The Millionairess is a 1960 romantic comedy film starring Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren set in London. 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Peter Sellers Richard Henry Sellers (September 8, 1925 - July 24, 1980), better known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian, talented comic actor, and performer on The Goon Show (a long-running BBC radio show, 1951-1960). ... Sophia Loren in 1955. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ...

The film was directed by Anthony Asquith and was based on a play by George Bernard Shaw. Sellers plays an Indian doctor who meets an intitially cold rich heiress (Loren) who must marry to satisfy conditions of her father's will. Anthony Asquith (November 9, 1902)-(February 20, 1968) was a British film director. ... George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950) was an Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. ...

The film was a huge hit at the time of its release mostly because audiences enjoyed the beauty of Sophia Loren and the charisma of Peter Sellers who were huge stars of the time. The film could be said to launch the international career of Sellers, and allowed him to take more challenging roles such as his leads in Dr Strangelove. In recent years the reputation of The Millionairess has somewhat waned and it is no longer considered the classic it used to be, although it is still enjoyed by fans of the two lead actors. Today some viewers can find the Indian stereotyping of Sellers's character insulting to watch. Sophia Loren in 1955. ... Peter Sellers Richard Henry Sellers (September 8, 1925 - July 24, 1980), better known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian, talented comic actor, and performer on The Goon Show (a long-running BBC radio show, 1951-1960). ... For the hit 1987 single by Depeche Mode, see the album Music for the Masses Film poster for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a 1964 satirical film directed by Stanley Kubrick. ...

Also of note is that the film contains the song Goodness Gracious Me, which was a duet between Sellers and Loren. The song was released as a single shortly after the film was released and it became a successful chart hit. The song also gave it's name to Goodness Gracious Me: a successful UK Sitcom in the late 1990s. Goodness Gracious Me is a BBC English language sketch show originally on BBC Radio 4 and later on BBC TWO, based on four Indian-British actors: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ...

External Links

• The Millionairess (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054086/) at IMDB.com (http://www.imdb.com)