Oral history interview with Billy Wilder
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 30 min.
name: label: Creator
content: Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Wilder, Billy, 1906- -- Art collections
topic: label: Topic
content: Filmmakers -- California -- Beverly Hills -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators. Funding for transcription provided by the Pasadena Art Alliance.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Billy Wilder (1906-2002) was a filmmaker and art collector from Beverly Hills, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound cassette (Sound recording, master (30 min.), analog)
label: Extent
content: 8 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1995 February 14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wilder95
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Billy Wilder conducted 1995 February 14, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Wilder discusses his early days in Austria, first interest in art, and his flight to the United States.