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Overview of the events of 1964 in film
Overview of the events of 1964 in film
The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including three highly successful musical films,
Mary Poppins ,
My Fair Lady , and
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg .
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1964 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1964
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
Mary Poppins
Buena Vista
$31,000,000
[1]
2
My Fair Lady
Warner Bros.
$30,000,000
[2]
3
Goldfinger
United Artists
$22,500,000
[1]
4
The Carpetbaggers
Paramount
$15,500,000
[1]
5
From Russia With Love
United Artists
$9,200,000
[1]
6
A Shot in the Dark
$6,748,000
[3]
7
What a Way to Go!
20th Century Fox
$6,100,000
[4]
8
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
MGM
$6,040,000
[3]
9
The Pink Panther
United Artists
$5,935,000
[3]
10
A Hard Day's Night
$5,800,000
[5]
Events
January 29 – 50-year-old actor
Alan Ladd is found dead in bed at his home in
Palm Springs, California . An autopsy confirms the cause of death as cerebral edema caused by an acute overdose of "alcohol and three other drugs" His death is ruled accidental. Ladd's final film,
The Carpetbaggers , is released in April and, despite mostly negative reviews from critics, becomes a major commercial success.
March 6 –
Elvis Presley 's 14th motion picture,
Kissin' Cousins , is released to theaters.
March 15 -
Elizabeth Taylor marries
Richard Burton .
June 3 – The animated film
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! is released. Not only it is the first theatrical feature produced by
Hanna-Barbera but also the first full-length theatrical animated film based on the
animated television program .
July 6 –
A Hard Day's Night , the first
Beatles film, premieres.
August 27 – The film
Mary Poppins is released. Not only is it a massive hit with both critics and audiences, but it also becomes
Disney 's highest-grossing film of all time. It goes on to win five
Academy Awards , including
Best Actress for
Julie Andrews .
October – In
Photoplay magazine,
Hedda Hopper announces that
Sophia Loren and
Paul Newman will star in the film version of
Arthur Miller 's play After the Fall , with Loren in the role that was written about
Marilyn Monroe . The film is never made.
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
Comedy or Musical:
Best Picture :
My Fair Lady
Best Actor :
Rex Harrison –
My Fair Lady
Best Actress :
Julie Andrews –
Mary Poppins
Other
Best Supporting Actor :
Edmond O'Brien –
Seven Days in May
Best Supporting Actress :
Agnes Moorehead –
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
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
1964 film releases
United States unless stated
January–March
January 1964
19 January
22 January
29 January
30 January
February 1964
5 February
10 February
12 February
19 February
26 February
March 1964
6 March
8 March
11 March
12 March
18 March
19 March
25 March
26 March
28 March
April–June
April 1964
1 April
3 April
5 April
8 April
9 April
14 April
21 April
28 April
29 April
May 1964
2 May
6 May
11 May
13 May
14 May
19 May
20 May
27 May
29 May
June 1964
1 June
3 June
4 June
10 June
11 June
17 June
23 June
24 June
25 June
26 June
July–September
July 1964
2 July
3 July
6 July
7 July
8 July
22 July
29 July
August 1964
5 August
6 August
11 August
12 August
14 August
16 August
26 August
27 August
September 1964
2 September
4 September
11 September
12 September
16 September
18 September
19 September
25 September
27 September
October–December
October 1964
3 October
7 October
8 October
11 October
14 October
20 October
24 October
27 October
28 October
29 October
November 1964
2 November
4 November
5 November
8 November
9 November
10 November
11 November
15 November
18 November
21 November
25 November
26 November
27 November
December 1964
3 December
4 December
10 December
12 December
16 December
18 December
20 December
22 December
25 December
28 December
30 December
Notable films released in 1964
United States unless stated
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A
Adobe and Mirror , directed by
Ebrahim Golestan , starring
Mohammad Ali Keshavarz ,
Jamshid Mashayekhi and
Pari Saberi (Iran)
Advance to the Rear , directed by
George Marshall , starring
Glenn Ford ,
Stella Stevens and
Melvyn Douglas
Adventures of Zatoichi (Zatōichi sekisho-yaburi), directed by
Kimiyoshi Yasuda – (
Japan )
Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens
The Alive and the Dead (Zhivye i myortvye) – (
U.S.S.R. )
All These Women (För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor), directed by
Ingmar Bergman – (
Sweden )
The Americanization of Emily , directed by
Arthur Hiller , starring
James Garner and
Julie Andrews
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise , directed by
André Cayatte – (
