1960 IN FILM

The year '1960 in film' involved some significant events.
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Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1960

Short Film Series

Births

Deaths

Events

★ April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film ''G.I. Blues''

★ August 10 - Filming of ''West Side Story'' begins.

★ November 4 - Filming wraps on ''The Misfits'', starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable (this was the last film either performed in)

★ November 13 - Sammy Davis, Jr. and May Britt wed.

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''Ben-Hur''
# ''Can-Can''
# ''Psycho'' (Alfred Hitchcock)
# ''Operation Petticoat''
# ''Suddenly, Last Summer'' (film mentioned in adaptations)
# ''The Apartment''
# ''Solomon and Sheba''
# ''On the Beach''

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''The Apartment''' - Mirisch, United Artists
:Best Director: 'Billy Wilder' - ''The Apartment''
:Best Actor: 'Burt Lancaster' - ''Elmer Gantry''
:Best Actress: 'Elizabeth Taylor' - ''BUtterfield 8''
:Best Supporting Actor: 'Peter Ustinov' - ''Spartacus''
:Best Supporting Actress: 'Shirley Jones' - ''Elmer Gantry''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''The Virgin Spring''' (''Jungfrukällan''), directed by Ingmar Bergman, Sweden

'Golden Globe Awards:'
:'Drama:'
:Best Picture: '''Spartacus'''
:Best Actor: 'Burt Lancaster' - ''Elmer Gantry''
:Best Actress: 'Greer Garson' - ''Sunrise at Campobello''
:'Musical or comedy:'
:Best Picture (tie): '''The Apartment'''
:Best Picture (tie): '''Song Without End'''
:Best Actor: 'Jack Lemmon' - ''The Apartment''
:Best Actress: 'Shirley MacLaine' - ''The Apartment''
:'Other'
:Best Director: 'Jack Cardiff' - ''Sons and Lovers''
'Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):'
:'''La dolce vita''', directed by Federico Fellini, Italy
'Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):'
:'''Le passage du Rhin''' (''The Crossing of the Rhine''), directed by André Cayatte, Italy / France / W.Germany
'Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):'
:'''El lazarillo de tormes''', directed by César Fernández Ardavin, Spain / Italy

Films released in 1960

★ ''13 Ghosts''

★ ''The Alamo''

★ ''The Amazing Transparent Man''

★ ''The Apartment''

★ ''L'avventura''

★ ''Beat Girl''

★ ''The Bellboy''

★ ''Black Sunday''

★ ''Breathless'' (''À bout de souffle'')

★ ''BUtterfield 8''

★ ''Can-Can''

★ ''Cimarron''

★ ''Cinderfella''

★ ''Devi''

★ ''La dolce vita''

★ ''Elmer Gantry''

★ ''The Entertainer''

★ ''Exodus''

★ ''Flaming Star''

★ ''G.I. Blues''

★ ''Heller in Pink Tights''

★ ''Herod the Great'' (''Erode il grande'')

★ ''Inherit the Wind''

★ ''Jigoku''

★ ''Last Woman on Earth''

★ ''Late Autumn'' (''Akibiyori'')

★ ''Macumba Love''

★ ''The Magnificent Seven''

★ ''The Mountain Road''

★ ''Mughal-e-Azam''

★ ''Never on Sunday''

★ ''Noi duri''

★ ''North to Alaska''

★ ''Le Passage du Rhin''

★ ''Peeping Tom''

★ ''Pollyanna''

★ ''Psycho''

★ ''The Pure Hell of St Trinian's''

★ ''The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film''

★ ''Scent of Mystery''

★ ''Song Without End''

★ ''Sons and Lovers''

★ ''Space Men''

★ ''Spartacus''

★ ''Sunrise at Campobello''

★ ''Swiss Family Robinson''

★ ''Testament of Orpheus'' (''Le Testament d'Orphée'')

★ ''Two Women''

★ ''The Virgin Spring'' (''Jungfrukällan'')

★ ''Visit to a Small Planet''

★ ''When a Woman Ascends the Stairs''

★ ''Where the Boys Are''

★ ''The White Horse Inn''

★ ''The World of Suzie Wong''

★ ''The Young One''

★ ''Man in the Moon''

★ ''Watch Your Stern''

★ ''Make Mine Mink''

★ ''Carry On Cabby''

★ ''Johnny Nobody''

★ ''The Millionairess''

Short Film Series

★ ''Looney Tunes'' (1930-1969)

★ ''Terrytoons'' (1930-1964)

★ ''Merrie Melodies'' (1931-1969)

★ ''Bugs Bunny'' (1940-1962)

★ ''Yosemite Sam'' (1945-1963)

★ ''Speedy Gonzales'' (1953-1968)

Births

★ January 1 - Dawn Mazzella, American actress

★ January 3 - Joan Chen, actress

★ January 12 - Oliver Platt, actor

★ January 13 - Kevin Anderson, actor

★ February 28 - Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress

★ May 24 - Kristin Scott-Thomas, actress

★ May 31 - Chris Elliott, actor

★ August 17 - Sean Penn, actor

★ September 9 - Hugh Grant, actor

★ October 10 - Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor

★ November 11 - Stanley Tucci, actor and film director.

★ December 3 - Daryl Hannah, actress

★ December 3 - Julianne Moore, actress

Deaths

★ January 3 – Victor Sjöström, Swedish film actor and director

★ January 20 - Matt Moore, Irish-born American actor

★ February 3 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian actor and singer

★ November 5 - Mack Sennett, American producer and director

★ November 16 - Clark Gable, American actor

★ November 19 - Phyllis Haver, American actress