
Emigrants" by Jan Troell starred Max von Sydow.
   (SFEC, 4/20/97, DB p.48)(MoTV, 1977, p.216)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “First Love”
(Erste Liebe) was written, produced and directed by Maximilian
Schell. It was adopted from a novella by Ivan Turgenev.
   (SSFC, 2/2/14,
p.C5)(www.imdb.com/title/tt0065703/)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Events" was
directed by Fred Baker.
   (www.imdb.com/title/tt0210031/)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Five Easy
Pieces" with Jack Nicholson and Karen Black was directed by Bob
Rafelson. Carole Eastman (d.2004) wrote the screenplay.
   (SFC, 12/11/96, p.E5)(SFC, 2/27/04, p.A24)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Fools" starred
Jason Robards.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"Gimme Shelter" by the Maysles Brothers was about the Rolling Stones
1969 American tour and their concert at Altamount. It was directed
by Charlotte Zwerin (d.2004).
   (SFEC, 3/8/98, DB p.47)(SFEC, 6/28/98, DB p.54)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Great White
Hope" starred James Earl Jones as the boxer Jack Jefferson.
   (SSFC, 2/4/01, DB p.67)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Hercules in New
York” starred Arnold Schwarzenegger in his 1st film.
   (SFC, 8/31/04, p.A1)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Honeymoon
Killers" was directed by Leonard Kastle. It was about the serial
killers Martha Beck and Ray Fernandez.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.36)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The German film "How Did a
Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business" was directed by Will
Tremper (e.1998 at 70).
   (SFC, 12/17/98, p.C11)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Husbands"
starred Ben Gazzara and Peter Falk. It was directed by John
Cassavetes.
   (SFC, 4/9/99, p.D5)(TVM, 1975, p.266)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "I love My Wife"
starred Elliot Gould and Brenda Vaccaro was directed by Mel Stuart.
   (SFC, 3/26/98, p.B4)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "I Never Sang for
My Father" starred Gene Hackman.
   (SSFC, 12/30/01, Par p.16)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "I Walk the Line"
starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Jenny” featured
“Marlo Thomas.”
   (SSFC, 11/21/04, Par p.28)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Joe" starred
Peter Boyle and was directed by John Avildsen.
   (SFC, 5/30/03, p.D5)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Julius Caesar"
starred Jason Robards, Charlton Heston, John Gielgud, Robert Vaughn,
Richard Chamberlain and Diana Rigg.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)(SSFC, 1/7/01, DB p.42)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Jusqu'a
la victorie" (Until Victory) was directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
   (SSFC, 1/18/04, p.M4)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Kelly's Heroes"
starred Clint Eastwood and Telly Savalas and was directed by Brian
G. Hutton.
   (TVM, 1975, p.301)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "King: A Filmed
Record… Montgomery to Memphis" was produced and added to the
National Film Registry in 1999.
   (SFC, 11/18/99, p.E10)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Kremlin
Letter" was directed by John Huston and starred Orson Welles. It was
based on a book by Noel Behn (d.1998 at 70).
   (SFC, 8/1/98, p.A19)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Landlord"
starred Hector Elizondo."
   (SSFC, 7/15/01, Par p.18)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Leo the Last"
was directed by John Boorman. It won a best director prize at
Cannes.
   (SFEC, 1/31/99, DB p.50)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film "Let
It Be" was about a Beatles’ recording session. It premiered in
Britain on May 20.
   (SFEC, 3/8/98, DB
p.47)(www.imdb.com/title/tt0065976/)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Liberation
of L.B. Jones featured Fayard Nicholas.
   (SSFC, 1/29/06, p.B7)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Little Big Man"
starred Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway and Chief Dan George.
   (SFC, 11/11/98, p.E7)(SFEC, 8/6/00, Par p.18)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Little Fauss and
Big Halsy" starred Lauren Hutton.
   (SFEC, 10/24/99, Par p.18)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Long Ride from
Hell" starred Steve Reeves (d.2000 at 74). Reeves retired after this
film.
   (SFC, 5/4/00, p.C4)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Love Story”
starred Tommy Lee Jones.
   (SSFC, 1/29/06, Par p.22)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Man Called
Horse" starred Richard Harris.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â "M*A*S*H" was released on
Jan 25. It became one of the three top grossing films of the year.
It was directed by Robert Altman and starred Robert Duvall. It was
rated #56 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
   (WSJ, 4/24/95, p.R-5)(WSJ, 1/16/98, p.A12)(USAT,
6/17/98, p.9D)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Molly
Maguires" starred Richard Harris.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Moonshine
War" starred Richard Widmark and Alan Alda.
   (TVM, 1975, p.387)(SFC, 2/15/02, p.D18)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Move" starring
Elliot Gould and Paula Prentiss was produced by Pandro S.
Berman.
   (SFC, 7/14/96, p.C8)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Multiple
Maniacs" was directed by John Waters.
   (SFEC, 7/2/00, DB p.40)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Multiple
Sidosis" was produced. In 2000 it was selected for preservation in
the National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/28/00, p.D5)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film “The
Music Lovers” was directed by ken Russell. It was about Russian
composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
   (SFC, 11/29/11, p.C5)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "My Night at
Maud's" was produced.
   (SFC, 2/23/99, p.B7)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Myra
Breckenridge" starred Tom Selleck, Racquel Welsh and Mae West.
   (SFEC, 4/19/98, Par p.22)(SSFC, 4/15/01, DB
p.50)(SSFC, 3/17/02, Par p.26)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "On a
Clear Day You Can See Forever" was produced.
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Owl and the
Pussycat" starred George Segal.
   (SFEC, 2/7/99, Par p.26)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Patton" starred
George C. Scott and was directed by Franklin Schaffner. It was one
of the three top grossing films of the year and was rated #89 by the
Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
   (WSJ, 4/24/95, p.R-5)(SFEC, 3/22/98, DB
p.52)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The People Next
Door" with Hal Holbrook was produced.
   (SFEC, 8/10/97, Par p.14)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Performance"
starred Mick Jagger and was directed by Nicolas Roeg and Donald
Cammell.
   (WSJ, 11/6/98, p.W2)(SFEC, 5/2/99, DB p.54)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â Marcello Mastroianni
(1924-1996), Italian actor, starred in "The Pizza Triangle."
   (SFC, 12/20/96, p.A4)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Private Life
of Sherlock Holmes" was directed by Billy Wilder.
   (SFC, 3/29/02, p.A14)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Red Baron”
starred John Philip Law (1937-2008).
   (SFC, 5/16/08, p.B11)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Red Sky at
Morning" starred Richard Thomas, John Colicos and Catherine Burns.
It was directed by James Goldstone (d.1999 at 68). It was based on
the 1968 novel by Richard Bradford (d.2002 at 70).
   (TVM, 1975, p.470)(SFC, 11/8/99, p.C2)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â German film director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder made "Rio das Mortes."
   (SFC, 7/1/97, p.E5)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "R.P.M." starred
Anthony Quinn and Ann-Margret. It was directed by Stanley Kramer
with a script by Erich Segal.
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)(TVM, 1975, p.463)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ryan’s Daughter"
starred Christopher Jones, Robert Mitchum and John Mills. It was
directed by David Lean.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SSFC, 4/24/05, p.A2)(SFC,
2/10/14, p.C6)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Take a Girl Like
You" starred Hayley Mills.
   (SFEC, 6/4/00, Par p.26)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tell Me That You
Love Me, Junie Moon" featured Ken Howard.
   (SSFC, 12/23/01, Par p.17)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The rockumentary film
"That’s the Way It Is" with Elvis Presley was produced. It features
Elvis during a 4-week engagement at the Int’l. Hotel in Las Vegas.
   (SFC, 8/15/96, p.D5)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Tomorrow”
featured Olivia Newton-John.
   (SSFC, 9/11/05, p.26)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tora! Tora!
Tora!" starred Jason Robards. It was a joint US Japanese production
set in WW II and won an Oscar for special effects.
   (SFC, 12/7/00, p.E7)(SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The comedy film "Trash"
starred Holly Woodlawn and was directed by Paul Morissey.
   (SFC, 6/25/98, p.B1)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tristana" by
Luis Bunuel starred Catherine Deneuve.
   (WSJ, 1/3/97, p.A7)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Two Mules for
Sister Sarah" starred Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine. It was
directed by Don Siegel and written by Budd Boetticher.
   (SFEC, 12/5/99, p.C15)(SFC, 12/7/01, p.A28)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Walkabout" by
Nicolas Roeg was produced. It was about the Australian aborigines.
   (SFC, 12/29/96, DB p.8)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Waterloo"
starred Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer.
   (SFEC, 1/4/98, Par. p.18)(SSFC, 1/12/03, Par
p.20)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Watermelon Man"
was directed by Melvin Van Peebles for Columbia Pictures. This was
the first Hollywood film by a black director.
   (SFEC, 6/13/99, DB p.62)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "What Do You Say
to a Naked Lady" was made by Allen Funt (d.1999) of Candid Camera.
   (SFC, 9/7/99, p.C2)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Gertrude Stein:
When This You See, Remember Me” was directed by Perry Miller Adato.
It was a biography of Ms. Stein.
   (WSJ, 11/11/06, p.P2)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Where's Poppa?"
starred George Segal.
   (SFEC, 2/7/99, Par p.26)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Which Way to the
Front" starred Jerry Lewis. He also directed the film.
   (SFEC, 9/6/98, Par p.14)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"Woodstock" by Michael Wadleigh was released. It featured Sly and
the Family Stone, Jerry Garcia and Santana among others.
   (SFC, 12/6/96, p.C10)(SFEC, 6/28/98, DB p.54)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "WUSA" starred
Paul Newman.
   (SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
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1971Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 15, In the 43rd
Academy Awards "Patton," George C Scott and Glenda Jackson won for
her role in “Women in Love.”
   (www.imdb.com/title/tt0353128/)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â Ingmar Bergman won the
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
   (SSFC, 3/25/01, DB p.51)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 15, In the 43rd
Academy Awards "Patton" won for best picture and George C Scott won
best actor for his role as Patton. Glenda Jackson won as best
actress for her role in “Women in Love.”
  Â
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43rd_Academy_Awards)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â Nov 3, The Clint Eastwood
film "Play Misty For Me" premiered in NYC.
   (www.imdb.com/title/tt0067588/releaseinfo)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â Dec 19, Stanley Kubrick's
X-rated "A Clockwork Orange" premiered.
   (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800048705/info)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â In San Francisco Chuck
Holmes (1945-2000) founded Falcon Studios. His pioneering movies
later enshrined him in the history of adult entertainment as the
“godfather of gay porn.”
   (SSFC, 6/21/15, p.C10)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "And Now for
Something Completely Different" was directed by Ian MacNaughton
(d.2002). It was the 1st film of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. [see
1970]
   (SFC, 1/4/03, p.A15)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Andromeda
Strain” starred James Olson. It was directed by Robert Wise.
   (SFC, 9/16/05, p.B8)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"Arruza" was directed by Budd Boetticher.
   (SFC, 12/7/01, p.A28)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bananas" was
ranked 69th most funny film in 2000.
   (SFC, 6/15/00, p.E3)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bed and
Broomsticks" with Angela Lansbury was made.
   (SFEC, 12/8/96, Par p.18)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Beguiled"
starred Clint Eastwood and Melody Thomas Scott.
   (SFEM, 9/24/00, p.12)(SSFC, 2/24/02, Par p.12)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â Jim and Artie Mitchell of
SF produced their porn film “Behind the Green Door” starring Marilyn
Chambers for $60,000. This was one of the first porn films with a
plot line and went big after it was learned that Chambers had worked
as a model for ivory soap. It grossed more than $25 million.
   (SFC, 10/3/97, p.A15)(SFC, 7/14/07, p.A7)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Big Jake"
starred Maureen O'Hara.
   (SFEC, 3/14/99, Par p.16)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Billy Jack” was
released two years after it was completed by Tom Laughlin
(1931-2013). Laughlin starred in his film as an ex-Green Beret who
defends a progressive school against the racists of a conservative
Western community. It initially flopped but generated an underground
following and became a commercial success.
   (SFC, 12/16/13, p.C3)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bless the Beasts
and the Children" starred Billy Mumy and Vanessa Brown. It was
directed by Stanley Kramer.
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)(TVM, 1975, p.54)(SFC,
5/24/99, p.C4)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Blood From the
Mummy's Tomb" was adopted from the Bram Stoker novel "Jewel of the
Seven Stars."
   (SFEC, 5/16/99, DB p.56)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "The Boy
Friend" starred Twiggy and was directed by Ken Russell
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)(SFC, 11/29/11, p.C5)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Brian’s Song"
starred James Caan.
   (SFEC, 10/8/00, Par p.7)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bushman" by
David Schickele (d.1999 at 62) was about an African in America
struggling to resolve tribal, personal and racial frictions.
   (SFC, 11/3/99, p.C6)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Carnal
Knowledge" starred Ann-Margret and was directed by Mike Nichols.
   (SFC, 7/30/97, p.E3)(SFEC, 9/5/99, DB p.34)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Le
Chagrin et la Pitie" was directed by Marcel Ophuls. It was banned in
France for years because it showed how many Frenchmen collaborated
with the German occupation forces under the Vichy regime of WW II.
   (WSJ, 8/7/00, p.A13)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Claire's Knee"
was produced.
   (SFC, 2/23/99, p.B7)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Clockwork
Orange" was directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel by
Anthony Burgess. It was rated #46 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
In 2001 it was rated the #21 most thrilling film.
   (USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 3/8/99, p.A7)(SFC,
6/14/01, p.E5)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Conformist"
starred Jean-Louis Trintignant and Dominique Sanda. It was directed
by Bernardo Bertolucci, set in Fascist Italy and based on a novel by
Alberto Moravia.
   (SFEC, 6/13/99, DB p.54)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film “Cries
and Whispers” was directed by Ingmar Bergman.
   (SFC, 7/31/07, p.E3)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cry Uncle" was
directed by John G. Avildsen.
   (SFEC, 3/28/99, DB p.52)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The Thomas Mann novella
"Death in Venice" was made into a film by Luchino Visconti. The film
starred Dirk Bogarde (d.1999 at 78). At the same time composer
Benjamin Britten was completing the score of an opera version of the
novella.
