Absolutely amazing art by Howie Noel that is part of my long form essay, DOUBLE INDEMNITY AND THE FINE ART OF RACIAL PROPAGANDA. This noir classic is one of director BillyWilder's best films.
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August 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Absolutely amazing art by Howie Noel that is part of my long form essay, DOUBLE INDEMNITY AND THE FINE ART OF RACIAL PROPAGANDA. This noir classic is one of director BillyWilder's best films.
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Video: Top 10 #Screenwriting Tips from Billy Wilder
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Here are some of #BillyWilder’s screenwriting tips:
The audience is fickle.
Grab ‘em by the throat and never let ‘em go.
Develop a clean line of action for your leading character. Know where you’re going…..
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Here are some of #BillyWilder’s screenwriting tips:
The audience is fickle.
Grab ‘em by the throat and never let ‘em go.
Develop a clean line of action for your leading character. Know where you’re going…..
Top 10 #Screenwriting Tips from Billy Wilder
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April 18, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Video: Top 10 #Screenwriting Tips from Billy Wilder
www.youtube.com/shorts/EIVws...
Here are some of #BillyWilder’s screenwriting tips:
The audience is fickle.
Grab ‘em by the throat and never let ‘em go.
Develop a clean line of action for your leading character. Know where you’re going…..
www.youtube.com/shorts/EIVws...
Here are some of #BillyWilder’s screenwriting tips:
The audience is fickle.
Grab ‘em by the throat and never let ‘em go.
Develop a clean line of action for your leading character. Know where you’re going…..
"Bad news sells best. Cause good news is no news."
📰 #OTD in #Film #History 14 June 1951, #BillyWilder's noir ACE IN THE HOLE, starring #KirkDouglas, was released in 🇺🇸. Wilder's first critical and commercial failure, it's now widely deemed a classic.
📰 #OTD in #Film #History 14 June 1951, #BillyWilder's noir ACE IN THE HOLE, starring #KirkDouglas, was released in 🇺🇸. Wilder's first critical and commercial failure, it's now widely deemed a classic.
June 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
"Bad news sells best. Cause good news is no news."
📰 #OTD in #Film #History 14 June 1951, #BillyWilder's noir ACE IN THE HOLE, starring #KirkDouglas, was released in 🇺🇸. Wilder's first critical and commercial failure, it's now widely deemed a classic.
📰 #OTD in #Film #History 14 June 1951, #BillyWilder's noir ACE IN THE HOLE, starring #KirkDouglas, was released in 🇺🇸. Wilder's first critical and commercial failure, it's now widely deemed a classic.
When I shared this 1972 #director group shot with David Wyler, youngest child of #WilliamWyler (back r, 2nd from lft), he told me how they often received #BillyWilder's mail by mistake. Photo taken @ #GeorgeCukor's house. (Wilder, frt r, 1st left) #TCMParty #classichollywood
June 29, 2026 at 12:31 PM
When I shared this 1972 #director group shot with David Wyler, youngest child of #WilliamWyler (back r, 2nd from lft), he told me how they often received #BillyWilder's mail by mistake. Photo taken @ #GeorgeCukor's house. (Wilder, frt r, 1st left) #TCMParty #classichollywood
"I am big! It's the pictures that got small."
🎬 #OTD in #Film #History 10 August 1950, #BillyWilder's classic film noir "Sunset Boulevard", starring #WilliamHolden and #GloriaSwanson, premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
🎬 #OTD in #Film #History 10 August 1950, #BillyWilder's classic film noir "Sunset Boulevard", starring #WilliamHolden and #GloriaSwanson, premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
August 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
"I am big! It's the pictures that got small."
🎬 #OTD in #Film #History 10 August 1950, #BillyWilder's classic film noir "Sunset Boulevard", starring #WilliamHolden and #GloriaSwanson, premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
🎬 #OTD in #Film #History 10 August 1950, #BillyWilder's classic film noir "Sunset Boulevard", starring #WilliamHolden and #GloriaSwanson, premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
Just finished "Ready for My Close Up" by #davidlubin, a wonderful making of #BillyWilder's #sunsetboulevard. Well written with deep dives on the careers of all the players and even some of the smaller character actors with nice details about the disagreements in tone between Bracket and Wilder.
