1964 in film

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The year 1964 in film involved some significant events.

Events

• 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 (U.S.)

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: My Fair Lady - Warner Bros.

Best Director: 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

Best Supporting Actress: Agnes Moorehead - Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

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

U.S.A. unless stated

#

• 3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt, starring Mamie Van Doren and Tommy Noonan
• 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, starring Tony Randall
• 633 Squadron - (U.K.)

A

• Advance to the Rear
• The Americanization of Emily, starring James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn
• At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul - (Brazil)
• Ayee Milan Ki Bela - (India)

B

• Band of Outsiders (Bande à part), directed by Jean-Luc Godard - (France)
• The Bargee, starring Harry H. Corbett and Eric Sykes - (U.K.)
• The Beauty Jungle - (U.K.)
• Becket, directed by Peter Glenville, starring Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton - (U.K./U.S.)
• Bedtime Story, starring Marlon Brando, David Niven, Shirley Jones
• Before the Revolution (Prima della rivoluzione), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci - (Italy)
• Behold a Pale Horse, directed by Fred Zinnemann
• The Best Man, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams, Ann Sothern, Lee Tracy
• Black God, White Devil (Deus e o Diabo na terra do sol) - (Brazil)
• Black Like Me
• Blood and Black Lace, directed by Mario Bava - (Italy)
• The Brass Bottle, starring Tony Randall, Burl Ives, Barbara Eden

C

• Carol for Another Christmas, starring Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland
• The Carpetbaggers, starring George Peppard, Carroll Baker, Elizabeth Ashley, Martha Hyer, Alan Ladd
• Carry On Cleo - (U.K.)
• Carry On Spying - (U.K.)
• The Chalk Garden - (U.K.)
• Cheyenne Autumn, starring Carroll Baker, Richard Widmark, Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart
• Circus World, starring John Wayne, Claudia Cardinale, Rita Hayworth
• Crack in the World, starring Dana Andrews
• Crooks in Cloisters, starring Ronald Fraser and Barbara Windsor - (U.K.)

D

• Dead Ringer, starring Bette Davis
• Diary of a Chambermaid (Le journal d'une femme de chambre), directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Jeanne Moreau and Michel Piccoli - (France)
• The Disorderly Orderly, starring Jerry Lewis
• Dog Eat Dog, starring Jayne Mansfield
• Dogora - (Japan)
• Dosti - (India)
• Dr. Crippen, starring Donald Pleasence - (U.K.)
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Peter Sellers - (U.K.)

E

• Ensign Pulver, starring Robert Walker, Jr. and Burl Ives
• El extraño viaje (The Strange Voyage) - (Spain)

F

• Face of the Screaming Werewolf - (Mexico/U.S.A.)
• Fail-Safe, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Larry Hagman
• The Fall of the Roman Empire
• Fate Is the Hunter, starring Glenn Ford, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette
• Father Goose, starring Cary Grant
• The Fifth Horseman is Fear (A Paty Jezdec je Strach), directed by Zbynek Brynych - (Czechoslovakia)
• First Men in the Moon
• A Fistful of Dollars, directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood - (Italy)
• The Flesh Eaters
• For Those Who Think Young, starring Pamela Tiffin, James Darren, Ellen Burstyn, Nancy Sinatra
• From Russia with Love (U.S. release)

G

• Gertrude, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer - (Denmark)
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster - (Japan)
• Girl with Green Eyes, starring Peter Finch and Rita Tushingham - (U.K.)
• Goldfinger, starring Sean Connery with Honor Blackman and Gert Frobe - (U.K.)
• Good Neighbor Sam, starring Jack Lemmon
• The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Il Vangelo secondo Matteo), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini - (Italy)
• Guns at Batasi - (U.K.)