France )
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc , directed by
André Cayatte – (
France )
The Ape Woman (La donna scimmia), starring
Ugo Tognazzi and
Annie Girardot – (
Italy /
France )
Assassination (Ansatu) – (
Japan )
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma) – (
Brazil )
Atentát – (
Czechoslovakia )
A Trip to the Moon
Ayee Milan Ki Bela – (
India )
B
Back Door to Hell , starring
Jimmie Rodgers and
Jack Nicholson
Backfire (Échappement libre), starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo and
Jean Seberg – (
France )
Ballad in Blue , directed by
Paul Henreid and starring
Ray Charles
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 , starring
Ian Hendry – (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 and
Shirley Jones
Before the Revolution (Prima della rivoluzione), directed by
Bernardo Bertolucci – (
Italy )
Behold a Pale Horse , directed by
Fred Zinnemann , starring
Gregory Peck ,
Anthony Quinn ,
Omar Sharif
Belarmino , a
Cinema Novo
docufiction – (
Portugal )
The Best Man , directed by
Franklin J. Schaffner , written by
Gore Vidal , starring
Henry Fonda and
Cliff Robertson
Bikini Beach , starring
Frankie Avalon ,
Annette Funicello ,
Martha Hyer and
Don Rickles
Black God, White Devil (Deus e o Diabo na terra do sol) – (
Brazil )
Black Like Me , starring
James Whitmore and
Roscoe Lee Browne
Black Peter (Cerný Petr), directed by
Miloš Forman – (
Czechoslovakia )
The Black Torment , directed by
Robert Hartford-Davis – (
U.K. )
Blood and Black Lace (6 donne per l'assassino), directed by
Mario Bava – (
Italy )
Blood on the Arrow , directed by Sidney Salkow and starring
Dale Robertson and
Martha Hyer
La bonne soupe (a.k.a. Careless Love), directed by
Robert Thomas – (
Italy /
France )
The Brass Bottle , starring
Tony Randall ,
Burl Ives and
Barbara Eden
Bullet for a Badman , starring
Audie Murphy ,
Darren McGavin and
Ruta Lee
C
A Carol for Another Christmas , starring
Peter Sellers and
Britt Ekland
The Carpetbaggers , starring
George Peppard ,
Carroll Baker and
Elizabeth Ashley
Carry On Cleo , starring
Sid James and
Amanda Barrie – (
U.K. )
Carry On Spying , starring
Kenneth Williams and
Barbara Windsor – (U.K.)
Castle of Blood (Danza macabra), directed by
Antonio Margheriti and
Sergio Corbucci – (
Italy /
France )
Castle of the Living Dead (Il castello dei morti vivi), directed by
Warren Kiefer – (
Italy /
France )
The Chairman (Predsedatel) – (
U.S.S.R. )
The Chalk Garden , starring
Deborah Kerr and
Hayley Mills – (U.K.)
Charulata , directed by
Satyajit Ray – (
India )
Cheyenne Autumn , directed by
John Ford , starring
Carroll Baker ,
Richard Widmark ,
Edward G. Robinson and
Karl Malden
Circle of Love (La ronde), directed by
Roger Vadim and starring
Jane Fonda – (
France )
Circus World , starring
John Wayne ,
Claudia Cardinale and
Rita Hayworth
The Comedy Man , starring
Kenneth More and
Cecil Parker – (U.K.)
The Comedy of Terrors , starring
Vincent Price ,
Peter Lorre ,
Boris Karloff ,
Basil Rathbone
Crooks in Cloisters , starring
Ronald Fraser and
Barbara Windsor – (
U.K. )
The Curse of the Hidden Vault (Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloß), directed by
Franz Josef Gottlieb – (
West Germany )
The Curse of the Living Corpse , produced, written and directed by
Del Tenney
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb , directed by
Michael Carreras – (
U.K. )
D
Dark Purpose , starring
Shirley Jones
Dead Ringer , starring
Bette Davis ,
Peter Lawford
Dear Heart , directed by
Delbert Mann , starring
Geraldine Page ,
Glenn Ford and
Angela Lansbury
Dear John (Käre John), directed by
Lars-Magnus Lindgren – (
Sweden )
Devil Doll , directed by
Lindsay Shonteff – (
U.K. )
The Devil-Ship Pirates , starring
Christopher Lee and
Andrew Keir
Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci), directed by
Jan Němec – (
Czechoslovakia )
Diary of a Bachelor , directed by
Sandy Howard , starring
William Traylor ,
Joe Silver and Dagne Crane
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 , directed by
Frank Tashlin , starring
Jerry Lewis and
Susan Oliver
A Distant Trumpet , starring
Troy Donahue ,
Suzanne Pleshette and
Diane McBain
Dog Eat Dog (Einer frisst den anderen), starring
Jayne Mansfield – (
West Germany /
Italy /
Liechtenstein )
Dogora (a.k.a. Uchū Daikaijū Dogora), directed by
Ishirō Honda – (
Japan )
Dosti (Friendship), directed by
Satyen Bose – (
India )
Dr. Crippen , starring
Donald Pleasence – (U.K.)
Dr. Sex , directed by
Ted V. Mikels
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb , directed by
Stanley Kubrick , starring
Peter Sellers (in three roles) and
George C. Scott – (
U.K. )
Dry Summer (Susuz Yaz), directed by
Metin Erksan – (
Turkey )
E
The Earth Dies Screaming , starring
Willard Parker ,
Virginia Field and
Dennis Price – (
U.K. )
East of Sudan , starring
Anthony Quayle ,
Sylvia Syms and
Jenny Agutter – (U.K.)
