When a young couple, Matt and Jean (Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna) inherit a small cinema, the Bijou, from a distant relative, they are shocked to find a decrepit building that comes with three loyal but eccentric staff: Mrs. Fazackalee (Margaret Rutherford), the cashier and bookkeeper; Old Tom (Bernard Miles), the commissionaire who works as doorman and usher; and Mr. Quill (Peter Sellers), the ageing projectionist with a weakness for alcohol. Matt and Jean try to sell the Bijou to Albert Hardcastle (Francis De Wolff), the owner of a large nearby cinema, but he gives them a lowball offer. Instead, they decide to open the theater, using a few clever marketing schemes to gain viewers at the expense of Hardcastle.  A gentle, charming film about community and small-scale perseverance.  “A delightfully eccentric comedy” — Time Out Film. This screening is to commemorate the Peter Sellars Centenary.