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Maurice Richlin (February 23, 1920 – November 13, 1990) was an American screenwriter. He received two Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nominations for Pillow Talk and Operation Petticoat in the same year.
Nov 18, 1990 · Maurice N. Richlin, who shared an Academy Award for co-writing the 1959 film “Pillow Talk,” has died. He was 70. Richlin died Tuesday at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica of cancer, his...
Maurice Richlin was born on 23 February 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Pink Panther (1963), Pillow Talk (1959) and Operation Petticoat (1959). He died on 13 November 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- David Niven’s Character Was Supposed to Be The Lead.
- Peter Ustinov and Ava Gardner Were Originally Cast.
- Audrey Hepburn Was The First Choice For Princess Dala.
- Peter Sellers Went on A Dangerous Diet For The Film.
- Clouseau’s Physical Humor Came from Edwards.
- Claudia Cardinale’s Voice Was Dubbed.
- Niven Suffered Frostbite During production.
- The Bubble Bath Scene Left Robert Wagner and Capucine with Burns.
- The Sequel Wasn’T Originally A Clouseau Movie.
- Sellers Didn’T Want to Make A Third Film.
When Blake Edwards and co-writer Maurice Richlin first conceived the idea for The Pink Panther, it was a story "about a detective who is trying to catch a jewel thief who is having an affair with his wife." To play the debonair jewel thief Sir Charles Lytton, Edwards chose David Niven. Then, Peter Sellers was cast as Inspector Jacques Clouseau, and...
Though it’s hard to imagine anyone but Sellers in the film now, he was not the original Jacques Clouseau. Edwards originally cast Peter Ustinov in the role, and cast Ava Gardner as Clouseau’s wife, Simone. When Gardner backed out of the film over disagreements with the producers, Ustinov followed. With only weeks to go until filming, Capucine repla...
To play the captivating Princess Dala, owner of the titular Pink Panther jewel, Edwards originally wanted Audrey Hepburn, whom he’d previously worked with on Breakfast at Tiffany’s(1961). Edwards was “unsuccessful” in getting Hepburn to take the role, and Claudia Cardinale was cast instead.
Sellers, naturally a somewhat pudgy man, wanted to be in better shape for the film, in part because he wanted to rival the movie star looks of co-star Robert Wagner. So he took a large amount of diet pills to shed weight, which may have contributed to the series of major heart attacks he had between completing filming and The Pink Panther’s release...
Sellers, who got his start in radio, was more of a verbal comedian than a physical one, but hoped to add slapstick to his arsenal as Clouseau. Though he wasn’t a natural at it, he got the character’s physical comedy from Edwards himself, who was naturally clumsy. “Being a genetic Clouseau myself, that’s what would probably happen to me. I, in my li...
Cardinale was a major Italian star at the time, but her English was not great. So her voice was replacedby that of Canadian actress Gale Garnett.
For the scene in which he skis alongside Princess Dala, Niven took a day to practice on the slopes, wearing the costume prepared for him. The problem was that the costume was far too thin for the frigid temperatures, and Niven suffered frostbite symptoms on what he termedhis “pale blue acorn.” To prevent severe damage, he soaked the, um, appendage ...
For the scene in which Simone Clouseau and George Lytton are in a bubble bath together, an industrial agent was used to make the tub extra foamy. The chemicals burned their skin, and temporarily blinded Wagner during the moment in which he’s underwater.
The sequel to The Pink Panther, A Shot in the Dark, wasn’t supposed to be a Panthersequel at all, but an adaptation of a stage play of the same name. Sellers was contracted to make the film, but was unhappy with the way production was going. He asked Edwards for help: “He was desperate not to do it, and he came to me and said ‘I don’t like the whol...
According to executive producer Walter Mirisch, Sellers “actively” disliked A Shot in the Dark, but the film was a success, and the Mirisch Company wanted to continue the Clouseau franchise. Sellers declined to return, so the film Inspector Clouseau (1968) was produced with Alan Arkin in the title role and without the involvement of Edwards. The fi...
Maurice Richlin is known as an Screenplay, Characters, Writer, Adaptation, and Story. Some of his work includes The Pink Panther, The Pink Panther 2, The Pink Panther, Operation Petticoat, Pillow Talk, Son of the Pink Panther, Come September, and Inspector Clouseau.
Produced by Martin Jurow and co-written by Maurice Richlin and Blake Edwards, the screenplay is based on the 1960 novel of the same name by William Goldman. It explores the friendship of an Army master sergeant (Gleason) and a young country bumpkin buck sergeant (McQueen).
Nov 20, 1990 · Maurice N. Richlin, an Oscar-winning screenwriter of "Pillow Talk" who helped create the clumsy Inspector Clouseau in "The Pink Panther," died Tuesday at St. John's Hospital and Health...
