- This article is about the film. For the stage musical, see Irma La Douce (musical)
| Irma la Douce | |
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| Directed by | Billy Wilder |
| Produced by | Billy Wilder I.A.L. Diamond Edward L. Irma La Douce is a musical with music by Marguerite Monnot and French lyrics and book by Alexandre Breffort Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist IAL Diamond ( June 27, 1920 - April 21, 1988) was a comedy writer in Hollywood during the 1940s and '50s. Alperson Doane Harrison Alexandre Trauner |
| Written by | Billy Wilder I.A.L. Diamond Alexandre Breffort (play) |
| Starring | Jack Lemmon Shirley MacLaine |
| Music by | André Previn |
| Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
| Editing by | Daniel Mandell |
| Distributed by | The Mirisch Corporation |
| Release date(s) | June 5, 1963 |
| Running time | 147 mins. Alexandre Trauner ( August 3, 1906 in Budapest, Hungary - December 5, 1993 in Omonville-la-Petite, France Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist IAL Diamond ( June 27, 1920 - April 21, 1988) was a comedy writer in Hollywood during the 1940s and '50s. John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American Academy Award -winning Film and Theater Actress, well-known WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> André Previn ( Andreas Ludwig Priwin) KBE (b Joseph LaShelle, ASC ( July 9, 1900 - August 20, 1989) was a Los Angeles born film Cinematographer. Daniel Mandell ( 1895-07-13 - 1987-06-08) was a three time Academy Award winning Film editor. The Mirisch Company was a film production company owned by Walter Mirisch and his brothers Marvin and Harold Mirisch. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |
| Language | English |
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Irma La Douce is a 1963 comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American Academy Award -winning Film and Theater Actress, well-known
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Plot
The film version of Irma La Douce (which means "Irma the Sweet") tells the story of Nestor Patou (Jack Lemmon), an honest policeman who finds a street full of prostitutes in a popular area in Paris. John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles After reporting the ladies to the police inspector, who has been aware of those prostitutes but lets them off by accepting bribes, he fires Nestor. Drowning his sorrows at the local bar, Chez Moustache, Nestor becomes close friends with Irma La Douce (Shirley MacLaine), a popular prostitute. Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American Academy Award -winning Film and Theater Actress, well-known After Irma dumps her pimp boyfriend, Nestor moves in with her, and he soon finds himself as Irma's new pimp.
Jealous of the thought of Irma with other men, Nestor comes up with a plan to stop Irma's prostitution. He dresses up as an elderly English lord and impresses Irma by giving her 500 francs twice a week. The franc (represented by the franc sign ₣ or more commonly just F) is a former Currency of France. Nestor is able to borrow the money from the owner (Lou Jacobi) of Chez Moustache, who is the mastermind of Paris and decides to help Nestor. Louis Harold "Lou" Jacobi Slightly overweight and sporting a Moustache, he appeared in several films and television Commercials, particularly in the But he soon finds out that it's not all that it's cracked up to be.
Now that Irma is relying on Lord X to give her the money twice a week, she decides that she doesn't have to see anybody else. She begins to plan days out with Nestor. But at night, Nestor has to get up and work at the fish market in order to pay back the bar owner while Irma spends the 500 francs twice a week. One night, Irma wakes up to find Nestor gone. Just as she wakes up, she watches as a very tired Nestor returns and gets undressed to get back into bed. After he realises that she is awake, they have a huge argument as Irma suspects that Nestor is seeing her fellow prostitutes, among whom the exotic-looking Suzie Wong, a cameo role that suited Japanese-born actress Tura Satana to a tee. Tura Satana, born Tura Luna Pascual Yamaguchi July 10, 1938 in Hokkaidō, Japan, is a
The next visit that Irma gets from Lord X, she tells him that she wants to leave to England with him and leave Nestor. As the Lord worryingly tells her that she can move in with him, Nestor obviously realises that Irma is leaving him. As the Lord isn't real, he seems to disappear. Nestor takes off his disguise as and throws the costume into the river, then he is heard shouting insults at the clothing: "Goodbye, your bloody lordship!" Just as Nestor shouts these insults, it sounds as if he has murdered Lord X. One of Irma's ex-pimps hears this, but he doesn't see what really happened.
As Irma realises that Nestor killed the Lord because he loved her, Irma decides to not leave him after all. However, Nestor is soon locked up in jail for murder. The bar owner helps Nestor to escape, and Irma is already nine months pregnant. As Irma and Nestor are reunited, she confesses that Nestor is not the father. . . but Lord X was! Either way, Nestor realises that he naturally still is the father, he still can't tell that to Irma. He then explains to Irma: "I don't care. I'll marry you anyway. And I'll raise it as if it was my own child!"
