Comments on: Top 5: Favorite Jack Lemmon Films

By: Mike R

Mike R — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:37:48 +0000

Lots of good choices, Some Like it Hot & The Out-of-Towners would definitely be in my top 5. Surprised no one mentioned Missing, which is my favorite Jack Lemmon movie.

By: Andre

Andre — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:41:39 +0000

A little late for this, but TCM just featured Jack Lemmon as their “Star of the Month” in January and a lot of the films mentioned here were aired.

For me, The Great Race isn’t just my favorite Lemmon film, it’s my favorite film…period.

And since no one else has mentioned it, I always enjoyed the movie “Tribute”, especially the incredibly cool bar his character had hidden behind the faux bookcase. As he tells (a very young) Kim Catrall, “Just pull out the third book from the right and you’ll find yourself in the middle of ‘Lost Weekend’”

By: redneckJD

redneckJD — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:39:45 +0000

The Apartment is in my top 5 of all time. And I have read that Billy Wilder was not fond of it. For shame. I cannot imagine a more despicable character than Mr. Sheldrake (a name used in Sunset Boulevard, for the readers’ boss, but seen only once), and MacMurry plays great off Lemmon, as most actors did. I love Jack Lemmon, and one of the highlights of my life was watching him on the street outside the Mayan porno palace in LA, while I was lowly law student skipping classes across the street. I only wish could have been a good Republican. But then again “Nobody’s perfect”.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:20:03 +0000

1. Some Like it Hot
2. The Odd Couple
3. The Notorious Landlady
4. Mister Roberts
5. My Fellow Americans
What can I say? I’m a sucker for comedies…

By: sam

sam — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:50:39 +0000

Lemmon did some TV work early on in his career. In one of his pieces, he was a newly-arrived Marine lieutenant in Korea. One night he and his men are on patrol, and some shelling takes place near them. He asks the squad sergeant what’s up, and the sergeant says, “Those guys open up nearly every night, usually just before the enemy probes our position.” Lemmon says, “Oh, the late, late show, huh? Well, let’s get out of here before were late, late Marines.” I’ve always liked that line and the way he delivered it.

By: Willik

Willik — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:18:39 +0000

I really enjoyed “Under the YumYum Tree” (1963) with Disney star Dean Jones and Carol Lynley with Edie Adams in support. Not Oscar material, obviously, but enjoyably funny. Quintesential dirty old (young?) apartment manager and a dirty old man seduction apartment to go along with it.

By: Zachariah Love

Zachariah Love — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:54:36 +0000

The Prisoner Of Second Avenue

By: JIM WHITTAKER, Hemet, CA

JIM WHITTAKER, Hemet, CA — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:15:04 +0000

The Academy Awards lost all credibility when Jack Lemmon didn’t win Best
Actor for Days of Wine and Roses, and Paul Newman didn’t win Best Actor
for The Hustler.

Can anybody even remember the guys who did win it in those two Years?

Right, I thought so…

By: Carlos

Carlos — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:54:37 +0000

How about a great movie with just a little bit of Jack Lemmon?
The four hour “Hamlet.” There was a laugh of surprise and recognition all over the theater when the guard finally said a word with a recognizable Jack Lemmon tone. Before that moment I had assumed it was Ian Bannen or some other great actor from the British Isles.

By: Hillbilly Deluxe

Hillbilly Deluxe — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:07:39 +0000

Gotta be “The Great Race” if for no other reason, his turn as the Prince/pie fight scene.