H

• Hamlet (aka Richard Burton's Hamlet)
• Hamlet - (U.S.S.R.)
• Haqeeqat (Reality) - (India)
• A Hard Day's Night, directed by Richard Lester, starring The Beatles - (U.K.)
• Hey There It's Yogi Bear
• Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland

I

• I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) - (Cuba/U.S.S.R.)
• The Incredible Mr. Limpet, starring Don Knotts
• Invitation to a Gunfighter, starring Yul Brynner

J K

• The Killers. A remake of the 1946 film; directed by Don Seigel, starring Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes and, in his final film, Ronald Reagan
• King and Country, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtenay - (U.K.)
• Kiss Me, Stupid, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Dean Martin and Kim Novak
• Kissin' Cousins, starring Elvis Presley
• Kitten with a Whip, starring Ann-Margret and John Forsythe
• Kwaidan - (Japan)

L

• Leader, starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala - (India)
• The Leather Boys, directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Rita Tushingham - (U.K.)
• Lemonade Joe (Limonádový Joe aneb Koňská opera) - (Czechoslovakia)
• Lilith, starring Warren Beatty
• The Lonely Wife (চারুলতা), directed by Satyajit Ray - (India)

M

• Man's Favourite Sport, starring Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss
• Marnie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery
• Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonio all'italiana), directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni - (Italy)
• A Married Woman (Une femme mariée), directed by Jean-Luc Godard - (France)
• Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke -- winner of 5 Academy Awards
• The Masque of the Red Death - (U.K.)
• The Moon-Spinners, starring Hayley Mills
• Mothra vs. Godzilla, directed by Ishirō Honda - (Japan)
• My Fair Lady, directed by George Cukor, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison - winner of 8 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes and BAFTA for best film

N

• The Naked Kiss, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Constance Towers
• The New Interns, starring Dean Jones, Michael Callan, Stefanie Powers, Barbara Eden
• The Night of the Iguana, directed by John Huston, starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon
• Nothing But a Man
• Nothing But the Best - (U.K.)

O

• One Potato, Two Potato
• Onibaba (Demon Woman) - (Japan)
• The Outrage, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom

P

• Paris When It Sizzles, starring William Holden and Audrey Hepburn with cameos by Tony Curtis and Marlene Dietrich
• The Patsy, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis
• The Pawnbroker, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Rod Steiger
• The Pleasure Seekers, starring Pamela Tiffin, Carol Lynley, Ann-Margret
• The Pumpkin Eater, starring Anne Bancroft and Peter Finch - (U.K.)

R

• Rattle of a Simple Man directed by Muriel Box (U.K.)
• The Ravishing Idiot (Une ravissante idiote), starring Brigitte Bardot and Anthony Perkins
• Red Desert (Il deserto rosso), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring Monica Vitti and Richard Harris - (Italy)
• Ring of Spies - (U.K.)
• Robin and the 7 Hoods, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bing Crosby
• Robinson Crusoe on Mars
• Roustabout, starring Elvis Presley and Barbara Stanwyck
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - (TV film)

S

• Sallah Shabati, starring Chaim Topol - (Israel)
• Sangam, starring Vyjayanthimala, Raj Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar - (India)
• Séance on a Wet Afternoon, starring Kim Stanley and Richard Attenborough - (U.K.)
• Seduced and Abandoned (Sedotta e abbandonata) - (Italy)
• Send Me No Flowers, starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson
• Seven Days in May, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Martin Balsam, Ava Gardner
• Seven Up! - documentary - (U.K.)
• Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Tini zabutykh predkiv) - (U.S.S.R.)
• Shehar Aur Sapna (India)
• A Shot in the Dark, starring Peter Sellers and Elke Sommer
• The Soft Skin (La Peau Douce), directed by François Truffaut, starring Françoise Dorléac - (France)
• Strait-Jacket, starring Joan Crawford and Diane Baker

T

• That Man from Rio (L'Homme de Rio) - (France)
• The Thin Red Line
• The Three Lives of Thomasina, starring Patrick McGoohan, Susan Hampshire, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• La Tía Tula (Aunt Tula) - (Spain)
• Topkapi, starring Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov
• The Train, starring Burt Lancaster - (U.S./France/Italy)

