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	Stomp Tokyo Review - Irma La Douce (1963)
		Irma La Douce, like Pretty Woman, is a movie about a prostitute who falls in love with a "respectable" man. Likewise, the respectable man falls in love with her, despite her occupation.
		Irma, as previously mentioned, is a hooker who works a particular street in the Paris red light district.
		Irma is a perfect role for MacLaine: saucy, wisecracking, and with a morality of her own.
	www.stomptokyo.com /movies/irma-la-douce.html (1077 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Irma La Douce [1963]: DVD: Jack Lemmon,Shirley MacLaine,Lou Jacobi,Bruce Yarnell,Herschel Bernardi,Hope ...
		Irma La Douce reunited The Apartment team of Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine with director Billy Wilder in an adaptation of the stage musical of the same name which had been a hit in Paris, London and New York.
		Background here is a complimentary term, for whatever qualms one might entertain as to this move, the two sets of themes are skilfully woven together by Previn and emerge as a witty and lyrical aural delight in their own right which is given due prominence on the soundtrack.
		Wilder is no rush to tell prostitute Irma's story: her affair with Lemmon being the pivot of the tale as he takes on the disguise of an English Lord.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Irma-Douce-Jack-Lemmon/dp/B00005KISZ (788 words)

	Irma la Douce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Irma la Douce is a 1956 French stage musical whose book and lyrics were written by Alexandre Breffort with music by Marguerite Monnot.
		The musical tells the story of an impoverished law student, Nestor le Fripé, who falls in love with a prostitute, Irma la Douce, and becomes her protector and dependant.
		When the older man disappears, Nestor is convicted of murder and sent to Devil's Island but he escapes and returns to Irma when he hears that she is pregnant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irma_la_Douce (424 words)

	Irma la Douce
		Nestor is jealous of Irma's customers and decides he must become her only buyer, so he disguises himself as Monsieur Oscar, a rich old fossil who asks only companionship, yet provides enough grisbi (money) to become her exclusive patron.
		Irma decides that Oscar is not getting his money's worth and seduces him more passionately than she ever has Nestor.
		When he learns Irma is with child he escapes on a raft and finally proves (by paying off the judge) that he and Oscar are one and the same - all this in time to witness the birth of his child on Christmas Eve.
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	Irma La Douce
		The scene where he enters Irma's room for the very first time, sweetly hesitant, ill at ease, because he knows that in a few minutes he is going to make love to her - this scene alone would secure this film its place among the great romantic comedies.
		A slightly untidy gentleman steals himself into Irma's bed again, always hoping she won't wake up...Irma's life underwent a drastic change too: Her relationship with Lord X is strictly platonic and Nestor is always tired.
		Irma La Douce Horse Pedigree: Thoroughbred pedigree for Irma La Douce, progeny, and female family reports from the Thoroughbred Horse Pedigree Query.
	www.elipsiselectronics.com /B00005LOLC/Irma_La_Douce.html (2301 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Irma la Douce at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While I cannot say that Irma La Douce is in the same league as The Apartment, which is really up there with Sunset Boulevard and Stalag 17 as one of Wilder’s (and, therefore, film’s) very best, there is some decent comedy to be had in any case.
		Irma, in turn, sees something in this guy as well -- he is honest and a nice guy, unlike her abusive pimp, and the other guys who only want her for a good time.
		Irma La Douce is essentially a farce, which is possibly why the film isn’t as good as Billy Wilder’s best movies (although Some Like it Hot, also a very screwy comedy, is a classic).
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	DVD Verdict Review - Irma La Douce
		Irma La Douce (MacLaine) is the most popular "lady of the night" on the Rue Casanova, the red light district of Paris.
		Lemmon's physical comedy in Irma La Douce is the best of his career (with the exception of Some Like It Hot) and in my mind ranks him among the best physical comedians.
		Irma La Douce can go back to the streets, where she was meant to be.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/irmaladouce.php (1245 words)

	Irma la Douce
		Irma mentions that she once had a client who paid her enough to be his exclusive personal concubine.
		Irma la Douce isn't even one of his twenty best films, but for many directors it would be a career highlight.
		Irma la Douce (1963) -- Shirley Maclaine, Jack Lemmon, and an amazing amount of near exposure for its time had the film well on its way already, but a strong script, and excellent direction by Billy Wilder made it an absolute classic.
	www.fakes.net /irmaladouce.htm (1670 words)

	'Irma La Douce'
		Irma La Douce, when you get right down to it, is simply a cosy little musical about the work ethic.
		Irma's work is a bit more demanding than some, and she apparently gives it her full attention, but when she falls in love in the first scene with the naive law student who gallantly protects her from her own protector by waving his law book, her "bourgeois" emotion momentarily interrupts her career.
		The mischievous little plot tells how Irma falls in love with a penniless law student, who becomes jealous of her numerous admirers.
	www.netcomuk.co.uk /~mdownes/cd/irmaladouce.html (762 words)

	THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- IRMA LA DOUCE
		Clocking in at nearly two and a half hours, IRMA LA DOUCE ($15) is another of Wilder’s comic gems that manages to remain fun for its entire running time.
		Billy Wilder’s film version of IRMA LA DOUCE is based upon the Broadway musical, although Wilder threw out all the songs, but retained the music, which was used as the background score for the movie.
		IRMA LA DOUCE is another Billy Wilder comic gem that his fans, or those of Jack Lemon and Shirley MacLaine will want to add to their collections.
	www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_2003/ild-dvd.htm (555 words)

	celluloid eyes: Irma La Douce (1963)
		Irma La Douce is one of the very few Wilder films in color (I can't remember if he made a color film before this one, but if he did, it wasn't a memorable film).
		And while Irma claims she has a poor memory for faces, it seems entirely implausible that she would not be able to recognize her pimp/lover/roomie in an intimate situation.
		Irma La Douce was originally a musical, and you can get away with a thin and implausible plot in a musical.
	www.celluloideyes.com /blog/archive/000434.html (643 words)

	DVD Savant Review: Irma La Douce
		Irma La Douce means well, and certainly brings a smile to one's lips, but it's one of Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond's least successful films.
		The pretzel-plot of Irma La Douce is not enough - although the story lumbers on for two hours and 23 minutes, it's really over when Nestor defeats Irma's pimp and takes her for his own.
		MGM's DVD of Irma La Douce is 16:9 enhanced, but it was an earlier release (April 2, 2002) and, like The Apartment, didn't receive the optimum transfer that did some of its boxmates in last month's Wilder collection.
	www.dvdtalk.com /dvdsavant/s940irma.html (1205 words)

	DVD Times - Irma La Douce
		Irma La Douce was derived from a stage musical, and the resulting Wilder film has all the colour, stageyness and simplicity of storytelling and characterisation of a musical — but without the songs.
		Nestor falls in love with Irma and starts working night-shifts in the market to be able to pay for her exclusively, disguised as the rich English gentleman, Lord X — an hilarious comedy turn from Lemmon with an outrageous upper-class accent.
		Irma La Douce is a below-par film for Billy Wilder and doesn’t quite work as a drama when removed from its musical roots, but by anyone else’s standards, it’s quite a good film.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=4894 (942 words)

	TroyRutter.com - VHS : Irma La Douce (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1963, Billy Wilder's Irma La Douce was one of the biggest box-office hits of the year, grossing twice as much as The Great Escape and The Birds.
		Perhaps the emotional state of the audience was surrounded by the mature film Breakfast in Tiffany, Fellini 's La Dolce Vita and Bocaccio 70 who explored this issues with humor and major conceptual...
		Irma la Douce (Shirley MacLaine) plies her trade on the Rue Casanova of Paris with her fellow lovelies (with such names as Lolita, Amazon Annie, Mimi the MauMau and Suzette Wong).
	www.troyrutter.com /6304508484/Irma_La_Douce.htm (616 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Irma la Douce at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"Irma la Douce" was a stage musical, and Wilder set out to direct it as a musical movie, but kept cutting songs until none were left.
		Many of these require Irma to be very stupid, though other elements of the plot require her to be fairly savvy.
		That "Irma la Douce" was smuttier than Hollywood movies of the time were allowed to be undoubtedly explains some of its box office success, along with the popularity of its stars (and some fans of the play?).
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	Irma La Douce (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Watching him keep up the pace, working to pay Irma the big bucks, while trying to keep his identity a secret is as fun now, as it was over 40 years ago.
		Into Irma's life comes the noble and honest policeman Nestor (Jack Lemmon) who is soon kicked off the job because he refuses to take bribes and compromise his own conscience.
		Nestor goes to live with Irma as her `business manager' but wants her to give up her profession, so he `invents' the filthy-rich Lord X to become her sole client, and takes a night-job to help the shortfall.
	www.ecbzz.com /a-dvd/B00005LOLC/Irma-La-Douce.html (1367 words)

	El mundo de B. Wilder.Film19
		Hay una divertida anécdota sobre Irma la dulce.
		Wilder cuenta cómo el cura cada vez se sentía más y más a gusto mientras las acrices disfrazadas de putas daban vueltas voluptuosas a su alrededor.
		La carcel está llena de inocentes que dijeron la verdad.
	usuarios.lycos.es /bwilder/film19.html (535 words)