Empire , directed by
Andy Warhol
Ensign Pulver , a sequel to
Mister Roberts , starring
Robert Walker Jr. and
Burl Ives
El extraño viaje (The Strange Voyage), directed by
Fernando Fernán Gómez – (
Spain )
The Evil of Frankenstein , directed by
Freddie Francis – (
U.K. )
The Evil Stairs (마의 계단, Ma-ui gyedan), directed by
Lee Man-hee – (
South Korea )
The Eyes of Annie Jones , starring
Richard Conte and
Francesca Annis – (U.K.)
F
Face of the Screaming Werewolf , starring
Lon Chaney – (
Mexico /U.S.)
Fail-Safe , directed by
Sidney Lumet , starring
Henry Fonda ,
Dan O'Herlihy and
Walter Matthau
The Fall of the Roman Empire , starring
Sophia Loren ,
Stephen Boyd and
Alec Guinness
Fanny Hill , directed by
Russ Meyer – (
West Germany /U.S.)
Fantômas , starring
Jean Marais – (
France )
Fate Is the Hunter , starring
Glenn Ford ,
Rod Taylor and
Suzanne Pleshette
Father Came Too! , starring
James Robertson Justice ,
Leslie Phillips and
Stanley Baxter – (
U.K. )
Father Goose , starring
Cary Grant ,
Leslie Caron and
Trevor Howard
Father of a Soldier (Jariskats'is mama), directed by
Revaz Chkheidze – (
Georgia )
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear (A Paty Jezdec je Strach), directed by
Zbyněk Brynych – (
Czechoslovakia )
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (Zatōichi kesshō-tabi), directed by
Kenji Misumi – (
Japan )
First Men in the Moon , starring
Edward Judd and
Lionel Jeffries , with special effects by
Ray Harryhausen – (
U.K. )
A Fistful of Dollars , directed by
Sergio Leone , starring
Clint Eastwood – (
Italy )
The Flesh Eaters , starring
Martin Kosleck
Flight from Ashiya , starring
Yul Brynner and
Richard Widmark
Flipper's New Adventure , starring
Luke Halpin and
Pamela Franklin
The Flower and the Angry Waves (Hana to dotō), directed by
Seijun Suzuki – (
Japan )
For Men Only , directed by
Mahmoud Zulfikar , starring
Soad Hosny and
Nadia Lutfi – (
Egypt )
For Those Who Think Young , starring
Pamela Tiffin and
James Darren
Forest of the Hanged (Pădurea spânzuraţilor), directed by
Liviu Ciulei – (
Romania )
Four Days in November , a documentary directed by
Mel Stuart
G
Gate of Flesh (Nikutai no mon), directed by
Seijun Suzuki – (
Japan )
Gertrud , directed by
Carl Theodor Dreyer – (
Denmark )
Get Yourself a College Girl , starring
Mary Ann Mobley and
Nancy Sinatra
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen) – (
Japan )
The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre , starring
Martin Landau ,
Judith Anderson and
Diane Baker
Girl with Green Eyes , starring
Peter Finch and
Rita Tushingham – (U.K.)
A Global Affair , starring
Bob Hope
Goldfinger , starring
Sean Connery as
James Bond ), with
Honor Blackman ,
Shirley Eaton and
Gert Fröbe – (
U.K. )
Goodbye Charlie , starring
Debbie Reynolds ,
Tony Curtis and
Pat Boone
Good Neighbor Sam , starring
Jack Lemmon and
Romy Schneider
The Gorgon , starring
Peter Cushing ,
Barbara Shelley and
Christopher Lee – (
U.K. )
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Il vangelo secondo Matteo), directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini – (
Italy )
Greed in the Sun (Cent mille dollars au soleil), starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo – (
France )
The Guns (Os Fuzis), directed by
Ruy Guerra – (
Brazil /
Argentina )
Guns at Batasi , starring
Richard Attenborough and
Jack Hawkins – (U.K.)
The Guns of August , a documentary directed by Nathan Kroll and narrated by
Fritz Weaver
H
Hamlet (a.k.a. Richard Burton's Hamlet), starring
Richard Burton
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! , a
Hanna-Barbera feature production
Hide and Seek , starring
Ian Carmichael and
Curd Jürgens – (U.K.)
High Infidelity (Alta infedeltà), starring
Nino Manfredi – (
Italy )
Honeymoon Hotel , starring
Robert Morse and
Robert Goulet
The Horror of Party Beach , directed by
Del Tenney
Hot Enough for June , starring
Dirk Bogarde and
Sylva Koscina – (
U.K. )
A House Is Not a Home , starring
Shelley Winters and
Robert Taylor
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte , directed by
Robert Aldrich , starring
Bette Davis and
Olivia de Havilland
I
I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba), directed by
Mikhail Kalatozov – (
Cuba /U.S.S.R.)
