Wilder, Billy 1906-2002

Overview

Works:	790 works in 2,335 publications in 7 languages and 52,426 library holdings
Roles:	Director, Author of screenplay, Producer, Interviewee, Production personnel, Scenarist, Film editor, Performer, Creator, Adapter, Writer of accompanying material, Other, Honoree, Bibliographic antecedent, Dedicatee, Contributor, Conceptor, Editor, Collaborator
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.43/72

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Publications about Billy Wilder

Publications by Billy Wilder

Publications by Billy Wilder, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Billy Wilder

Some like it Wilder the life and controversial films of Billy Wilder by Gene D Phillips ( )
Conversations with Wilder by Billy Wilder ( Book )
On Sunset Boulevard : the life and times of Billy Wilder by Ed Sikov ( Book )
Nobody's perfect : Billy Wilder, a personal biography by Charlotte Chandler ( )
Billy Wilder in Hollywood by Maurice Zolotow ( Book )

Billy Wilder by Axel Madsen ( Book )
Billy Wilder by Bernard F Dick ( Book )
Wilder times : the life of Billy Wilder by Kevin Lally ( Book )
The film career of Billy Wilder by Steve Seidman ( Book )
Close-up on Sunset Boulevard : Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the dark Hollywood dream by Sam Staggs ( Book )
A divided world : Hollywood cinema and emigré directors in the era of Roosevelt and Hitler, 1933-1948 by Nicholas Smedley ( Book )
Billy Wilder, American film realist by Richard Armstrong ( Book )
Billy Wilder : interviews by Billy Wilder ( Book )
The bright side of Billy Wilder, primarily by Tom Wood ( Book )
Ethics and social criticism in the Hollywood films of Erich von Stroheim, Ernst Lubitsch, and Billy Wilder by Nora Henry ( Book )
A foreign affair : Billy Wilder's American films by Gerd Gemünden ( )
A Paramount kill by Gaylord Larsen ( Book )
Billy Wilder by Glenn Hopp ( )
Billy Wilder, movie-maker : critical essays on the films by Karen McNally ( Book )
Some like it hot : my memories of Marilyn Monroe and the making of the classic movie by Tony Curtis ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Billy Wilder

Some like it hot by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
120 editions published between 1959 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 4,577 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two unemployed musicians accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, after which they flee to Miami disguised as female musicians

Sunset Boulevard by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
79 editions published between 1950 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 3,029 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Pursued by creditors, Joe swerves into a driveway of a seemingly abandoned Sunset Boulevard mansion. He finds Norma, an ex-screen queen dreaming of a dramatic comeback and her husband/servant living there. She takes a fancy to Joe and, learning that he is a scriptwriter, persuades him to help her with her comeback screenplay. Being broke he accepts. He falls in love with a young script reader, but Norma breaks up their romance, setting tragedy into motion

The apartment by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
55 editions published between 1960 and 2011 in English and French and held by 2,984 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An ambitious office clerk plans to get ahead by lending out his apartment to his boss, but falls in love with the boss's girlfriend

Double indemnity by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
74 editions published between 1944 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 2,846 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A calculating wife encourages her wealthy husband to sign a double indemnity policy proposed by smitten insurance agent Walter Neff. As the would-be lovers plot the unsuspecting husband's murder, they are pursued by a suspicious claims manager. It's a race against time to get away with the perfect crime in this heart-pounding Academy Award-nominated masterpiece"--Container

Sabrina by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
78 editions published between 1952 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 2,387 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The daughter of the chauffeur for an immensely wealthy family returns from Paris and dazzles the family's two sons

The seven year itch by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
61 editions published between 1955 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,760 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A husband of seven years, alone in New York while his family vacations, fantasizes an affair with the TV model in the upstairs apartment

The lost weekend by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
35 editions published between 1945 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 1,725 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A would-be writer's dissatisfaction with his life leads him on a three-day binge. This film gives an uncompromising look at the devastating effects of alcoholism

Stalag 17 by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
43 editions published between 1952 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,708 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A group of American G.I.s in a POW camp suspect a spy is among them

