1965, Designs: cars, furniture, electronics, clothes III

Plymouth XP-VIP concept
- Designed and built by Chrysler under the direction of Elwood Engel, USA, 1965
- Presented at the 1965 Chicago Auto Show

Plymouth XP-VIP concept

Plymouth XP-VIP concept

Plymouth XP-VIP concept

Plymouth XP-VIP concept

Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ (Sprint-Zagato)
- Designed by Ercole Spada at Zagato, Rho, Lombardy, Italy, 1963-1965
- Based on the Alfa Romeo 2600 (Tipo 106) with the 2,584 cc engine (123 kW, 215 km/h)
- Only 105 cars produced
- Presented at the 1965 Frankfurt Motor Show

Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ

Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ

Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ

Eclisse lamp
- Designed by Vico Magistretti, Italy, 1965
- Manufactured by Artemide, Pregnana Milanese, Italy

Eclisse lamp

Eclisse lamp

Futuro house
- Designed by Matti Suuronen, Finland, 1965
- Manufactered by Oy Polykem Ab, Helsinki, Finland
- Prefab house composed of fiberglass-reinforced polyester plastic, polyester-polyurethane, and poly(methyl methacrylate), measuring 4 metres (13 feet) high and 8 metres (26 feet) in diameter
- Fewer than 100 were made and it is estimated that today around 60 of the original Futuro Houses survive

Futuro house

Futuro house

Futuro house

Thunderbird Sofa
- Manufactured by Flexsteel Industries Inc., Dubuque, Iowa, USA, 1965
- Presented at the 1965 International Home Furnishings Market in Chicago

Thunderbird Sofa

Thunderbird Sofa

1965 Celebrity adverts

Diana Dors: Borg Warner

Diane Cilento: Towle

Donna Reed: International Harvester

Donna Reed: Singer

Elke Sommer: Lux Soap

Eva Gabor: Masterpiece Tobacco

Eva Gabor: Masterpiece Tobacco

Jean Shrimpton: Simpson

Jean Shrimpton: Yardley

Marilyn Maxwell, Jill St. John, Rhonda Fleming and Bob Hope: RCA

Julie Newmar: Simplicity

Shirley Jones: American Tourister Luggage

Veronica Hamel: Pond's

1964, Film: “A Shot in the Dark”

The British-American coproduction "A Shot in the Dark" was released on 23 June 1964 in New York City. The comedy, based on Harry Kurnitz adaption from the 1961 French play "L'Idiote" by Marcel Achard, was directed by Blake Edwards. The main cast includes Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, George Sanders and Elke Sommer. The music was written by Henry Mancini.

"A Shot in the Dark" is the second film in The Pink Panther series after “The Pink Panther” from 1963. Peter Sellers plays the clumsy French Sûreté Inspector Jacques Clouseau of the French Sûreté. New in this film is Clouseau's exaggerated French accent, his boss Commissioner Dreyfus played by Herbert Lom and his loyal servant Cato played by Burt Kwouk.

Burt Kwouk as Kato and Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau

Herbert Lom as Charles Dreyfus and Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau

André Maranne as François, Herbert Lom as Charles Dreyfus and Reginald Beckwith

George Sanders as Benjamin Ballon and Tracy Reed as Dominique Ballon

Synopsis

When M. Ballon's (George Sanders) spanish driver, Miguel Ostos, is found shot dead, Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is called to investigate the crime. All evidence points to Maria Gambrelli (Elke Sommer), the maid, to be the murderer. But Clouseau, being attracted to the beautiful girl, is convinced of her innocence...

George Sanders as Benjamin Ballon and Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau

Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau

Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau and Graham Stark as Hercule Lajoy

Elke Sommer as Maria Gambrelli

Main cast

• Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau
• Elke Sommer as Maria Gambrelli
• George Sanders as Benjamin Ballon
• Herbert Lom as Charles Dreyfus
• Tracy Reed as Dominique Ballon
• Graham Stark as Hercule Lajoy
• Moira Redmond as Simone
• Vanda Godsell as Madame LaFarge
• Maurice Kaufmann as Pierre
• Ann Lynn as Dudu
• David Lodge as Georges
• André Maranne as François
• Martin Benson as Maurice
• Burt Kwouk as Kato

Elke Sommer as Maria Gambrelli, Burt Kwouk as Kato and Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau

Elke Sommer as Maria Gambrelli in the Radford Mini Cooper

Elke Sommer as Maria Gambrelli and Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau

Elke Sommer as Maria Gambrelli

Trivia

• The adaption by Harry Kurnitz did not include Clouseau, the whole screenplay was rewritten by Blake Edwards and William Peter Blatty.
• Maria Gambrelli was originally to be played by Sophia Loren, but she became ill. The second choice was Romy Schneider, but she had another commitment.
• The 1963 Morris Mini Cooper by Radford that Peter Sellers drives in the movie was his own car. The special Cooper Radford conversion costed more than a contemporary Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud.

Trailer "A Shot in the Dark" (1964)