March 8, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Just finished "Ready for My Close Up" by #davidlubin, a wonderful making of #BillyWilder's #sunsetboulevard. Well written with deep dives on the careers of all the players and even some of the smaller character actors with nice details about the disagreements in tone between Bracket and Wilder.
"I am big! It's the pictures that got small."
75th Anniversary 🎬#OTD in #Film #History 10 August 1950, #BillyWilder's classic film noir "Sunset Boulevard", starring #WilliamHolden and #GloriaSwanson, premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
75th Anniversary 🎬#OTD in #Film #History 10 August 1950, #BillyWilder's classic film noir "Sunset Boulevard", starring #WilliamHolden and #GloriaSwanson, premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
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August 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
"I am big! It's the pictures that got small."
75th Anniversary 🎬#OTD in #Film #History 10 August 1950, #BillyWilder's classic film noir "Sunset Boulevard", starring #WilliamHolden and #GloriaSwanson, premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
75th Anniversary 🎬#OTD in #Film #History 10 August 1950, #BillyWilder's classic film noir "Sunset Boulevard", starring #WilliamHolden and #GloriaSwanson, premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
“It's love and murder at first sight."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 3 July 1944, #BillyWilder's classic film noir "Double Indemnity," starring #FredMacMurray and #BarbaraStanwyck, premiered in Baltimore, Maryland.
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 3 July 1944, #BillyWilder's classic film noir "Double Indemnity," starring #FredMacMurray and #BarbaraStanwyck, premiered in Baltimore, Maryland.
July 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
“It's love and murder at first sight."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 3 July 1944, #BillyWilder's classic film noir "Double Indemnity," starring #FredMacMurray and #BarbaraStanwyck, premiered in Baltimore, Maryland.
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 3 July 1944, #BillyWilder's classic film noir "Double Indemnity," starring #FredMacMurray and #BarbaraStanwyck, premiered in Baltimore, Maryland.
#BillyWilder’s very decent and underrated drama #Fedora (1978) - starring #WilliamHolden, #MartheKeller, #JoseFerrer, #FrancesSternhagen, #MarioAdorf, #StephenCollins, #HenryFonda and #MichaelYork - gets its first showing on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social this Saturday (23 November) at 9:05pm.
November 17, 2024 at 7:13 PM
#BillyWilder’s very decent and underrated drama #Fedora (1978) - starring #WilliamHolden, #MartheKeller, #JoseFerrer, #FrancesSternhagen, #MarioAdorf, #StephenCollins, #HenryFonda and #MichaelYork - gets its first showing on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social this Saturday (23 November) at 9:05pm.
"Some people take, some people get took. And they know they're getting took and there's nothing they can do about it."
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 15 June 1960, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning "The Apartment," starring #JackLemmon and #ShirleyMacLaine, premiered in NY.
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 15 June 1960, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning "The Apartment," starring #JackLemmon and #ShirleyMacLaine, premiered in NY.
June 15, 2026 at 5:03 AM
"Some people take, some people get took. And they know they're getting took and there's nothing they can do about it."
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 15 June 1960, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning "The Apartment," starring #JackLemmon and #ShirleyMacLaine, premiered in NY.
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 15 June 1960, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning "The Apartment," starring #JackLemmon and #ShirleyMacLaine, premiered in NY.
"Nobody's perfect."
💄 #OTD in #Film #History 29 March 1959, #BillyWilder's classic comedy "Some Like It Hot," starring #MarilynMonroe, #TonyCurtis, and #JackLemmon, was released in New York.
💄 #OTD in #Film #History 29 March 1959, #BillyWilder's classic comedy "Some Like It Hot," starring #MarilynMonroe, #TonyCurtis, and #JackLemmon, was released in New York.
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March 29, 2026 at 4:39 AM
"Nobody's perfect."
