The film that launched Blake Edwards’ film career and gave us perhaps Audrey Hepburn’s most memorable character. A pitch perfect romantic comedy sans the mania that developed in later Blake Edwards and later romantic comedies. The charm and grace that seemed to come so naturally to Ms. Hepburn and dominates so many of her roles can make us forget that she was a fine actress. The moments when the fear slips through the desperate-for-security Holly Golightly’s facade of good spirits are all the more powerful because we forget that the actress is capable of such fine craft.

The film includes the requisite Blake Edwards extended party scene but this was when he was still fresh with ideas and not desperate for laughs so it fits naturally into the story.