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Contents
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Academy Awards
4 Births
5 Deaths
6 Other movies released
Events
The Three Stooges
make their 180th and last short film,
Sappy Bullfighters
.
September 18
-
The Marx Brothers
'
Zeppo Marx
marries his second wife, Barbara Blakely .
November 18
-
William Wyler
's film
Ben-Hur
premieres at Loew's Theater in
New York City
.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
and
May Britt
start dating.
Top grossing films
North America
Auntie Mame
The Shaggy Dog
Some Like It Hot
, starring
Marilyn Monroe
,
Tony Curtis
, and
Jack Lemmon
Pillow Talk
Imitation of Life
The Nun's Story
tie
Anatomy of a Murder
and
Censored page
North by Northwest
, starring
Cary Grant
and
Eva Marie Saint
Sleeping Beauty
Rio Bravo
Academy Awards
Best Picture
:
Ben-Hur
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Best Actor
:
Charlton Heston
-
Ben-Hur
Best Actress
:
Simone Signoret
-
Room at the Top
Births
January 22
-
Linda Blair
, actress
April 15
-
Emma Thompson
, British actor
July 29
-
Sanjay Dutt
, Indian actor
November 14
-
Paul McGann
, British actor
Deaths
March 3
-
Lou Costello
, comedian and actor, half of
Abbott and Costello
comedy team
February 5
-
Gwili Andre
, actress
June 16
-
George Reeves
, actor
June 18
-
Ethel Barrymore
, actress
October 14
-
Errol Flynn
, actor
November 20
–
Sylvia Lopez
, European actress
November 25
-
Gérard Philipe
, French actor
Other movies released
Ballad of a Soldier
(Ballada o soldate)
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Horse Soldiers
Ben-Hur
, starring
Charlton Heston
The Killer Shrews
Date with Death
Apur Sansar
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
The 400 Blows
General Della Rovere
Golden Lion winner
The Great War
Golden Lion winner
Black Orpheus
Palm d'Or winner
Les Cousins
Golden Bear winner
Censored page
Suddenly, Last Summer
Hiroshima. Mon Amour
Room at the Top
Donald in Mathmagic Land
(short subject)
4D Man
Hercules Unchained
(originally:
Ercole e la regina di Lidia
)
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