On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilder

This biography by Ed Sikov chronicles the life and career of Billy Wilder. Wilder, born in the Austro-Hungarian Empireand working in Germany, fled to America to escape the Holocaust although members of his family perished in Auschwitz. This book draws on extensive new research and new interviews to capture the life and times of Billy Wilder both as a screenwriter in Weimar Berlin and Germany and his rise as a Hollywood director, most famously of cynical thrillers and comedies such as 'Sunset Boulevard', 'Some Like it Hot', 'Double Indemnity' and 'The Apartment'. Discusses his association with Audrey Hepburn, Jack Lemmon, classical Hollywood system, Marilyn Monroe, and interviews with Susan Sarandon and Joan Fontaine.

Part of the Roy Fowler Collection