Tag: Charles Brackett

September 23, 2014 /

Here’s the set up: Ninotchka commenting on western decadence – (looking at a ladies’ hat in a display window)  How can such a civilization survive which permits their women to put things like that on their heads? It won’t be long now comrades. And then she meets Melvyn Douglas and…

October 11, 2013 /

Billy Wilder directs Gloria Swanson and William Holden: Drop by tomorrow for more Sunday Stories.

October 11, 2013 /

Billy Wilder directing Cecil B. De Mille and Gloria Swanson:

February 17, 2013 /

See, four Oscars – I forgot to mention Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett won best screenplay as well. It’s been a harbinger of things to come for a long time… Billy Wilder wins Best Director for “The Lost Weekend” at the Golden Globes.