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Tag Archives: Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon: “Mr. Cukor, for God’s sake, you know pretty soon I won’t be acting at all.”
Billy Wilder on Jack Lemmon, one of his favorite actors – the perfect “everyman”. While I was in New Mexico, Stevie showed me the delectable It Should Happen To You – with Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon in his film … Continue reading
“Shut Up and Deal!”
Shirley MacLaine, during the seminar she gave at my school, talked a lot about The Apartment, directed by Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Fred MacMurray. — In the final scene, where Miss Kubelik shows up at his apartment, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Wilder, Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine
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Billy Wilder: On Jack Lemmon
Here’s a long quote from Billy Wilder on the genius of Jack Lemmon. Genius indeed. Jack Lemmon was my Everyman. And he could do everything, except carry a love interest to the extreme, to kissing and the precoitus thing. That … Continue reading
Billy Wilder: On Jack Lemmon
Excerpt from Conversations with Wilder: [Lemmon’s] first day on a sound stage, with George Cukor directing, he’s all revved up. He rattles down half a page of dialogue, rararaaumphrara, and then there’s “Cut” and he looks at Cukor. Cukor comes … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Wilder, Conversations with Wilder, George Cukor, Jack Lemmon
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