The Film and Performance: Film remakes are often a risky endeavor, especially if the original material is beloved and respected. The Front Page originated as a comedy play in 1928 … Continue reading Jack Lemmon: The Front Page (1974)
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The Film and Performance: Film remakes are often a risky endeavor, especially if the original material is beloved and respected. The Front Page originated as a comedy play in 1928 … Continue reading Jack Lemmon: The Front Page (1974)
The Film and Performance: A “guilty pleasure” is typically associated with a film or television show that one knows to be poorly made yet somehow the viewer still finds entertainment … Continue reading Jack Lemmon: My Fellow Americans (1996)
The Film and Performance: A melodrama has the capacity to tug at our heartstrings and remind the viewer to value the small things we all may take for granted. 1942’s … Continue reading Jack Lemmon: Dad (1989)
“You remember how it really was? You and me and booze — a threesome. You and I were a couple of drunks on the sea of booze, and the boat … Continue reading Jack Lemmon: Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
The Film and Performance: Love is a multi-layered concept in writer/director Billy Wilder’s film, Avanti! As the film represents, love isn’t merely what is seen on the surface, but is … Continue reading Jack Lemmon: Avanti! (1972)
The Film and the Performance: Airport ’77 was one of the final gasps of air from a genre that was rapidly fading away: The disaster genre. The film industry of … Continue reading Jack Lemmon: Airport ’77 (1977)
The Film and Performance: Mister Roberts is one of those quirky films from the 1950s that is ironically derived from true-life. Author Thomas Heggen wrote the source novel in 1946 … Continue reading Jack Lemmon: Mister Roberts (1955)
The Film and Performance: The best comedies are the ones that somewhat mirror true life yet exaggerate it just enough that we can laugh at the hypocrisy that surrounds us. … Continue reading Jack Lemmon: The Out-of-Towners (1970)
The Film and Performance: Irma la Douce originally was presented to audiences as a highly successful Broadway musical that was nominated for a Tony for Best Musical. Writer/director Billy Wilder … Continue reading Jack Lemmon: Irma la Douce (1963)
The Film and Performance: A satirical film is more difficult than one may initially deem. In order to properly manipulate a circumstance or social situation, the event must be embellished … Continue reading Jack Lemmon: How to Murder Your Wife (1965)