Edie Adams Remembers THE APARTMENT
April 9th, 2008 by Andre Soares
In the San Francisco Chronicle (via ScrippsNews), Edie Adams talks to Ruthe Stein about the making of The Apartment, one of Billy Wilder’s most successful films and the Best Picture Oscar winner of 1960. Below is a brief excerpt from the SFC’s q&a:
Q: Billy Wilder was one of the most sought-after directors, especially after Double Indemnity [1944]. Was it hard for you to get an audition for The Apartment?
A: I always had to laugh when everybody was talking about how hard it is to get a motion picture. All I had to do was go out to dinner with Ernie [Kovacs] and Billy and his wife, Audrey. Billy said to me right off, "I have a picture for you to shoot on Monday." You have to realize I’d already been on Broadway (in Wonderful Town and Li’l Abner). I was kind of huffy about coming out to the big Wild West to do movies.
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In the q&a, Adams also talks about working with Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray.
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Edie Adams remembers THE APARTMENT but I don’t remember Edie Adams in said APARTMENT. I have to watch that movie again!