blake edwards s/d, rfi

He's mostly remembered for the Sellers connection, esp Clouseau, and Tiffany's as well

then for being married to Julie, then maybe "10"

I can see why Operation Petticoat was his breakthrough. Grant and Curtis are ideally cast, and it plays funnier than M*A*SH now. A submarine is really a fine setting for a delirious wartime sex comedy...

supporting cast features three future smash-sitcom second bananas -- Gavin MacLeod is very funny, Dick Sargent too; alas Marion Ross is the least visible of the nuses.

It was written by the same guys who did Pillow Talk that same year, but while nearly as 'dirty' it's a bit less smarmy.

watched "10" over the weekend, probably first time in 20+ years

gen very good slapstick, and maybe best Julie Andrews perf in one of his films

i rewatched a shot in the dark a while back and it is really very good, the wordless intro before the credits is particularly marvelous

also the Dudley-Julie argument about his use of the noun "broad" would pass all but the most rigid language police standards (she wins)

The Tamarind Seed is by no means a total dud, but Julie Andrews is so bloodless when she doesn't sing or clown, and despite the Hitchcock references, Blake was no Hitch. Kind of amazing to see a Maurice Binder title sequence in a non-Bond film too.

Julie IS James Bond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR4-PADx-V0

The Tamarind Seed on Amazon Prime. I should stream it then, aye?

it's OKKKKKKKK

I saw our KJB's extravagant praise a decade ago and figured I could play you two off each other.

not takin' the bait

Great score. John Barry?

That's Life! is one of the worst films I've ever seen. Jack Lemmon should've been frogmarched to The Hague.

Experiment in Terror bangs so hard

I was at my mother's house the other day and it's quite a clutter zone. One thing that stood out was a dvd of Darling Lili on a table. It's a garbage movie but she has an attachment to it because her fave little brother who drank himself to death two decades ago is an extra in it. I'm keen to find the scene he's in it to get a grab but even she doesn't know. She doesn't even own a dvd player.. lol