   (WSJ, 12/26/95, p. A5)(SFEC, 4/6/97, DB
p.55)(SFEC, 9/7/97, DB p.41)(SFEC, 5/9/99, p.C8)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The James Bond movie
"Diamonds Are Forever" starred Sean Connery as Bond and Charles Gray
(d.2000 at 71) as Blofeld. World wide receipts totaled $116
mil.  Â
   (WSJ, 11/7/95, p. A1)(SFC, 3/9/00, p.C2)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dirty Harry"
with Harry Guardino, Melody Thomas Scott and Clint Eastwood as Harry
Callahan was released. It was directed by Don Siegel and was shot in
the SF Bay Area. In 2001 it was rated the #41 most thrilling film.
   (SFEC, 8/11/96, DB, p.39)(SFC, 6/14/01,
p.E5)(SSFC, 2/24/02, Par p.12)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â "Dr. Jekyll and Sister
Hyde" was a British Hammer Film production about a transsexual
serial killer.
   (SFEC, 12/15/96, DB p.67)(SFEC, 9/7/97, DB p.43)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Doctors' Wives"
starred John Colicos and Gene Hackman. It was directed by George
Schaefer.
   (WUD, 1994, p.148)(SFC, 3/8/00, p.C8)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The 3* suspense film
"Duel" was about a tailgating semi that tries to run a traveling
salesman off the road.
   (WSJ, 10/24/97, p.B3)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Escape from the
Planet of the Apes" starred Kim Hunter.
   (SFC, 9/12/02, p.A26)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The biographical film
"Evel Knievel" starred George Hamilton.
   (WSJ, 11/27/01, p.A20)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The Hong Kong film "Fists
of Fury" starred Bruce Lee.
   (SFC, 11/8/00, p.D3)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â James Stewart starred in
the film "Fool’s Parade."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "French
Connection" starred Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider. It had as
executive producer G. David Schine (1927-1996), a former aid to
Joseph McCarthy in the 50s. It was directed by William Friedkin and
rated #70 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. In 2001 it was rated the
#8 most thrilling film. In 2005 it was selected for preservation by
the US National Film Registry.
   (SFEC, 1/3/99, DB p.38)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)(SFC,
12/28/05, p.E6)(SFC, 2/11/08, p.A2)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Gang That
Couldn't Shoot Straight" starred Jerry Orbach and Lee Taylor-Young.
It was directed by James Goldstone. It was based on a best-seller by
Jimmy Breslin.
   (TVM, 1975, p.652)(SFC, 11/8/99, p.C2)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Garden of
the Finzi-Continis" by Vittorio De Sica with Dominique Sanda won an
Oscar for the Best Foreign Film.
   (SFEC, 11/17/96, DB p.40)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Get Carter"
starred Michael Caine and was directed by Mike Hodges.
   (SFEC, 7/30/00, DB p.51)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Going Home."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Goalie’s
Anxiety at the Penalty Kick" was directed by Wim Wenders.
   (SFC, 1/9/98, p.D3)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Goose Filburn"
was an Alan Smithee production.
   (SFC, 2/26/98, p.E4)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film
"Handsome, Honest, Australian Emigrant, Looking for an Italian
Virgin to Marry" starred Alberto Sordi.
   (SFC, 12/1/97, p.E3)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Harold and
Maude" with Ruth Gordon was produced. The opening scene was filmed
at in the music room of Rosecourt, a Burlingame, Ca., home built by
SF Chronicle publisher George Cameron for his wife Helen, a daughter
of Michael de Young.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.36)(PI, 3/21/98, p.5)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â Peter Fonda starred and
directed the film "The Hired Hand."
   (SFEC, 6/15/97, Par. p.18)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Honkers"
starred James Coburn.
   (SFC, 11/20/02, p.D3)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Horseman”
starred Jack Palance and was directed by John Frankenheimer. The
screenplay was by Dalton Trumbo.
   (SFC, 3/3/05, p.E3)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Hospital"
starred George C. Scott.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "If Tomorrow
Comes" starred Patty Duke and Frank Liu. They played a young couple
who married in California on Dec 7, 1941, just before Pearl Harbor.
   (SFC, 12/7/00, p.E7)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "I Want
What I Want" was about a transsexual real-estate agent.
   (SFEC, 9/7/97, DB p.43)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Johnny Got His
Gun" starred Jason Robards.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Jud" starred
Jason Robards.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1971 Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Kidnapped" with
Michael Caine was directed by Delbert Mann.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, Par p.16)(SFC, 11/13/07, p.D9)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Klute" with Jane
Fonda as a call girl was produced. Jane Fonda won her first Oscar
for her role. It was directed by Alan Pakula and featured Roy
Scheider (1932-2008).
   (SFC, 7/28/97, p.E3)(SFC, 11/20/98, p.C10)(SFC,
2/11/08, p.A2)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Kotch" starred
Walter Matthau (d.2000) and was directed by Jack Lemmon.
   (SFEC, 7/2/00, p.A9)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Last Picture
Show" starred Cloris Leachman, Cybill Shepherd and Ellen Burstyn. It
was produced by Stephen Friedman (1937-1996) and was based on the
novel by Larry McMurtry. It was named a Library of Congress Classic
in 1998.
   (SFC, 10/15/96, p.A19)(SFC, 11/30/98, p.D3)(SFEC,
9/5/99, DB p.34)(SFEC, 10/1/00, Par p.26)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Last Run"
starred George C. Scott.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lawman" starred
Robert Duvall.
   (SFEC, 8/16/98, Par p.16)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Love
Machine” starred John Philip Law. It was based ona novel by
Jacqueline Susann.
   (SFC, 5/16/08, p.B11)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Little Murders"
starred Doris Roberts.
   (SSFC, 11/23/03, Par p.24)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "McCabe and Mrs.
Miller" with Julie Christy and Warren Beatty was directed by Robert
Altman.
   (WSJ, 8/16/96, p.A6)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Minnie and
Moskowitz” starred Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel. It was directed
by John Cassavetes.
   (WSJ, 3/3/06, p.W6)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Murders in the
Rue Morgue" starred Jason Robards.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Murmur of the
Heart" starred Benoit Ferreux and Lea Massari. It was directed by
Louis Malle. The French comedy was set in 1954.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.42)(WSJ, 3/23/00, p.W8)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A New Leaf"
starred Walter Matthau and Doris Roberts.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)(SSFC, 11/23/03, Par p.24)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "Nicholas
and Alexandra" was directed by Franklin Schaffner with the
screenplay by James Goldman.
   (TVM, 1975, p.404)(SFC, 10/30/98, p.D4)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The
Organization" starred Sidney Poitier.
   (SFEC, 11/1/98, Par p.18)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Panic in Needle
Park” starred Al Pacino.
   (SSFC, 3/20/16, p.C11)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â Clint Eastwood directed
"Play Misty for Me."
   (SFEM, 1/12/97, Par p.4)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Plaza Suite"
starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â Marcello Mastroianni
(1924-1996), Italian actor, starred in "The Priest’s Wife."
   (SFC, 12/20/96, p.A4)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Raid on Rommel"
starred John Colicos.
   (SFC, 3/8/00, p.C8)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Red Sun" starred
Toshiro Mifune, Alain Delon and Charles Bronson.
   (SFC,12/25/97, p.A25)(SFC,12/26/97, p.C3)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Ruling
Class” starred Peter O’Toole.
   (SFC, 12/16/13, p.A4)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The blaxploitation film
"Shaft" starred Richard Roundtree and was directed by Gordon Parks.
It featured an Oscar winning song by Isaac Hayes. A remake was
planned in 1997. In 2000 it was selected for preservation in the
National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E5)(SFC, 12/28/00, p.D5)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Shoot-Out"
starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film "Silent
Running" by Douglas Trumbull was produced.
   (WSJ, 9/6/96, p.A12)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The early gay-ghetto drama
film "Some of My Best Friends Are" was directed by Mervyn Nelson and
featured Candy Darling. It was originally called "the Bar."
   (SFC, 7/28/97, p.E3)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sometimes a
Great Notion" starred Paul Newman and Richard Hanley Jaeckel
(d.1997). They play 2 brothers in the Pacific Northwest and one gets
trapped under a log.
   (SFC, 6/17/97, p.A22)(SFC, 1/30/98, p.E17)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Steagle” was
written and directed by Paul Sylbert (d.2016 at 88).
   (SFC, 11/25/16, p.D5)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Such Good
Friends" featured Lawrence Tierney and was directed by Otto
Preminger. It was based on the 1970 debut novel by Lois Gould
(d.2002).
   (SFC, 3/1/02, p.A33)(SFC, 6/1/02, p.A22)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Support Your
Local Gunfighter” starred James Garner and was produced by William
Finnegan.
   (SFC, 12/3/08, p.B6)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sunday, Bloody
Sunday" starred Glenda Jackson, Murray Head and Peter Finch. John
Schlesinger directed the film, which was considered to be one of the
most realistic screen portrayals of homosexuality.
   (SFC, 5/9/96, p.E1)(SSFC, 11/26/00, DB p.55)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sweet
Sweetback's Baadassss Song" was directed by Melvin Van Peebles.
   (SFEC, 6/13/99, DB p.62)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "10 Rillington
Place" was directed by Richard Fleischer. It restaged England’s John
Christie-Timothy Evans murder trial.
   (SSFC, 3/4/01, DB p.43)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "They Might Be
Giants" starred George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward. It was directed
by Anthony Harvey and was based on the 1961 Broadway play by James
Goldman.
   (SFC, 10/30/98, p.D4)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The sci-fi film "THX 1138"
starred Robert Duvall. It was the first work by George Lucas with
cinematography by David Myers. He wrote and edited the film with
scenes shot in the half-constructed BART tunnels of the SF area. In
a future time emotions are outlawed and people are drugged to stay
passive.
   (SFEC, 11/22/98, DB p.54)(SFC, 7/18/01,
p.B8)(SFC, 8/28/04, p.B6)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The Western film "A Time
for Dying" was directed by Budd Boetticher.
   (SFC, 12/7/01, p.A28)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Trojan
Women" starred Katharine Hepburn.
   (SFC, 6/30/03, p.A11)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Two English
Girls" starred Leaud as a Frenchman who befriends 2 English sisters.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.53)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Two-Lane
Blacktop" starred singers James Taylor and Dennis Wilson as well as
Warren Oates.
   (SFC, 7/15/97, p.A18)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Valdez Is
Coming" starred Burt Lancaster and was directed by Edwin Sherin. It
was based on a novel by Elmore Leonard.
   (TVM, 1975, p.621)(SFEC, 12/27/98, BR p.6)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"Walls of Fire" by Herbert Kline was about Mexican artists Diego
Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros.
   (SFC, 2/13/99, p.A24)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "What’s the
Matter With Helen" with Debbie Reynolds was produced.
   (SFEC, 1/5/97, DB p.28)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Wild Child" was
directed by Francois Truffaut and featured in the SF film festival.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.42)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Willard” starred
Ernest Borgnine.
   (SFC, 7/9/12, p.C4)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Willie
Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" was produced.
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Women in Revolt"
with Candy Darling was produced by Andy Warhol and directed by Paul
Morrissey.
   (SFC, 7/28/97, p.E3)
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Young Graduates”
featured Bruno Kirby (1949-2006).
   (SFC, 8/16/06, p.B7)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 2, In the 44th Academy
Awards "French Connection," Gene Hackman and Jane Fonda won.
   (MC, 4/2/02)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â Jun 12, The film “Deep
Throat” was released in NYC. Linda Lovelace, aka Linda Boreman
(d.2002 at 53), made a hit with her film, the first movie to score a
100 from Screw Magazine. She signed for the film after a performance
in which she was mounted by a German shepherd. Boreman later became
an anti-porn advocate.
   (WSJ, 4/10/97,
p.A12)(www.imdb.com/title/tt0068468/)(SFC, 4/23/02, p.A18)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Asylum" starred
Charlotte Rampling.
   (SSFC, 4/29/01, Par p.15)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Avanti!" starred
Jack Lemon and was directed by Billy Wilder.
   (TVM, 1975, p.26)(SFC, 3/29/02, p.A14)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Blacula" starred
William Marshall. It was a blaxploitation film.
   (SFC, 8/13/02, p.D1)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â German film director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder made "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant."
   (WSJ, 1/14/97, p.A16)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The horror film “Invasion
of the Blood Farmers” was produced. The screenplay was by Ed
Kelleher (1944-2005).
   (SFC, 5/23/05, p.B4)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Boxcar Bertha”
was directed by Martin Scorsese and featured Bernie Casey
(1939-2017).
   (SFC, 9/21/17 p.A7)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The 29-min. film "Broken
Goddess" starred Holly Woodlawn and was directed by Peter Dallas
(d.1991).
   (SFC, 6/25/98, p.B1)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Buck and the
Preacher" starred Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier.
   (SFEC, 11/1/98, Par p.18)(SSFC, 9/16/01, Par
p.22)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Butterflies Are
Free" starred Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert (1951-2006) and Eileen
Heckart (d.2001 at 82). It was directed by Milton Katselas and based
on the Broadway play by Leonard Gershe (d.2002 at 79). Heckert won
an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
   (TVM, 1975, p.77)(SFC, 1/3/02, p.A16)(SFC,
3/23/02, p.A27)(SFC, 9/28/06, p.B5)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Cabaret"
by Bob Fosse starred Liza Minnelli. Christopher Isherwood wrote
"Goodbye to Berlin" in 1939. Liza Minnelli won best actress for
"Cabaret." It included a story about a singer called Sally Bowles
that became the basis for the 1951 play "I Am a Camera," the 1955
film "I Am a Camera," the 1966 musical play "Caberet" and the 1972
musical film "Cabaret."
   (SFC, 12/29/96, DB p.42)(SFEC, 1/26/97 Par, p.22)
(WSJ, 3/23/98, p.A20) (AP, 3/27/98)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cancel My
Reservation" featured Johnny Carson and Bob Hope.
   (SFEC, 10/11/98, DB p.45)(SFC, 7/29/03, p.D5)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Candidate"
starred Robert Redford and Peter Boyle. It was directed by Michael
Ritchie.
   (SFC, 5/30/03, p.D5)(SSFC, 8/15/04, Par p.18)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The Rolling Stones did a
US tour and hired Robert Frank to film a documentary. The result was
the film "C-Blues."
   (SFEC, 4/12/98, DB p.56)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Chinese
Connection" starred Bruce Lee.
