1960 in film

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Events

March 5 - For the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood to film G.I. Blues
August 10 - Filming of West Side Story begins.
October 27 - Film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning released, first of the British social-realist wave.
November 4 - Filming wraps on The Misfits, starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable (the last film for both, though Monroe was working on another at the time of her death).

Top-grossing films (US)

Rank	Title	Studio	Actors	Gross rental
1.	Spartacus	Universal	Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Tony Curtis, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin	$14,000,000^[1]
2.	Psycho	Paramount	Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, Janet Leigh	$9,100,000^[1]
3.	Exodus	United Artists	Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Sal Mineo, Jill Haworth, Lee J. Cobb, John Derek	$8,500,000^[1]
4.	Swiss Family Robinson	Walt Disney Productions	John Mills, Dorothy McGuire	$7,900,000^[1]
5.	The Alamo	United Artists	John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Chill Wills	$7,900,000^[1]
6.	The Apartment	United Artists	Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Edie Adams	$6,700,000^[1]
7.	BUtterfield 8	MGM	Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey	$6,000,000^[1]
8.	Ocean's 11	Warner Bros.	Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop	$5,500,000^[1]
9.	Please Don't Eat the Daisies	MGM	Doris Day, David Niven	$5,300,000^[1]
10.	From the Terrace	20th Century Fox	Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ina Balin, Myrna Loy, George Grizzard	$5,200,000^[1]

(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: The Apartment - Mirisch, United Artists

Best Director: Billy Wilder - The Apartment

Best Actor: Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry

Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor - BUtterfield 8

Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov - Spartacus

Best Supporting Actress: Shirley Jones - Elmer Gantry

Best Foreign Language Film: The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan), directed by Ingmar Bergman, Sweden

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: Spartacus

Best Actor: Burt Lancaster – Elmer Gantry

Best Actress: Greer Garson – Sunrise at Campobello

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture (tie): The Apartment

Best Picture (tie): Song Without End

Best Actor: Jack Lemmon – The Apartment

Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine – The Apartment

Other

Best Director: Jack Cardiff – Sons and Lovers

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

La Dolce Vita, directed by Federico Fellini, Italy

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Le passage du Rhin (The Crossing of the Rhine), directed by André Cayatte, Italy / France / W.Germany

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

El lazarillo de tormes, directed by César Fernández Ardavín, Spain / Italy

1960 film releases

Sports Films

Tall Story

Short film series

Looney Tunes (1930–1969) Terrytoons (1930–1964) Merrie Melodies (1931–1969) Bugs Bunny (1940–1962) Yosemite Sam (1945–1963) Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)

Births

Deaths

Film debuts

Alan Bates - The Entertainer Albert Finney - The Entertainer Jane Fonda - Tall Story Peter O'Toole - Kidnapped Robert Redford - Tall Story Gian Maria Volontè - Under Ten Flags Susannah York - Tunes of Glory

References

1.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.

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