Billy Wilder’s three favourite actors of all time
Every great director has stars they enjoy working with most.
Billy Wilder
“He was apprehensive”: the director Cary Grant spent his entire career avoiding at all costs
This baffled the director in question.
Mel Brooks’ only regret from a legendary lifetime in comedy: “It’s been bugging me”
This one made Brooks hold a grudge.
Which director has the most Oscar nominations without winning?
A dubious distinction, it must be said.
The no-show that cost Frank Sinatra an iconic role: “He made a lunch date and never showed”
“United Artists felt that we needed a big box office name”.
The movie that sent James Cagney into Hollywood exile: “The experience disturbed him”
After this torturous shoot ended, Cagney was done.
The movie Billy Wilder called the worst of his career: “It’s just terrible”
Its reputation has improved.
The one movie Billy Wilder wished he could make again: “I would take a different slant”
“Show me a man who never had a failure.”
“We parted as enemies”: Is Otto Preminger the most hated director in Hollywood history?
He was compared to Adolf Hitler more than once.