Billy WilderIf I Can't Write Here, I Will Direct ThereSamuel "Billie" Wilder was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1906. His family wanted him to be a lawyer, but he said, no way—and tripped...

Billy Wilder, Ernest Lehman, Samuel A. TaylorThree writers seems like a lot of writers; if too many cooks spoil the broth, won't three hands scritching at the same page spoil the screenplay? Well,...

Paramount PicturesSabrina was the last film Billy Wilder made with Paramount Pictures—this way back in the old days, when the studio system was king and directors, actors and studios were all one...

Hollywood, With DressesHollywoodSabrina ain't a weird, Euro film. It's not subversive. It's not out there. It's certainly not violent.It's basically a fairy tale: Cinderella on Long Island, with Pa...

Friedrich HollaenderComposer Friedrich Hollaender was a German Jew, like director Billy Wilder. Like Wilder, he was forced to flee Germany in the early 1930s as the Nazis came to power. Like Wilder...

Sabrina is old, and fandoms for old pop culture are thin on the ground. Billy Wilder is a favorite of film snobs, but most people haven't heard of him. (Billy? He's wilder than who now?) But Audrey...