March 18, 1964 –
In his first outing as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau, Peter Sellers starred in The Pink Panther, which premiered in New York City on this date.
With just two weeks to go before shooting begun, the producers decided that Ava Gardner’s erratic lifestyle could affect filming and decided not to offer her the part of Madame Clouseau. Capucine was hired in a hurry, but Peter Ustinov’s wife felt this would affect the calibre of the production and told him to withdraw . From this chaos, Peter Sellers became an international superstar.
The Haus of Dcaligari 