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...name was Anthony Blake, good AngloSaxon name from a good Anglo-Saxon background in the heart of suburban America. He enlisted out of high school, because he had never been a bright boy and his high school counselor thought it best that he get his military service out of the way. No one knows whether the counselor will attend the funeral. They do know Anthony was a good boy, if a little careless behind the wheel of a car, and so the lamentations have begun in the homes of Anthony's friends and family...
...sight of such disfigurement. So they put him on ice, sent a telegram home, and shipped him to the top floor of the building in which he now lies, so that everything could be put back together again for the benefit of the De Molays. And Anthony Blake returns home to St. Louis...
...Anthony Blake's father is not an unintelligent man. Educated at the Jesuit St. Louis University, he is now a successful bond salesman. Until 1968 he had always voted Democratic, remembering vaguely the breadlines and the voice of F.D.R. over the radio giving him hope. He decided in 1968, however, that it was time for a change. So he voted for Richard Nixon, and a year later his son enlisted in the U.S. Army, in the family tradition...
...death of his son has changed things in George Blake, but the changes are too subtle to mark a milestone in his life. His son is past the point where dying ends and death begins, and George Blake will take weeks to absorb that fact fully. And maybe in that time he will come to an understanding of why it happened. Now he only his time for grief...
Andrews blends the nostalgia of Keep the Home Fires Burning and It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary with some creaky new Johnny Mercer-Henry Mancini numbers. The performance is enough to restore the star-but not her film. Director Blake Edwards (Julie's new husband) seems to believe that if a man failing off a roof is funny, then two men falling should be hilarious. After 136 minutes, Darling Lili's gags and garrulity make it as aseptic, smooth and foursquare as an ice cube...