Some like it Wilder
Subtitle: the life and controversial films of Billy Wilder
By: Gene D. Phillips
Series: Screen classics; Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9780813173672
Subjects: Direction & Production; Film & Video; PERFORMING ARTS; Fine Arts; Entertainment & Performing Arts; Motion picture producers and directors; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Biography
Description: One of the most accomplished writers and directors of classic Hollywood, Billy Wilder (1906-2002) directed numerous acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard (1950), Sabrina (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), and Some Like It Hot (1959). Featuring Gene D. Phillips's unique, in-depth critical approach, Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder provides a groundbreaking overview of a filmmaking icon. Wilder began his career as a screenwriter in Berlin but, because of his Jewish heritage, sought refuge in America when Germany came
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-416) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: From Berlin to Hollywood : the early screenplays; title: Champagne and tears : Ninotchka, Midnight, and Ball of fire; title: New directions : The major and the minor and Five graves to Cairo; title: The rise of film noir : Double indemnity; title: Through a glass darkly : The lost weekend and Die todesmu hlen; title: Wunderbar : The emperor waltz and A foreign affair; title: Dark windows : Sunset Boulevard; title: Barbed wire satire : Ace in the hole and Stalag 17; title: Fascination : Sabrina and The seven year itch; title: Light up the sky : The spirit of St. Louis and Love in the afternoon; title: Remains to be seen : Witness for the prosecution; title: The gang's all here : Some like it hot; title: Love on the dole : The apartment; title: Love on the run : One, two, three and Irma La Douce; title: Grifters : Kiss me, stupid and The fortune cookie; title: The game's afoot : The private life of Sherlock Holmes; title: The perfect blendship : The front page and Avanti!; title: Twilight years : Fedora and Buddy buddy; title: Epilogue : a touch of class.