Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder

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Some Like It Wilder Screen claSSicS Screen Classics is a series of critical biographies, film histories, and analytical studies focusing on neglected filmmakers and important screen artists and subjects, from the era of silent cinema to the golden age of Hollywood to the international generation of today. Books in the Screen Classics series are intended for scholars and general readers alike. The contributing authors are established figures in their respective fields. This series also serves the purpose of advancing scholarship on film personalities and themes with ties to Kentucky. Series Editor Patrick McGilligan Some LIke It WILder THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY Gene D. PhilliPS The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder Copyright © 2010 by The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008 www.kentuckypress.com 14 13 12 11 10 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Phillips, Gene D. Some like it Wilder : the life and controversial films of Billy Wilder / Gene D. Phillips. p. cm. — (Screen classics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8131-2570-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002. 2. Motion picture producers and directors— United States—Biography. I. Title. PN1998.3.W56P45 2010 791.4302'33092—dc22 [B] 2009045857 This book is printed on acid-free recycled paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials. Manufactured in the United States of America. Member of the Association of American University Presses For Fred Zinnemann Another exile in Hollywood This page intentionally left blank. When you think about the breadth and scope of what Billy Wilder has written, produced, and directed, and then take into consideration that English is not even his first language, then you see that his entire output is staggering. —Stanley Donen, film director This page intentionally left blank. ...