   (SFC, 11/8/00, p.D3)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"Chung Kuo China" was directed by Michelangelo Antonioni at the
behest of the Chinese government during the cultural revolution.
   (SFEC, 1/17/99, DB p.43)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Come Back
Charleston Blue" was directed by Mark Edward Warren (d.1999).
   (SFC, 1/18/99, p.A21)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Conquest of the
Planet of the Apes" was directed by J. Lee Thompson.
   (SFC, 9/9/02, p.A22)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Crimes and
Whispers" was directed by Ingmar Bergman.
   (SFC, 5/30/03, p.D5)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Cup of Sugar"
was an Alan Smithee production.
   (SFC, 2/26/98, p.E4)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Daredevil"
starred George Montgomery.
   (SFC, 12/15/00, p.D11)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Daughters of
Satan" starred Tom Selleck.
   (SFEC, 4/19/98, Par p.22)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dealing" starred
John Lithgow.
   (SFEC, 3/12/00, Par p.18)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The biopic film "The Death
of Maria Malibran" was by the German director Werner Schroeter.
   (SFC, 7/28/97, p.E3)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The porno film "Deep
Throat" starred Linda Boreman (d.2002 at 53) as Linda Lovelace.
Boreman later became an anti-porn advocate.
   (SFC, 4/23/02, p.A18)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Deliverance" was
made based on the 1970 James Dickey (1923-1997) novel of the same
name. It was directed by John Boorman and starred Jon Voight and
Burt Reynolds. In 2001 it was rated the #15 most thrilling film.
   (SFC,1/21/97, p.A20)(SFEC,11/30/97, DB p.55)(SFC,
6/14/01, p.E5)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Discreet
Charm of the Bourgeoisie" was directed by Luis Bunuel. The cast
included Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stephane
Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel and Michel Piccoli.
   (WSJ, 1/26/00, p.W6)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Drive" with Jack
Nicholson was directed by Bob Rafelson.
   (SFC, 12/11/96, p.E5)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Effect of
Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" starred Joanne Woodward and
was directed by Paul Newman. It was based on the 1965 play by Paul
Zindel (d.2003).
   (SFC, 4/1/03, p.A16)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Elevator Girls
in Bondage" was written and directed by Michael Kalmen (d.2003) and
featured the SF drag troupe the Cockettes.
   (SFC, 7/15/03, p.A18)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Endless Nights"
starred Hayley Mills.
   (SFEC, 6/4/00, Par p.26)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Foreigner"
featured punk music.
   (SFC, 1/13/01, p.A24)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Frenzy" was
directed by Alfred Hitchcock and was about a Covent Garden
strangler.
   (SFEC, 9/19/99, DB p.52)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Getaway”
featured Richard Bright (d.2006).
   (SFC, 2/21/06, p.B4)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Get To Know Your
Rabbit" starred Tom Smothers and was directed by Brian de Palma.
   (SFC, 8/27/99, p.D76)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Go-Between"
was produced.
   (SFC, 4/21/00, p.D4)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Godfather
Part I" was produced based on the novel by Mario Puzo. It catapulted
Al Pacino, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton to stardom. It also
featured James Caan. "The Godfather" won the Academy Award for best
picture of 1972, but its star, Marlon Brando, refused to accept his
Oscar for best actor. It was rated # 3 by the Amer. Film Inst. in
1998. In 2001 it was rated the #11 most thrilling film.
   (WSJ, 7/22/96, p.B1)(WSJ, 5/1/97, p.A16)(SFC,
1/30/98, p.E17) (AP, 3/27/98)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 6/14/01,
p.E5)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Great
Northfield Minnesota Raid" was based on a botched bank robbery by
the James-Younger gang.
   (MT, Summer 02, p.21)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Gumshoe" starred
Albert Finney and was directed by Stephen Frears. The score was by
Andrew Lloyd Weber.
   (SFEC, 1/10/99, DB p.43)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hammersmith Is
Out" starred Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov and
Beau Bridges.
   (SFEC, 8/9/98, Par p.18)(MoTV, 1977, p.300)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Harder They
Come" by Perry Henzell introduced Reggae music to the world. It
featured the songs like: "Many Rivers to Cross" and "You Can Get it
If You Really Want It" by Jimmy Cliff.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E5)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Heartbreak Kid"
starred Cybill Shepherd and Eddie Albert. It was ranked 91st most
funny film in 2000.
   (SFC, 6/15/00, p.E3)(SSFC, 5/11/03, Par
p.18)(SFC, 5/28/05, p.A2)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Helle"
was directed by Roger Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hot Rock"
starred Robert Redford and George Segal.
   (SFC, 5/31/03, p.A21)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Images” was
directed by Robert Altman.
   (SFC, 11/22/06, p.A14)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Jeremiah
Johnson" starred Robert Redford.
   (SFC, 9/5/00, p.A24)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Joe Kidd"
starred Clint Eastwood and Robert Duvall.
   (TVM, 1975, p.293)(SFC, 2/15/02, p.D18)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Junior Bronner"
starred Steve McQueen, Joe Don Baker, Ida Lupino and Robert Preston.
   (SFEC, 6/28/98, DB p.55)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Kansas City
Bomber" starred Raquel Welch as a roller derby star, and featured
Jodie Foster (10).
   (SSFC, 3/17/02, Par p.26)(SSFC, 8/28/05, Par
p.22)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The King of
Marvin Gardens" with Jack Nicholson was directed by Bob Rafelson.
   (SFC, 12/11/96, p.E5)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lady Carolyn
Lamb" was produced.
   (SFC, 4/21/00, p.D4)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lady Liberty"
with Sophia Loren was produced.
   (SFC, 7/28/97, p.E3)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lady Sings the
Blues" starred Diana Ross as Billie Holiday.
   (SSFC, 2/4/01, DB p.67)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â Bernardo Bertolucci
received a suspended jail sentence for his classic movie "Last Tango
In Paris." The film starred Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider.
   (SFC, 5/20/96, p.A3)(SFEC, 11/1/98, DB p.54)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Life and
Times of Judge Roy Bean" starred Paul Newman.
   (SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Love and Pain
and the Whole Damn Thing" was directed by Alan Pakula.
   (SFC, 11/20/98, p.C10)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Man of
La Mancha" starred Sophia Loren and Peter O’Toole as Don Quixote. It
was directed by Arthur Hiller and was based on the Broadway musical.
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)(SFC, 12/16/13, p.A4)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Man" with
James Earl Jones was produced.
   (SFC, 7/7/96, DB p.28)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
“Marjoe” was shot by David Myers (d.2004).
   (SFC, 8/28/04, p.B6)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "The Most
Beautiful Evening of My Life" starred Alberto Sordi.
   (SFC, 12/1/97, p.E3)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Napoleon and
Samantha” featured Jodie Foster (10).
   (SSFC, 8/28/05, Par p.22)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The New
Centurions" starred George C. Scott.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film "The New
Land" by Jan Troell starred Max von Sydow.
   (SFEC, 4/20/97, DB p.48)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “OffOn” was
produced. In 2004 it was added to the National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/31/04, p.E6)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Operation Last
Patrol,” a documentary about Ron Kovic and the anti-war Vietnam
veterans was shot and directed by Catherine Leroy (1945-2006).
   (SFC, 7/10/06, p.B5)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Peege” was
produced. In 2007 it was added as a classic to the American national
registry.
   (SFC, 12/28/07, p.E3)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Peter ‘n’
Tillie" starred Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)(SSFC, 12/18/05, Par p.22)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pink Flamingoes"
by John Waters was about a 300-pound transvestite fighting to
maintain her mantle as: "the filthiest person alive." The making of
the film was made into a 1998 documentary "Divine Trash."
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.56)(SFC, 2/11/00, p.C4)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Play It as it
Lays" starred Tuesday Weld. It was based on the Joan Didion novel.
   (SFC, 9/22/96, DB p.55)(SFC, 1/1/04, p.A23)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Play It Again
Sam" starred Diane Keaton and Woody Allen as a film critic. It was
written by Woody Allen, directed by Herbert Ross and shot in the SF
Bay Area.
   (SFEC, 8/11/96, DB, p.39)(SFEC, 8/23/98, DB p.43)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pocket Money"
starred Paul Newman.
   (SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Portnoy’s
Complaint" was directed by Ernest Lehman. He also did the
screenplay.
   (SSFC, 3/18/01, DB p.47)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The disaster film
"Poseidon Adventure" with Shelley Winters, Roddy McDowall and Ernest
Borgnine was produced. The theme song, “The Morning After,” by Joel
Hirschhorn (d.2005) won an Oscar in 1973.
   (SFC, 12/6/96, p.C1)(SFC, 10/9/98, p.C12)(SFC,
9/21/05, p.B6)(SFC, 7/9/12, p.C4)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Prime Cut"
featured Sissy Spacek.
   (SSFC, 11/4/01, Par p.14)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pulp" starred
Michael Caine and Mickey Rooney. It was directed by Mike Hodges.
   (SFEC, 7/30/00, DB p.51)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rage" starred
George C. Scott. Scott also directed.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Running Scared"
was directed by David Hemmings."
   (SFC, 12/5/03, p.A27)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Savage Messiah"
featured Helen Mirren.
   (SSFC, 2/3/02, Par p.14)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film “Scenes
from a Marriage” was directed by Ingmar Bergman.
   (SFC, 7/31/07, p.E3)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "The
Scientific Cardplayer" starred Alberto Sordi.
   (SFC, 12/1/97, p.E3)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Score" by Radley
Metzger was a soft-porn production. He later made hard-core porn
films under the pseudonym Henry Paris. His other films included The
Alley Cats, Camille 2000 and The Lickerish Quartet.
   (SFC, 2/27/98, p.C5)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film “The
Seduction of Mimi” starred Giancarlo Giannini. It was directed by
Lina Wertmuller.
   (SFC, 2/11/06, p.E10)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Skyjacked"
starred Charlton Heston and Yvette Mimieux and was directed by John
Guillermin.
   (TVM, 1975, p.525)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film
"Slaughterhouse-Five" was directed by George Roy Hill based on the
book by Kurt Vonnegut.
   (WSJ, 10/22/96, p.A20)
1972 Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sleuth" with
Michael Caine was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, Par p.16)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sounder" earned
an Academy Award nomination for best screenplay for playwright Lonne
Elder III (1927-1996). It starred Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson. It
was about Southern sharecroppers set in 1933 during the Depression.
   (SFC, 6/13/96, p.A24)(SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "1776"
starred William Daniels, Ken Howard and Howard Da Silva. It featured
good portraits of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
   (SFC, 7/7/96, DB p.28)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Straw Dogs" was
directed by Sam Pekinpah.
   (SFEC, 8/24/97, DB p.64)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Such a Gorgeous
Kid Like Me" was directed by Francois Truffaut. It was a black
comedy about a female serial killer.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.53)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The blaxploitation film
"Superfly" starred Ron O’Neal (d.2004) as a coke dealer.
   (SFEC, 6/11/00, DB p.55)(SFC, 1/16/04, p.A3)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Tomorrow"
starred Robert Duvall and was directed by Joseph Anthony. It was
based on a story by William Faulkner with the screenplay by Horton
Foote.
   (SFEC, 6/6/99, DB p.51)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Trial of the
Catonsville Nine" was produced by Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Two English
Girls" with Jean-Pierre Leaud was directed by Francois Truffaut.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Two Lane
Blacktop" starred singer James Taylor and was directed by Monte
Hellman.
   (SFEC, 11/28/99, DB p.48)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Up the Sandbox"
starred Barbra Streisand and David Selby.
   (MoTV, 1977, p.763)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The War Between
Men and Women" starred Jason Robards.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Valachi
Papers" starred Charles Bronson.
   (SFC, 9/1/03, p.A2)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "What’s Up Doc"
with Barbara Streisand and Ryan O’Neal was released. It was directed
by Peter Bogdanovich and had been shot in the SF Bay Area.
   (SFEC, 8/11/96, DB, p.39)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Wrath of
God" starred Robert Mitchum and John Colicos.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFC, 3/8/00, p.C8)
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Wrong Move"
was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/4/97, Par. p.31)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â Mar 27, The 45th Academy
Awards were held in Los Angeles at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
"The Godfather" won the Academy Award for best picture of 1972, but
its star, Marlon Brando, refused to accept his Oscar for best actor.
Liza Minnelli won best actress for "Cabaret."
   (AP, 3/27/98)(SFC, 3/19/02, p.D1)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â Dec 26, "The Exorcist,"
starring Linda Blair, premiered with an X rating.
   (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800062915/info)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ace Eli and
Roger of the Skies" starred Bernadette Peters.
   (SFEC, 3/21/99, Par p.30)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Amarcord" by
Federico Fellini was edited by Ruggero Mastroianni (1930-1996).
   (SFC, 9/10/96, p.A17)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "American
Graffiti" was directed by George Lucas. Mel’s Diner at Mission and
South Van Ness was used in the film set in c1962. It starred Richard
Dreyfus and was produced by Francis Ford Coppola. It was rated #77
by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
   (SFC, 5/19/96,Mag, p.27)(USAT, 6/17/98,
p.9D)(SFEC, 10/31/99, DB p.52)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The screenplay for the
film drama "Ash Wednesday" was written by John-Claude Tramont
(1930-1996).
   (SFC, 12/31/96, p.A20)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The French comedy film
"Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob" (The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob)
was directed by Gerard Oury (d.2006).
   (AP, 7/20/06)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The crime drama film
"Badlands" by Terrence Mallick starred Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek
as a young couple on the run. It was inspired by the 1958 Charles
Starkweather slaying spree in Nebraska.
   (SFC, 10/12/97, DB p.53)(SFEM, 2/8/98, p.8)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Bang the Drum
Slowly” with Robert De Niro was produced.
   (SFC, 7/14/96, DB p.32)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Battle for the
Planet of the Apes" was directed by J. Lee Thompson.
   (SFC, 9/9/02, p.A22)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Billy Two Hats"
starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Black Caesar"
starred Fred Williamson. It was a blaxploitation film with the
alternate title "The Godfather of Harlem."
   (SFC, 8/13/02, p.D1)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Charlie Varrick"
starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Charlotte’s
Web” was adapted from the children’s book by E.B. White.
   (SSFC, 3/27/16, p.C13)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The blaxploitation film
"Cleopatra Jones" starred Tamara Dobson and Shelley Winters.
