Jack Lemmon lends out his apartment to various cads where he works. He is hoping for a promotion by being so accommodating. Billy Wilder at his cynical best. Good performances all around: Fred MacMurray is particularly good as a hypocritical boss. Shirley MacLaine is the love interest. Fred MacMurray is stringing her along. Jack Lemmon is truly in love with her. Lemmon, naturally, doesn't know whom MacMurray is bringing to his apartment. Not yet, at least. 1960 or so . . . excellent so far
"To all humankind, Tess was only a passing thought. Even to friends, she was only a frequently passing thought." Angel Clare is a good character. He's "enlightened," in so many ways, but when Tess's confesses her "crime," he reverts to ancestral form . . . Tess's "confession" comes earlier than I expected, right after Angel reveals that he has had a bad moment with a woman. Tess points out the similarity in their transgressions, though his is the only true transgression, expecting forgiveness. She doesn't get it. She returns to her mother . . . realizes she can't stay with her. Thoughts to suicide. Unhappiness that divorce is not possible. Departs. Tragic in that the two, if Angel could just see clearly, would indeed be a great couple, each adding to the other. Nature as a definite force involved in the tragedy. It's not neutral--when things go bad, the very skies mock Tess. Tess as unaware of the power of her bea...
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