1960 in film

See also: *1959 in film *1960 *1961 in film *1950s in film *1960s in film *List of years in film *film

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.

Top grossing films

:North America# Ben-Hur# Can-Can# Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho # Operation Petticoat# Suddenly, Last Summer# The Apartment# Solomon and Sheba# On the Beach

Academy Awards

*Best Picture: The Apartment - Mirisch, United Artists
*Best Actor: Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
*Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor - BUtterfield 8

Births

*January 1 - Dawn Mazzella, American actress
*January 3 - Joan Chen, actress
*January 11 - Stanley Tucci, actor
*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

Deaths

*January 3 â€" Victor Sjöström, Swedish film actor and director
*January 20 - Matt Moore, actor
*February 3 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian actor and singer
*November 5 - Mack Sennett, pioneer producer/director
*November 16 - Clark Gable, actor

Other movies released

À bout de souffle
The Alamo, starring John Wayne
L'Avventura
Beat Girl
BUtterfield 8
Carry On Teacher
*Cimarron starring Glenn Ford and Maria Schell
*Devi
*La Dolce Vita Palme d'Or winner
*Elmer Gantry
*Exodus
*Flaming Star starring Elvis Presley
*G.I. Blues, starring Elvis Presley
*Herod the Great (originally: Erode il grande)
*Inherit the Wind
*Journey to the Center of the Earth
*Last Woman on Earth
*Macumba Love
*The Magnificent Seven
*La maschera del demonio, directed by Mario Bava
*The Mountain Road
*Noi duri, starring Fred Buscaglione and Totò
*La Passage du Rhine, Golden Lion winner
*Peeping Tom
*Pollyanna, produced by Walt Disney, starring Hayley Mills and Jane Wyman
*The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
*Spartacus, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, John Gavin, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, and Tony Curtis.
*Sunrise at Campobello
*Swiss Family Robinson (Walt Disney)
*13 Ghosts with ghosts that only appeared when viewed through red glasses
*The Virgin Spring by Ingmar Bergman
*The White Horse Inn
*The World of Apu
*The Young One
*Where the Boys Are''