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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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
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 10 - Sam Pancake , American actor, writer and comedian
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
May 28 - Christa Miller , American actress
June 3 - James Purefoy , English actor
June 7
June 9 – Gloria Reuben , Canadian-American actress, producer, and singer
June 10 - Tony Martin , New Zealand comedian, writer and actor
June 12 - Paula Marshall , American actress
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 15 - Shari Headley , American actress
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 , American actress
July 30
August 1 - Melanie Shatner , American actress
August 2 – Mary-Louise Parker , American actress
August 4 - Sebastian Roché , French-American actor
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
August 31 - Mark Lewis Jones , Welsh actor
September 1 - Welker White, American actress
September 2 – Keanu Reeves , Canadian actor
September 5
September 6 - Rosie Perez , American actress
September 10 - Raymond Cruz , American actor
September 11 - Gary Lydon , British-Irish actor
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 11 - Calista Flockhart , American actress
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 30 - George Newbern , American actor
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 20 - Edgar Barrier , 57, American actor, Phantom on the Opera , Macbeth
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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