Yet this popular movie has been almost completely forgotten by film history, even to f. She falls in love with nestor, a penniless law student. Nestor is jealous of irma s customers and decides he must become her only buyer, so he disguises himself as monsieur. Irma shirley maclaine spends an evening with the eccentric lord x jack lemmon, nestor in disguise. He does a brilliantly successful job in allying them with original music of his own to enhance wilders feydaulike cocktail for stars. Jun 27, 20 how to murder your wife 1965 romantic comedy movie jack lemmon, virna lisi duration. The musical premiered in paris in 1956, and was subsequently produced in the west end in 1958 and on broadway, by david merrick, in 1960.
Wilder decided not to transfer the musical version from its broadway production because musicals were suddenly not doing well at the box office. Upon witnessing what must be a brothel, he calls the station and organizes a raid, transporting all the ladies to the jail. Apr 16, 2017 le film douce 1943 vostfr admin 20170416t17. In paris, a former policeman falls in love with a prostitute, and tries to get her out of that life by paying for all of her time.
Jack lemmon, shirley maclaine, lou jacobi, bruce yarnell, hope holiday, herschel bernardi. In paris, a former policeman falls in love with a prostitute, and tries to. This romantic comedy opens with a resounding warning. She decides for the first time in her life she will have a mec pimp. A policeman is reassigned to pariss red light district, where he discovers that the cops ignore the rampant prostitution in exchange for bribes. The nonmusical adaptation of a french and later broadway musical by alexandre breffort and marguerite monnot starred maclaine and lemmon as, respectively, a philosophical parisian prostitute and the selfrighteous constable who tries to shut. Everything, exclaims the narrator, that makes life worth living. A parisian policeman gives up everything for the love of a freeliving sex worker. Theatres alvin theatre oct 30, 1961 dec 31, 1961 plymouth theatre sep 29, 1960 oct 28, 1961 250 w. With jack lemmon, shirley maclaine, lou jacobi, bruce yarnell. She exultantly works the most coveted corner as cops gladly look the other way and the naughty johns leave tips. This softcentered cynics take on love and the american idea of sexual morality is fitfully entertaining, one of wilders most underrated without a doubt. In the tub with fieldglasses our language of love 02. When he discovers that she is also a streetwalker, he calls the central station for a raid in the hotel.
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