Witness for the prosecution by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
38 editions published between 1957 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 1,513 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A man is accused of murdering his wealthy woman friend in order to secure his inheritance. The defendantś mysterious wife stuns the courtroom by giving damaging testimony against her husband. The web of intrigue is finally unwoven in a shocking, chilling conclusion

Ninotchka by Ernst Lubitsch ( Visual )
31 editions published between 1939 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 1,141 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Garbo plays a dour, severe Soviet official who comes to Paris on business involving the sale of some czarist jewels. But soon business turns to pleasure as she discovers the special magic of Paris and finds herself succumbing to the charms of a suave Frenchman named Leon D'Algout (Melvyn Douglas). The plot develops as Ninotchka chooses between romance and duty--and must even confront a rival for Leon's affection in the exiled Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire)

The fortune cookie by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
30 editions published between 1966 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 907 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A TV cameraman, trampled by a half-back while shooting a football game, and his shyster brother-in-law team up to defraud an insurance company in a million dollar law suit

Sunset Boulevard by Billy Wilder ( )
24 editions published between 1948 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 881 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sunset Boulevard (1950) is one of the most famous films in the history of Hollywood, and perhaps no film better represents Hollywood's vision of itself. Billy Wilder collaborated on the screenplay with the very able Charles Brackett, and with D.M. Marshman Jr., who later joined the team. Together they created a film both allusive and literate, with Hollywood's worst excesses and neuroses laid out for all to see. After viewing Sunset Boulevard Louis B. Mayer exclaimed: "We should throw this Wilder out of town!" The New York Times, however, gave the movie a rave review, praising "that rare blen

The Spirit of St. Louis ( Visual )
9 editions published between 1957 and 2006 in English and held by 881 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Biography of Charles Lindbergh from his days of precarious mail runs in aviation's infancy to his design of a small transatlantic plane and the vicissitudes of its takeoff and epochal flight from New York to Paris in 1927

Ace in the hole ( Visual )
7 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 840 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Ace in the Hole, in this case, is Leo Minosa, trapped in a cliff dwelling near Albuquerque, N.M. The publicity from his situation could build a winning hand for several people: Chuck Tatum, manipulative veteran newsman; Lorraine, his bored wife who dreams of city lights; Sheriff Gus Kretzer, boosting his re-election campaign; and young Herbie, a reporter who wants to make the big leagues. In 1951, there was no 24-hour cable news, and the Albuquerque paper was not on the Internet. The modern media age, however, was dawning. A veritable carnival sets up at the rescue scene, which may be one of the sources of the term "media circus."

Irma la Douce by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
47 editions published between 1963 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 805 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Comedy about a young Parisian policeman and his romance with a prostitute

One, two, three by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
36 editions published between 1961 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 721 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Berlin, after the Second World War: C.R. MacNamara presides over the German branch of Coca-Cola, dreaming of being promoted to London, by capturing the untapped Russian market. His plans for advancement run into a snag, when he is asked to watch over the boss' ditsy, impulsive 17 year-old daughter Scarlett on her European vacation. Unsurprisingly, she almost immediately gets into trouble of the worst kind by slipping across the border to East Germany, to marry the violently anti-Yankee Communist Otto. When the home office headman decides to visit his daughter, Cagney masterminds an elaborate masquerade that backfires

A film unfinished ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 711 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film in an East German archive was discovered. Shot by the Nazis in Warsaw in May of 1942, the film became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record of the Warsaw Ghetto. The later discovery of a long-missing reel, including multiple takes and cameramen staging scenes, complicated earlier readings of the footage. Presented is the raw footage in its entirety, falsely showing the 'good life' of Jewish urbanites. Included is an interview, and more

Love in the afternoon ( Visual )
12 editions published between 1957 and 2006 in English and Multiple languages and held by 631 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Frank Flannegan, an American playboy infamous for his scandalous affairs is smitten by Arlane, the beautiful, innocent daughter of the worldly detective, hired by a man who believes that Frank is carrying on with his wife. Frank turns out to be no match for Arlane and they stumble through one of the funniest seductions

Sunset Blvd ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1950 and 2012 in English and held by 507 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of an aging film queen who prepares for her grand comeback to stardom

The private life of Sherlock Holmes by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
19 editions published between 1970 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 502 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Private investigator Sherlock Holmes travels to Scotland to help a woman search for her missing husband

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