Irma la Douce - videos, teasers and stills from filming

All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "Irma la Douce"

Irma la Douce (1963)

Timing: 2:27 (147 min)

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Actors and characters

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Filming period: October 1962 – February 1963.
Billy Wilder was twice unlucky with the actors he wanted to cast in this film. First, Marilyn Monroe died in August 1962, with whom he dreamed of working again after the comedy 'Some Like It Hot' (1959), and then Charles Lawton died, to whom Wilder planned to give the role of the diner owner nicknamed 'Whiskers'.
Elizabeth Taylor could have played the leading role, but as Wilder recounted, she was at that moment engrossed in her romance with Richard Burton, and he feared that this would seriously interfere with filming.
Shirley MacLaine agreed to the role of Irma without reading the script. According to her, she fully believed in the duo of Wilder and Jack Lemmon.
The stage version of 'Irma la Douce' was a typical Broadway musical. Wilder abandoned the musical part of Alexandre Breffort's play, as he felt uncomfortable as the director of a film with songs and dances.
A special street of Casanova was built specifically for the film, with three bridges and 48 buildings. It took three months and $350,000 to create the sets.
James Caan's first appearance in a major film (an American soldier with a transistor radio in his hands).
During filming, Jack Lemmon managed to get married in Paris to actress Felicia Farr. They lived happily together until Lemmon's death.

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