New 4K Restoration! 65th Anniversary! Screening as part of the Enzian Holiday Series!

Jack Lemmon stars as C.C. “Bud” Baxter, an ambitious insurance clerk who lends his Manhattan apartment to company executives for their extramarital escapades. When he falls for elevator operator Fran Kubelik (the original manic pixie dream girl Shirley MacLaine), he finds himself caught between career and conscience.

A sharp blend of wit and romance, The Apartment marked the third collaboration between Lemmon and writer-director Billy Wilder, following Some Like It Hot. The film swept the 1961 Academy Awards®, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and earning Lemmon’s third Oscar nomination for his poignant performance. More than six decades later, The Apartment remains a benchmark of sophisticated comedy and a testament to Lemmon’s rare ability to balance humor with heartbreaking sincerity—proof that few stars ever embody the human spirit on screen quite like Jack Lemmon.

Celebrating 100 Years of Jack Lemmon:

One of Hollywood’s most beloved and versatile actors, Jack Lemmon was born in Newton, Massachusetts in 1925. Over seven decades, his career moved effortlessly between comedy and drama in iconic films as diverse as Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses, The Odd Couple and Glengarry Glen Ross. A two-time Academy Award winner (Mister Roberts and Save the Tiger) and eight-time nominee, Lemmon embodied the “everyman” with charm, wit, and vulnerability, setting a standard that influenced generations of performers. From his collaborations with Billy Wilder to his enduring partnership with Walter Matthau (10 films), Lemmon’s warmth and humanity continues to resonate across film history and popular culture a century after his birth.