1960 in film

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The year 1960 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1960
5 Short Film Series
6 Births
7 Deaths
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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

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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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] 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