   (SFEC, 6/11/00, DB p.55)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The blaxploitation film
"Coffy" starred Pam Grier and was directed by "schlockmeister" Jack
Hill.
   (SFC, 1/6/98, p.D3)(SFEC, 6/11/00, DB p.55)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The Dino DiLaurentiis film
"Crazy Joe" starred Henry Winkler.
   (WSJ, 3/5/97, p.A8)(SFEC, 1/2/00, Par p.18)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Day for
Night" starred Jean-Pierre Aumont (d.2001 at 90). It was directed by
Francois Truffaut. It won a best foreign film Oscar in 1974.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.35)(SFEC, 5/9/99, DB
p.53)(SFC, 1/31/01, p.C2)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Day of the
Dolphin" starred George C. Scott.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Day of the
Jackal" with Edward Fox was directed by Fred Zinnemann. It was based
a the book by Frederick Forsyth and produced by Sir John Woolf
(d.1999 at 86).
   (SFC, 3/15/97, p.A19)(WSJ, 9/26/97, p.A20)(SFC,
7/1/99, p.C4)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Death of a
Stranger" starred Jason Robards.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Don’t Look Now"
with Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland was directed by Nicolas
Roeg.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.35)(SFEC, 12/27/98, DB p.9)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Emigrants /
The New Land” was produced.
   (SFC, 2/23/99, p.B7)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Enter the
Dragon" starred Sammo Hung and Bruce Lee (d.1973). In 2004 it was
added to the National Film Registry.
   (SFEC, 7/12/98, DB p.54)(SFEC, 4/11/99, Par
p.18)(SFC, 12/31/04, p.E6)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The horror film "The
Exorcist" was directed by William Friedkin and starred Linda Blair
and Ellen Burstyn. Blair played a young girl possessed by the devil.
In 2001 it was rated the #3 most thrilling film.
   (SFC,10/29/97, p.E3)(SFEC, 10/1/00, Par
p.26)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “40 Carats” with
Liv Ullman wasdirected by Milton Katselas (1933-2008).
   (SFC, 11/4/08, p.B5)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The French animated sci-fi
film “Fantastic Planet” was by Rene Laloux. It won a special jury
prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
   (SFEC, 12/20/98, DB p.11)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Friends of
Eddie Coyle” starred Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle and Joe Santos. It
was based on the 1972 book "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" by George V.
Higgins (d.1999).
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFEC, 11/7/99, p.C10)(SSFC,
3/20/16, p.C11)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film
"Godspell" was written and directed by David Greene (d.2003).
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)(SFC, 4/9/03, p.A30)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “La Grande
Bouffe” by Italian director Marco Ferreri was produced.
   (SFC, 5/10/97, p.A20)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Harrad
Experiment” starred Don Johnson and Bruno Kirby and was about
college students learning about sexual relations.
   (SFEC, 8/22/99, DB p.34)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Henry VIII and
His Six Wives" starred Charlotte Rampling.
   (SSFC, 4/29/01, Par p.15)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The Polish film "The
Hourglass Sanatorium" was directed by Wojciech Has and won top prize
at Cannes.
   (SFC, 10/4/00, p.B2)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Jesus
Christ Superstar" was produced.
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Kidd Mann” was
an Alan Smithee production.
   (SFC, 2/26/98, p.E4)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Last
American Hero” with Jeff Bridges was directed by Lamont Johnson. the
film was also known as "Hard Driver."
   (WSJ, 3/6/98, p.A13)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Last Detail"
starred Jack Nicholson.
   (SFC, 10/20/01, p.E2)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Last of
Sheila" starred James Coburn.
   (SFC, 11/20/02, p.D3)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Last Tango in
Paris” starred Marlon Brando.
   (SFC, 6/23/96, BR, p.32)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Laughing
Policeman" starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â Roger Moore and Jane
Seymour starred in the James Bond movie “Live and Let Die.” World
wide receipts totaled $126 mil.  Â
   (WSJ, 11/7/95, p. A1)(SFEC, 1/4/98, Par. p.5)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Long
Goodbye" starred Elliot Gould and Sterling Hayden. It featured
Arnold Schwarzenegger and was directed by Robert Altman.
   (MoTV, 1977, p.423)(SSFC, 6/22/03, Par p.5)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Lost
Horizon" was produced.
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The blaxploitation film
"The Mack" starred Richard Pryor and Max Julien.
   (SFEC, 6/11/00, DB p.55)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Mackintosh
Man" starred Paul Newman.
   (SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Magnum Force”
with Hal Holbrook and Robert Urich was produced.
   (SFEC, 8/10/97, Par p.14)(SFEC, 8/31/97, Par
p.18)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Man Who
Loved Cat Dancing” starred Burt Reynolds and Jack Warden.
   (SFEC, 2/15/98, Par p.22)(SFC, 7/22/06, p.B6)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â German film director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder made “Martha,” based on a story by American
writer Cornell Woolrich.
   (SFC, 7/24/97, p.E3)
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1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mean Streets"
starred Robert de Niro, Harvey Keitel and Victor Argo. It was
directed by Martin Scorsese.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.44)(SFC, 4/10/04, p.B7)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The 215 min. French film
The Mother and the Whore starred Jean-Pierre Leaud, Francoise Lebrun
and Bernadette Lafont. It was directed by Jean Eustache.
   (SFC, 7/17/98, p.D3)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Ms. Don
Juan" (Don Juan) was directed by Roger Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Oklahoma Crude"
starred George C. Scott and Faye Dunaway. It was directed by Stanely
Kramer.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)(TVM, 1975, p.417)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "O Lucky Man"
featured Helen Mirren.
   (SSFC, 2/3/02, Par p.14)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “One Little
Indian” featured Jodie Foster (11).
   (SSFC, 8/28/05, Par p.22)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Paper Moon"
starred Madeline Kahn (d.1999 at 57), Tatum O’Neal and Noble
Willingham (d.2004). It was directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
   (SFC, 12/4/99, p.C2)(SFC, 1/21/04, p.A21)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Parade" was
directed by Jacques Tati.
   (WSJ, 8/1/00, p.A20)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Pat Garrett and
Billy the Kid" starred Jason Robards and James Coburn.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)(SFC, 11/20/02, p.D3)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Payday” with Rip
Torn was the first Saul Zaentz production.
   (SFEC, 11/17/96, DB p.39)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Papillon”
starred Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. The screenplay was by
Dalton Trumbo.
   (SFC, 3/3/05, p.E3)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The German film “The
Pedestrian” was directed by Maximilian Schell.
   (www.imdb.com/name/nm0001703/)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Return of the
Dragon" starred Bruce Lee.
   (SFC, 11/8/00, p.D3)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Save the Tiger
was directed by John G. Avildsen and starred Jack Lemmon and Jack
Gilford. [Walter Matthau won best actor for his role. not in the
film] Lemmon won an Oscar for his role.
   (SFC, 9/5/96, p.B2)(SFC, 1/30/98, p.E17)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Scalawag"
starred Kirk Douglas.
   (SFEC, 1/23/00, Par p.12)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Scorpio" starred
John Colicos.
   (SFC, 3/8/00, p.C8)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Scream, Blacula,
Scream" starred Craig T. Nelson.
   (SSFC, 4/15/01, Par p.11)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Serpico" starred
Al Pucino and was directed by Sidney Lumet.
   (SFC, 9/24/97, p.A3)(WSJ, 1/22/00, p.A22)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film The Seven-Ups
starred Roy Schneider.
   (SFEC, 1/31/99, Par p.14)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Silent Night,
Bloody Night was produced.
   (SFC, 7/28/97, p.E3)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Slaughter’s Big
Rip-Off" featured Ed McMahon.
   (SFEC, 9/3/00, Par p.18)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The Woody Allen film
Sleeper was produced.
   (SFEC, 2/23/96, p.C12)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Soylent Green"
starred Charlton Heston, Lincoln Kilpatrick (d.2004) and Edward G.
Robinson in his last role. It was based on the 1966 sci-fi novel
“Make Room! Make Room” by Harry Harrison. The screenplay play was by
Stanley R. Greenberg (d.2002). It was directed by Richard Fleischer.
It was set in NYC in 2022.
   (SFC, 8/28/02, p.A19)(MoTV, 1977, p.667)(SFC,
5/27/04, p.B7)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Sting"
starred Paul Newman, Robert Shaw and Robert Redford. It was directed
by George Roy Hill and co-produced by Julia Phillips, who became the
1st woman to win an Oscar for best picture. In 2005 it was selected
for preservation by the US National Film Registry.
   (SFEC, 3/22/98, DB p.52)(SFC, 12/28/05, p.E6)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Summer Wishes,
Winter Dreams starred Sylvia Sidney and Joanne Woodward.
   (SFC, 7/2/99, p.D6)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Theater of Blood
starred Vincent Price as an actor who murders his critics.
   (SFEC, 8/23/98, DB p.43)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Tom Sawyer”
featured Jodie Foster (11).
   (SSFC, 8/28/05, Par p.22)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Touch of Class
starred George Segal.
   (SFEC, 2/7/99, Par p.26)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Way We Were"
was about an on-again, off-again love affair and starred Barbra
Streisand and Robert Redford. "We all married the wrong person
once."
   (SFC, 2/13/98, p.C5)(SSFC, 4/1/01, DB p.37)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "White Dawn"
starred Warren Oates and Louis Gossett. It was directed by Philip
Kaufman and was about whalers lost in the Arctic.
   (SFC, 7/18/01, p.B8)(SFC, 5/23/12, p.E2)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Your Three
Minutes Are Up" starred Beau Bridges and Ron Liebman. It featured
the debut of Nedra Volz (d.2003 at 94).
   (SFC, 1/29/03, p.A18)
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â John Ford, film director,
died. In 1999 Scott Eyman authored "Print the Legend: The Life and
Times of John Ford." In 2001 Joseph McBride authored "Searching for
John Ford."
   (SFEC, 11/14/99, BR p.3)(WSJ, 11/26/99,
p.W8)(SSFC, 7/1/01, DB p.59)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â Feb 7, Mel Brooks'
"Blazing Saddles" opened in movie theaters.
   (www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/combined)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 2, In the 46th Academy
Awards "Sting," Glenda Jackson and Jack Lemmon win. Robert Opel (33)
of SF streaked naked across the stage. Opel was shot and killed 5
years later during a robbery in SF.
   (MC, 4/2/02)(SFEC, 3/14/99, DB p.37)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â John Fell (d.2008 at 81),
jazz historian and film professor at SF State Univ., authored “Film
and the Narrative Tradition.”
   (SSFC, 11/2/08, p.B3)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The comedy film "Alice
Doesn’t Live Here Anymore" starred Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter and
Jodie Foster. It was directed by Martin Scorsese.
   (WSJ, 12/26/97, p.A7)(SFEC, 10/1/00, Par p.26)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â German film director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder made "Ali: Fear Eats the Soul."
   (WSJ, 1/14/97, p.A16)(SFC, 7/1/97, p.E5)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The
Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” featured Jack Warden (1920-2006).
   (SFC, 7/22/06, p.B6)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" was directed by John Korty. It
starred Cicely Tyson.
   (SFEM, 3/29/98, p.6)(SFEC, 1/31/99, DB p.30)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bank Shot"
starred George C. Scott.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Benji was a dog
story.
   (SFEC, 8/23/98, DB p.63)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The 3* film "Blazing
Saddles" starred Madeline Kahn and Gene Wilder. Mel Brooks' "Blazing
Saddles" opened in movie theaters Feb 7.
   (SFC, 12/4/99,
p.C2)(www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/combined)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The Hong Kong film Boxer
of Shantung was produced. A 1998 remake was titled "Hero."
   (SFC, 1/21/98, p.E5)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Caged Heat was
the first film by Jonathan Demme. It was about women in prison and
starred Erica Gavin.
   (SFEC, 11/22/98, DB p.54)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The gambling film
“California Split” starred George Segal and Elliot Gould and was
directed by Robert Altman.
   (SFEC, 9/27/98, DB p.51)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film
"Charlotte" (La Jeune Fille Assassinee) was directed by Roger Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Chinatown"
starred Jack Nicholson, Fay Dunaway and Noble Willingham. It was
directed by Roman Polanski and was later selected as a Library of
Congress film classic. It was rated #19 by the Amer. Film Inst. in
1998. The screenplay was by Robert Towne. In 2001 it was rated the
#16 most thrilling film.
   (SFC, 10/2/97, p.E3)(SFC, 1/21/98, p.E1,6)(USAT,
6/17/98, p.9D)(SFEC, 6/27/99, BR p.45)(SFEC, 8/6/00, Par p.18)(SFC,
6/14/01, p.E5)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Claudine"
starred Diahann Carroll and was directed by John Berry.
   (SFEC, 8/15/99, DB p.45)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The
Conversation" starred Gene Hackman, Harry Caul and Harrison Ford. It
was about surveillance, was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and
was shot in the SF Bay Area.
   (SFEC, 8/11/96, DB, p.39)(WSJ, 1/26/00, p.W6)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The Mafia-history film
"Crazy Joe" was produced by Dino De Laurentiis.
   (SSFC, 3/25/01, DB p.52)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Daisy Miller"
starred Cybill Shepherd.
   (SSFC, 5/11/03, Par p.18)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Day For Night"
was produced.
   (SFC, 2/23/99, p.B7)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Death Wish"
starred Charles Bronson.
   (SFC, 9/1/03, p.A2)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The porno film "Debbie
Does Dallas" was produced.
   (WSJ, 8/22/01, p.A14)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “A Delicate
Balance” starred Paul Scofield (1922-2008) and Katharine Hepburn.
   (SFC, 6/30/03, p.A11)(AP, 3/20/08)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dirty Mary Crazy
Larry" starred Peter Fonda.
   (SFEC, 6/15/97, Par. p.18)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Touche
Pas a la Femme Blanche" (Don't Touch the White Woman) was directed
by Marco Ferreri. It was a Western satire with Marcello Mastroianni,
Michel Piccoli, Ugo Tognazzi and Catherine Deneuve.
   (SFC, 7/7/99, p.E3)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Dove" was
produced by Gregory Peck.
   (SFC, 6/13/03, p.A16)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Earthquake"
starred Walter Matthau and John Randolph (d.2004).
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)(SFC, 2/28/04, p.A16)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The Disney film "Escape to
Witch Mountain" with Eddie Albert and Ray Milland was set at the
Peninsula School, the Menlo Park home of James V. Coleman.
