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The History of British Cinema: 1961 |
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While in Britain to film Michael Anderson's The Naked Edge, Gary Cooper is received by Prince Philip. [ADD] |
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Director Rouben Mamoulian resigns from the production of Cleopatra after refusing Lawrence Durrell's script. [ADD] |
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz arrives in London from the United States to take over the direction of Cleopatra. [ADD] |
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Elizabeth Taylor lapses into a coma following an operation for lung congestion, and requires resuscitation on several occasions when she stops breathing. [ADD] |
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Dirk Bogarde plays a homosexual barrister who faces ruin when a young man with whom he has had an affair hangs himself in a police cell in Basil Dearden’s Victim. Sylvia Syms co-stars as his wife. [ADD] |
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– BLC Films is formed by British Lion and Columbia. [ADD] |
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– Nettlefold Studios at Walton-on-Thames is demolished after closing. [ADD] |
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| – The BBC is blamed for a fall in cinema attendance when it begins broadcasting old X-rated films. [ADD] | ||||
Other Key British Films of 1961 |
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The Rebel (Robert Day) [ADD] |
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A Taste of Honey (Tony Richardson) [ADD] |
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Whistle Down the Wind (Bryan Forbes) [ADD] |
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