FEEDBACK

In his review of Sony’s DVD set “The Jack Lemmon Collection” [“Jack Lemmon’s Earlier Lighter Side,” June 7], Dennis Lim spends roughly a third of the piece complaining about what’s not in the set, specifically the films Lemmon made with Billy Wilder and/or Walter Matthau, as well as many of his later dramatic pictures.

A few moments spent on research would have told him that (1) Wilder never made any movies at Columbia, with or without Lemmon, (2) Lemmon and Matthau likewise made no films together there, and (3) with the singular exception of “Buddy Buddy,” all of the titles he cites are already out on DVD from their respective studios.

If Lim doesn’t like what is in the set, that’s OK, but he should limit himself to that and not whine that it doesn’t match some unrealistic expectation.

Michael Schlesinger

Culver City

(Schlesinger, formerly the head of Sony Pictures Repertory, works as a consultant for Sony’s Home Entertainment division.)

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Dennis Lim’s article on early work done by Jack Lemmon was amusing. However, I believe that Lemmon’s humorous film work dates much earlier.

While in Army basic training at Ft. Knox, Ky., in 1963, we viewed many training films. Most were quite forgettable, but one stands out. The theme of that one unforgettable training film had to do with staying away from loose women who prey on soldiers and taking steps in counteracting venereal disease. The main character of that film was a young Jack Lemmon. He was quite funny in his role.

Dan McCaskill

Rancho Palos Verdes