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January 28 - Filming begins on Dr. Strangelove.

May 26 - Filming on Dr. Strangelove ends.

June 12 - Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.

November 7 - The comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World premieres.

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North America

How the West Was Won

Cleopatra

The Longest Day

Lawrence of Arabia

Irma la Douce

Mutiny on the Bounty

The V.I.P.s

To Kill a Mockingbird

Son of Flubber

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Best Picture: Tom Jones — Woodfall, United Artists-Lopert (British)

Best Actor: Sidney Poitier — Lilies of the Field

Best Actress: Patricia Neal — Hud

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8½

America, America by Elia Kazan

An Actor's Revenge

La Baie des anges

The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock), starring Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor

Blood Feast

Bushido:Samurai Saga (Bushidô zankoku monogatari) Golden Bear winner

Bye Bye Birdie

Charade, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn

Cleopatra

Contempt (Le Mépris)

Critic's Choice, starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball

Dementia 13

Il Diavolo Golden Bear winner

From Russia with Love

Fun in Acapulco

A Gathering of Eagles

The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen

Hands over the City Golden Lion winner

Hud

Irma la Douce -(film mentioned in article)

It Happened at the World's Fair

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

The Leopard Palme d'Or winner

Lilies of the Field

The Mask -(?? only in 1961 such a film is mentioned)

The Nutty Professor

The Pink Panther, starring Peter Sellers

Seven Faces Of Dr. Lao

Son of Flubber

The Sword in the Stone

Tom Jones

The V.I.P.s

Who's Minding the Store

The Wrong Arm of the Law

Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke starring Sunil Dutt

Zuo ye meng hun zhong

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January 14 — Steven Soderbergh, director

June 10 — Jeanne Tripplehorn, US actress

June 15 — Helen Hunt, US actress

October 6 — Elisabeth Shue, US actress

December 15 — Helen Slater, US actress

December 18 — Brad Pitt, actor

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February 18 - Monte Blue, actor

June 7 - Zazu Pitts, actress

December 5 - Tom London, actor

Oscar A.C. Lund, Swedish film actor/director/writer