Blake Edwards – Darling Lili (1970)

Darling Lili is a 1970 American musical film.

Set during World War I, it centers on Lili Smith, a popular British music hall performer who is regarded as a femme fatale. She’s actually a German spy, and the uncle she dotes upon is really Col. Kurt Von Ruger, a fellow espionage agent and her contact for the Huns. In hopes of gaining valuable information, Lili begins using her feminine wiles on Maj. William Larrabee, a top American pilot. However, Lili soon discovers that she’s falling in love with Larrabee and can’t find the courage to betray him, and when Larrabee discovers Lili’s secret, he refuses to turn her in.

The screenplay was written by William Peter Blatty and Blake Edwards, who also directed. The cast included Julie Andrews as Lili, Rock Hudson as Larabee, and Jeremy Kemp as Von Ruger.

The original score was composed by Henry Mancini, and he and Johnny Mercer wrote the title tune. Actual songs from the era performed in the film include “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary,” “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile Smile,” “Keep the Home Fires Burning,” and “Mademoiselle from Armentieres.”

The song “Whistling Away the Dark” (music by Henry Mancini, words by Johnny Mercer) was nominated for an Academy Award for best song, of which Julie Andrews gave an unforgettable and moving performance at the beginning of the film.

The movie had two other nominations, in costume design (Donald Brooks and Jack Bear) and best original song score (by Henry Mancini), but failed to win an Oscar.

Edwards suffered continuous interference from Paramount Pictures executives while making the film, and it was eventually edited by the studio largely without his input. The director later satirized the problems he encountered making the film in S.O.B..

The film was horribly managed by Paramount executives and barely got a release in most of the United States. Despite breaking and setting box-office records at Radio City Music Hall, the film was a critical and commercial failure. Budgeted at $25 million, it grossed only $5 million in the US, and later earned $3.3 million in videotape rentals.

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