"The Apartment" (1960) - the ending scene (Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon)

Youtube ^ | 12/31/2015 | Paul Thompson

[Publius]

I have the DVD. It’s a very dark movie, quite a change of pace for Billy Wilder after “Some Like it Hot.”

[Bullish]

A pretty good little movie. It’s on my all time list.

[Steely Tom]

I never get tired of watching The Apartment. There are so many things about it that are great.

[SmokingJoe]

I don’t consider it dark at all. Lots of funny scenes plus a happy ending.
Loved the movie.

[Nothingburger]

An absolute classic. Wilder at his cynical best, but with a cautiously upbeat conclusion.

[Prince of Space]

Jack Lemmon is one of my favorite actors of all time. He made it look so easy.

[SmokingJoe]

Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemon were also in Irma la Douce which was based in Paris.
That hot table dance from MacLaine.

[Gay State Conservative]

I remember as a kid the "Theme From The Apartment" always being on the car radio.But I just discovered the film a few years ago...a true classic,it's now one of my all time favorites.I guess you could call it a "dark comedy".

One of these days I'm gonna try to locate the park bench jack Lemon sat on in Central Park during that rain scene.

[Gay State Conservative]

I’ll never think of My Three Sons the same,that’s for sure.

[SmokingJoe]

Wilder was a great director just not a very nice man.
I saw an interview of him on TCM about 18 years ago. Oh boy. What a creep. He basically trashed everybody.
I think Double Indemnity and Witness for the Prosecution are two of his best movies. Double Indemnity also had Fred MacMurray in it.

[Sequoyah101]

The Days of Wine and Roses

Beautiful theme, very dark movie.

[dfwgator]

An absolute classic. Wilder at his cynical best,

IMHO, "One, Two, Three" was even better.

[dfwgator]

Jack Lemmon is one of my favorite actors of all time. He made it look so easy.

He was great in Glengarry, Glenn Ross.

[simpson96]

IMHO, "One, Two, Three" was even better.

For me it's a tough call, but I would agree.

Funny how many people - in my experience - have never even heard of "One, Two, Three" compared to "the Apartment".

[dfwgator]

Cagney gave one of the greatest comedic performances of all time.

“Schlemmer, you’re back in the SS....Small Salary!”

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Always a favorite. And Shirley MacLaine, although a kook in real life, was cute.

[simpson96]

Cagney gave one of the greatest comedic performances of all time.

Agreed. And there was also Lilo Pulver...

[dfwgator]

That reminds me, I need to brush up on the umlaut.

[StoneRainbow68]

-—I’ll never think of My Three Sons the same,that’s for sure.——

That’s the thing about Fred MacMurray. Terrific actor, one of my favorites. What’s interesting about him is he had - in a way - two careers. The first where he played many questionable types, including what I call his “Unholy Trinity” - Double Indemnity, The Caine Mutiny, and The Apartment. He’s a real A-hole in all 3 movies.

Then he hooks up with Disney and does all that “Flubber” stuff, does the show “My Three Sons” and completely reinvents himself as wholesome “America’s Dad”.

Pretty wild.