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Star Of The Month - Jack Lemmon:
Mister Roberts
Jack grabbed his first career Oscar as the ever-scamming ensign of a WWII Navy supply ship where martinet skipper James Cagney's determined to foil the desires of cargo chief Henry Fonda for a transfer to active combat duty. The biggest battles ensued when John Ford was piped aboard to direct Fonda in his celebrated stage role, and TCM will offer the detail on this and much more if you click here.
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Star Of The Month - Jack Lemmon:
The Apartment
Jack added to the enduring charm of Billy Wilder's bittersweet black farce with his terrific work as a corporate grunt who discovers a route to advancement by letting the company's honchos borrow his place for their extramarital assignations. TCM's got the key to the backstory on this classic co-starring Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray, and they'll walk you around if you click here.
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New York vs. L.A.:
The Naked City
A truly trendsetting genre piece courtesy of director Jules Dassin, this film takes a frank and penetrating look at the efforts of NYC detectives Barry Fitzgerald and Don Taylor to uncover the truth when a beautiful blonde party girl is found drowned in the tub. TCM's tracked down the dirt on the lensing of this seminal suspenser, and they'll confess all if you click here.
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New York vs. L.A.:
He Walked By Night
This still-gripping poverty row project offers great work from Richard Basehart as a psychopathically brilliant thief who uses his knack with electronics to frustrate the dogged pursuit of the LAPD. An uncredited Anthony Mann lent his skill as co-director, and TCM will shine more on the creation of this stylish stunner if you click here.
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Based On Graham Greene:
The Fallen Idol
Carol Reed's masterful take on Greene's The Basement Room offers the tale of an ambassador's eight-year-old son (Bobby Henrey) who gets all too swiftly indoctrinated into adult morality when he finds his worshipped family butler (Ralph Richardson) in an extramarital affair and a subsequent murder investigation. TCM's readied the lowdown on this remarkable production, and you can mount the stairs if you click here.
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Based On Graham Greene:
The Quiet American (1958)
One of Hollywood's first attempts to examine America's involvement in Vietnam adapted Greene's tale of an enigmatic envoy (Audie Murphy) ostensibly on an economic aid mission to Saigon, and the tragedy that ensues from his attraction to the mistress (Giorgia Moll) of an embittered British journalist (Michael Redgrave). TCM will open the file on the repercussions that writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz met for blunting Greene's critical message and more if you click here.
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Star Of The Month - Jack Lemmon:
How To Murder Your Wife
This less-than-PC farce offered Jack as a cartoonist whose popular secret agent daily lets him enjoy every excess of a bachelor's lifestyle, or at least until the day he awakens with a hangover and matched wedding bands with luscious Virna Lisi. TCM's sketched out the details on this comic tale, and you can end the suspense if you click here.
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Star Of The Month - Jack Lemmon:
My Sister Eileen (1955)
Lemmon was part of of a tremendous ensemble assembled for the second--and musicalized--screen adaptation of the Ruth McKenney memoirs regarding the adventures of two Ohio sisters (Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett) trying to carve out lives for themselves in Greenwich Village. This enjoyable effort marked the first screen project for co-star and choreographer Bob Fosse, and TCM has much more minutiae for your enjoyment if you click here.
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New York vs. L.A.:
Anchors Aweigh
Gobs of fun await in Gene Kelly's first of many successful pairings with Frank Sinatra, as the two play sailors trying to make the most of their all-too-brief leave in Hollywood. This one's marked by many favorite set pieces, including Gene's celebrated number with Jerry the Mouse, and TCM's ready to put out to sail with even more detail if you click here.
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New York vs. L.A.:
On The Town
The innovative NYC location shots are just a few of the delights offered by this lively adaptation of the Comden/Green stage hit, as sailors Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly and Jules Munshin spend a whirlwind 24 hours leave dancing and romancing with Betty Garrett, Vera-Ellen and Ann Miller. TCM's done an awful...awful nice job at collecting tidbits on the creation of this classic, and you can get on the gangplank if you click here.
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Based On Graham Greene:
The End Of The Affair (1955)
The first screen adaptation of Greene's rumination on betrayal and faith offered Van Johnson as the American novelist who falls into illicit romance with the vibrant wife (Deborah Kerr) of a dull functionary (Peter Cushing), becomes obsessive when she breaks it off, and eventually learns her stunning motivations for doing so. TCM's journaled the production history of this controversial take on the author's prose, and all will be revealed if you click here.
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Based On Graham Greene:
The Third Man
Greene's screenplay was just one of the virtues of this evocative British postwar suspenser, which followed the quest of pulp writer Joseph Cotten to clear the sullied reputation of recently deceased friend Orson Welles, and the stunnings truths that unfolded as a result. TCM has plumbed the depths to bring the details on this Carol Reed classic, and you can bring them to light if you click here.
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