iams
The Incredible Mr. Limpet , starring
Don Knotts ,
Jack Weston and
Andrew Duggan
Intentions of Murder (Akai satsui), directed by
Shōhei Imamura – (
Japan )
Invitation to a Gunfighter , starring
Yul Brynner ,
George Segal ,
Janice Rule
It's Not Just You, Murray! , a
short film directed by
Martin Scorsese
Italiani brava gente , directed by
Giuseppe De Santis – (
Italy )
J
K
The Killers , directed by
Don Siegel , starring
Lee Marvin ,
Angie Dickinson ,
John Cassavetes and, in his final film,
Ronald Reagan
King & Country , directed by
Joseph Losey , starring
Dirk Bogarde and
Tom Courtenay – (
U.K. )
Kiss Me Quick! , starring
Althea Currier
Kiss Me, Stupid , directed by
Billy Wilder , starring
Dean Martin and
Kim Novak
Kisses for My President , starring
Polly Bergen and
Fred MacMurray
Kissin' Cousins , starring
Elvis Presley and
Yvonne Craig
Kitten with a Whip , starring
Ann-Margret and
John Forsythe
Kwaidan , directed by
Masaki Kobayashi – (
Japan )
L
Lady General Hua Mu-lan (a.k.a. Hua Mu Lan) – (
Hong Kong )
Lady in a Cage , directed by
Walter Grauman , starring
Olivia de Havilland and
James Caan
Lana, Queen of the Amazons (Lana - Königin der Amazonen), starring
Catherine Schell – (
West Germany /
Brazil )
The Last Gun (Jim il primo), directed by
Sergio Bergonzelli – (
Italy )
The Last Man on Earth (L'ultimo uomo della terra), starring
Vincent Price – (
United States /
Italy )
The Last Steps (Les pas perdus), starring
Michèle Morgan and
Jean-Louis Trintignant – (
France )
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), directed by
Oldřich Lipský – (
Czechoslovakia )
Let's Talk About Women (Se permettete parliamo di donne), directed by
Ettore Scola – (
Italy )
Lilith , directed by
Robert Rossen , starring
Warren Beatty and
Jean Seberg
The Lively Set , starring
James Darren ,
Pamela Tiffin and
Doug McClure
London in the Raw , a documentary about London nightlife – (
U.K. )
The Lonely Wife (Charulata), directed by
Satyajit Ray – (
India )
The Long Hair of Death (I lunghi capelli della morte), directed by
Antonio Margheriti – (
Italy )
The Long Ships , starring
Richard Widmark and
Sidney Poitier – (
U.K. /
Yugoslavia )
Looking for Love , starring
Connie Francis
Lorna , directed by
Russ Meyer
Love in 4 Dimensions (Amore in 4 dimensioni), directed by
Mino Guerrini – (
Italy )
Loving Couples (Älskande par), directed by
Mai Zetterling – (
Sweden )
The Luck of Ginger Coffey , directed by
Irvin Kershner , starring
Robert Shaw
M
Madu Tiga (Three Wives), starring
P. Ramlee – (
Malaysia )
The Magnificent Cuckold (Il magnifico cornuto), directed by Antonio Pietrangeli – (
Italy )
Mail Order Bride , directed by
Burt Kennedy , starring
Buddy Ebsen and
Lois Nettleton
Male Companion (Un monsieur de compagnie), directed by
Philippe de Broca – (
France )
Male Hunt (La chasse à l'homme), starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo – (
France /
Italy )
Man in the Middle , starring
Robert Mitchum
Man's Favorite Sport? , directed by
Howard Hawks , 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
The Masque of the Red Death , starring
Vincent Price ,
Hazel Court and
Jane Asher – (
U.K. )
McHale's Navy , based on the television sitcom of the same name, starring
Ernest Borgnine
Men and Women (Noite Vazia), directed by
Walter Hugo Khouri – (
Brazil )
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones , starring
Annette Funicello and
Tommy Kirk
The Moon-Spinners , starring
Hayley Mills
Mothra vs. Godzilla (Godzilla vs. The Thing), directed by
Ishirō Honda – (
Japan )
Murder Ahoy! , starring
Margaret Rutherford and
Lionel Jeffries
Murder Most Foul , starring
Margaret Rutherford and
Ron Moody
My Fair Lady , directed by
George Cukor , starring
Audrey Hepburn and
Rex Harrison
My Friend Lefterakis (O filos mou o Lefterakis) – (
Greece )
N
The Naked Kiss , directed by
Samuel Fuller , starring
Constance Towers
The New Interns , starring
Dean Jones and
Michael Callan
Night Must Fall , starring
Albert Finney ,
Mona Washbourne and
Susan Hampshire – (
U.K. )
The Night of the Iguana , directed by
John Huston , starring
Richard Burton ,
Ava Gardner ,
Deborah Kerr and
Sue Lyon
Night Train to Paris , starring
Leslie Nielsen ,
Aliza Gur and
Dorinda Stevens – (U.S./
U.K. )
The Night Walker , starring
Barbara Stanwyck (her last film) and
Robert Taylor
Nightmare , directed by
Freddie Francis – (
U.K. )
Nobody Waved Good-bye , directed by
Don Owen – (
Canada )
Nothing But a Man , starring
Ivan Dixon ,
Abbey Lincoln and
Yaphet Kotto
Nothing But the Best , starring
Alan Bates and
Millicent Martin – (
U.K. )
O
Of Human Bondage , starring
Kim Novak ,
Laurence Harvey and
Siobhán McKenna – (U.K.)