   (PI, 3/21/98, p.5)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The John Waters film
"Female Trouble" was produced with Divine as Dawn Davenport.
   (SFEC, 12/8/96, DB p.11)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â Orson Welles produced the
film "F for Fake."
   (WSJ, 9/20/96, p.A12)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Front Page"
starred Walter Matthau and carol Burnett. It was directed by Billy
Wilder.
   (SFC, 9/5/96, p.B2)(SFC, 3/29/02, p.A14)(SSFC,
12/18/05, Par p.22)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The experimental
travelogue film "Fuji" was made by Robert Breer. In 2002 it was
added to the National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/19/02, p.E12)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Gambler"
starred Lauren Hutton and James Caan. It was directed by Karel
Reisz.
   (SFEC, 10/24/99, Par p.18)(SFC, 11/28/02, p.A30)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
“General Idi Amin (A Self Portrait) was produced by Barbet
Schroeder.
   (WSJ, 9/29/06, p.W4)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Godfather Part
II" starred Robert Duvall. It was rated #32 by the Amer. Film Inst.
in 1998.
   (SFC, 1/30/98, p.E17)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Going
Places" (Les Valseuses) with Gerard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere
was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)(SFEC, 9/12/99, DB p.60)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Golden
Voyage of Sinbad” featured John Philip Law. Ray Harryhausen (b.1920)
was responsible for the special effects.
   (SFC, 2/27/08, p.E5)(SFC, 5/16/08, p.B11)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Great
Gatsby" with Robert Redford, Mia Farrow and Sam Waterston was based
on the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel.
   (SFEC, 2/16/97, Par. p.18)(SFC, 6/17/98, p.E1)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Harry and Tonto"
starred Art Carney and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
   (SFC, 11/12/03, p.A2)(SFC, 7/20/05, p.B7)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Herbie Rides
Again" starred Huntz Hall. It was about a playful Volkswagen.
   (SFC, 2/2/99, p.A19)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film
"Huckleberry Finn" was directed by J. Lee Thompson.
   (SFC, 9/9/02, p.A22)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Juggernaut"
starred Richard Harris.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film The Klansman
featured Linda Evans.
   (SFEC, 8/24/97, Par p.18)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film Lacombe,
Lucien by Louis Malle was produced.
   (WSJ, 5/30/97, p.A16)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The Polish film Land of
Promise was directed by Andrzej Wajda.
   (SFC, 7/8/99, p.E3)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Lenny” starred
Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce (d.1966). Valerie Perrine played Honey
Bruce Friedman (d.2005), Lenny’s wife.
   (SFC, 9/18/05, p.B3)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "The
Little Prince" was produced.
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)
1974 Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Longest
Yard" starred Burt Reynolds, Bernadette Peters, and Eddie Albert. It
was directed by Robert Aldrich.
   (SFEC, 2/15/98, Par p.22)(SFEC, 3/21/99, Par
p.30)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lords of
Flatbush" with Armand Assante, Paul Mace, Henry Winkler, Perry King
and Sylvester Stallone was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/18/97, Par p.30)(SFEC, 7/6/97, Par p.4)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film “The
Magic Flute” was directed by Ingmar Bergman.
   (SFC, 7/31/07, p.E3)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Mame"
starred Lucille Ball and Robert Preston.
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)(MoTV, 1977, p.446)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â Roger Moore starred in the
James Bond movie "The Man With the Golden Gun." World wide receipts
total $98 mil.  Â
   (WSJ, 11/7/95, p. A1)
1974/5Â Â Â Â Â Â The British Monty Python
film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" was produced. It
deconstructed the Arthurian myth into little pieces.
   (SFC, 6/3/98, p.E3)(SFEC, 8/1/99, BR p.10)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mr. Majestyk"
was produced.
   (SFC, 2/15/02, p.D18)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Murder on the
Orient Express" starred Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller
and Lauren Bacall. It was based on the Agatha Christie story.
   (SFEC, 5/18/97, Par p.7)(SFEC, 6/13/99, DB
p.37)(SFC, 5/23/00, p.A13)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Night
Porter" starred Charlotte Rampling.
   (SSFC, 4/29/01, Par p.15)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Odessa File"
starred Jon Voight and was based on a book by Frederick Forsyth. It
was produced by Sir John Woolf.
   (SFC, 7/1/99, p.C4)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Outfit" starred
Robert Duvall.
   (SFEC, 8/16/98, Par p.16)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Parallax
View" was directed by Alan Pakula.
   (SFC, 11/20/98, p.C10)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Rehearsal”
was directed by Jules Dassin and based on the Greek student
rebellions that helped bring down the 1967-1974 military junta.
   (SFC, 4/1/08, p.B7)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The pornographic film The
Resurrection of Eve was made by the Mitchell of SF.
   (SFC, 10/3/97, p.A15)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film The Savage Is
Loose starred George C. Scott. Scott also produced and directed the
film.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The horror film “Shriek of
the Mutilated” was produced. The screenplay was by Ed Kelleher.
   (SFC, 5/23/05, p.B4)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film The Spirit of the
Beehive was directed by Victor Erice and featured in the SF film
festival.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.42)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Sugarland Express
was directed by George Lucas.
   (WSJ, 5/13/99, p.A28)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Taking of
Pelham One Two Three" starred Walter Matthau and Doris Roberts.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)(SSFC, 11/23/03, Par p.24)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Texas Chain Saw
Massacre” starred Gunnar Hansen (d.2015 at 68) as Leatherface and
was directed by Tobe Hooper. It cost about $250,000 and was roughly
based on the 1957-1974 exploits of Wisconsin farmer Ed Gein. The
film was narrated by John Larroquette.
   (SFC, 5/18/96, p.A4)(WSJ, 10/31/97, p.A1)(SFC,
11/9/15, p.C3)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â MGM produce the film
That’s Entertainment. It was narrated by Jimmy Stewart and Frank
Sinatra.
   (SFC, 12/29/96, DB p.42)(SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)(SFC,
5/16/98, p.E6)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Thieves Like Us”
starred Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall and was directed by
Robert Altman.
   (WSJ, 1/22/98, p.A14)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Three
Musketeers" starred Raquel Welch."
   (SSFC, 3/17/02, Par p.26)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Towering
Inferno” starred Steve McQueen and Paul Newman. The theme song, “We
May never Love Like This Again,” by Joel Hirschhorn (d.2005) won an
Oscar in 1975. It was based two books “The Glass Inferno” by Frank
Robinson and Thomas Scortia and “The Tower” by Richard Martin Stern.
   (SFC, 9/21/05,
p.B6)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Towering_Inferno)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Uptown Saturday
Night" starred Bill Cosby. It featured the tap dancing of the Harold
Nicholas.
   (SFC, 7/5/00, p.A19)(SSFC, 10/19/03, Par p.22)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Where the Lilies
Bloom” was based on Vera and Bill Cleaver’s young-adult novel about
a family of orphans in Appalachia.
   (SSFC, 3/27/16, p.C13)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film "Wife to
Be Sacrificed" starred Naomi Tani and was directed by Masaru Onuma.
   (SFC, 5/1/98, p.C9)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Young
Frankenstein" starred Peter Boyle. It was ranked 13th most funny
film in 2000.
   (SFC, 6/15/00, p.E3)(SSFC, 8/15/04, Par p.18)
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Zardoz" starred
Charlotte Rampling.
   (SSFC, 4/29/01, Par p.15)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â Mar 26, The film "Tommy"
premiered in London.
   (www.imdb.com/title/tt0073812/combined)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â Mar, Sylvester Stallone
wrote "Rocky" and insisted on playing the lead role when he sold the
script. Five Rocky films were made.
   (SFEC, 7/6/97, p.5)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 8, In the 47th Academy
Awards "Godfather II," Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney won.
   (MC, 4/8/02)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Airport '75"
starred singer Helen Reddy, Charlton Heston, Karen Black and Eric
Estrada.
   (SFEC, 11/28/99, DB p.48)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The German film "Ali: Fear
Eats the Soul" was directed by Reiner Werner Fassbinder.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.35)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "At Long
Last Love" starred Cybill Shepherd.
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)(SSFC, 5/11/03, Par p.18)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Barry Lyndon"
starred Ryan O’Neil. It was directed by Stanley Kubrick and featured
the music of the Chieftains of Ireland. It was based on a novel by
Thackeray.
   (WSJ, 3/17/98, p.A16)(SSFC, 11/26/00, DB p.55)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Boy and His
Dog" starred Jason Robards.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The 3* film "Breakout"
with Charles Bronson and Robert Duvall was about a woman who hires a
bush pilot to free her husband from a Mexican prison.
   (WSJ, 10/24/97, p.B3)(SFEC, 8/16/98, Par p.16)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Buffalo
Creek Flood: An Act of Man” was produced. In 2005 it was selected
for preservation by the US National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/28/05, p.E6)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Capone was
produced. The sound track by David Grisman included excerpts from
"Potpourri" by mandolinist Rudy Cipolla (b.1901).
   (SFC, 4/1/97, p.G1)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Crazy Mama"
starred Dennis Quaid.
   (SFEC, 7/5/98, Par p.22)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The Algerian film
"Chronicle of the Years of Embers" was produced.
   (SFC, 9/6/99, p.B5)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Day of the
Locust" was directed by John Schlesinger and based on the 1939 novel
by Nathanael West. Burgess Meredith was nominated for best
supporting actor.
   (HIR, 9/11/97, p.5B)(SFEC,12/21/97, DB p.58)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dog Day
Afternoon" starred Al Pacino and was directed by Sidney Lumet.
   (WSJ, 1/22/00, p.A22)(SFC, 5/30/03, p.D5)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Drowning
Pool" starred Paul Newman.
   (SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film “Face to
Face” was directed by Ingmar Bergman.
   (SFC, 7/31/07, p.E3)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Farewell My
Lovely" starred Charlotte Rampling and Robert Mitchum as Philip
Marlowe, the Raymond Chandler detective novel hero.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SSFC, 4/29/01, Par p.15)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "F" for Fake by
Orson Welles featured Clifford Irving and Hungarian forger Elmyr de
Hory.
   (SFC, 7/29/99, p.E6)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â German film director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder made "Fox and His Friends."
   (SFC, 7/1/97, p.E5)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Funny
Lady" starred Barbra Streisand, James Caan and Roddy McDowall. It
was a sequel to Funny Girl.
   (SFC, 10/9/98, p.C12)(SSFC, 10/11/03, Par p.16)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Great Waldo
Pepper" was directed by George Roy Hill.
   (SFC, 12/28/02, p.A2)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The Hong Kong film "Hand
of Death" starred Sammo Hung.
   (SFEC, 4/11/99, Par p.18)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Happy
Hooker" starred Jean-Pierre Aumont.
   (SFC, 1/31/01, p.C2)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hard Times"
starred Charles Bronson and James Coburn. It was directed by Walter
Hill and set in the Depression.
   (SFC, 9/3/99, p.B3)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â Howard Zieff’s film Hearts
of the West was produced. Blythe Danner, mother of actress Gwyneth
Paltrow, played a script girl working on westerns in 1930s
Hollywood.
   (WSJ, 8/2/96, p.A10)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Hedda starred
Glenda Jackson.
   (SFC, 7/30/99, p.D4)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hennessy"
starred Patrick Stewart.
   (SFEC, 12/5/99, Par p.26)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hester Street"
starred Doris Roberts.
   (SSFC, 11/23/03, Par p.24)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hindenburg"
starred George C. Scott. It was directed by Robert Wise.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)(SFC, 9/16/05, p.B8)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hustle" starred
Burt Reynolds.
   (SFEC, 2/15/98, Par p.22)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Jaws" featured
Roy Scheider and was made by Steven Spielberg. It was rated #48 by
the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. In 2001 it was rated the #2 most
thrilling film. It was based on the 1974 book by Peter Benchley
(1940-2006).
   (USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)(SFC,
2/13/06, p.B3)(SFC, 2/11/08, p.A2)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The Dutch film "Keetje
Tippel" (Cathy Tippel or Katie's Passion, or Hot Sweat) starred Jan
De Bont and was directed by Paul Verhoeven.
   (WSJ, 7/23/99, p.W4)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Let’s Do It
Again" starred Ossie Davis and Bill Cosby.
   (SFEC, 10/20/96, Par, p.24)(SSFC, 10/19/03, Par
p.22)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film
“Lisztomania” was directed by ken Russell. It starred Roger Daltry
of the who as Franz Liszt with Beatles drummer Ringo Starr as the
pope.
   (SFC, 11/29/11, p.C5)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mahogany"
starred Diana Ross. Its screenplay was by Bob Merrill.
   (SFC, 2/19/98, p.A22)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mandingo"
starred James Mason and was produced by Dino De Laurentiis.
   (SSFC, 3/25/01, DB p.52)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Man in the Glass
Booth” starred Maximilian Schell.
   (SSFC, 2/2/14,
p.C5)(www.imdb.com/title/tt0073345/)
Â
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The John Huston film "The
Man Who Would Be King" starred Michael Caine, Sean Connery and
Christopher Plummer.
   (WSJ, 2/21/97, p.A12)(SSFC, 1/12/03, Par p.20)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mr. Sycamore"
starred Jason Robards.
   (SFC, 12/27/00, p.A17)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film
"Nashville" starred Lauren Hutton and was directed by Robert Altman.
   (SFC, 12/29/96, DB p.42)(SFEC, 10/24/99, Par
p.18)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â Arthur Penn made his film
"Night Moves." He lost a lot of his own money but the film was later
recognized as a classic of the 1970s.
   (SFEC, 1/5/97, EM p.9)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "92 in the Shade"
starred Peter Fonda.
   (SFEC, 6/15/97, Par. p.18)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "One Flew Over
the Cuckoo’s Nest" starred Louise Fletcher and Jack Nicholson. It
was produced by Saul Zaentz (1921-2014), directed by Milos Forman
and won an Oscar bor best picture. It was rated #20 by the Amer.
Film Inst. in 1998.
   (USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFEC, 9/26/99, DB
p.45)(SSFC, 1/5/14, p.A1)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Passenger"
starred Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider was directed by
Michelangelo Antonioni.
   (SFEC, 1/17/99, DB p.43)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The People's
War," shot in North Vietnam by Robert Kramer in 1969, was released.
   (SFC, 11/12/99, p.D6)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The mystery film "Picnic
at Hanging Rock" starred Rachel Roberts and Dominic Guard and was
directed by Peter Weir. It was set in 1900 in Australia.
