I just watched The Apartment on TV and went to see what rating it got on IMDB,and just realized that Edie Adams was in the movie playing "Miss Olsen." For the life of me I can't remember her.Can someone refresh my memory.Thanks.
shareHer character was Shelldrake's secretary who was also his former lover. I'm not surprised you didn't remember her in the movie since they considerably dialed down her usual sexy appearance with large glasses that really disguised her.
shareNot only was Miss Olsen one of Jeff Sheldrake's former lovers (in fact, she later tells Fran Kubelik that she was one several different lovers that Mr. Sheldrake had had over the years) but she was also Mr. Sheldrake's secretary. Due to that, she often spied on him. Case in point, there is the scene where we first see Fran and Sheldrake in the Chinese restaurant. I.E. Where Mr. Sheldrake is insisting to Fran that he wants her back as his mistress again. As Mr. Sheldrake and Fran are about to leave the place, Ms. Olsen comes in with a several others and spies on them (Mr. Sheldrake and Fran). Then of course, there is the famous scene at the Christmas party where Miss Olsen tells Fran how she was one of Mr. Sheldrake's former mistresses. It would not surprise me that Miss Olsen still was drawn to Mr. Sheldrake on some level. Perhaps that is why she was bothered by how Mr. Sheldrake seemed to dump one mistress and then have another etc.
She wasn't likeable here.
Marilyn Monroe: I don't want to be rich. I just want to be wonderful.
Yes, she is a busybody, but knows Sheldrake is a real creep, and once he fires her, she socks it to him. By having lunch with Mrs. Sheldrake, and letting him have it right between the eyes. Or was that a swift kick in another place? At any rate, the old boy finally gets what he deserves when Baxter walks out and Fran follows hours later.
Alone on New Years Eve? Poor Mr. Sheldrake, it could't happen to a better man! Once a creep, always a creep. And that's the way it crumbles-womanizing-wise!
Alone on New Years Eve? Poor Mr. Sheldrake, it could't happen to a better man! Once a creep, always a creep. And that's the way it crumbles-womanizing-wise!
Yes, she is a busybody, but knows Sheldrake is a real creep, and once he fires her, she socks it to him. By having lunch with Mrs. Sheldrake, and letting him have it right between the eyes. Or was that a swift kick in another place? At any rate, the old boy finally gets what he deserves when Baxter walks out and Fran follows hours later.
Yes, she's p.o.'d over being fired, but I think she's also horrified that Fran tried to commit suicide. It takes her dislike and resentment to another level to eavesdrop on that conversation--she now sees Sheldrake as more than self-serving--he's dangerous.
shareShows how times have changed in that an employee could be fired on the spot and told to clear out. No talk about severance pay, or appealing the decision, just gather your stuff and go!
May I bone your kipper, Mademoiselle?
I believe he does provide severance pay. I do see your point, however.
At the same time, I don't think the firing scene was necessarily realistic even for its time. It's an example of "dramatic license" which is typical for movies in general.
Actually, in a lot of places, that can be exactly what it's like now... especially if there is any security or intellectual property in play - security will see you out and your personals will be boxed up and sent to you. Also, in right to work States they can give you virtually no notice. One way around it is to pay the two weeks, but tell them not to show up.
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I don't think she was bothered about Fran. I think in her way she was as cold and manipulative as Sheldrake, with an added element of bitterness. I think it bothered her that Fran might be happy with Sheldrake, even temporarily, and she did not want that to happen.
"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."
Miss Olsen was the restaurant with some co-workers and happened to notice Sheldrake with Miss Kubelick. I don't think she was following Sheldrake. He and Kubelick were getting back together.
That said, Muss Olsen should have known she was taking a chance going there.
She did reveal to Miss Kubelick that the restaurant was Sheldrake's "go to" haunt.