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Posts Tagged "Billy Wilder"

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The Front Page **** (1974, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon) – Classic Movie Review 1987

Following Lewis Milestone’s 1931 classic The Front Page and the vintage 1940 Cary Grant version His Girl Friday, Billy Wilder’s delightful 1974 hit comedy The Front Page is the more than welcome third version of […]

Dec, 21

The Fortune Cookie [Meet Whiplash Willie] **** (1966, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Cliff Osmond, Judi West, Lurene Tuttle, Ned Glass, Sig Ruman) – Classic Movie Review 1986

Director Billy Wilder’s 1966 comedy gem The Fortune Cookie [Meet Whiplash Willie] is one of the marvellous teamings of the irreplaceable odd couple Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, finding them a pair of their best […]

Dec, 21

Ace in the Hole ***** (1951, Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall) – Classic Movie Review 1861

Co-writer/director Billy Wilder delivers one of his scintillating classic film noir thrillers in 1951. Kirk Douglas stars in one of his most unforgettable roles as the archetypal all-time ruthless reporter Chuck Tatum. Tatum is a […]

Nov, 21

Ninotchka ***** (1939, Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Bela Lugosi) – Classic Movie Review 1856

  Greta Garbo (1905-1990) was huge news in the Thirties – the most famous female movie star and the Queen of Hollywood, the Angelina Jolie of her day. As a riposte to the ‘Garbo Talks!’ […]

Nov, 18

Buddy, Buddy *** (1981, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon) – Classic Movie Review 1457

Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon’s fifth movie together and their last till Grumpy Old Men in 1993 is director Billy Wilder’s final film from 1981. Alas it wasn’t the hoped-for classic, and Wilder’s brilliant career […]

Jul, 20

The Lost Weekend ***** (1945, Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry) – Classic Movie Review 1030

Co-writer/director Billy Wilder’s coruscating, much-admired four-Oscar-winning 1945 drama proved Ray Milland’s greatest triumph in the movies and one of director Wilder’s. It won the Oscar for Best Picture and the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. Milland […]

Apr, 01

Sabrina *** (1954, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden) – Classic Film Review 934

Director Billy Wilder’s 1954 romance is a pleasant but modest and none-too-sparkling romantic comedy based on a creaky 1953 Broadway play Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor. William Holden stars as David Larrabee, an easy-going Long Island playboy along with […]

Mar, 18

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