Wilder
Reports on Movie Activities in Germany (September 23, 1945)
Wilder served a stint during World War II as the chief of the movie division
of the American Information Control Division in Germany.
The
Happy Union of Brackett and Wilder (April 18, 1948)
The artistic freedom that Wilder and his collaborator Charles Brackett enjoyed
was unique in Hollywood at the time.
The
Wilder -- and Funnier -- Touch (January 24, 1960)
Before Wilder, screenwriters were considered high-paid lackeys without the
expertise to influence, much less direct, the films they wrote.
In
Wilder's Wild West (July 16, 1961)
Wilder used tricky cold war diplomacy to get the East Germans to allow him
to film a segment of "One, Two, Three" in the Soviet sector of the then-divided
city of Berlin.
Wilder
-- 'Yes, We Have No Naked Girls' (October 12, 1969)
In setting up an interview, Wilder had The Times' reporter meet him in a graveyard
during the filming of "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes."
Billy
Wilder Honored at Lincoln Center Gala (May 4, 1982)
With over 50 pictures and 6 Oscars to his credit, Wilder was honored at the
Film Society of Lincoln Center's annual gala.
The
Wonders of Wilder, The Movies' Master Wit (May 10, 1991)
As the Film Forum prepared a Wilder retrospective, Vincent Canby wrote this
appreciation of "the brightest, wittiest, most perceptive, most resourceful
and most long-lived film talent of his generation."
Ready
for His Close-Up (July 28, 1996)
"Hollywood has become a more and more homogenous thing," Wilder told Michiko
Kakutani in this interview, written shortly after his 90th birthday.
