I can’t remember where I first heard the reference to Jack Lemmon’s 1965 film “How to Murder Your Wife.” It is a not a very good movie, but I’ve watched it several times in the past year or so (with the sound off all but the first time) just for the townhouse, which really is the central character of the movie. The chief threads that run through the place are white lacquer cabinetry and bentwood chairs — a combination I always love. And there's a fantastic long hall of cabinets (in which the butler stores the stilettos and such of the bachelor's overnight guests). It’s amazing how little you’d have to change (the bed, some curtains, the prop styling) to make the place feel completely current. But what’s amusing is that this, in 1965, was presented as the ultimate bachelor pad.

 
All roads seem to lead to the Marx Bros.