The apartment
When you're in love with a married man, you shouldn't wear mascara
Bud Baxter (Jack Lemmon), a go-getting office worker loans his tiny apartment to his philandering superiors for their romantic trysts. As a reward, he gets completely undeserved promotions. Unhappy with the situation, but unwilling to challenge them directly, he juggles their conflicting demands while hoping to catch the eye of fetching elevator operator Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine)
Fran Kubelik, an elevator operator with little self-esteem desperately wants to be loved. She has made the mistake of falling for her boss, the duplicitous J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray). She attempts suicide by overdosing on Baxter's sleeping pills after having yet another argument with Sheldrake over his unwillingness to leave his wife. After Bud finds out and get help, these two lonely people slowly get to know each other.
Cast:
- Alain Renoir - Boy fishing
- André Gabriello - Monsieur Dufour
- Gabrielle Fontan - La grand' mère / Grandmother
- Georges Bataille - Seminarian
- Georges Saint-Saens - Henri
- Henri Cartier-Bresson - Seminarian
- Jacques B. Brunius / Borel - Rodolphe
- Jacques Becker - Seminarian
- Jane / Jeanne Marken - Madame Dufour
- Jean Renoir - Père Poulain / Uncle Poulain
- Marguerite Renoir - La servante / Waitress
- Paul Temps - Anatole
- Pierre Lestringuez - Un vieux curé / Old priest
- Sylvia Bataille - Henriette
Soundtrack:
"Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)" (1782) (uncredited) Music by John Francis Wade
"Capriccio Italien, Op. 45" (1880) (uncredited) Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Jealous Lover" (1949) (uncredited) (Theme from 'The Apartment')
"Auld Lang Syne" (1788) (uncredited) Traditional Scottish 17th century music
"Magdalena" (uncredited) Composed by Ary Macedo and Ayrton Amorín
"Lonely Room" (1960) (uncredited Written by Adolph Deutsch
"There Is a Tavern in the Town" (1891) (uncredited) Music and lyrics by F.J. Adams
"Little Brown Jug" (1869) (uncredited) Music by Joseph Winner
"Jingle Bells" (1857) (uncredited) Music by James Pierpont
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