| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
the life and controversial films of Billy Wilder |
| Author: |
PhillipsGene D, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
Lexington, Ky. |
| Published: |
University Press of Kentucky; |
| Year of Publication: |
c2010 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 446 p., [32] p. of plates)ill. : |
| Series: |
Screen classics |
| Subject: |
Motion picture producers and directors - Biography - United States - |
| Personal Subject: |
Wilder - Billy - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813173672/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-416) and index |
| ISBN: |
9780813173672electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9780813125701hbk. |
| ISBN: |
0813125707hbk. |
| Content Note: |
From Berlin to Hollywood : the early screenplays -- Champagne and tears : Ninotchka, Midnight, and Ball of fire -- New directions : The major and the minor and Five graves to Cairo -- The rise of film noir : Double indemnity -- Through a glass darkly : The lost weekend and Die todesmuhlen -- Wunderbar : The emperor waltz and A foreign affair -- Dark windows : Sunset Boulevard -- Barbed wire satire : Ace in the hole and Stalag 17 -- Fascination : Sabrina and The seven year itch -- Light up the sky : The spirit of St. Louis and Love in the afternoon -- Remains to be seen : Witness for the prosecution -- The gang's all here : Some like it hot -- Love on the dole : The apartment -- Loveon the run : One, two, three and Irma La Douce -- Grifters : Kiss me, stupid and Thefortune cookie -- The game's afoot : The private life of Sherlock Holmes -- The perfect blendship : The front page and Avanti! -- Twilight years : Fedora and Buddy buddy -- Epilogue : a touch of class |