💄 #OTD in #Film #History 29 March 1959, #BillyWilder's classic comedy "Some Like It Hot," starring #MarilynMonroe, #TonyCurtis, and #JackLemmon, was released in New York.
💄 #OTD in #Film #History 29 March 1959, #BillyWilder's classic comedy "Some Like It Hot," starring #MarilynMonroe, #TonyCurtis, and #JackLemmon, was released in New York.
"One drink's too many, and a hundred's not enough."
80th Anniversary 🥃 #OTD in #Film #History 29 November 1945, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning THE LOST WEEKEND, based on Charles R. Jackson's novel and starring #RayMilland and Jane Wyman, premiered in Los Angeles.
80th Anniversary 🥃 #OTD in #Film #History 29 November 1945, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning THE LOST WEEKEND, based on Charles R. Jackson's novel and starring #RayMilland and Jane Wyman, premiered in Los Angeles.
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"One drink's too many, and a hundred's not enough."
80th Anniversary 🥃 #OTD in #Film #History 29 November 1945, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning THE LOST WEEKEND, based on Charles R. Jackson's novel and starring #RayMilland and Jane Wyman, premiered in Los Angeles.
80th Anniversary 🥃 #OTD in #Film #History 29 November 1945, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning THE LOST WEEKEND, based on Charles R. Jackson's novel and starring #RayMilland and Jane Wyman, premiered in Los Angeles.
***DEAL***
#BillyWilder's #OneTwoThree from #KinoLorber is down to $8.62 on Amazon:
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#BillyWilder's #OneTwoThree from #KinoLorber is down to $8.62 on Amazon:
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#BluRay #Ad #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected
December 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
***DEAL***
#BillyWilder's #OneTwoThree from #KinoLorber is down to $8.62 on Amazon:
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#BluRay #Ad #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected
#BillyWilder's #OneTwoThree from #KinoLorber is down to $8.62 on Amazon:
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#BluRay #Ad #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected
"Nobody's perfect."
💄#OTD in #Film #History 29 March 1959, #BillyWilder's classic comedy "Some Like It Hot," starring #MarilynMonroe, #TonyCurtis, and #JackLemmon, was released in New York.
💄#OTD in #Film #History 29 March 1959, #BillyWilder's classic comedy "Some Like It Hot," starring #MarilynMonroe, #TonyCurtis, and #JackLemmon, was released in New York.
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March 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"Nobody's perfect."
💄#OTD in #Film #History 29 March 1959, #BillyWilder's classic comedy "Some Like It Hot," starring #MarilynMonroe, #TonyCurtis, and #JackLemmon, was released in New York.
💄#OTD in #Film #History 29 March 1959, #BillyWilder's classic comedy "Some Like It Hot," starring #MarilynMonroe, #TonyCurtis, and #JackLemmon, was released in New York.
The Twin Geekscast 123: #Roadrunner for #AnthonyBourdain’s birthday, and the rest from Tribeca, #OrsonWelles doc #ItsAllTrue, @CalvinKemph’s full addiction recovery story, and cinema’s most famous portrayal of alcoholism in #BillyWilder’s #TheLostWeekend....
November 13, 2024 at 3:48 AM
The Twin Geekscast 123: #Roadrunner for #AnthonyBourdain’s birthday, and the rest from Tribeca, #OrsonWelles doc #ItsAllTrue, @CalvinKemph’s full addiction recovery story, and cinema’s most famous portrayal of alcoholism in #BillyWilder’s #TheLostWeekend....
"Bad news sells best. Cause good news is no news."
📰 #OTD in #Film #History 14 June 1951, #BillyWilder's noir ACE IN THE HOLE, starring #KirkDouglas, was released in 🇺🇸. Wilder's first critical and commercial failure, it's now widely deemed a classic.
📰 #OTD in #Film #History 14 June 1951, #BillyWilder's noir ACE IN THE HOLE, starring #KirkDouglas, was released in 🇺🇸. Wilder's first critical and commercial failure, it's now widely deemed a classic.