One Potato, Two Potato , starring
Barbara Barrie ,
Bernie Hamilton and
Richard Mulligan
Onibaba (Demon Woman), directed by
Kaneto Shindo – (
Japan )
The Outrage , directed by
Martin Ritt , starring
Paul Newman ,
Laurence Harvey ,
Claire Bloom and
Edward G. Robinson
P
Pajama Party , starring
Annette Funicello and
Tommy Kirk
Pale Flower (Kawaita hana) – (
Japan )
Panic Button , starring
Jayne Mansfield and
Maurice Chevalier
Paris When It Sizzles , starring
William Holden and
Audrey Hepburn
The Patsy , directed by and starring
Jerry Lewis
The Pawnbroker , directed by
Sidney Lumet , starring
Rod Steiger ,
Geraldine Fitzgerald and
Brock Peters
The Pleasure Seekers , starring
Pamela Tiffin ,
Carol Lynley ,
Brian Keith ,
Tony Franciosa and
Ann-Margret
Point of Order! , a documentary directed by
Emile de Antonio
Psyche 59 , directed by
Alexander Singer – (
U.K. )
The Pumpkin Eater , starring
Anne Bancroft and
Peter Finch – (
U.K. )
Q
R
Raiders from Beneath the Sea , starring
Ken Scott and
Merry Anders
Rattle of a Simple Man directed by
Muriel Box , starring
Diane Cilento and
Harry H. Corbett – (
U.K. )
The Ravishing Idiot (Une ravissante idiote), starring
Brigitte Bardot and
Anthony Perkins – (
France )
Red Desert (Il deserto rosso), directed by
Michelangelo Antonioni , starring
Monica Vitti and
Richard Harris – (
Italy )
Rhino! , starring
Robert Culp
Ride the Wild Surf , starring
Tab Hunter ,
Fabian Forte ,
Shelley Fabares and
Barbara Eden
Ring of Spies , starring
Bernard Lee – (
U.K. )
Rio Conchos , starring
Stuart Whitman ,
Tony Franciosa ,
Richard Boone and
Wende Wagner
Robin and the 7 Hoods , starring
Frank Sinatra ,
Dean Martin ,
Sammy Davis, Jr. and
Bing Crosby
Robinson Crusoe on Mars , directed by
Byron Haskin , starring
Paul Mantee ,
Vic Lundin and
Adam West
Room 13 (Zimmer 13), directed by
Harald Reinl – (
Denmark /
France /
West Germany )
Roustabout , starring
Elvis Presley and
Barbara Stanwyck
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – TV film by
Rankin/Bass Productions
S
Sallah Shabati , starring
Chaim Topol – (
Israel )
Sangam , starring
Vyjayanthimala ,
Raj Kapoor and
Rajendra Kumar – (
India )
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians , directed by
Nicholas Webster
Séance on a Wet Afternoon , starring
Kim Stanley and
Richard Attenborough – (
U.K. )
The Secret Invasion , starring
Stewart Granger and
Mickey Rooney
Seduced and Abandoned (Sedotta e abbandonata), starring
Stefania Sandrelli – (
Italy )
Send Me No Flowers , starring
Doris Day and
Rock Hudson
Seven Days in May , directed by
John Frankenheimer , starring
Kirk Douglas ,
Burt Lancaster ,
Fredric March and
Ava Gardner
Seven Up! , a documentary directed by
Paul Almond – (
U.K. )
Sex and the Single Girl , starring
Natalie Wood ,
Tony Curtis ,
Henry Fonda and
Lauren Bacall
Shehar Aur Sapna (The City and the Dream), directed by
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – (
India )
A Shot in the Dark , second
Pink Panther film, directed by
Blake Edwards . starring
Peter Sellers and
Elke Sommer – (
U.K. /U.S.)
Sleep , by
Andy Warhol
Smokescreen , starring
Yvonne Romain
The Soft Skin (La peau douce), directed by
François Truffaut , starring
Françoise Dorléac – (
France )
Strait-Jacket , directed by
William Castle , starring
Joan Crawford and
Diane Baker
Swedish Wedding Night (Bröllopsbesvär), directed by
Åke Falck – (
Sweden )
The System , starring
Oliver Reed
T
T.A.M.I. Show , a
concert film filmed at the
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
That Man from Rio (L'Homme de Rio), starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo and
Françoise Dorléac – (
France )
The Thin Red Line , starring
Keir Dullea and
Jack Warden
This Is My Street , directed by
Sidney Hayers – (
U.K. )
The Three Lives of Thomasina , starring
Patrick McGoohan and
Susan Hampshire – (
UK /
US )
The Third Secret , starring
Stephen Boyd and
Pamela Franklin – (U.K.)
