Jack Lemmon 100 -- February 8, 2025

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Jack Lemmon was born 100 years ago today, on 08-February-1925.

In July, 2012 we paid a return visit to Hollywood and Grauman's Chinese Theater. Sid Grauman was a San Francisco showman who came to Los Angeles and built three major houses, the Million Dollar, the Egyptian, and the Chinese. The theater has hosted many film premieres but is most famous for the hand and footprints (and hoofprints and nose prints and other types of prints) in the forecourt. 

Jack Lemmon left his hand and footprints in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese on 29-June-1963.I don't know the meaning of "MAGIC-TIME" at the bottom. His next-door neighbor is Shirley MacLaine, so I assume they were promoting Irma La Douce, which is the only movie with Lemmon and MacLaine that I don't like. It says "Mean Time" on her square. 

Jack Lemmon is one of my favorites, although sometimes he pushed his characters' quirks so far that I find them hard to watch.

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The Apartment -- September 6, 2021

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Happy Labor Day, everyone. 

Billy Wilder's The Apartment is hard to watch. Jack Lemmon is an office worker who thinks he can get ahead by letting executives use his apartment for assignations. His boss, played by Fred MacMurray is a creep who uses the apartment to meet with Shirley MacLaine's character, an elevator operator whom Lemmon has a crush on. When she gets dumped by the boss, she tries to kill herself. Jack Lemmon saves her life and nurses her back to health, but gets blamed for all of her troubles. At last he realizes that his aspirations are worthless and he happily gets fired. 

Walter Matthau 100 -- October 1, 2020

 

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Actor Walter Matthau was born 100 years ago today, on 01-October-1920. He appeared in some of my favorite movies, especially The Sunshine Boys with George Burns, several movies with Jack Lemmon and the original Taking of Pelham 1-2-3.  He was a World War Two veteran, who served as a gunner and radio operator on a B-24 of the Eighth Air Force. 

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Graumans Chinese -- Shirley MacLaine -- October 5, 2017

In July, 2012 we paid a return visit to Hollywood and Grauman's Chinese Theater.  Sid Grauman was a San Francisco showman who came to Los Angeles and built three major houses, the Million Dollar, the Egyptian, and the Chinese. The theater has hosted many film premieres, but is most famous for the hand and footprints (and hoofprints and nose prints and other types of prints) in the forecourt.

Shirley MacLaine left her hand and  foot prints in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese on 29-June-1963. I don't know the meaning of "Mean Time" below her signature.  Her next door neighbor is Jack Lemmon, so I assume they were promoting Irma La Douce.  It says "MAGIC-TIME" on his square.  I always enjoy seeing Shirley MacLaine.

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Graumans Chinese -- Jack Lemmon -- September 3, 2017

In July, 2012 we paid a return visit to Hollywood and Grauman's Chinese Theater.  Sid Grauman was a San Francisco showman who came to Los Angeles and built three major houses, the Million Dollar, the Egyptian, and the Chinese. The theater has hosted many film premieres, but is most famous for the hand and footprints (and hoofprints and nose prints and other types of prints) in the forecourt.

Jack Lemmon left his hand and  foot prints in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese on 29-June-1963.I don't know the meaning of "MAGIC-TIME" at the bottom.  His next door neighbor is Shirley MacLaine, so I assume they were promoting Irma La Douce.  It says "Mean Time" on her square.  Jack Lemmon is one of my favorites, although sometimes he pushed his characters' quirks so far that I found them hard to watch. 

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