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1960s English-language films

  • Psycho (1960 film)Alfred Hitchcock acquired the rights to Robert Bloch's 1959 novel for $9,500 in 1960. He faced a studio system that refused his usual budget and rejected his…
  • Footprints on the Moon (1969 film)Bill Gibson directed a film that captured humanity's first steps on another world. Barry Coe produced the project under his own company, Barry Coe…
  • 2001: A Space OdysseyStanley Kubrick told a publicist from Columbia Pictures in 1964 that his next project would be about extraterrestrial life.
  • The Beatles at Shea StadiumFourteen cameras captured the scene at Shea Stadium on the 15th of August 1965. Cinematographer Andrew Laszlo led a large crew to document the event.
  • Mary Poppins (film)Walt Disney first asked to buy the film rights to Mary Poppins in 1938. He traveled to London to meet author P.L. Travers at her home in Chelsea.
  • Breathless (1960 film)A newspaper article from The News in Brief ran in November 1952 about a man named Michel Portail who stole a car to visit his sick mother.
  • A Hard Day's Night (film)Filming began on the 2nd of March 1964 at Marylebone station in London. The four Beatles had joined the British actors' union Equity only that morning.
  • Help! (film)An eastern cult gathers on a beach to sacrifice a woman to their goddess, Kaili. They notice she is not wearing the sacrificial ring.
  • Anne of the Thousand DaysThe year 1948 marked the Broadway premiere of Maxwell Anderson's play at the Shubert Theatre. H. C. Potter directed a production that ran for 288…
  • Magical Mystery Tour (film)Paul McCartney held a blank piece of white paper with a circle drawn on it in his hand during the summer of 1967. He told the band and crew to meet him at…
  • Chimes at MidnightIn 1938, John Houseman secured a partnership with the Theatre Guild to produce a play called Five Kings for Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre.
  • Shenandoah (film)Andrew V. McLaglen directed the 1965 film Shenandoah in the Pacific Northwest. The production chose Eugene, Oregon as its primary filming location.
  • Easy RiderPeter Fonda held a still photograph of himself and Bruce Dern from the 1966 film The Wild Angels. He saw two bikers traveling across America after selling…
  • Yellow Submarine (film)The land falls under a surprise attack from the music-hating Blue Meanies, who live beyond the mountains. A music-proof glass globe imprisons the band and…