Charles Aznavour, François Truffaut, Raoul Coutard, and Marie Dubois during the filming of Tirez sur le pianiste in Grenoble, 1961
Paul Newman photographed by Pete Hohn, 1961.
François Truffaut and Jeanne Moreau photographed by Peter Basch on the set of Jules et Jim, 1961
Anthony Perkins in Greece, 1961.
Sabine Haudepin, Henri Serre and François Truffaut during the filming of Jules et Jim, 1961
Photographs from John F. Kennedy’s Inauguration, January 20th, 1961.
Audrey Hepburn and Orangey in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1961.
Une femme est une femme (1961) dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Montgomery Clift in The Misfits (1961)
"His very first appearance in The Misfits (the two-minute phone call Perce makes to his mother to tell her she won’t recognize his badly beaten face) is one of his very best pieces of acting. He doesn’t seem to be doing anything more than shrugging and uttering a few half-swallowed words in that phone booth, but his behavior in that scene and others, the secret of all good film acting, has so much weight and urgency and conviction that it enlarges the meaning of the movie.” [X]
"Nevertheless there is one scene critics, coworkers, and fans alike agree is one of the best of his life—his first scene in the film, one hour in, when he calls his mother from a phone booth. This scene’s popularity is testified to by the fact that in Clift’s copy of the script at the New York Public Library’s Performing Arts archive, this one page has been stolen. Somewhere a fetishist is smiling." [X]
Rock Hudson (1961)
Cary Grant helps Doris choose which shoes to wear on the set of That Touch of Mink, 1961. Photographed by Milton Greene.
Elizabeth Taylor signs an autograph upon her return from a trip to Russia, July 1961, Paris, France.
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53 years ago today, Judy Garland made history at Carnegie Hall.
The April 23, 1961 concert has been called “the greatest night in show business history”.
The double album recorded that night remains one of the most successful albums in history, spending 73 weeks on the Billboard Chart (13 weeks at #1) and it’s never been out of print.
"Judy at Carnegie Hall" won 4 Grammy Awards, and was the first live album, and the first album by a female performer to win the Grammy for Album of the Year.
Rock Hudson, c. 1961.
Natalie Wood photographed by Ernst Haas, 1961.