In the modern world, 1964 in film has become increasingly relevant. Whether on a personal, professional, political or cultural level, 1964 in film has acquired an importance that cannot be overlooked. In this article, we will explore in depth the various aspects related to 1964 in film , from its impact on our daily lives to its influence on society as a whole. We will analyze the challenges and opportunities that 1964 in film presents, as well as possible solutions and strategies to address them. With a multidisciplinary approach, this article seeks to offer a comprehensive vision of 1964 in film and its role in the contemporary world.
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
2
My Fair Lady
Warner Bros.
$30,000,000
3
Goldfinger
United Artists
$22,500,000
4
The Carpetbaggers
Paramount
$15,500,000
5
From Russia With Love
United Artists
$9,200,000
6
A Shot in the Dark
$6,748,000
7
What a Way to Go!
20th Century Fox
$6,100,000
8
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
MGM
$6,040,000
9
The Pink Panther
United Artists
$5,935,000
10
A Hard Day's Night
$5,800,000
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
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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
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
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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 ), 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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