As Irma and Nestor are now happy together again, the police arrive at their apartment. In order to hide, Nestor dresses up back into his police uniform and pretends to be one of the officers searching Irma's apartment. After the police leave unaware of Nestor's disguise, there is only one way to clear Nestor from the police: Nestor dresses back as Lord X for the final time. As the police search the river, Nestor emerges as the lord. Nestor is finally free from jail. Running back to the apartment to get changed into a wedding suit, he marries Irma just as she goes into labour.
Just as Irma has her baby, the police arrive at the church and give back Nestor his job as a policeman. As the now happy family share their happy moments, the bar owner notices a rather familiar face. As the person walks up to the bar owner, he says "Cheeribye" and the person looks just like Lord X. The bar owner can clearly see Nestor with Irma. Confused at the thought that they may have been two people after all, he looks to the camera and says "That's another story. "
Sypnosis
Though the film is not a musical, it won André Previn an Academy Award for Best Score—Adaptation or Treatment. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> André Previn ( Andreas Ludwig Priwin) KBE (b "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. There is also a scene in the film, in which Shirley MacLaine exclaims "Dis-donc!" whilst dancing on a table, which appears to be a deliberate tribute to the musical from which the film is derived.
The film was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Shirley MacLaine) and Best Cinematography, Color. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a Cinematographer for work in one particular Motion picture.
Cast
- Jack Lemmon as Nestor Patou/Lord X
- Shirley MacLaine as Irma La Douce
- Lou Jacobi as Moustache
- Bruce Yarnell as Hippolyte
- Hope Holliday as Lolita
- Grace Lee Whitney as Kiki the Cossack
- Joan Shawlee as Amazon Annie
- Ruth Earl as one of the Zebra twins
- Jane Earl as one of the Zebra twins
- Harriette Young as Mimi the MauMau
- Herschel Bernardi as Inspector Lefevre
- Cliff Osmond as police sergeant
Trivia
- Director Billy Wilder originally wanted Marilyn Monroe to play Irma as he was so impressed by her performance in Some Like It Hot - the film that she did with Jack Lemmon in 1959. John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American Academy Award -winning Film and Theater Actress, well-known Louis Harold "Lou" Jacobi Slightly overweight and sporting a Moustache, he appeared in several films and television Commercials, particularly in the Grace Lee Whitney (born April 1, 1930) is an American actress and Entertainer, also known as Ruth Whitney and Lee Whitney Joan Shawlee was an American actress who appeared in over thirty films all of which were small roles Jane Earl was appointed to the post of Director of the Assets Recovery Agency on 5 November 2002, and took up her post on 3 February 2003 Herschel Bernardi ( 30 October 1923 New York City - 9 May 1986 Los Angeles California) was an American Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1 1926 &ndash August 5 1962 baptized Norma Some Like It Hot is a 1959 Comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles But she died before production began.
- During the filming in 1962, Jack Lemmon married his second wife, actress Felicia Farr. John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles Felicia Farr (born 4 October 1932) is a former American actress and model
- Shirley MacLaine signed on without having read the script because she believed in Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon, whom she starred with previously in The Apartment. Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American Academy Award -winning Film and Theater Actress, well-known Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles The Apartment is a 1960 American comedy - Drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon
- Irma la Douce was remade for French television in 1972. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Memorable Quotes
Irma: You did mean what you said the other night, didn't you?
Nestor/Lord X: Indeed! What did I say?
Irma: You oughta be ashamed of yourself, scaring a poor little dog like that.
Nestor: They oughta take that dog away from you, you're not a fit mother.
Irma: What's your name?
Nestor: Nes. . . Nestor. Nestor Patou.
Irma: Well, don't take all night, Nestor Patou.
Nestor: Can I take your stockings off?
[Irma looks at her legs. ]
Irma: Sure, go ahead.
[Nestor proceeds to take down her stockings that were hanging up to dry. ]
Irma: You're very generous!
Nestor/Lord X: Oh, not really, my dear. Just filthy rich.
Irma: Who wants to be a stray dog? You got to belong to someone, even if he kicks you once in a while.
Nestor/Lord X: Why don't we just tell him the truth?
Moustache: The truth? That's dynamite.
Nestor/Lord X: But I'm innocent.
Moustache: The jails are full with innocent people because they told the truth.
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