1960 In Film

Events

• April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I. Blues
• August 10 - Filming of West Side Story begins.
• November 4 - Filming wraps on The Misfits, starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable (this was the last film either performed in)
• November 13 - Sammy Davis, Jr. and May Britt wed.

Top grossing films

North America

1. Ben-Hur
2. Can Can
3. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
4. Operation Petticoat
5. Suddenly, Last Summer
6. The Apartment
7. Solomon and Sheba
8. On the Beach

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: The Apartment - Mirisch, United Artists
• Best Actor: Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
• Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor - Butterfield 8

Births

• January 1 - Dawn Mazzella, American actress
• January 3 - Joan Chen, actress
• January 11 - Stanley Tucci, actor
• January 12 - Oliver Platt, actor
• January 13 - Kevin Anderson, actor
• February 28 - Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress
• May 24 - Kristin Scott-Thomas, actress
• May 31 - Chris Elliott, actor
• September 9 - Hugh Grant, actor
• October 10 - Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
• December 3 - Daryl Hannah,actress
• December 3 - Julianne Moore,actress

Deaths

• January 3 Victor Sjstrm, Swedish film actor and director
• January 20 - Matt Moore, actor
• February 3 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian actor and singer
• November 5 - Mack Sennett, pioneer producer/director
• November 16 - Clark Gable, actor

Other movies released

• The Apartment
• Spartacus, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, John Gavin, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, and Tony Curtis.
• Exodus
• The Alamo, starring John Wayne
• G.I. Blues, starring Elvis Presley
• Flaming Star starring Elvis Presley
• Macumba Love
• Devi
• Swiss Family Robinson (Walt Disney)
• Peeping Tom
• bout de souffle
• Butterfield 8
• Journey to the Center of the Earth
• The Magnificent Seven
• 13 Ghosts with ghosts that only appeared when viewed through red glasses
• La Dolce Vita Palme d'Or winner
• Pollyanna, produced by Walt Disney, starring Hayley Mills and Jane Wyman
• La Passage du Rhine, Golden Lion winner
• The Virgin Spring by Ingmar Bergman
• The Young One
• L'Avventura
• The White Horse Inn
• The World of Apu
• Elmer Gantry
• Inherit the Wind
• Herod the Great (originally: Erode il grande)
• Noi duri, starring Fred Buscaglione and Tot
• Sunrise at Campobello

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