Two lost Peter Sellers films co-written by Mordecai Richler will be screened again
Peter Sellers fans will be happy today, because a film festival in the UK has announced it will screen two lost Peter Sellers films. The black-and-white, half-hour long movies are from 1957. But the big news for Canada is the films were co-written by Montreal author, Mordecai Richler. Southend Film Festival director, Paul Cotgrove, was given the films a few...
Peter Sellers fans will be happy today, because a film festival in the UK has announced it will screen two lost Peter Sellers films. The black-and-white, half-hour long movies are from 1957. But the big news for Canada is the films were co-written by Montreal author, Mordecai Richler.
Southend Film Festival director, Paul Cotgrove, was given the films a few weeks ago. And after researching the pieces, he says it is a mystery how Mordecai Richler ended up working with Peter Sellers on the projects.
Listen here to Carol's conversation with Paul Cotgrove from his home in Southend-on-Sea, England. Below are clips from the films, courtesy of the Daily Telegraph.