The Curse of the Pink Panther

• Published in: Henry Mancini p. 163
• Main Author: Caps, John
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States University of Illinois Press 03.02.2012
• Subjects: American Music; Anthropology; Applied anthropology; Arts; Behavioral sciences; Blake Edwards; Business; comedy scoring; Commercial music; composers; Cultural anthropology; Cultural industries; Cultural studies; Entertainment industries; Film music; film scoring; Film studies; Food service industries; Henry Mancini; Hospitality industries; Industrial sectors; Industry; Literary characters; Literary elements; Literary genres; Literature; Melody; Motion picture industry; Movies; Music; Music genres; Music theory; Musical motives; Musical notation; Musical pitch; Musical rhythm; musical score; Musical time; Notated music; Performing arts; Poetic forms; Poetry; Professional cooking; Return of the Pink Panther; Service industries; Song lyrics; The Pink Panther Strikes Again
• ISBN: 0252036735; 9780252036736
• DOI: 10.5406/illinois/9780252036736.003.0012

As Mancini describes in his autobiography, he and Ginny had rented a beach house in Malibu. From the porch one midday he spotted Blake Edwards walking out by the water. Years had gone by since they had spoken seriously; Edwards was still embittered over his experience makingDarling Liliand still believed that Mancini had somehow sided with the studio to second-guess him about the film’s alleged weaknesses. He distrusted the whole Hollywood system after that, especially when they recut and botched his next (non-Mancini) film,Wild Rovers(1971). He began casting around town for any film property he could