1964 in film

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The year 1964 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1964
5 Short Film Series
6 Births
7 Deaths
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[edit] Events
January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove is released.
March 6 - Elvis Presley's 14th motion picture, Kissin' Cousins is released to theaters.
July 6 - A Hard Day's Night, the first Beatles film, premieres.

[edit] Top grossing films
North America
Tom Jones
The Carpetbaggers
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Charade

[edit] Awards
Academy Awards:
Best Picture: My Fair Lady - Warner Bros.
Achievement in Direction: George Cukor - My Fair Lady
Best Actor: Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
Best Actress: Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov - Topkapi
Best Supporting Actress: Lila Kedrova - Zorba the Greek
Best Foreign Language Film: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy
Golden Globe Awards:
Drama:
Best Picture: Becket
Best Actor: Peter O'Toole - Becket
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft - The Pumpkin Eater
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: My Fair Lady
Best Actor: Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
Best Actress: Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins
Other
Best Director: George Cukor - My Fair Lady
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), directed by Jacques Demy, France
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Il deserto rosso (The Red Desert), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Susuz Yaz (Dry Summer), directed by Ismail Metin, Turkey

[edit] Films released in 1964
The Americanization of Emily
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
Bedtime Story
The Best Man
Blood and Black Lace, directed by Mario Bava
The Carpetbaggers
Circus World, starring John Wayne
The Disorderly Orderly, starring Jerry Lewis
Dr. Strangelove, directed by Stanley Kubrick
Ensign Pulver
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
Fail-Safe
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Father Goose
A Fistful of Dollars
The Flesh Eaters
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Goldfinger
Good Neighbor Sam, starring Jack Lemmon
Hamlet
A Hard Day's Night, starring The Beatles
The Incredible Mr. Limpet, starring Don Knotts
In Harm's Way
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home
Kissin' Cousins, starring Elvis Presley
Marnie
Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews
The Masque of the Red Death
Mothra vs. Godzilla
My Fair Lady
Nothing But the Best
One Potato, Two Potato
The Patsy, starring Jerry Lewis
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg)
The Pumpkin Eater
Robin and the 7 Hoods, starring Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Roustabout, starring Elvis Presley
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Seven Up!
A Shot in the Dark, starring Peter Sellers
The Thin Red Line
Topkapi
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
The Visit
Viva Las Vegas, starring Elvis Presley
Welcome, or No Trespassing, starring Evgeni Evstigneev
What a Way to Go!
Woman in the Dunes
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani)
Zorba the Greek (aka Alexis Zorbas)
Zulu, starring Michael Caine and Stanley Baker

[edit] Short Film Series
Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
Terrytoons (1930-1964)
Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
Speedy Gonzales (1953-1968)

[edit] Births
January 7 - Nicolas Cage, actor
January 13 - Penelope Ann Miller, actress
January 18 - Jane Horrocks, actress
February 15 - Chris Farley, actor
March 9 - Juliette Binoche, actress
March 17 - Rob Lowe, actor
June 15 - Courteney Cox, actress
June 21 - William Quinn, philosopher
July 26 - Sandra Bullock, actress
September 2 - Keanu Reeves, actor

[edit] Deaths
January 29 - Alan Ladd, actor
March 23 - Peter Lorre, actor
May 13 - Diana Wynyard, actress
August 12 - Ian Fleming, author of James Bond novels
August 28 - Gracie Allen, actress, comedienne
September 28 - Harpo Marx, comedy actor (The Marx Brothers)