Those Calloways , produced by
Walt Disney and directed by
Norman Tokar
[6]
Three Outlaw Samurai (Sanbiki no samurai) – (
Japan )
La Tía Tula (Aunt Tula) – (
Spain )
A Tiger Walks , starring
Brian Keith and
Vera Miles
Time of Indifference (Gli indifferenti), starring
Claudia Cardinale ,
Rod Steiger and
Shelley Winters – (
Italy )
The Time Travelers , starring
Preston Foster and
Merry Anders
Tintin and the Blue Oranges (Tintin et les oranges bleues), starring
Jean-Pierre Talbot – (
France )
To the Moon and Beyond , a film created for the
1964 New York World's Fair
The Tomb of Ligeia , directed by
Roger Corman , starring
Vincent Price and
Elizabeth Shepherd
Topkapi , starring
Melina Mercouri ,
Maximilian Schell and
Peter Ustinov
The Train , directed by
John Frankenheimer , starring
Burt Lancaster ,
Paul Scofield and
Jeanne Moreau – (U.S./France/
Italy )
The Troops of Saint-Tropez (Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez), directed by
Jean Girault – (
France )
Troubled Waters , (a.k.a. Man with Two Faces), starring
Tab Hunter – (
U.K. )
Two Stage Sisters (Wŭtái Jiěmèi), directed by
Xie Jin – (
China )
Two Thousand Maniacs! , directed by
Herschell Gordon Lewis
U
V
W
Weekend at Dunkirk (Week-end à Zuydcoote), directed by
Henri Verneuil – (
Italy /
France )
Welcome, or No Trespassing (Dobro pozhalovat, ili Postoronnim vkhod vospreshchyon ), starring
Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev – (
U.S.S.R. )
What a Way to Go! , starring
Shirley MacLaine ,
Paul Newman ,
Robert Mitchum ,
Dean Martin ,
Gene Kelly ,
Bob Cummings and
Dick Van Dyke
Where Love Has Gone , starring
Bette Davis and
Susan Hayward
Whirlwind (Shikonmado – Dai tatsumaki), directed by
Hiroshi Inagaki – (
Japan )
White Voices (Le voci bianche), directed by
Pasquale Festa Campanile and
Massimo Franciosa – (
Italy )
Wild and Wonderful , starring
Tony Curtis and
Christine Kaufmann
Wild West Story starring
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt ,
Lena Granhagen and
Gerald Mohr
Witchcraft , starring
Lon Chaney and
Jack Hedley – (
U.K. )
Woh Kaun Thi? (Who Was She?) – (
India )
Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna), directed by
Hiroshi Teshigahara – (
Japan )
Woman of Straw , starring
Gina Lollobrigida and
Sean Connery – (
U.K. )
World Without Sun (Le monde sans soleil ), directed by
Jacques-Yves Cousteau – (
France )
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (Les plus belles escroqueries du monde), composed of five segments – (
France )
Wonderful Life (U.S. title: Swingers' Paradise
[7] ), starring
Cliff Richard and
the Shadows – (
U.K. )
The World of Henry Orient , directed by
George Roy Hill , starring
Peter Sellers ,
Paula Prentiss and
Angela Lansbury
Y
Z
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (Zatōichi senryō-kubi), directed by
Kazuo Ikehiro – (
Japan )
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (Zatōichi abare dako), directed by
Kazuo Ikehiro – (
Japan )
Zhavoronok (Жаворонок), starring
Gennadi Yukhtin – (
U.S.S.R. )
Zindagi , starring
Vyjayanthimala ,
Rajendra Kumar ,
Raaj Kumar and
Prithviraj Kapoor – (
India )
Zogue fe Agaza , starring
Salah Zulfikar and
Laila Taher – (
Egypt )
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 and
Jack Hawkins – (U.K.)
Short film series
Births
January 4 -
David Bowe , American character actor
January 6
January 7 –
Nicolas Cage , American actor, producer and director
January 11 –
Patrícia Pillar , Brazilian actress
January 13 –
Penelope Ann Miller , American actress
January 14 -
Mark Addy , English actor
January 18 –
Jane Horrocks , English actress
January 19 -
Ty Granderson Jones , Creole American actor, screenwriter and producer
January 23 -
Mariska Hargitay , actress
January 27 –
Bridget Fonda , actress
February 1 -
Linus Roache , British actor
February 5 –
Laura Linney , actress
February 10 -
Francesca Neri , Italian actress
February 15 –
Chris Farley , actor (d. 1997)
February 16 –
Christopher Eccleston , English actor
February 17 -
Angelica Page , American actress, director, producer and screenwriter
February 18 –
Matt Dillon , actor
February 20
February 21 -
Adrian Schiller , English actor (d. 2024)
February 22 -
James Wlcek , American actor
February 23 -
Ronan Vibert , English actor (d. 2022)
February 24 –
Todd Field , director and actor
February 25 -
Lee Evans , English stand-up comedian and actor
February 26 -
Mark Dacascos , American actor and martial artist
March 3 -
Laura Harring , Mexican-American actress
March 6 -
Yvette Wilson , American actress and comedian (d. 2012)
March 7 –
Wanda Sykes , American actress, comedian and writer
March 8 -
Bob Bergen , American voice actor
March 9 –
Juliette Binoche , actress
March 11
March 16 -
Gore Verbinski , American director, screenwriter, producer and musician
March 17 –
Rob Lowe , actor
March 23 -
Hope Davis , American actress
March 25 -
LisaGay Hamilton , American actress
March 27 -
Clive Rowe , British actor
March 29 -
Elle Macpherson , Australian actress and model
March 30 -
Ian Ziering , American actor
April 4 –
David Cross , actor and comedian
April 6 -
Deborah Theaker , Canadian actress
