Hello! I’m Mark Olsen . Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. This newsletter is, of course, mostly devoted to going out to the movies.
We do also spend a lot of time watching things at home, and something that really jumped out from the upcoming schedule is the new “American Masters — Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames,” which will premiere on PBS on Tuesday and will also be available on the PBS app. The film, directed, produced and co-written by Danny Gold, is an affectionate look at the career of writer-director Blake Edwards, with a special focus on his relationship with his wife of more than 40 years, Julie Andrews. Edwards, who died in 2010 at age 88 , was an exceptionally versatile filmmaker, capable of “Operation Petticoat,” “The Great Race,” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” “The Wild Rovers” and the “Pink Panther” series.
He would direct Andrews in “Darling Lili,” “The Tamarind Seed,” “10,” “S.O.B.
,” “The Man Who Loved Women” and “Victor/Victoria,” the latter of which Andrews was nominated for an Academy Award for lead actress. Edwards’ 1986 film “That’s Life!,” starring Andrews and Jack Lemmon, would feature some of their children and was shot in their Los Angeles home. When they first got together, Edwards was known as the director of racy, sophisticated comedies and Andrews was the star of “Mary Poppins” and “The Sound o.