U

• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg), directed by Jacques Demy, starring Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo - winner of Palme d'Or - (France)
• The Unsinkable Molly Brown, starring Debbie Reynolds

V

• The Visit, directed by Bernhard Wicki - (West Germany/U.S./France/Italy)
• Viva Las Vegas, starring Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret

W

• Welcome, or No Trespassing, starring Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev - (U.S.S.R.)
• What a Way to Go!, starring Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dick Van Dyke
• Woh Kaun Thi? (Who Was She?) - (India)
• Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna) - (Japan)
• Woman of Straw - (U.K.)
• Wonderful Life, starring Cliff Richard and The Shadows (US title: Swingers' Paradise^[7]) - (U.K.)

Y

• The Yellow Rolls-Royce, starring Ingrid Bergman, Alain Delon, Rex Harrison, Shirley MacLaine, Jeanne Moreau, George C. Scott, Omar Sharif - (U.K.)
• Youngblood Hawke, starring James Franciscus, Suzanne Pleshette, Eva Gabor, Mary Astor
• Your Cheatin' Heart, a biopic of Hank Williams, starring George Hamilton

Z

• Zindagi, starring Vyjayanthimala, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar and Prithviraj Kapoor -(India)
• Zorba the Greek, directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Anthony Quinn and Alan Bates - (Greece/U.K.)
• Zulu, directed by Cy Endfield, starring Stanley Baker, Michael Caine, Jack Hawkins - (U.K.)

Short Film Series

• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
• Terrytoons (1930-1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
• Bugs Bunny (1940-1964)

Births

• January 7 - Nicolas Cage, actor/producer/director
• January 13 - Penelope Ann Miller, actress
• January 18 - Jane Horrocks, actress
• January 27 - Bridget Fonda, actress
• February 5 - Laura Linney, actress
• February 15 - Chris Farley, actor (d. 1997)
• February 18 - Matt Dillon, actor
• February 24 - Todd Field, director/actor
• March 9 - Juliette Binoche, actress
• March 17 - Rob Lowe, actor
• March 24 - Jason Cavanagh, actor/screenwriter
• April 7 - Russell Crowe, actor
• April 20 - Crispin Glover, actor
• May 12 - Pierre Morel, French film director
• June 15 - Courteney Cox, actress
• July 26 - Sandra Bullock, actress
• August 2 - Mary-Louise Parker, actress
• September 2 - Keanu Reeves, actor
• December 4 - Marisa Tomei, actress
• December 8 - Teri Hatcher, actress

Deaths

• January 29 - Alan Ladd, 50, American actor
• February 27 - Orry-Kelly, 66, Australian-born costume designer for American films
• March 23 - Peter Lorre, 59, Hungarian actor, later career in American films
• April 18 - Ben Hecht, 70, American playwright and screenwriter
• May 10 - Carol Haney, 39, American dancer, actress
• May 13 - Diana Wynyard, 58, British actress
• August 6
  • Cedric Hardwicke, 71, British actor
  • Reed Howes, 64, American model and actor
• August 12 - Ian Fleming, 56, British author of James Bond novels
• August 28 - Gracie Allen, 69 American actress, comedian
• September 28 - Harpo Marx, 75, American comedy actor (The Marx Brothers)
• September 28 - Nacio Herb Brown, 68, American songwriter and composer
• October 10 - Eddie Cantor, 72, American actor, singer, comedian
• October 15 - Cole Porter, 73, American composer and songwriter
• October 23 - Jo Swerling, 71, American screenwriter
• December 9 - Edith Sitwell, 77, British actress
• December 11 - Percy Kilbride, 76, American actor
• December 14 - William Bendix, 58, American actor

Film Debuts

• Julie Andrews
• The Beatles
• Judi Dench
• Karen Dotrice
• James Earl Jones
• Donald Sutherland
• Jenny Agutter

References