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From 65438 to 0966, Jack Lemmon's comedy career entered a new stage. In the film "Master of Distortion" directed by billy wilder, the cold-faced comedian walter matthau partnered with Jack Lemmon for the first time on the screen. At that time, Walter was not famous, and his weight in the film was far less than that of Jack. However, his role as a lawyer with bad things in the film stole the camera, surpassing Jack, the hero who plays the injured photographer, and won the Oscar for best actor. Far from being jealous, Jack praised his performance to everyone.

Jack's generosity in promoting new people made Walter be dead set on him. Since then, the two have been the best partners in Hollywood for more than 30 years and become one of the film legends. Their representative comedies include Single Apartment (1968), Front Page (1974), Peeing Old Naughty Boy (1993) and Beyond the Sea (1997).

The biggest difference between Jack Lemmon and other comedians in comedy image is that he seldom uses exaggerated performances to make people laugh, but mostly uses realistic performances in life to achieve the effect of tears in laughter. Most of the comic characters played by Jack Lemmon are small people who are forced or cornered, which is in sharp contrast with Walter's deep admiration and sophistication. So when Jack doesn't play comedies, he is also an excellent playwright. For example, "Save the Tiger" (1973), which won the Oscar for best actor, plays a tragic character who failed in his career and finally set himself on fire.