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The History of British Cinema: 1962

12/4 -

John Schlesinger’s A Kind of Loving, starring Alan Bates and June Ritchie as a young couple in northern Britain forced to marry when the girl becomes pregnant. [ADD]

Sep -

South Pacific ends a record run of 2,551 performances over 231 weeks at the Dominion Theatre in London. [ADD]

5/10 -

Ian Fleming’s secret agent 007 James Bond makes his screen debut in the guise of Irish actor Sean Connery in Dr. No, produced by Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli.   Ursula Andress also makes an impression arising from the sea as Honey Rider. [ADD]

1/11 -

The epic western How the West Was Won, which chronicles the taming of the wild west, premieres in London.   Directed by Henry Hathaway, John Ford and George Marshall and shot in Cinerama, the film stars James Stewart, Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Brigid Bazien, Walter Brennan, David Brian, Andy Devine, Raymond Massey, Agnes Moorehead, Harry Morgan, and Thelma Ritter.   Veteran actor Spencer Tracy provides the narration. [ADD]

10/12 -

Lawrence of Arabia, David Lean’s biopic of war hero and writer T. E. Lawrence is released.   30-year-old Peter O'Toole stars in the title role of the tortured hero in the $15 million production which took three years to make.   A strong supporting cast features Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, José Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Jack Hawkins and Omar Sharif. [ADD]

Other Key British Films of 1962

Billy Budd (Peter Ustinov) [ADD]

The Day of the Triffids (Steve Sekely) [ADD]

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Tony Richardson) [ADD]

The L-Shaped Room (Bryan Forbes) [ADD]

The History of Cinema: 1962