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Billy Wilder

Title
Billy Wilder / Bernard F. Dick.
Author
Dick, Bernard F.
Publication
New York, NY : Da Capo Press, 1996.

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Description
198 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Filmography: p. 185-194.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Inside the Spanish Gates: Wilder and Paramount -- 2. From Wordsmith to Image Maker: The Major and the Minor -- 3. Desert Intrigue and Urban Deception: Five Craves to Cairo and Double Indemnity -- 4. Urban Deception and Desert Intrigue: The Lost Weekend and The Big Carnival -- 5. Barbwire Comedy: A Foreign Affair, Stalag 17, and One, Two, Three -- 6. September Songs: Sabrina, The Seven Year Itch, and Love in the Afternoon -- 7. The Human Comedies: Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, and Avantil -- 8. The Dirty Fairy Tales: Irma La Douce and Kiss Me, Stupid -- 9. Bosom Buddies: The Fortune Cookie and The Front Page -- 10. The Misfires: The Emperor Waltz and The Spirit of St. Louis -- 11. Sleuthing Around: Witness for the Prosecution and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes -- 12. Down among the Rotting Palms: Sunset Boulevard and Fedora.
ISBN
0306807297 (alk. paper)
LCCN
96017793
OCLC
  • 34584025
  • ocm34584025
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries