The Apartment and the Fortune Cookie: Two Screenplays

by Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond

Genres: Fiction

190 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Billy Wilder (born Samuel Wilder) was a Polish-born, Jewish-American journalist, screenwriter, Academy Award-winning film director and producer, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Many of Wilder's films achieved both critical and public acclaim.

Reviews

[Susan Molloy · Rating 5 out of 5]

These are two fun and thoughtful stories, both of which I enjoyed immensely.

The Apartment.C. C. "Bud" Baxter (Jack Lemmon) uses an apartment to meet a girl on the side for a fling or two - an extramarital affair. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray plays a role that shows he can play a cad. )

The Fortune Cookie . Harry Hinckle (Jack Lemmon) is injured while filming a professional football game, when Luther "Boom Boom" Jackson (Ron Rich) runs into Hinckle and injures him, Hinckle's brother-in-law, William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich (Walter Matthau), convinces him to sue the Cleveland Browns for permanent injury.

💥 Recommended.