	Irma La Douce - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - New York Times
		Freshly promoted from day patrol at a children's playground, the scrupulous Nestor arrests Irma and her colleagues in a bumbling, unauthorized raid.
		Promptly unemployed, Nester returns to the scene of his crime, the rue, and to Irma.
		As the film's prologue promises, Irma La Douce is a celebration of life from beginning to end -- unabashedly adoring lust, emotion, fervor and, above all, foolish love.
	movies.nytimes.com /movie/25373/Irma-La-Douce/overview (334 words)

	Irma la Douce on DVD - MovieWeb
		But, smitten with Irma, the former cop returns to Les Halles and after a fight with her extortionate pimp Hippolyte (Bruce Yarnell), Nestor takes over his role.
		As he and Irma become more involved, he becomes increasingly jealous toward her steady parade of customers, and finally resolves to become one.
		The plot thickens when, on a trip to England, Irma seduces Lord X, whose sexual malady is proven to have been somewhat overstated.
	movieweb.com /dvd/dvd.php?027616865908 (277 words)

	DVD Reviews - Irma La Douce (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Irma La Douce is a rare Billy Wilder film that I don't particularly like.
		My favorite example is when Irma (Shirley MacLaine), who plays a prostitute, is telling about one John she had that paid her so much for his two visits a week that he was her only customer.
		Another character asks what happened to him and she says, "His wife died so he didn't have to come to me anymore." Ouch.
	www.jakegittes.com /dvd_irma_la_douce.htm (326 words)

	Irma La Douce (Site not responding. Last check: )
		However, during the fracas with the street-walkers he meets Irma (Shirley MacLaine), the most successful of the bunch, who has a no-nonsense (and unapologetic) approach to her profession, as well as the proverbial heart of gold.
		Zaniness abounds when Irma finds herself falling in love with the understanding, undemanding Lord X, while she starts to suspect that Patou's nightly absences mean that he's cheating on her.
		How much one enjoys Irma La Douce will certainly depend on one's appreciation of Lemmon (and mine is admittedly low), and MacLaine (where mine is a little higher).
	www.classicsondvd.com /irmaladouce.htm (369 words)

	Jack Lemmon
		Though divorced, he was a devoted father, and one of the best-liked actors in Hollywood.
		Lemmon was a favorite of director Billy Wilder, and did a series of films with Wilder, including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, and Irma La Douce.
		In June 2001, he died from cancer, and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/jack_lemmon.html (201 words)

	Irma La Douce (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Irma is one of Paris' most successful poules (tarts).
		IRMA - a dancer who sings and acts (the only female part in the show).
		Old Paris, anytime: Irma wears fl dress and fl tights.
	www.behindthemask.com.au /show/iii/irma_la_douce.html (349 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > Irma La Douce
		The 1963 film stars Lemmon as Nestor who, in the course of his first day as a beat cop in Paris' seedy red light district manages to arrest a block full of prostitutes, enrage the police chief (one girl's customer, as luck would have it) and get fired.
		Luckily for him he met the feisty Irma (Shirley MacLaine) before hauling her off to jail.
		The jealousy he feels over Irma's profession, however, is too much and he comes up with a plan: To pose as a rich aristocrat who wants to hire Irma as his exclusive concubine, therefore keeping Irma out of the biz.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?id=2679 (471 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Irma la Douce
		On the plus side of the Irma ledger, there are scintillating performances by Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, a batch of jovial supporting portrayals, a striking physical production and a number of infectious comedy scenes.
		But Irma also misses on several important counts, and the fact that it does illustrates the sizable problems inherent in an attempt to convert a legitlegit musical into a tuneless motion picture farce.
		Lemmon becomes number one mec, or pimp, on the block when he knocks his predecessor's block off, thereby inheriting Irma and the rights to her estate.
	www.variety.com /article/VE1117792027 (379 words)

	Shirley in the movie Irma la Douce : Shirley MacLaine
		One of the most publicized and eagerly awaited films of 1963 was my next vehicle - 'Irma la Douce'.
		Jack Lemmon was set and signed for the male lead, but Irma, it was reported, was to be played by Marilyn Monroe.
		To me, Irma was more naive, wide-eyed and an innocent-looking, young thing, like I was in those days.
	www.shirleymaclaine.com /shirley/movies-irma.php (588 words)

	Irma la Douce (1963) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Trivia: Marilyn Monroe was briefly considered for the title role but since Billy Wilder had worked with her twice before, he figured he had enough punishment.
		Irma La Douce: You oughta be ashamed of yourself, scaring a poor little dog like that.
		I do agree that the `Apartment' and `Some Like it Hot' are superior films, however, I find `Irma LaDouce' to be endearing.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0057187 (292 words)

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