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Billy Wilder's "The Apartment" starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray The Apartment (1960) is a romantic comedy directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. The cast includes Ray Walston and Edie Adams. The screenplay was writ read more

Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a Jack Lemmon film and ask you to name the actual film. Most of these are pretty easy. Please answer no more than three questions per day so others can play. You may have an answer other than the intended one--just be able to defend it!1. read more

Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft are well matched as a married couple navigating chaotic city life in The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975), Neil Simon’s adaptation of his own stage play. They both play from the soul, with a lack of artifice that enables them to express the complications of human read more

Welcome to ALL GOOD THINGS! It's MARCH MADNESS! Visit daily to see a classic film Super-Star of the day - a personality renowned for portraying the really, really B.A.D. and also the sweetest-dearest-most darling! Day #21 results: JUDY GARLAND fans left no doubt that the darling DOROTHY ("The read more

Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. It can be a challenge to review a classic like Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot, because so much has been written about it. So, instead of a traditional review, I want to focus on Wilder's theme of deception and also pay tribute to that marvelous actor known as Jack Lemm read more

Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. It can be a challenge to review a classic like Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot, because so much has been written about it. So, instead of a traditional review, I want to focus on Wilder's theme of deception and also pay tribute to that marvelous actor known as Jack Lemm read more

Of course I’ve been dying to see The Fortune Cookie (1966). Who wouldn’t want to view the first pairing of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, the two whose seamless chemistry led to almost 30 years of hilarious cinematic repartee? Matthau won his only (!) Oscar for the role of Willie Gingr read more

Jack Lemmon Blogathon - Day 2 This is a consensus among classic film fans: Jack Lemmon was a sweet guy (ha! See what I did there?) and a fantastic actor. His most famous work ended with the line "nobody's perfect", but we firmly believe that Mr Lemmon was close to perfection. He could pl read more

Of course I’ve been dying to see The Fortune Cookie (1966). Who wouldn’t want to view the first pairing of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, the two whose seamless chemistry led to almost 30 years of hilarious cinematic repartee? Matthau won his only (!) Oscar for the role of Willie Gingr read more

The good folks who bring us Critica Retro and Wide Screen World are hosting The Jack Lemmon Blogathon on March 30th and 31st. Thank you to Le and Rich for the opportunity.  Day 1  Day 2 Sabrina Fair was a Broadway hit for playwright Samuel Taylor in 1953 starring Margaret Sullavan and J read more

The good folks who bring us Critica Retro and Wide Screen World are hosting The Jack Lemmon Blogathon on March 30th and 31st. Thank you to Le and Rich for the opportunity.  Day 1  Day 2 Sabrina Fair was a Broadway hit for playwright Samuel Taylor in 1953 starring Margaret Sullavan and J read more

Announcing the Jack Lemmon blogathon Jack Lemmon was his name, acting wonderfully was his game. He shined in both drama and comedy. He is best remembered by his role in “Some Like It Hot” (1959), but he also won two Oscars, four Golden Globes, two Emmys, three BAFTAs and two Canne read more

1. The Apartment (1960) - This is an obvious choice, but I can't think of a better Jack Lemmon performance than his turn as ambitious junior executive C.C. Baxter. It helps, of course, that Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond provide Lemmon with an extremely well-written character that allows read more

1. The Apartment (1960) - This is an obvious choice, but I can't think of a better Jack Lemmon performance than his turn as ambitious junior executive C.C. Baxter. It helps, of course, that Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond provide Lemmon with an extremely well-written character that allows read more

Jack Lemmon and Clark Gable On August 9, 2016 By CarolIn Uncategorized   Awww, look! They’re so adorable together! I was going through my Classic Hollywood folder and came across this. Apparently, they were having an ice skating lesson or so read more

Happy Birthday America! You're a grand old gal, and at 240 years old, you're looking as young as you ever did. And Happy Independence Day to all of our readers!  There are a lot of great classic films to watch on this day ( if you don't plan on enjoying the fireworks ) but I wanted to share th read more

Happy Birthday America! You're a grand old gal, and at 240 years old, you're looking as young as you ever did. And Happy Independence Day to all of our readers!  There are a lot of great classic films to watch on this day ( if you don't plan on enjoying the fireworks ) but I wanted to share th read more

Jack Lemmon’s Peculiar ‘Debut’ in Newton, Massachusetts…  Some actors are brilliant in comedies alone. Other actors are definitively dramatic. And then there’s Jack Lemmon. As an actor, Lemmon brought a quirky charm to each of his films—a charm that was completely unique read more

Share This! “Are you sure this country isn’t on fire somewhere?” —— “Bill” Gridley (Jack Lemmon) inquiring about the thickness of a London fog Jack Lemmon.  Kim Novak.  Fred Astaire.  And the British, too.  Lionel Jeffries.  Estelle Winwood.  Henry Daniell.  A London setting.  read more

Share This! “Are you sure this country isn’t on fire somewhere?” —— “Bill” Gridley (Jack Lemmon) inquiring about the thickness of a London fog Jack Lemmon.  Kim Novak.  Fred Astaire.  And the British, too.  Lionel Jeffries.  Estelle Winwood.  Henry Daniell.  A London setting.  read more