In a career that spanned more than 50 years as a writer, producer and director, Blake Edwards (1922 - 2010) provided audiences with classics in nearly every genre of the cinema. Though known primarily for comedies such as THE PARTY and THE PINK PANTHER series, Edwards exhibited mastery of the domestic melodrama (the beautiful and tragic DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES), the thriller (EXPERIMENT IN TERROR) and the musical (the criminally underrated DARLING LILI). In the best tradition of studio-era auteurs like Howard Hawks, Edwards managed to inject distinctly personal ideas and styles into popular forms; regardless of genre, all of his films share a profound interest in close relationships (between friends, lovers or colleagues) and their pitfalls. No director has been more finely attuned to the wide spectrum of emotions that characterize the human experience, and Edwards’ best films - films like BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, VICTOR/VICTORIA and S.O.B. - veer from humiliation and anxiety to giddy romance and celebration all within the span of a couple of hours.

Please join us for a tribute to director Blake Edwards, which also includes a screening of A SHOT IN THE DARK. Buy Tickets

Friday, February 4 – 7:30 PM

Double Feature: THE PINK PANTHER, 1964, MGM Repertory, 113 min. Writer-director Blake Edwards introduced Peter Sellers’ absolutely clueless Inspector Jacques Clouseau with this comedy about a British jewel thief and playboy (David Niven) on a ski holiday with nephew Robert Wagner, mistress Capucine, exotic princess Claudia Cardinale and a priceless diamond in tow. [35mm] Trailer

A SHOT IN THE DARK, 1964, MGM Repertory, 101 min. Blake Edwards’ follow-up to THE PINK PANTHER is a non-stop barrage of pratfalls, sight gags and linguistic nonsense, courtesy of Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers). Everything seems freshly minted, from Herbert Lom’s hysterics as Chief Inspector Dreyfus to Burt Kwouk’s first appearance as Cato. [35mm] Trailer | Buy Tickets Ken Wales, producer of THE PARTY will apper in person for an introduction.

Saturday, February 5 – 7:30 PM

Double Feature: THE PARTY, 1968, MGM Repertory, 99 min. Dir. Blake Edwards. For most of its length, THE PARTY is a wonderfully restrained homage to Jacques Tati, with Peter Sellers in perfect pitch as an awestruck Indian actor who disrupts a chic Hollywood gathering with the help of French songbird Claudine Longet and an elephant. The final 15 minutes prove that any great joke deserves a totally outrageous punchline. Look for Steve Franken as an inebriated waiter and Denny Miller as a hilarious rhinestone cowboy. [35mm] Trailer | Buy Tickets