Film Criticism, March 22nd, 1998
Wilder Times: The Life of Billy Wilder Kevin Lally Henry Holt, 1996 496 pp.; $30.00, cloth; $14.95 Kevin Lally's new biography of Billy Wilder is packed with fascinating tidbits from the director's full life: Wilder went everywhere, knew everyone, and had an anecdote for every occasion. All the famous stories are here, and some new ones, too: Wilder nicknamed Gary Cooper "Hopalong Nijinsky" for his awkward dancing in Love in the Afternoon; he kept a sign which read "How would Lubitsch do it?" in his office; he tripped Leo McCarey as McCarey went up the aisle to accept the Best Picture Oscar f...
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