June 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"Bad news sells best. Cause good news is no news."
📰 #OTD in #Film #History 14 June 1951, #BillyWilder's noir ACE IN THE HOLE, starring #KirkDouglas, was released in 🇺🇸. Wilder's first critical and commercial failure, it's now widely deemed a classic.
📰 #OTD in #Film #History 14 June 1951, #BillyWilder's noir ACE IN THE HOLE, starring #KirkDouglas, was released in 🇺🇸. Wilder's first critical and commercial failure, it's now widely deemed a classic.
“I killed him. I killed him for money - and a woman - and I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman.”
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 3 July 1944, #BillyWilder's classic #noir "Double Indemnity", starring #FredMacMurray and #BarbaraStanwyck, premiered in Baltimore, Maryland
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 3 July 1944, #BillyWilder's classic #noir "Double Indemnity", starring #FredMacMurray and #BarbaraStanwyck, premiered in Baltimore, Maryland
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July 2, 2026 at 11:55 PM
“I killed him. I killed him for money - and a woman - and I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman.”
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 3 July 1944, #BillyWilder's classic #noir "Double Indemnity", starring #FredMacMurray and #BarbaraStanwyck, premiered in Baltimore, Maryland
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 3 July 1944, #BillyWilder's classic #noir "Double Indemnity", starring #FredMacMurray and #BarbaraStanwyck, premiered in Baltimore, Maryland
#BillyWilder’s lavish #IrmaLaDouce boils down to a dirty party joke, but audiences flocked to see #JackLemmon & #ShirleyMacLaine in a fantasy French red light district. #GlennErickson digs the transfer quality in the #KLStudioClassics Blu-ray reissue:
November 17, 2024 at 7:12 AM
#BillyWilder’s lavish #IrmaLaDouce boils down to a dirty party joke, but audiences flocked to see #JackLemmon & #ShirleyMacLaine in a fantasy French red light district. #GlennErickson digs the transfer quality in the #KLStudioClassics Blu-ray reissue:
ICYMI
#BillyWilder's darkly comic, deeply suspenseful POW camp drama in the #WWIIMovies series as @thepurpledon.bsky.social & @jeanninedabean.bsky.social talk spies, informants & #WilliamHolden's Oscar win in STALAG 17 (1953) on the NEW #ItsAWonderful1
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#BillyWilder's darkly comic, deeply suspenseful POW camp drama in the #WWIIMovies series as @thepurpledon.bsky.social & @jeanninedabean.bsky.social talk spies, informants & #WilliamHolden's Oscar win in STALAG 17 (1953) on the NEW #ItsAWonderful1
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Episode 431: Stalag 17 (1953) - WWII ON FILM
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ICYMI
#BillyWilder's darkly comic, deeply suspenseful POW camp drama in the #WWIIMovies series as @thepurpledon.bsky.social & @jeanninedabean.bsky.social talk spies, informants & #WilliamHolden's Oscar win in STALAG 17 (1953) on the NEW #ItsAWonderful1
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#BillyWilder's darkly comic, deeply suspenseful POW camp drama in the #WWIIMovies series as @thepurpledon.bsky.social & @jeanninedabean.bsky.social talk spies, informants & #WilliamHolden's Oscar win in STALAG 17 (1953) on the NEW #ItsAWonderful1
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"I might as well be reaching for the moon."
🎞️#OTD in #Film #History 15 October 1954, #BillyWilder's classic romantic comedy SABRINA, starring #AudreyHepburn, #HumphreyBogart, and #WilliamHolden, opened in the 🇺🇸
🎞️#OTD in #Film #History 15 October 1954, #BillyWilder's classic romantic comedy SABRINA, starring #AudreyHepburn, #HumphreyBogart, and #WilliamHolden, opened in the 🇺🇸
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October 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
"I might as well be reaching for the moon."
