The Naked Truth (Zampi, 1957): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 8.30pm
This very rarely seen comedy film is part of the Peter Sellers season at BFI Southbank and was the actor's first lead role in which he played numerous parts, as he was to in other much more famous films). This is a 35mm presentation which also screens on August 3rd. Details here.
Time Out review:
Simply spiffing comedy about scandal-mongering, with smarmy Dennis Price
playing a gutter press baron who plans to blackmail a number of public
figures or smear them across page one unless they hand over their House
of Lords luncheon vouchers. Much miffed, Terry-Thomas contacts other victims - Peggy Mount's romantic novelist, Peter Sellers'
TV celeb - and lays plans to undo the beastly rotter. A period piece,
maybe, but much funnier and arguably more authentic than Scandal.
Adrian Turner
Here (and above) is the trailer.
No comments:
Post a Comment