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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 , American actress
January 27 –
Bridget Fonda , American actress
February 1 -
Linus Roache , British actor
February 5 –
Laura Linney , American actress
February 10 -
Francesca Neri , Italian actress
February 15 –
Chris Farley , American actor (d. 1997)
February 16 –
Christopher Eccleston , English actor
February 17 -
Angelica Page , American actress, director, producer and screenwriter
February 18 –
Matt Dillon , American 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 , American 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 , French actress
March 11
March 16 -
Gore Verbinski , American director, screenwriter, producer and musician
March 17 –
Rob Lowe , American 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 , American actor and comedian
April 6 -
Deborah Theaker , Canadian actress
April 7 –
Russell Crowe , New Zealand 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 , American 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 , Canadian-American actress, producer, and singer
June 10 -
Tony Martin , New Zealand comedian, writer and actor
June 13
June 15 –
Courteney Cox , American 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 22
July 26
July 28 —
Lori Loughlin , American actress
July 30
August 1 -
Melanie Shatner , American actress
August 2 –
Mary-Louise Parker , American 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 , American 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 30 -
Mark Steven Johnson , American filmmaker
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
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 18 -
Stone Cold Steve Austin , American retired professional wrestler and actor
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
March 24 –
Kitty McShane , 66, Irish actress,
Old Mother Riley
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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