Nobody's perfect : Billy Wilder : a personal biography / Charlotte Chandler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chandler, Charlotte.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002.

Wilder, Billy.

Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, [2004]

Summary:

Billy Wilder (1906-2002) was one of the legendary figures in twentieth - century film. He left behind an incredible celluloid legacy. Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, Double Indemnity, The Apartment, The Lost Weekend, Sabrina, and other Wilder films have become a part of our shared experience and collective memory. Wilder speaks for himself in Nobody's Perfect, as close to an autobiography as there ever will be. This revealing and vastly entertaining book is a wonderful, timely tribute to this great writer-director, a legacy of Wilder's wit, insight, and remarkable wisdom.

Contents:

pt. I. Europe

pt. II. Hollywood

pt. III. A legend in his own time

pt. IV. A legend in somebody else's time.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2002.

Filmography: pages 326-342.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1557836329

9781557836328

OCLC:

55220188