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
February 1895 (Alice died in 1892) Money problems, jealousy of Wilde; time spent with Lord Wolseley1; off to Ireland to lick his wounds; Irish unrest--Irish landlords boycott all social events; much time spent with manservant Hammond (homosexual attraction again); fancy dress ball, appalling to James, who is only happy in company of Hammond, though Hammond remains a servant and no more; little girl alone on the grounds--inspiration for Turn of the Screw?; conflict with Webster who alludes to Wilde's successful play and HJ's failure; Wolseley was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army . He became one of the most influential and admired British generals after a series of successes in Canada, West Africa, and Egypt, followed by a central role in modernizing the British Army in promoting efficiency. He served in Burma, the Crimean War , the Indian Mutiny , China, Canada and widely throughout Africa—including his Ashanti campaign (18...
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