🎞️#OTD in #Film #History 15 October 1954, #BillyWilder's classic romantic comedy SABRINA, starring #AudreyHepburn, #HumphreyBogart, and #WilliamHolden, opened in the 🇺🇸
🎞️#OTD in #Film #History 15 October 1954, #BillyWilder's classic romantic comedy SABRINA, starring #AudreyHepburn, #HumphreyBogart, and #WilliamHolden, opened in the 🇺🇸
#SunsetBoulevard #Film #Review – Hollywood never looked more glorious or more tragic
#GloriaSwanson is extraordinary as faded film-star Norma Desmond in #BillyWilder’s cameo-packed self-referential masterpiece about tinseltown ghosts and delusions
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#GloriaSwanson is extraordinary as faded film-star Norma Desmond in #BillyWilder’s cameo-packed self-referential masterpiece about tinseltown ghosts and delusions
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Sunset Boulevard review – Hollywood never looked more glorious or more tragic
Gloria Swanson is extraordinary as faded film-star Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder’s cameo-packed self-referential masterpiece about tinseltown ghosts and delusions
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December 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
#SunsetBoulevard #Film #Review – Hollywood never looked more glorious or more tragic
#GloriaSwanson is extraordinary as faded film-star Norma Desmond in #BillyWilder’s cameo-packed self-referential masterpiece about tinseltown ghosts and delusions
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#GloriaSwanson is extraordinary as faded film-star Norma Desmond in #BillyWilder’s cameo-packed self-referential masterpiece about tinseltown ghosts and delusions
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"Some people take, some people get took. And they know they're getting took and there's nothing they can do about it."
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 15 June 1960, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning "The Apartment," starring #JackLemmon and #ShirleyMacLaine, premiered in NY.
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 15 June 1960, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning "The Apartment," starring #JackLemmon and #ShirleyMacLaine, premiered in NY.
June 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
"Some people take, some people get took. And they know they're getting took and there's nothing they can do about it."
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 15 June 1960, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning "The Apartment," starring #JackLemmon and #ShirleyMacLaine, premiered in NY.
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 15 June 1960, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning "The Apartment," starring #JackLemmon and #ShirleyMacLaine, premiered in NY.
"One drink's too many, and a hundred's not enough."
🥃 #OTD in #Film #History 29 November 1945, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning THE LOST WEEKEND, based on Charles R. Jackson's novel and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman, premiered in Los Angeles.
🥃 #OTD in #Film #History 29 November 1945, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning THE LOST WEEKEND, based on Charles R. Jackson's novel and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman, premiered in Los Angeles.
November 29, 2024 at 1:23 AM
"One drink's too many, and a hundred's not enough."
🥃 #OTD in #Film #History 29 November 1945, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning THE LOST WEEKEND, based on Charles R. Jackson's novel and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman, premiered in Los Angeles.
🥃 #OTD in #Film #History 29 November 1945, #BillyWilder's Best Picture Oscar-winning THE LOST WEEKEND, based on Charles R. Jackson's novel and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman, premiered in Los Angeles.
#FilmFriday starts at #HOMEmcr with the 4K Restoration of #BillyWilder's directed and co-written (with #IALDiamond) 1960 romantic comedy-drama #TheApartment starring #JackLemmon, #ShirleyMacLaine and #FredMacMurray.
March 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
#FilmFriday starts at #HOMEmcr with the 4K Restoration of #BillyWilder's directed and co-written (with #IALDiamond) 1960 romantic comedy-drama #TheApartment starring #JackLemmon, #ShirleyMacLaine and #FredMacMurray.
A great night of theatre @oranmor #SunsetBoulevard-theBackstageCut a witty satirical play written and directed by #MoragFullerton exploring politicsand drama surrounding the creation of #BillyWilder’s 1950 cinematic masterpiece. Starring #JulietCadzow #FrancesThorburn #JohnKielty #MarkMcDonnell
June 20, 2026 at 11:04 PM
A great night of theatre @oranmor #SunsetBoulevard-theBackstageCut a witty satirical play written and directed by #MoragFullerton exploring politicsand drama surrounding the creation of #BillyWilder’s 1950 cinematic masterpiece. Starring #JulietCadzow #FrancesThorburn #JohnKielty #MarkMcDonnell