Movies: Jack Lemmon

A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder...

A soldier has a ten-day leave from his military duties. He’s an easygoing guy who rarely thinks about his sometimes reckless behavior until he tempts fate once too often....

A 2007 documentary on the making of "The Apartment."...

Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters a secret prototype submarine piloted by Bill Craig. Trying to explain her absence after her boat sin...

A tribute to American musical theater, featuring scenes from "Show Boat", "South Pacific," "Sweet Charity," "Finian's Rainbow," and "Lady in the Dark", among others. There is also discussion of the various creative aspects of the plays....

A vaudeville entertainer approaches middle age still not having attained success or stardom....

Originally staged (with these actors) in 1986 at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theater (appearing first on Showtime cable television in April 1987, and then for free on PBS stations' American Playhouse series in May 1988), 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' is ...

A retrospective look at 60 years of great moments in film comedy, from the 1920s to 1982....

Documentary on Jack Lemmon featuring interviews with those who knew him and worked with him....

Novice writers from a writers workshop wrote the show's sketches....

Jack Benny's 1968 TV specials features topical references including a parody of The Graduate....

French film critic Michel Ciment interviews Billy Wilder about his life and filmmaking....

A boy enters a pet shop intending to buy a dog with a hip problem. The shop owner tries to convince him not to but the boy has other ideas....

A documentary about actor Jack Lemmon....

A veteran actor and a young up-and-comer join for a season of reparatory theatre....

Why do movie audiences find men in skirts and women in pants anything but a drag? Discover the playful history of the most daring cross-sexual performances in Hollywood history, from Some Like it Hot to Big Momma's House....

Documentary discussing the casting and making of "Some Like It Hot", the film voted as the Best Comedy ever made by the American Film Institute....

Documentary on the life and career of James Cagney...

A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker....

Jack Lemmon stars as a talk radio DJ who runs into some serious trouble live on the air....