What stops you

The devastating 1962 movie about alcoholism, with which Mr. Lemmon was familiar. His co-star, Lee Remick, came from Quincy, Mass., where her family owned a department store. Her favorite place as an adult was Osterville, Mass., on Cape Cod.

“Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is fear of failure.’’

— Jack Lemmon (1925-2001), raised in Newton, Mass., and a Harvard graduate, this famed movie and theater actor was best known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona. He was a sort of tragi-comedian.