February 15, 1962 THE THREE STOOGES MEET HERCULES, a spoof of the “muscleman movie” craze of the era, opens on this date. The Three Stooges,
Significant Events this month — Astronaut John Glenn orbits the earth three times in the space capsule Friendship 7 of the Project Mercury space program
February 21, 1962 WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, a tawdry tale freely adapted from the Nelson Algren novel set in the 1930s, opens in New
February 28, 1962 TOO LATE BLUES, a gritty drama about jazz musicians, the second film from John Cassavetes, opens in New York. Cassavetes had made
February 19, 1962 Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, a key player in the European New Wave, follows up his international breakthrough film L’Avventura (1960), with LA NOTTE, opening in New
February 15, 1962 THE CONNECTION, an independently made movie by New York-based filmmaker Shirley Clarke, opens in Scottsdale, Arizona while the film is embroiled in
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Proving 1962 was the greatest year at the movies!