PBS' “Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames” is an affectionate cinematic portrait of the actor, writer, director and artist. The documentary chronicles Edwards’ career chronologically, from his difficult childhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to his move to California, where he started working in the entertainment industry, with radio, television and film productions, culminating with his honorary Oscar in 2004. Director Danny Gold traces Edwards’ personal and professional highs and lows, features home movie footage and family photographs, and also wrings laughs with film clips from several of the director’s classic comedies, including “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “10” and “Victor/Victoria.”
While his adult children, Jennifer and Geoffrey Edwards, remember their father fondly, Julie Andrews, along with several comedians, including Patton Oswalt and Jay Chandrasekher, provide commentary about highlights from Edwards’ career. When filmmaker Rian Johnson recalls, “As a kid, there was nothing better than the opening sequence of the ‘Pink Panther’ films,” it is hard for viewers of a certain age racing down memory lane not to agree with him.
