On this day in 1960, UNITED ARTISTS released one of the darkest comedies ever made with THE APARTMENT.  Directed and written (with I.A.L. DIAMOND) by BILLY WILDER, this delightfully bleak comedy starred JACK LEMMON, SHIRLEY MacLAINE and FRED MacMURRAY. THE APARTMENT may not be the most cynical movie ever made but it’s one of the best.