April 7 –
Russell Crowe , actor
April 8 -
Biz Markie , American rapper and actor (d. 2021)
April 12 -
Mark Camacho , Canadian actor and voice actor
April 13 -
Caroline Rhea , Canadian-American actress, voice artist and stand-up comedian
April 14 -
Gina McKee , English actress
April 16 -
Boyd Banks , Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
April 20
April 22 -
Chris Makepeace , Canadian former actor
April 24
April 25 –
Hank Azaria , actor, voice actor, comedian and producer
May 1 -
Scott Coffey , American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
May 5 -
Don Payne , American writer and producer (d. 2013)
May 6
May 11 -
Tim Blake Nelson , American actor, writer and director
May 12
May 13
May 16 -
Rebecca Front , English actress, writer and comedian
May 19 -
Sean Whalen , American actor and writer
May 20 -
Paolo Seganti , Italian actor
May 22 -
Mark Christopher Lawrence , American character actor, stand-up comedian and voice-over artist
May 25 –
Ray Stevenson , Irish actor (d. 2023)
May 26 -
Lenny Kravitz , American singer, songwriter and actor
May 27 -
Adam Carolla , American radio personality, comedian, actor and podcaster
June 7
June 9 –
Gloria Reuben , actress/singer
June 10 -
Tony Martin , New Zealand comedian, writer and actor
June 13
June 15 –
Courteney Cox , actress
June 21 –
David Morrissey , English actor and filmmaker
June 22
June 23 -
Joss Whedon , American filmmaker and composer
June 26 -
Ian Tracey , Canadian actor
June 30
July 1 -
Peter Marquardt , American actor and video game producer (d. 2014)
July 2 -
Eric Michels , American actor (d. 2018)
July 3
July 5 -
Jillian Armenante , American actress
July 7 -
Tracy Reiner , American actress
July 8 –
Lam Suet , Hong Kong actor
July 9 –
Courtney Love , American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actress
July 11
July 16 –
Canti Lau , Hong Kong actor
July 17 -
Heather Langenkamp , American actress, writer, director and producer
July 19 -
Peter Dobson , American actor
July 20 –
Dean Winters , American actor
July 22
July 26
July 28 —
Lori Loughlin , actress
July 30
August 1 -
Melanie Shatner , American actress
August 2 –
Mary-Louise Parker , actress
August 6 -
Lisa Boyle , American actress and model
August 7 -
Tom McGrath , American voice actor, animator, screenwriter and director
August 11 -
Lawrence Monoson , American retired actor
August 13 -
Debi Mazar , American actress and television personality
August 14 -
Andrew Kevin Walker , American screenwriter and actor
August 16 –
William Salyers , actor and voice actor
August 18 -
Brian Stack , American actor, comedian and writer
August 20 –
Flaminia Cinque , English actress
August 25 -
Saverio Guerra , American actor
August 27 -
Robert Bogue , American actor
August 29 -
Dina Spybey , American actress
August 30 -
Nelson Ascencio , Cuban-American actor and comedian
September 1 - Welker White, American actress
September 2 –
Keanu Reeves , Canadian actor
September 5 -
Thomas Mikal Ford , American actor and comedian (d. 2016)
September 6 -
Rosie Perez , American actress
September 14
September 16 -
Molly Shannon , American actress and comedian
September 19 -
Jennifer Cooke , American former actress
September 20 -
Maggie Cheung , Hong Kong actress
September 24 -
Adam Alexi-Malle , Italian actor and singer
September 28 -
Janeane Garofalo , American actress, voice artist, stand-up comedian and writer
September 30 -
Monica Bellucci , Italian actress and model
October 3 –
Clive Owen , English actor
October 8 -
Ian Hart , English actor
October 9 -
Guillermo del Toro , Mexican filmmaker
October 10
October 12 -
Allen Covert , American comedian, actor, writer and producer
October 13 -
Matt Walsh , American comedian and actor
October 14
October 23 -
David Sobolov , Canadian voice actor and director
October 25 –
Kevin Michael Richardson , American actor and voice actor
October 26 -
Danny Mastrogiorgio , American actor
October 31 -
Kirk Jones , English director and screenwriter
November 2
November 5 -
Famke Janssen , Dutch actress
November 6 -
Arkie Whiteley , Australian actress (d. 2001)
November 7 -
Garret T. Sato , American actor (d. 2020)
November 14 –
Patrick Warburton , American actor and voice artist
November 16 -
Harry Lennix , American actor
November 17 -
Ralph Garman , American actor, comedian, musician and radio host
November 18 -
Nadia Sawalha , British actress, television personality and YouTuber
November 20 -
Ned Vaughn , American actor
November 23 -
Boyd Kestner , American actor
November 24 -
Garret Dillahunt , American actor
November 29 –
Don Cheadle , American actor
November 30 -
Richard Brake , Welsh-born American character actor
December 3 -
Lisanne Falk , American former actress and producer
December 4 –
Marisa Tomei , American actress
December 8
December 10 -
Edith González , Mexican actress and dancer (d. 2019)
December 19
December 23
December 24
December 27
December 31 -
Michael McDonald , American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter and director
Deaths
January 21 -
Joseph Schildkraut , 67, Austrian actor,
The Diary of Anne Frank ,
The Life of Emile Zola ,
Viva Villa!
