Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Matters of Introduction -- Prologue: Breaking in, 1922-1955 -- 1 Blake Begins, 1955-1959 -- Bring Your Smile Along (1955), He Laughed Last (1956), Mister Cory (1957), This Happy Feeling (1958), The Perfect Furlough (1959) -- 2 Blake Builds, 1959-1962 -- Operation Petticoat (1959) -- High Time (1960) -- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) -- Experiment in Terror (1962) -- Days of Wine and Roses (1962) -- 3 Blake Blossoms, 1963-1968 -- The Pink Panther (1964) -- A Shot in the Dark (1964) -- The Great Race (1965) -- What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966) -- Gunn (1967) -- The Party (1968) -- 4 Blake Burns, 1968-1974 -- Darling Lili (1970) -- Wild Rovers (1971), The Carey Treatment (1972) -- The Tamarind Seed (1974) -- 5 Panther Pictures (BLAKE BANKS) -- Sellers Lives -- Return of the Pink Panther (1975), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) -- Sellers Lives On -- Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Son of the Pink Panther (1993) -- 6 Blake Booms, 1979-1982 -- 10 (1979) -- S.O.B. (1981) -- Victor/Victoria (1982) -- 7 Blake Breaks, 1983-1988 -- The Man Who Loved Women (1983), Micki + Maude (1984), A Fine Mess (1986) -- That's Life! (1986) -- Blind Date (1987) -- Sunset (1988) -- 8 Blake Bows, 1989-1991 -- Skin Deep (1989) -- Switch (1991) -- Epilogue: Making Out, October 24, 1993 -- Appendix: Filmography -- Appendicitis: How to Make a Blake Edwards Movie -- Notes -- Recommended Reading -- Index -- About the Author.