I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History

Contents

Contents Foreword, by Sidney Poitier ix Foreword, by Elmore Leonard xi Acknowledgments xv Prologue 3 1 My Family 6 2 The University of Wisconsin 15 3 Los Angeles and Monogram 22 4 Allied Artists 36 5 The 1950s 45 6 The Screen Producers Guild 61 7 Back at Allied Artists 67 8 Moulin Productions, Inc. 72 9 William Wyler and Friendly Persuasion and Billy Wilder and Love in the Afternoon 78 10 On Our Own 84 11 Billy Wilder and Some Like It Hot 100 12 John Ford and The Horse Soldiers 104 13 John Sturges and The Magnificent Seven 108 14 The 1960s 114 15 West Side Story 122 16 One,Two,Three and Other Projects 131 17 William Wyler, Elvis Presley, and John Sturges 140 18 A Big Hit and a Few Misses 154 19 Blake Edwards and The Pink Panther 162 20 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 172 21 633 Squadron, a New Corporate Entity, and Unrealized Projects 201 vii 22 The Start of a Jinx and Cinerama 208 23 Hawaii 218 24 A New Relationship with Norman Jewison 235 25 In the Heat of the Night 246 26 A Western, a Comedy, a Drama, and a Caper 259 27 Personal Matters—Familial and Corporate 271 28 Dark Days for the Film Industry 277 29 Billy Wilder and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and Avanti! 295 30 Fiddler on the Roof 303 31 Goodbye to United Artists 314 32 Hello to Universal 324 33 The Return of Peter Sellers 348 34 The 1980s and 1990s 359 Epilogue 386 Filmography 389 Career Milestones and Awards 415 Index 419 viii Contents / ...