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Wilder made his Hollywood directorial debut with comedy The Major and the Minor (1942), which starred Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland. Two years later, he directed and co-wrote the screenplay for the film noir Double Indemnity (1944), which is considered a classic of its genre.
- SUNSET BLVD. (1950) Directed by Billy Wilder. Written by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and D.M. Marshman Jr., Starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Cecil B. DeMille.
- THE APARTMENT (1960) Directed by Billy Wilder. Written by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond. Starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Jack Kruschen, Ray Walston, Edie Adams.
- SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) Directed by Billy Wilder. Screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond, based on the story by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan.
- DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) Directed by Billy Wilder. Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler, based on the novel by James M. Cain. Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Byron Barr, Richard Gaines, John Philliber.
Wilder's subsequent self-produced films would become more caustic and cynical, notably Ace in the Hole (1951), though he also produced such sublime comedies as Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Apartment (1960) (which won him Best Picture and Director Oscars). He retired in 1981.
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- 'Sunset Blvd.' (1950) Set in early 1950s Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard follows a screenplay writer (William Holden) who develops feelings for a fading silent movie star (Gloria Swanson) who lives in a crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion alone and is attempting to make a glorious return.
- 'Witness for the Prosecution' (1957) Witness for the Prosecution is an enthralling crime drama mystery that depicts a murder trial full of unexpected twists and turns, in which a seasoned British attorney (Charles Laughton) must defend his client (Leonard Vole).
- 'Double Indemnity' (1944) A classic film noir, Double Indemnity centers on an L.A. insurance representative (Fred MacMurray) who finds himself completely allured by a beautiful housewife (Barbara Stanwyck) into a murderous scheme of insurance fraud.
- 'Some Like It Hot' (1959) Starring Marilyn Monroe, Wilder's Some Like It Hot remains a very talked-about feature nowadays. The musical comedy focuses on two male musicians (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) disguised as women who flee the state with an all-female band after witnessing a mob hit.
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- 'One, Two, Three' (1961) Starring: James Cagney, Liselotte Pulver, Horst Buchholz. Going from one extreme to another, while Ace in the Hole is one of the most bitter and downbeat Billy Wider films, One, Two, Three – made a decade later – is one of his funniest and breeziest.
- 'Ace in the Hole' (1951) Starring: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur. Ace in the Hole is a movie that shows how movies can be satirical without necessarily also being comedies.
- 'Stalag 17' (1953) Starring: Robert Strauss, William Holden, Don Taylor. While Stalag 17 is, on the surface, a movie about prisoners of war, it does manage to be surprisingly funny for a film within such a genre.
- 'Irma la Douce' (1963) Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon, Lou Jacobi. Shortly after the immensely successful The Apartment, Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon, and Shirley MacLaine re-teamed to make the good – yet not quite as great – Irma la Douce three years on from that aforementioned Oscar winner.
Jul 28, 2022 · His versatility as a storyteller of the moving image is unparalleled as he bounced back and forth between grim and gritty film noir and whimsical romantic comedy. Wilder knew how complicated his ...
Wilder then directed three adaptations of Broadway plays, war drama Stalag 17, for which William Holden won the Best Actor Academy Award, romantic comedy Sabrina, for which Audrey Hepburn was nominated for Best Actress, and romantic comedy The Seven Year Itch, which features the iconic image of Marilyn Monroe standing on a subway grate as her ...
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