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Paramount; only film directed by Brando One Hundred and One Dalmatians: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman: Ben Wright, Betty Lou Gerson, Rod Taylor (voices) Animated: Disney; live-action remake in 1996: One, Two, Three: Billy Wilder: James Cagney, Horst Bucholtz, Pamela Tiffin: Comedy: United Artists; Cagney's last film until 1981
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1961 per Variety's weekly National boxoffice survey. The results are based on a sample of 20-25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
The film attracted criticism for being "the sexiest mainstream movie ever made". [11] Upon the film's general release, The New York Times wrote "the four adapters use four case histories of abnormal sexual behavior of upper middle-class women of a Los Angeles suburb who subject themselves to the testing of a psychologist's team of investigators ...
May 13 – Legendary actor Gary Cooper dies at the age of 60 in Los Angeles from colon and prostate cancer. Best known for his appearances in classic films such as Wings, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Sergeant York, The Pride of the Yankees and High Noon, Cooper was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood's Golden Age and won two Academy Awards for Best Actor.
A Question of Suspense is a low budget 1961 British black and white crime drama "B" film directed by Max Varnel and starring Peter Reynolds, Noelle Middleton and Yvonne Buckingham. [1] It was written by Lawrence Huntington from a story by Roy Vickers. It was one of several crime films starring Reynolds. [2]
By this time, Wood had already completed all of her major scenes, [63] and Trumbull proceeded to complete the film by rewriting the script and using Natalie Wood's younger sister, Lana Wood, for Natalie Wood's few remaining scenes. [64] The film was released posthumously on September 30, 1983, and was dedicated to Wood in the closing credits.
Rag Doll, released in the USA as Young, Willing and Eager, is a 1961 British second feature [1] crime film, directed by Lance Comfort and starring Christina Gregg, Kenneth Griffith, Jess Conrad and Hermione Baddeley. [2] It was written by Derry Quinn and Brock Williams.
The 34th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1961, were held on April 9, 1962, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins became the first Best Director co-winners for West Side Story .