1964 IN FILM

The year '1964 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1964

Short Film Series

Births

Deaths

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.

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''Tom Jones''
# ''The Carpetbaggers''
# ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World''
# ''The Unsinkable Molly Brown''
# ''Charade''

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

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

★ ''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

Short Film Series

★ ''Looney Tunes'' (1930-1969)

★ ''Terrytoons'' (1930-'1964')

★ ''Merrie Melodies'' (1931-1969)

★ ''Speedy Gonzales'' (1953-1968)

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

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)