January 22 –
Lissy Arna , 63, German actress,
Eva in Silk ,
The Dance Goes On
January 27 –
Norman Z. McLeod , 65, American director,
The Paleface ,
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
January 29 –
Alan Ladd , 50, American actor,
Shane ,
The Blue Dahlia
February 19 –
Edward Gargan , 62, American actor,
Little Miss Broadway ,
Adventures of Gallant Bess
February 24 –
Frank Conroy , 73, British actor,
The Ox-Bow Incident ,
The Naked City
February 27 –
Orry-Kelly , 66, Australian costume designer,
Casablanca ,
The Maltese Falcon
February 29 –
Frank Albertson , 55, American actor,
It's a Wonderful Life ,
Psycho
March 1 –
Dennis Moore , 56, American actor,
The Lone Rider and the Bandit ,
Overland Stagecoach
March 4 –
Edwin August , 80, American actor, director and screenwriter
March 10 –
Arthur Hohl , 74, American actor,
Cleopatra ,
Private Detective 62
March 23 –
Peter Lorre , 59, Hungarian actor,
Casablanca ,
The Maltese Falcon
April 18 –
Ben Hecht , 70, American playwright and screenwriter,
Notorious ,
His Girl Friday
April 29 –
J. M. Kerrigan , 79, Irish actor (
Gone with the Wind )
May 10 –
Carol Haney , 39, American dancer, actress,
The Pajama Game ,
Invitation to the Dance
May 13 –
Diana Wynyard , 58, British actress,
Cavalcade ,
Gaslight
June 27 –
Mona Barrie , 54, British actress,
Mystery Woman ,
Ladies Love Danger
July 15 –
Myles Connolly , 66, American screenwriter,
State of the Union ,
Hans Christian Andersen
July 26 –
William A. Seiter , 73, American film director,
The Beautiful and Damned ,
Sons of the Desert ,
Roberta
August 5 –
Charles Quigley , 58, American actor,
The Shadow ,
The Game That Kills
August 6
August 12 –
Ian Fleming , 56, British author of
James Bond novels,
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
August 27 –
Gracie Allen , 69, American comedy actress,
A Damsel in Distress ,
The Big Broadcast of 1936
September 23 –
Fred M. Wilcox , 56, American director,
Forbidden Planet ,
Lassie Come Home
September 28
October 10 –
Eddie Cantor , 72, American actor, singer, comedian,
Whoopee! ,
Kid Millions
October 15 –
Cole Porter , 73, American composer and songwriter,
Night and Day ,
High Society
October 19 –
Russ Brown , American actor,
Damn Yankees ,
Anatomy of a Murder
October 22 –
Whip Wilson , 53, American actor,
Night Raiders
October 23 –
Jo Swerling , 71, American screenwriter,
It's a Wonderful Life ,
Guys and Dolls
October 27 –
Rudolph Maté , 66, Hungarian cinematographer and director,
D.O.A. ,
When Worlds Collide
November 10 –
Sam Newfield , 64, American director,
The Terror of Tiny Town ,
I Accuse My Parents
November 22 –
George Tomasini , 55, American film editor,
Psycho ,
Rear Window
December 11 –
Percy Kilbride , 76, American actor,
The Southerner ,
State Fair
December 14 –
William Bendix , 58, American actor,
Lifeboat ,
Detective Story
December 31 –
Gertrude Michael , 53, American actress,
Murder at the Vanities ,
Women in Bondage
Film debuts
References
^
a
b
c
d Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story . Wallflower Press. pp.
358–359 .
ISBN
978-1-903364-66-6 .
^ Tzioumakis, Yannis; Krämer, Peter (2018). The Hollywood Renaissance: Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era .
ISBN
978-1-5013-3787-1 . Indeed, by the time of
Variety 's next annual review in January 1967, My Fair Lady was at number six in the all-time chart (with domestic rentals (that is the share of ticket sales which the distributor receives in the United States of $30 million; all rental figures in this chapter relate only to the domestic market), Mary Poppins at number five ($31 million), and The Sound of Music at number one, having overtaken Gone With the Wind , a record sum to which, Variety predicted, millions would be added in 1967.
^
a
b
c
Top 20 Films of 1964 by Domestic Revenue
^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety , 6 January 1965 p 39.
^ Tzioumakis, Yannis; Romanowski, William D. (2017). Risky Business: Rock in Film .
ISBN
978-1-3514-9284-3 . By October 1964, A Hard Day's Night has grossed $5.8 million in U.S. rentals.
^ Whit (November 18, 1964). "Film review: Those Calloways".
Variety . 236 (13): 7, 22.
^
Overview for Swingers' Paradise (1965)" , Turner Classic Movies page
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