   (SFC, 7/1/98, p.E4)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Posse" starred
Kirk Douglas and Melody Thomas Scott.
   (SFEC, 1/23/00, Par p.12)(SSFC, 2/24/02, Par
p.12)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film "Profumo
di Donna" starred Vittorio Gassman. It was remade in 1993 as "Scent
of a Woman."
   (SFC, 6/30/00, p.D7)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rancho Deluxe
starred Patti Jerome (d.2000 at 75).
   (SFC, 10/4/00, p.B2)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Ransom" starred
Richard Harris.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Return of
the Pink Panther” was directed by Blake Edwards.
   (SFC, 10/25/05, p.B5)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "The
Rocky Horror Picture Show" starred Tim Curry. In 2005 it was
selected for preservation by the US National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)(SSFC, 5/29/05, Par
p.18)(SFC, 12/28/05, p.E6)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rollerball" was
produced.
   (SSFC, 4/15/01, DB p.50)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rooster Cogburn"
starred Katharine Hepburn.
   (SFC, 6/30/03, p.A11)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Shampoo starred
Warren Beatty, Jack Warden, Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn and
was directed by Hal Ashby. The script was by Robert Towne.
   (SFC, 6/23/96, BR, p.32)(SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.36)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The horror film “Shivvers”
starred Paul Hampton and was directed by David Cronenberg. It was
about little parasites that sneak inside people and turn them into
sex maniacs.
   (SFC,10/31/97, p.C5)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sunshine Boys"
starred Walter Matthau and George Burns, who won an Oscar for Best
Supporting Actor.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Six-Pack Annie
featured Stubby Kaye.
   (SFC,12/16/97, p.B4)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "The Story
of Adele H" (Histoire d’Adele) with Isabelle Adjani and was directed
by Francois Truffaut. It was based on the story of Adele Hugo,
daughter of Victor Hugo, who seeks love in Nova Scotia.
   (WSJ, 3/13/98, p.A14)(SFC, 3/18/02, p.D6)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Three Days of
the Condor" starred Faye Dunaway.
   (SFEC, 8/6/00, Par p.18)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Tommy"
by Ken Russell was produced. It was based on the play co-written by
Peter Townshend of The Who and Des McAnuff.
   (SFC, 12/29/96, DB p.42) (SFEM, 1/12/97, DBÂ
p.31)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The horror film "Trilogy
of Terror" starred Karen Black.
   (WSJ, 6/26/00, p.A1)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Wilby
Conspiracy" starred Sidney Poitier.
   (SFEC, 11/1/98, Par p.18)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Winstanley" was
co-directed by Andrew Mollow and Kevin Brownlow. It told of an
agrarian commune in the 1640s created by Gerard Winstanley, a
merchant turned pamphleteer whose elegant prose derided the class
system.
   (SFEC, 1/30/00, DB p.42)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film "A Woman
Called Sada Abe" starred Junko Miyashita and was directed by Noburu
Tanaka.
   (SFC, 5/1/98, p.C9)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "W.W. and the
Dixie Dance Kings" starred Art Carney.
   (SFC, 11/12/03, p.A2)
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Yakuza"
starred Robert Mitchum and was directed by Sydney Pollack.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFC, 5/27/08, p.A2)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â James Wong Howe (b.1899),
Chinese-born cinematographer (2 Oscars), died.
   (SFC, 10/20/04, p.E3)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "All the
President’s Men" with Hal Holbrook, Jack Warden, Jason Robards,
Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman was produced. It was directed by
Alan Pakula and based on the book by Woodward and Bernstein. Robards
won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
   (SFC, 2/19/96, p.E4)(SFEC, 8/10/97, Par
p.14)(SFC, 11/20/98, p.C10)(SFC, 12/30/99, p.E3)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â Lew Ayres produced his
documentary Altars of the World. It won a Globe Award for Best
Documentary.
   (SFC, 12/31/96, p.A20)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bad news Bears"
starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Blue Bird"
starred Elizabeth Taylor. It was shot in Russia and was the 1st film
collaboration between the US and the Soviet Union.
   (SFC, 10/29/01, p.A18)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Bobby Deerfield”
was directed by Sydney Pollack.
   (SFC, 5/27/08, p.A2)(
www.filmreference.com/Directors-Pe-Ri/Pollack-Sydney.html)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film The Boy in the
Plastic Bubble with John Travolta was produced.
   (WSJ, 6/27/97, p.A13)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The 1* film "Breaking
Point" with Bo Svenson and John Colicos was about a martial arts
teacher who testifies against organized crime.
   (WSJ, 10/24/97, p.B3)(SFC, 3/8/00, p.C8)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Buffalo Bill and
the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson" starred Paul Newman.
   (SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Bugsy Malone”
featured Jodie Foster.
   (SSFC, 8/28/05, Par p.22)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The teen revenge film
"Carrie" starred Sissy Spacek and John Travolta. In 2001 it was
rated the #46 most thrilling film.
   (SFEC, 4/11/99, DB p.50)(SFEC, 5/21/00, DB
p.50)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cassandra
Crossing" starred Richard Harris.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film Dersu
Uzala was directed by Akira Kurosawa and featured in the SF film
festival.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.42)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Domino
Principle" was produced.
   (SFC, 2/21/01, p.A18)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Drum" starred
John Colicos.
   (SFC, 3/8/00, p.C8)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film The Eagle Has
Landed with Michael Caine was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, Par p.16)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Echoes of a
Summer” featured Jodie Foster.
   (SSFC, 8/28/05, Par p.22)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Family Plot was
the 53rd and final feature film by Alfred Hitchcock.
   (WSJ, 4/20/99, A20)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Freaky Friday”
featured Jodie Foster.
   (SSFC, 8/28/05, Par p.22)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "The Game
of Seduction" (Une Femme Fidele) was directed by Roger Vadim.
   (SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Gator starred
Burt Reynolds and Lauren Hutton.
   (SFEC, 2/15/98, Par p.22)(SFEC, 10/24/99, Par
p.18)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
Harlan County, U.S.A. was made by Barbara Kopple.
   (WSJ, 11/8/99, p.A48)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Human
Tornado" starred Ernie Hudson.
   (SFEC, 9/17/00, Par p.34)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The Canadian NFB
documentary film "I'll Find a Way" was the story of Nadia DeFranco,
a woman with spina bifida. It won an Oscar in 1977.
   (WSJ, 1/13/00, p.A20)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The Japanese film In the
Realm of the Sense was directed by Nagisa Oshima. It was about a
geisha who engages in a 2-week fest of lovemaking, that she "cuts
short" in the end.
   (SFC, 5/1/98, p.C9)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Jackson Jail with
Yvette Mimieux and Tommy Lee Jones was produced.
   (USAT, 5/16/97, p.3D)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â Hollywood redid King Kong
with Jessica Lange.
   (TMC, 1994, p.1933)(SFC, 4/13/96, p.A5)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film La Derniere Femme
by Italian film director Marco Ferreri was produced.
   (SFC, 5/10/97, p.A20)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Last Tycoon"
starred Robert Mitchum, Angelica Huston, Tony Curtis and Robert De
Niro. It was directed by Elia Kazan and was based on a Harold Pinter
adaptation of an unfinished novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Leadbelly"
starred Ernie Hudson.
   (SFEC, 9/17/00, Par p.34)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "The
Likely Lads" starred Stephanie Lawrence (d.2000 at 50).
   (SFC, 11/8/00, p.B7)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â Margaux Hemingway
(1955-1996), granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, starred in the film
"Lipstick." It also featured her little sister Mariel.
   (SFC, 7/2/96, p.A11)(SFEC, 1/18/98, Par p.17)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Little Girl
Who Lives Down the Lane" starred Jodie Foster.
   (SFEC, 9/17/00, DB p.46)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Logan's Run"
starred Peter York and Peter Ustinov.
   (SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)(MoTV, 1977, p.420)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Love Hurts was
made by the rock group Nazareth.
   (SFC, 10/8/97, p.E5)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Lumiere" was
directed by Jeanne Moreau.
   (SFEC, 3/12/00, p.D5)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The Man Who Fell to Earth,
a British satirical psychological science fiction film, was directed
by Nicolas Roeg and written by Paul Mayersberg, based on Walter
Tevis' 1963 novel of the same name. It featured Bernie Casey
(1939-2017).
  Â
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Fell_to_Earth)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Marathon Man"
starred Laurence Olivier, Dustin Hoffman, Roy Scheider and Marthe
Keller. It was directed by John Schlesinger. In 2001 it was rated
the #50 most thrilling film.
   (MoTV, 1977, p.457)(SFEC, 1/25/98, DB p.47)(SFC,
7/26/03, p.A22)(SFC, 2/11/08, p.A2)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Message” by
Syrian-American producer Moustapha Akkad (d.2005) told the story the
Prophet Mohammad and the emergence of Islam.
   (SFC, 11/24/05, p.E2)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film Midway.
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â Arthur Penn directed the
film Missouri Breaks with Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson was shot
in Montana.
   (SFC, 4/14/96, EM, p.25)(SFEC, 1/5/97, EM
p.8)(PNI, 2/5/97, p.14)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Mother Jugs
& Speed" starred Raquel Welch."
   (SSFC, 3/17/02, Par p.26)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The Muppet ShowÂ
introduced Miss Piggy with voice by director Frank Oz.
   (SFEC, 3/16/97, Par p.2)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Murder by Death"
starred Alec Guinness.
   (SFC, 8/7/00, p.A15)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Network" starred
Peter Finch, Beatrice Straight, William Holden and Faye Dunaway. It
was written by Paddy Chayefsky. It was rated #66 by the Amer. Film
Inst. in 1998. In 2000 it was selected for preservation in the
National Film Registry. Straight won an Oscar for Best Supporting
Actress and Finch posthumously won an Oscar for Best Actor. In 2014
Dave Itzkoff authored “Mad As Hell: The Making of Network and the
Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies.”
   (WSJ, 1/27/97, p.A1)(SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.48)(USAT,
6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 12/28/00, p.D5)(SSFC, 2/16/14, p.F4)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Obsession"
starred John Lithgow.
   (SFEC, 3/12/00, Par p.18)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Olly Olly Oxen
Free" starred Katharine Hepburn.
   (SFC, 6/30/03, p.A11)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Omen"
starred Gregory Peck and Lee Remick. It was directed by Richard
Donner. Nice parents find out that their son is the antichrist and
is killing people.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, Par p.18)(SFEC, 8/1/99, DB p.48)
Â
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Outlaw Josey
Wales" starred Clint Eastwood. It was co-written and directed by
Philip Kaufman.
   (SFC,10/31/97, p.C13)(SFC, 5/23/12, p.E2)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Pink Panther
Strikes Again was produced.
   (SFC, 7/7/96, DB p.27)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Return of a
Man Called Horse" starred Richard Harris.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film The Ritz starred
Treat Williams.
   (SFEC, 4/18/99, Par p.20)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The first "Rocky" film was
produced. It won an Oscar for best picture. Burgess Meredith was
nominated for best supporting actor. It was rated #78 by the Amer.
Film Inst. in 1998.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)(HIR, 9/11/97,
p.5B)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The Lina Wertmuller film
Seven Beauties with Shirley Stoler was produced.
   (SFC, 2/20/98, p.C13)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Seven Per
Cent Solution" starred Nicole Williamson, Robert Duvall and Charles
Gray.
   (SFC, 3/9/00, p.C2)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film, "The Shootist,"
was the last film with John Wayne. It also starred Lauren Bacall,
Melody Thomas Scott and James Stewart.
   (SFC, 7/13/96, p.E3)(SFEC, 5/18/97, Par p.7)(WSJ,
5/20/97, p.A18)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Silent Movie"
starred Bernadette Peters. Paul Newman made a cameo appearance.
   (SFEC, 3/21/99, Par p.30)(SSFC, 9/28/08, p.A16)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Silver Streak"
starred Richard Pryor. In 2000 it was ranked the 95th most funny
film.
   (SFC, 6/15/00, p.E3)(Econ, 12/17/05, p.29)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Sizzle Beach, USA
was the first movie to feature Kevin Kostner.
   (SFEC, 3/28/99, DB p.52)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Small Change was
directed by Francois Truffaut.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.53)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "A Star
Is Born" featured Barbra Streisand and was directed by Frank
Pierson. The screenplay was by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne.
   (SFEC, 11/29/98, DB p.50)(SFC, 1/1/04, p.A23)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Stay Hungry"
starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.
   (SSFC, 6/22/03, Par p.5)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Survive was based
on the real life story of survivors of an Andes plane crash and was
produced by Allan Carr.
   (SFC, 6/30/99, p.C2)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Sweet Bird of
Youth with Christopher Walken was produced.
   (SFEC, 9/21/97, Par p.6)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The Martin Scorsese film
"Taxi Driver" starred Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster,
Peter Boyle and Harvey Keitel. It was directed by Martin Scorsese
and was rated #47 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. In 2001 it was
rated the #22 most thrilling film.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.39)(SFEC, 3/1/98, DB
p.48)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 9/3/99, p.B3)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film To the Devil, a
Daughter was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/4/97, Par. p.31)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Treasure of
Matecumbe" was produced.
   (SFC, 3/30/04, p.A2)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Victor/Victoria"
was ranked 76th most funny film in 2000.
   (SFC, 6/15/00, p.E3)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Voyage of the
Damned" starred Wendy Hiller. It was based on the 1939 journey of
the ship St. Louis carrying 937 Jewish passengers, which was denied
entry to western ports and forced back to Europe.
   (SFC, 10/4/99, p.D1)(SFC, 5/17/03, p.A16)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film W.C. Fields and
Me starred Rod Steiger and was directed by Arthur Hiller. The
screenplay was by Bob Merrill (d.1998).
   (SFEC, 1/4/98, Par. p.18)(SFC, 7/10/02, p.A6)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Where Adam
Stood" was directed by Brian Gobson. It was based on an
autobiography by the Christian fundamentalist Edmund Gosse.
   (SFC, 1/8/04, p.A19)
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Won Ton Ton--The
dog Who Saved Hollywood" starred Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn and Art
Carney. It was a spoof on the life of Rin Tin Tin.
   (SFEC, 8/23/98, DB p.63)
Films 1977-xxxx
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â Mar 28, In the 49th
Academy Awards "Rocky," Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway won.
