Browse premieres, celebrity birthdays and deaths in film and TV from Feb 1961 or search by date, day or keyword. Jan 25 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference with JFK; 1961 in Music. 1961 in Film & TV. Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars. Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. Showing all movies One Hundred and One Dalmatians January 25, 1961. 26-year-old Elvis played rich boy tour operator Chadwick Hack, and 36-year old Angela Lansbury played his mother. Yojimbo September 13, 1961. Instead of 1961. 19 Jul 1961 First in-flight movie shown (TWA). West Side Story: United Artists $19,646,000 3. A Raisin in the Sun, American film drama, released in 1961, that was based on Lorraine Hansberry’s acclaimed play about the urban African American experience. Browse premieres, celebrity birthdays and deaths in film and TV from year 1961 or search by date, day or keyword. Title Screen. October 18 – West Side Story is released as a film in the United States. West Side Story ( 1961) West Side Story. Breakfast at Tiffany's ( 1961) Breakfast at Tiffany's. A list of American films released in 1961. Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad), directed by Alain Resnais, France. The Innocents (1961) The title loads this gun a little differently than the original from the long short story (or novella) by Henry James--The Turn of the Screw. The Guns of Navarone* Colombia $28,900,000 2. A Raisin in the Sun follows a poor black family that receives $10,000 from a life insurance policy after the father’s death. Media in category "1961 in film" The following 17 files are in this category, out of 17 total. Directed by William Witney. With Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, Henry Hull, Mary Webster. With Alan Ladd, Franca Bettoia, Franco Fabrizi, Robert Keith. Genre: Action/Drama. MPAA Rating: NR. Billy Wilder called her “the greatest film discovery since Audrey Hepburn,” and she made an immediate splash in two 1961 movies, when she was … February 1961 in film & television. A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to … Based on the Henry James story "The Turn of the Screw," a psychological thriller about a woman who takes a governess job for two orphans in a Victorian home. El Cid (1961) with heroic Charlton Heston as the legendary 11th century Spanish warrior; Mann made the film after being fired from the set of Spartacus (1960) - see below producer Samuel Bronston's historical drama The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) - a disastrous, exorbitant film that overextended and bankrupted his studio A scenic, tobacco-road soap opera by director Delmar Daves, known more for his westerns, Parrish features Troy Donahue in the eponymous title role. 1961 in film & television. 1961 Disney movie releases, movie trailer, posters and more. Director: Akira Kurosawa.… Title: King of Kings (1961) 7 /10. A prominent lawyer goes after a blackmailer who threatens gay men with exposure (homosexual acts still being illegal). 20 Jul 1961 French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte. 21 Jul 1961 Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom. In 1868, an American scientist and his team become hostages of fanatical pacifist Robur who uses his airship Albatross to destroy military targets on Earth. Language: Japanese. In this film, Elvis Presley plays a scion to a Hawaiian pineapple fortune. The Hustler (1961), 134 minutes, D: Robert Rossen. Browse premieres, celebrity birthdays and deaths in film and TV from Sep 1961 or search by date, day or keyword. In its time, this movie was considered as daring a film as had ever been made in England. This film-related list is incomplete; you can help by . Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), 115 minutes, D: Blake Edwards. Filming and sound recording for the big budget musical romantic comedy Blue Hawaii (1961) began in March 1961 in Hawaii on the islands of Oahu and Kauai. Barabbas ( 1961) Barabbas. Not Rated | 2h 33min | Crime, Drama, Musical | 18 October 1961 (USA) 0:31 | Trailer. Published: 1961 Play Audio Archive Story - UPI President John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States of America, is seen here in this June 11, 1963 file photo. Not Rated | 2h 17min | Biography, Drama, History | 10 October 1962 (USA) Barabbas, the criminal that Pontius Pilate induced the populace to vote to set free, so that Christ could be crucified, is haunted by the image of Jesus for the rest of his life. September 1961 in film & television. Breathless February 7, 1961. Approved | 1h 55min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6 October 1961 (USA) 2:34 | Trailer. 22 Jul 1961 WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting; 23 Jul 1961 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open Directed by Ferdinando Baldi, Terence Young. One Hundred and One Dalmatians : Disney $14,000,000 4. La Dolce Vita April 19, 1961. Jan 30 "I Fall to Pieces" single released by Patsy Cline (Billboard Song of the Year 1961); Mar 21 The Beatles' first appearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool; Aug 2 The Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club; Oct 28 "Fiorello!" For earlier years the total box office is sometimes assigned to the release year of a movie, while the box office amount could have been earned during two or even more years. A complete list of Musical movies in 1961. Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): La Notte (The Night), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy Notable films released in 1961 In the 5th century BC, rival kingdoms Rome and Alba entrust their fate to a duel to death between their respective chosen champions, the 3 Orazi brothers for Rome and the 3 Curiazi brothers for Alba. Use the HTML below. The Exiles (1961), 72 minutes, D: Kent MacKenzie. Top-Grossing Movies of 1961. A complete list of Disney movies in 1961. The Guns of Navarone (1961, UK), 157 minutes, D: J. 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