Blake Edwards dark psychological film about the effects of alcoholism on a previously happy marriage, starred Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick. It has been described as "perhaps the most unsparing tract against drink that Hollywood has yet produced, more pessimistic than Billy Wilder's "The Lost Weekend"". The film gave another major boost to Edwards's reputation as an important director. "Darling Lili" star Julie Andrews married Edwards in 1969. While a few critics such as George Morris thought the film a major picture ("it synthesizes every major Edwards theme: the disappearance of gallantry and honor, the tension between appearances and reality, and the
Joan Edwards (radio singer) also "wrote scores for nightclub revues as well as many successful advertising jingles." Edwards and Lyn Duddy wrote the songs for Arthur Godfrey's songbook "Arthur Godfrey's TV Calendar Songs", published 1953. Edwards was married to Julius Schachter, a violinist who died in 1976. They had three daughters and one son. Edwards died in Manhattan, New York, of an apparent heart attack, August 27, 1981. Joan Edwards (radio singer) Joan Edwards (February 13, 1919 – August 27, 1981) was an American singer in the old-time radio era. She was perhaps best known for her work on the radio version of "Your