  Â
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th_Academy_Awards)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 20, The film "Annie
Hall" premiered. Diane Keaton starred in the Woody Allen film Annie
Hall. It was rated #31 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998.
  Â
(www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/24544/Annie%20Hall.html?dataSet=1)(SFC,
1/9/97, p.E1)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â Jun 3, Roberto Rossellini
(b.1906), Italian director, died.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Rossellini)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â Jun 22, Walt Disney’s film
“The Rescuers” was released.
  Â
(www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=40&cartoon=The%20Rescuers)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â Dec 14, The film "Saturday
Night Fever," starring John Travolta, premiered in NYC.
  Â
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Fever)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â Dec 16, The movie
"Saturday Night Fever," starring John Travolta as a Brooklyn disco
dancer, opened in wide release.
   (AP, 12/16/07)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â James Stewart starred in
the film “Airport ‘7”.
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film “The Amsterdam Kill.”
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â Diane Keaton starred in
the Woody Allen film “Annie Hall.” It was rated #31 by the Amer.
Film Inst. in 1998. It premiered Apr 20.
   (SFC, 1/9/97, p.E1)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The Swedish film “Autumn
Sonata” was directed by Ingmar Bergman.
   (SFC, 7/31/07, p.E3)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The Italian film An
Average Little Man starred Alberto Sordi.
   (SFC, 12/1/97, p.E3)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bad" featured
Lawrence Tierney and was directed by Andy Warhol.
   (SFC, 3/1/02, p.A33)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Billy Jack Goes
to Washington” was produced by Frank Capra Jr.
   (SSFC, 12/23/07, p.B4)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Black Sunday"
starred Robert Shaw and was directed by John Frankenheimer.Â
Ernest Lehman, Kenneth Ross and Ivan Moffat collaborated on the
adaptation of the Thomas Harris novel of a plot to bomb the Super
Bowl.
   (SSFC, 3/18/01, DB p.47)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Bridge Too Far
was produced by David Levine and directed by Richard Attenborough.
Composer John Addison (d.1998 at 78) won a British Academy Award for
his music. It was based on the book by Cornelius Ryan.
   (SFEC, 12/13/98, p.C14)(HC, 12/12/01)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Can I Do It
‘Till I Need Glasses” featured Robin Williams (1951-2014).
   (SFC, 8/13/14, p.F3)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Car"
featured Melody Thomas Scott.
   (SSFC, 2/24/02, Par p.12)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Cassandra
Crossing” featured John Philip Law.
   (SFC, 5/16/08, p.B11)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Ceddo from
Senegal was directed by Ousmane Sembene
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.44)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Close Encounters
of the Third Kind" by Steven Spielberg was released. Front
projection technique with 65 mm film was used. It was rated #64 by
the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. In 2001 it was rated the #31 most
thrilling film. In 2007 it was added as a classic to the American
national registry.
   (WSJ, 7/5/96, p.A5)(WSJ, 3/19/98, p.R4)(USAT,
6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)(SFC, 12/28/07, p.E3)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Cross of Iron"
starred James Coburn.
   (SFC, 11/20/02, p.D3)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â Jacqueline Bisset starred
in The Deep.
   (SFEM, 1/12/97, Par p.18)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Dogtown" starred
Karen Black and was directed by George Kickenlooper.
   (WSJ, 6/26/00, p.A16)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Dona Flor and Her
Two Husbands starred Sonia Braga. It was based on a novel by Jorge
Amado of Brazil.
   (SFEC, 8/8/99, p.T8)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Equus starred
Richard Burton. It was based on the play by Peter Shaffer. It was
about a boy who blinds horses and a psychiatrist who tries to cure
him.
   (SFEC, 5/23/99, DB p.52)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Eraserhead" by
David Lynch starred Marvin John "Jack" Nance, (1943-1996). In 2004
it was added to the National Film Registry.
   (SFC, 3/28/97, p.C7)(SFC, 12/31/04, p.E6)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Fun With Dick
and Jane" starred Jay Leno, Jane Fonda, Ed McMahon and George Segal.
   (SFEC, 7/12/98, Par p.18)(SFEC, 2/7/99, Par
p.26)(SFEC, 9/3/00, Par p.18)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Grand Theft Auto
was the first film directed by Ron Howard.
   (SFEC, 11/10/96, Par p.5)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Gulliver’s
Travels" starred Richard Harris.
   (SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “High Anxiety”
featured Ron Carey (1935-2007). It was directed by Mel Brooks.
   (SFC, 1/23/07, p.B4)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The Hong Kong film
Iron-Fisted Monk starred Sammo Hung.
   (SFEC, 4/11/99, Par p.18)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â A remake of the 1933 film
The Island of Dr. Moreau with Burt Lancaster was made based on the
H.G. Wells classic novel.
   (SFC, 8/20/96, p.E1)(WSJ, 8/23/96, p.A8)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Islands in the
Stream starred George C. Scott.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The German film Jacob the
Liar starred Vlastimil Brodsky and was directed by Frank Beyer. An
English version was made in 1999.
   (SFC, 11/5/99, p.C5)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Julia" was
directed by Fred Zinnemann. Meryl Streep played in her first film
with Jane Fonda, Hal Holbrook, Maximilian Schell and Jason Robards
as Dashiell Hammett. It was based on a chapter from the Lillian
Hellman book: "Pentimento."
   (SFC, 6/15/96, p.E4)(SFC, 3/15/97, p.A19)(SFEC,
8/10/97, Par p.14)(WSJ, 5/24/99, p.A28)(SSFC, 2/2/14, p.C5)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Late Show"
starred Art Carney.
   (SFC, 11/12/03, p.A2)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Last Remake
of Beau Geste" featured Ed McMahon and Peter Ustinov.
   (SFEC, 9/3/00, Par p.18)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Last Tycoon"
starred Robert de Niro and Ingrid Boulting and was directed Elia
Kazan. It was adopted from an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel.
   (SFC, 2/14/97, p.D5)(SFC, 2/13/98, p.C5)(SFC,
5/30/03, p.D5)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Le Point de
Mire" by John-Claude Tramont (1930-1996) was produced.
   (SFC, 12/31/96, p.A20)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "A Little
Night Music" was produced.
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Looking for Mr.
Goodbar" starred Tom Berenger, Tuesday Weld and Diane Keaton.
   (SFC, 9/22/96, DB p.55)(SFC, 1/9/97, p.E1)(SSFC,
8/17/03, Par p.18)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "MacArthur"
starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, Par p.18)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Man Who
Loved Women" starred Charles Denner and was directed by Francois
Truffaut.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.53)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Men" starred
Karen Black.
   (WSJ, 6/26/00, p.A16)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The Hong Kong film "Mighty
Peking Man" starred Danny Lee. It was also called Goliathon or
Colossus of the Jungle.
   (SFC, 4/23/99, p.C13)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "New
York, New York" by Martin Scorsese starred Liza Minnelli and Robert
De Niro.
   (SFC, 12/29/96, DB p.42)(SFEC, 6/27/99, BR p.45)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Orca" starred
Charlotte Rampling and Richard Harris.
   (SSFC, 4/29/01, Par p.15)(SFC, 10/26/02, p.A2)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Padre Padrone was
directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani and featured in the SF film
festival.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.42)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Paul Robeson: The
Tallest Tree in Our Forest was a documentary on Paul Robeson’s
career.
   (SFEC, 4/5/98, DB p.45)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Piece of the
Action" starred Sidney Poitier.
   (SFEC, 11/1/98, Par p.18)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Providence"
starred John Gielgud.
   (SFC, 5/23/00, p.A13)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"Pumping Iron" starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was directed by
George Butler and Robert Fiore.
   (SSFC, 6/22/03, Par p.5)(SFC, 8/15/03, p.D17)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The horror film “Rabid”
was directed by David Cronenberg.
   (USAT, 6/11/04, p.5E)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The Disney animated film
"The Rescuers" was produced.
   (SFC, 7/17/01, p.A15)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Saturday Night
Fever" starred Fran Drescher, Karen Gorney and John Travolta. It
later became a big success in Mexico.
   (WSJ, 5/3/96, p.A1)(SFEC, 5/11/97, DB p.37)(SFEC,
10/11/97, DB p.35)(SFEC, 9/27/98, Par p.20)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Semi-Tough"
starred Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh and Brian
Dennehy was directed by Michael Ritchie. It was based on a novel by
Dan Jenkins.
   (WSJ, 10/17/97, p.A20)(SFEC, 2/21/99, Par
p.18)(SFEC, 9/24/00, DB p.56)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Sinbad and the
Eye of the Tiger” was produced.
   (SSFC, 5/16/04, p.M6)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Slap Shot"
starred Paul Newman as an over-the-hill hockey coach. It was
directed by George Roy Hill.
   (SFEC, 9/5/99, DB p.34)(SFC, 12/28/02, p.A2)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film Sleeping Dogs
featured Sam Neill.
   (SFEC, 5/10/98, Par p.18)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Smokey and the
Bandit" opened in movie theaters May 19 and was the #2 hit of the
year behind "Star Wars." It starred Burt Reynolds and Jackie
Gleason.
   (DTnet, 5/19/97)(SFEC, 7/13/97, Par p.10)(SFC,
10/10/02, p.D9)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Sorcerer”
featured Roy Scheider and was directed by William Friedkin. It was a
remake of the 1953 French film "The Wages of Fear" by Henri-Georges
Clouzet.
   (SFEC, 1/3/99, DB p.38)(SFC, 2/11/08, p.A2)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Special Day
was directed by Ettore Scola and featured in the SF film festival.
   (SFEC, 4/13/97, DB p.42)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â Roger Moore starred in the
James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me. World wide receipts totaled
$185 mil.  Â
   (WSJ, 11/7/95, p. A1)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Special Day"
starred Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren.
   (SFC, 1/11/00, p.B6)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Star Wars" was
directed by George Lucas and starred Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan
Kenobi. It was released in May and became a the #1 hit of the year.
In 1996 dollars it grossed an estimated $628 mil. It cost $10.3
million to make. Electronically controlled moving camera equipment
was used to travel around models with up to 38 layers of film in a
sequence. It was rated #15 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. John
Williams composed the music. In 2001 it was rated the #27 most
thrilling film.
   (SFC, 7/12/96, p.D11)(SFEC, 1/26/97 DB,
p.28)(SFEC, 7/13/97, Par p.10)(SFC, 10/3/97, p.C7)(WSJ, 3/19/98,
p.R4)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(WSJ, 5/13/99, p.A28)(SFC, 6/14/01, p.E5)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Thieves”
featured “Marlo Thomas.”
   (SSFC, 11/21/04, Par p.28)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Three Warriors"
was produced by Saul Zaentz and Sy Gomberg (d.2001 at 82).
   (SFEC, 11/17/96, DB p.39)(SFC, 2/17/01, p.A23)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "3 Women"
featured Sissy Spacek and was directed by Robert Altman.
   (SSFC, 11/4/01, Par p.14)(Econ, 11/25/06, p.87)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The animated film “Tubby
the Tuba” was produced by Pixar.
   (Econ, 5/24/08, p.107)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Turning Point"
starred Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft. It was directed by
Herbert Ross.
   (SFC, 8/26/97, p.E4)(SFC, 10/13/01, p.A16)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â Yuri Nikulin (1921-1997)
starred in the Russian film "Twenty Days Without War."
   (SFC, 8/22/97, p.A24)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Valentino"
starred Huntz Hall as producer Jesse Lasky.
   (SFC, 2/2/99, p.A19)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The science fiction film
"Welcome to Blood City" starred Jack Palance and Kier Dullea with a
screenplay by Stephen Schneck (1933-1996).
   (SFC, 12/11/96, p.A24)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Welcome to L.A."
starred Lauren Hutton and Sissy Spacek.
   (SFEC, 10/24/99, Par p.18)(SSFC, 11/4/01, Par
p.14)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film
"We’re Not the Jet Set" was directed by Robert Duvall and was about
a rodeo family.
   (SFEC, 1/25/98, DB p.44)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Word Is Out,"
the first major documentary by and about lesbians and gays, opened
at the Castro Theatre.
   (SFC, 6/18/97, p.E3)
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "You Light Up My
Life" won an Oscar for the title song. It was sung by Kasey Cisyk
(d.1998 at 44), who also did the Ford song "Have You Driven a Ford
Lately."
   (SFC, 4/14/98, p.A17)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â Apr 3, In the 50th Academy
Awards "Annie Hall," Richard Dreyfuss and Diane Keaton won.
   (MC, 4/3/02)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â Jun 13, The film "Grease,"
starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, premiered in NYC.
   (www.imdb.com/title/tt0077631/releaseinfo)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â Jul 24, The Beatles’
animated film "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" premiered in
the US.
   (www.imdb.com/title/tt0078239/)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â Film actress Joan Fontaine
(1917-2013) authored her autobiography “No Bed of Roses.
   (SFC, 12/16/13, p.A7)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Adventures
of Picasso" with Lena Olin was made.
   (SFEC, Par. p.26)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "American Hot Wax
featured Jay Leno and Fran Drescher.
   (SFEC, 7/12/98, Par p.18)(SFEC, 9/27/98, Par
p.20)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â "National Lampoon’s Animal
House" was a parody of college fraternity life loosely based on the
Alpha Delta Phi fraternity at Dartmouth. It featured Kevin Bacon.
   (SFC, 1/25/97, p.A19)(WSJ, 2/26/99, p.W15)(SFEC,
9/12/99, Par p.26)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Autumn Sonata"
with Ingrid Bergman was her last feature film.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.48)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Bad News
Bears Go To Japan" was directed by John Berry.
   (SFC, 12/1/99, p.A26)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Barking Dog" was
an Alan Smithee production.
   (SFC, 2/26/98, p.E4)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Big Fix"
starred Mandy Patinkin and John Lithgow.
   (SFEC, 8/8/99, Par p.14)(SFEC, 3/12/00, Par p.18)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum and Jimmy
Stewart played in the film "The Big Sleep."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)(SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bloodsucking
Freaks" was produced by the New York based Troma studio, founded by
Lloyd Kaufman.
   (SFEC, 3/28/99, DB p.52)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Born Again” was
produced by Frank Capra Jr.
   (SSFC, 12/23/07, p.B4)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Boys From
Brazil" starred Gregory Peck.
   (SFEC, 3/1/98, Par p.18)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Brass Target”
starred John Cassavetes and Sophia Loren.
