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...Jack Lemmon's blander eulogists were calling it his "unique comedy style," but let's call it like we saw it: In the vast majority of 69 films, 23 TV appearances and a few frets upon the stage, Lemmon, who died Wednesday at 76 of complications from cancer, was pathetic - magnificently pathetic...
...exquisite at it. The Harvard-educated Lemmon returned from his stint as a Navy ensign in WWII and told his father he was trying acting full-time. His father loaned him $300 and Lemmon (his real name, though Columbia studio boss Harry Cohn tried to make him change it for his first Hollywood role, the lead opposite Judy Holliday in the musical comedy "It Should Happen...
...grand old style. This volume's swank portraits of Cameron Diaz, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, smartly juxtaposed with pictures of Gable, Garbo, Crawford (some originally published elsewhere), suggest an unbroken dynasty of movie glamour. A few shock photos--like Annie Leibovitz's 1995 reunion of Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon--prove that aging stars have a sense of humor. This is the ultimate Hollywood picture history, convincing us that stars had faces then and, glory be, still do. "It" lives...
...cast is newcomer J. Michael Moncrief in his big role-and the twelve-year-old more than holds his own in the company of his more famous co-stars, showing poise and ability beyond his years. On the other end of the age spectrum, the peerless Jack Lemmon '47 as the elderly Hardy is a wonderful touch...
Pomey did point out that Lemmon's decision to perform "Love Letters" was not related to the group's financial situation and that the actor did not know about the impending move when he contacted...