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The History of American Cinema: 1964

September - December

7/10 -

David Lowell Rich’s See How They Run, generally considered to be the first movie made for television, is broadcast by NBC.   John Forsythe, Senta Berger and Franchot Tone star. [ADD]

15/10 -

Composer and lyricist Cole Porter dies of kidney failure at the age of 73. [ADD]

28/10 -

George Cukor’s adaptation of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's long-running stage hit My Fair Lady is released by Warners.  Rex Harrison reprises his stage role, while Audrey Hepburn plays Eliza Doolittle after Jack Warner was unable to secure Julie Andrews for the part. [ADD]

10/12 -

Cary Grant stars opposite the French actress Leslie Caron in Ralph Nelson’s Father Goose. [ADD]

– 1964 marks a recovery in fortunes for the Hollywood majors following some thin years in the early, sixties.   Box-office successes responsible for this turnaround include Mary Poppins, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, The Pink Panther, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Viva Las Vegas, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Carpetbaggers, The Cardinal and Dr. Strangelove.   Warner Brothers are the only studio to struggle following the box-office failure of My Fair Lady. [ADD]

– The last Bugs Bunny theatrical short cartoon is produced. [ADD]

Other Key American Films of 1964

The Brig (Jonas Mekas, Adolfas Mekas) [ADD]

Cheyenne Autumn (John Ford) [ADD]

Lilith (Robert Rossen) [ADD]

Major Dundee (Sam Peckinpah) [ADD]

The Masque of the Red Death (Roger Corman) [ADD]

The Naked Kiss (Samuel Fuller) [ADD]

The Night of the Iguana (John Huston) [ADD]

The Pawnbroker (Sidney Lumet) [ADD]

Scorpio Rising (Kenneth Anger) [ADD]

The 13 Most Beautiful Women (Andy Warhol) [ADD]

The History of Cinema: 1964