   (WSJ, 3/3/06, p.W6)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Brink’s Job"
starred Peter Falk and Peter Boyle. It was based on the
nonfiction book "The Big StickUp at Brink’s" by Noel Behn.
   (SFC, 8/1/98, p.A19)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Bye Bye Monkey"
by Italian film director Marco Ferreri was produced.
   (SFC, 5/10/97, p.A20)
1978 Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "California
Suite" starred Michael Caine, Bill Cosby and Walter Matthau.
   (SFEC, 5/11/97, Par p.16)(SFC, 7/3/00,
p.B5)(SSFC, 10/19/03, Par p.22)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Campaign" was an
Alan Smithee production.
   (SFC, 2/26/98, p.E4)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Casey’s Shadow"
starred Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Cat and the
Canary" starred Wendy Hiller.
   (SFC, 5/17/03, p.A16)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film "The
Challenge of Modern Art" was made by Herbert Kline and narrated by
Orson Welles.
   (SFC, 2/13/99, p.A24)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The 3* musical film
"Cindy" with Charlaine Woodward was produced. It was a love story
set in 1943 Harlem.
   (WSJ, 10/24/97, p.B3)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Coma" starred
Tom Selleck, Michael Douglas and Ed Harris.
   (SFEC, 4/19/98, Par p.22)(SSFC, 2/25/01, Par
p.20)(SSFC, 4/6/03, Par p.24)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Comes a
Horseman" starred Jason Robards and Richard Farnsworth (d.200 at
80). It was directed by Alan Pakula.
   (SFC, 11/20/98, p.C10)(SFC, 10/7/00, p.A19)(SFC,
12/27/00, p.A17)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Coming Home"
starred Jane Fonda and Jon Voight. It was about a paraplegic Vietnam
veteran returning home. Voight won the best-actor Oscar for his
role.
   (SFEC, 11/3/96, Par p.2)(SFEC,11/30/97, DB p.55)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Corvette Summer"
starred Annie Potts.
   (SFEC, 2/28/99, Par p.16)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Crossed Swords"
starred George C. Scott.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Dawn of the
Dead” by George Romero was about a group of people struggling to
survive in a world taken over by flesh-eating zombies.
   (Econ, 12/22/07, p.103)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Days of Heaven"
starred Richard Gere, Sam Shepard and Brooke Adams. It was directed
by Terence Mallick, who spent 2 years editing it. In 2007 it was
added as a classic to the American national registry.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.35)(SFC, 10/12/97, DB
p.52)(SFC, 10/27/99, p.B3)(SFC, 12/28/07, p.E3)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Death on the
Nile" featured Angela Lansbury and Peter Ustinov.
   (SFEC, 12/8/96, Par p.18)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Deer Hunter"
with Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep was produced and inspired
Jan C. Scruggs to start the movement for a Washington Vietnam
Veteran War Memorial. It won an Oscar for best picture. It was rated
#79 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. In 2001 it was rated the #30
most thrilling film.
   (SFEC,11/3/96, Par p.2)(SFEC,3/23/97,DB
p.38)(SFEC, 9/21/97, Par p.6)(USAT, 6/17/98, p.9D)(SFC, 6/14/01,
p.E5)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The Hong Kong film
"Drunken Master" with Jackie Chan was produced. The film was Chan’s
first and launched his fame.
   (SFC, 7/18/97, p.D7)(SFC, 1/28/98, p.E6)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The End" starred
Burt Reynolds. Jerry Belson (1938-2006) wrote the script for this
black comedy.
   (SFEC, 2/16/98, Par p.22)(SFC, 10/15/06, p.B6)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The End of the
World in Our Usual Bed in a Night Full of Rain" was made by Lina
Wertmuller. It starred Candice Bergen and Giancarlo Giannini.
   (SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The Hong Kong film "Enter
the Fat Dragon" starred Sammo Hung.
   (SFEC, 4/11/99, Par p.18)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Eyes of Laura
Mars" by Irvin Kershner starred Faye Dunaway. Dunaway played a
telepathic fashion photographer who sees murder through the eyes of
the victims.
   (WSJ, 1/17/97, p.A11)(WSJ, 1/15/98, p.W2)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Fallen Arches"
starred Karen Black and was directed by Ron Cosentino.
   (WSJ, 6/26/00, p.A16)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Fedora" was
directed by Billy Wilder.
   (SFC, 3/29/02, p.A14)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Fingers" with
Harvey Keitel was directed by James Toback. A concert pianist breaks
legs for his loan shark father.
   (SFEC, 10/11/97, DB p.35)(SFEC, 3/1/98, DB p.49)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "F.I.S.T." with
Brian Dennehy, Sylvester Stallone and Rod Steiger was produced.
   (SFEC, 7/6/97, p.5)(SFEC, 1/4/98, Par. p.18)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Foul Play"
starred Billy Barty (d.2000 at 76) and Dudley Moore (d.2002 at 66).
   (SSFC, 12/24/00, p.B5)(SFC, 3/28/02, p.A1)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Fury"
starred Laura Innes, Melody Thomas Scott, Daryl Hannah and Kirk
Douglas.
   (SFEC, 9/20/98, Par p.14)(SFEC, 1/23/00, Par
p.12)(SSFC, 2/24/02, Par p.12)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Game of Death"
starred Bruce Lee.
   (SFC, 11/8/00, p.D3)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Goodbye
Girl" starred Richard Dreyfus.
   (SFEC, 10/31/99, DB p.52)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The American film “Go Tell
the Spartans,” a low budget work about the Vietnam War, was directed
by Ted Post (1918-2013).
   (WSJ, 7/10/98, p.B1)(SSFC, 8/25/13, p.C12)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Gray Lady Down"
starred Christopher Reeve and was directed by David Greene.
   (SFEC, 11/22/98, Par p.24)(SFC, 4/9/03, p.A30)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Grease"
with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John was directed by Randal
Kleiser. It was based on a 1972 off-Broadway musical and was
re-released in 1998. Dennis Greene of Sha Na Na sang the lead on
"Tears On My Pillow."
   (SFC,11/27/97, p.C7)(SFC, 3/23/98, p.E2)(SFC,
6/26/98, p.C13)(WSJ, 8/24/99, p.A8)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Greek
Tycoon" starred Anthony Quinn. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson
(d.2002).
   (SFC, 9/9/02, p.A22)  Â
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Green Room"
was directed by Francois Truffaut. It was about an obituary writer
who becomes obsessed with death.
   (SFEC, 5/9/99, DB p.53)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Heaven Can Wait"
starred Dyan Cannon, Jack Warden and Warren Beatty. It was an angel
film directed by Beatty and was a remake of the 1943 film. It was
filmed at the Filoli estate west of Redwood City, Ca.
   (SFEC, 7/13/97, DB p.55)(PI, 3/21/98, p.5)(SFEC,
4/26/98, DB p.56)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Hooper" starred
Burt Reynolds.
   (SFEC, 2/15/98, Par p.22)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "House Calls"
starred Art Carney and Walter Matthau.
   (SFC, 7/3/00, p.B5)(SFC, 11/12/03, p.A2)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "In Praise of
Older Women" starred Tom Berenger.
   (SSFC, 8/17/03, Par p.18)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The German film "In a Year
of 13 Moons" by director Rainer Werner Fassbinder was made. It was
about a tragic transsexual who changed his sex for his lover.
   (SFC, 7/1/97, p.E5)(SFEC, 9/7/97, DB p.43)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Interiors"
starred E.G. Marshall and Maureen Stapleton. It was directed by
Woody Allen.
   (SFC, 10/12/97, Par p.22)(SFC, 3/14/06, p.B5)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Invasion of the
Body Snatchers" starred Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams. It was
directed by Philip Kaufman. This remake of the 1956 original by Don
Siegel was based on a novel by Jack Finney of Mill Valley, Ca. and
was shot entirely in San Francisco.
   (WSJ, 7/3/97, p.A9)(SFC, 5/23/12, p.E2)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "I Wanna Hold
Your Hand" was the first feature by Bob Zemeckis.
   (WSJ, 10/4/96, p.A7)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "King of the
Gypsies" starred Annie Potts.
   (SFEC, 2/28/99, Par p.16)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "La Cage
aux Folles" was produced. It was about a St. Tropez drag queen and
his long-suffering lover.
   (SFC, 9/20/96, p.C14)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â Martin Scorsese directed
the film "The Last Waltz," which documented The Band's Nov. 1976
farewell concert in SF in this year. It was available on video.
   (WSJ,11/24/95, p.A6)(WSJ, 12/15/99, p.A20)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Late, Great
Planet Earth" was produced.
   (SFC, 7/6/98, p.D1)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The TV film "Les
Miserables" starred Richard Jordan as Valjean and Anthony Perkins as
Inspector Javert.
   (SFC, 3/18/02, p.D6)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The documentary film "Life
After Breast Cancer" was produced.
   (SFC, 1/18/97, p.A19)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The biography film "A Love
Affair: The Eleanor & Lou Gehrig Story" with Blythe Danner was
produced.
   (WSJ, 10/24/97, p.B3)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â James Stewart starred in
the film "The Magic of Lassie."
   (SFC, 7/3/97, p.E4)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â German film director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder made "The Marriage of Maria Braun."
   (WSJ, 1/14/97, p.A16)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "M*A*S*H" was
produced.
   (SFC, 7/11/96, p.D4)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The Hong Kong film "Master
Killer" was produced.
   (SFC, 7/18/97, p.D7)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Midnight
Express” was about an American drug runner abused by Turkish
jailers. It was based on the real-life story of Billy Hayes (23), an
American who spent five long, agonizing years in a Turkish prison
for attempting to smuggle two kilos of hashish on his way home to
the USA in 1970.
   (WSJ, 1/15/98,
p.A1)(www.filmreference.com/Films-Mi-My/Midnight-Express.html)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Mitchum played in
the film "Matilda."
   (SFC, 7/2/97, p.E2)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The British film "Monty
Python’s Life of Brian" with Michael Palin was produced.
   (SFC, 6/3/98, p.E3)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Movie, Movie"
starred Art Carney, George C. Scott and Harry Hamlin.
   (SFC, 9/24/99, p.D2)(SSFC, 5/12/02, Par p.18)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The One and
Only" starred Henry Winkler.
   (SFEC, 1/2/00, Par p.18)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The filmed play "Paul
Robeson" starred James Earl Jones and was directed by Lloyd
Richards.
   (SFEC, 4/5/98, DB p.45)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Paradise Alley"
with Armand Assante was produced.
   (SFEC, 5/18/97, Par p.30)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “The Pink Panther
Strikes Again” was produced.
   (SFC, 10/25/05, p.B5)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The thriller film
"Piranha" featured Melody Thomas Scott. The film led to increased
sales of the prohibited fish.
   (SSFC, 2/24/02, Par p.12)(SFC, 9/19/03, p.E8)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The 9 minute film "Powers
of Ten" was directed by Charles and Ray Eames. It was named a
Library of Congress Classic in 1998.
   (SFC, 11/30/98, p.D3)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â Louis Malle made his film
"Pretty Baby." It was loosely based on the life of the photographer
E.J. Bellocq.
   (WSJ, 12/5/96, p.A16)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "A Quiet Day in
Belfast with Margot Kidder about the hopelessness of the Irish civil
war.
   (SFEC, 3/15/98, DB p.57)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The French film "Robert
and Robert" starred Germaine Montero and was directed by Claude
Lelouch.
   (SFC, 7/1/00, p.C2)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The reggae film "Rockers"
was produced. It was the story of drummer Leroy "Horsemouth"
Wallace. It was directed by Theodoros Bafaloukos and featured music
by Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and others.
   (SFC, 12/13/99, p.E2)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Rituals" with
Hal Holbrook was produced.
   (SFEC, 8/10/97, Par p.14)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Same Time Next
Year" starred Ellen Burstyn.
   (SFEC, 10/1/00, Par p.26)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "September 30,
1955" starred Dennis Quaid. The day marked the death of James Dean.
   (SFEC, 7/5/98, Par p.22)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Sextette"
starred George Hamilton as the husband in Mae West’s last film.
   (WSJ, 11/27/01, p.A20)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band" was produced.
   (SFC, 12/26/02, p.E14)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Silver Bears"
featured Jay Leno.
   (SFEC, 7/12/98, Par p.18)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Straight Time"
starred Dustin Hoffman and Theresa Russell. It was directed by Ulu
Grosbard.
   (SFC, 2/23/99, p.B7)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The first of 3 Superman
films starred Gene Hackman, Glenn Ford and Christopher Reeve. It was
co-produced by Alexander Salkind (d.1997) and his son. With his son
he co-produced Bluebeard, The Light at the Edge of the World, The
Prince and the Pauper, and Supergirl. He demanded an additional $15
million from Warner Bros. for foreign distribution prior to opening
in the pre-Christmas season.
   (SFC, 3/20/97, p.A24)(SFC, 8/31/06, p.B7)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "The Tin Drum"
was produced by Anatole Dauman and directed by Volker Schlondorff.
It was based on the anti-Nazi German novel by Gunter Grass. It won a
1979 Oscar for best foreign film.
   (SFC, 6/30/97, p.A5)(SFC, 4/9/98, p.C14)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "An Unmarried
Woman starred Jill Clayburgh and Alan Bates. It was directed by Paul
Mazursky.
   (SFEC, 3/23/97, DB p.38)(SFEC, 5/11/97, DB
p.37)(SFEC,12/21/97, DB p.58)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Up in Smoke"
starred Cheech and Chong and was directed by Cheech Marin. It
featured Edie Adams (1927-2008) as Tommy Chong’s mother.
   (SFEC, 5/17/98, DB p.46)(SFC, 10/17/08, p.A2)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The Hong Kong film
"Warriors Two" starred Sammo Hung.
   (SFEC, 4/11/99, Par p.18)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “A Wedding”
starred Carol Burnett.
   (SSFC, 12/18/05, Par p.22)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film “Wild Geese” was
directed by Andrew McLaglen.
   (SFC, 9/5/14, p.D4)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The musical film "The Wiz"
starred Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Lena Horne and Richard Pryor.
It was directed by Sidney Lumet.
   (SFEC, 11/29/98, DB p.50)
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â The film "Who’ll Stop the
Rain" starred Nick Nolte and Tuesday Weld. It was directed by Karel
Reisz.
   (SFC, 11/28/02, p.A30)
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