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September 17, 2013 (XXVII:4) J September 17, 2013 (XXVII:4) Billy Wilder, DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944, 107 min) J National Film Registry—1992 Directed by Billy Wilder Written by Raymond Chandler (screenplay) and based on the novel by James M. Cain Original Music by Miklós Rózsa Cinematography by John F. Seitz Costume Design by Edith Head Makeup by Wally Westmore Fred MacMurray...Walter Neff Barbara Stanwyck...Phyllis Dietrichson Edward G. Robinson...Barton Keyes Porter Hall...Mr. Jackson BILLY WILDER (b. Samuel Wilder, June 22, 1906, Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Sucha Beskidzka, Malopolskie, Poland]—d. March 27, 2002, West Los Angeles, California). Billy Wilder won the 1986 American Film Institute Life Dawn, 1939 Ninotchka, 1938 That Certain Age, 1938 Achievement Award and 7 Academy Awards—the 1988 Irving Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, 1933 Was Frauen träumen, 1933 No G. Thalberg Memorial Award, 1961 Best Director for The Children Wanted, 1932 A Blonde's Dream, 1931 The Wrong Apartment (1960), 1961 Best Picture for The Apartment (1960), Husband, 1931 Her Grace Commands, 1930 Ein Burschenlied 1961 Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the aus Heidelberg, 1930 Der Kampf mit dem Drachen oder: Die Screen for The Apartment (1960), which he shared with I.A.L. Tragödie des Untermieters (short), 1930 People on Sunday, and Diamond, 1951 Best Writing, Story and Screenplay for Sunset 1929 Hell of a Reporter. Blvd (1950), which he shared with Charles Brackett and D.M. In Addition, Wilder directed 27 films, among them1981 Marshman Jr., 1946 Best Director for The Lost Weekend (1945), Buddy Buddy, 1978 Fedora, 1974 The Front Page, 1972 Avanti!, and 1946 Best Writing, Screenplay for The Lost Weekend (1945), 1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, 1966 The Fortune which he shared with Charles Brackett. Wilder was credited with Cookie, 1964 Kiss Me, Stupid, 1963 Irma la Douce, 1961 One, writing 77 titles, including 1981 Buddy Buddy, 1978 Fedora, Two, Three, 1960 The Apartment, 1959 Some Like It Hot, 1957 1972 Avanti!, 1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, 1967 Witness for the Prosecution, 1957 Love in the Afternoon, 1957 Casino Royale, 1966 The Fortune Cookie, 1963 Irma la Douce, The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955 The Seven Year Itch, 1954 Sabrina, 1961 One, Two, Three, 1960 Ocean's Eleven, 1960 The 1953 Stalag 17, 1951 Ace in the Hole, 1950 Sunset Blvd., 1948 A Apartment, 1959 Some Like It Hot, 1957 Witness for the Foreign Affair, 1948 The Emperor Waltz, 1945 The Lost Prosecution, 1957 Love in the Afternoon, 1957 The Spirit of St. Weekend, 1945 Death Mills, 1944 Double Indemnity, 1943 Five Louis, 1955 The Seven Year Itch, 1954 Sabrina, 1953 Stalag 17, Graves to Cairo, 1942 The Major and the Minor, and 1934 1951 Ace in the Hole, 1950 Sunset Blvd., 1948 A Song Is Born, Mauvaise graine. 1948 A Foreign Affair, 1945 The Lost Weekend, 1944 Double Indemnity, 1943 Five Graves to Cairo, 1941 Hold Back the Wilder—DOUBLE INDEMNITY—2 RAYMOND CHANDLER (b. Raymond Thornton Chandler, July Decision, 1948 The Naked City, 1947 A Double Life, 1947 Brute 23, 1888, Chicago, Illinois—d. March 26, 1959, La Jolla, Force, 1947 The Macomber Affair, 1947 Song of Scheherazade, California) earned 35 film and TV writing credits, including 1946 The Killers, 1946 The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, 1945 1978 The Big Sleep (novel), 1975 Farewell, My Lovely (novel), The Lost Weekend, 1945 Spellbound, 1945 Lady on a Train, 1973 “Double Indemnity” (TV movie), 1973 The Long Goodbye 1944 Double Indemnity, 1943 So Proudly We Hail!, 1943 (novel), 1969 Marlowe (novel), 1959-1960 “Philip Marlowe” (26 Sahara, 1943 Five Graves to Cairo, 1942 Jungle Book, 1940 The episodes), 1951 Strangers on a Train (screenplay), 1947 Lady in Thief of Bagdad, 1939 The Four Feathers, 1937 Knight Without the Lake (novel), 1946 The Big Sleep (novel), 1946 The Blue Armor, 1937 Thunder in the City. Dahlia, 1944 Murder, My Sweet (novel), and 1944 Double Indemnity (screenplay). He was best known as a novelist. JOHN F. SEITZ (b. John Francis Seitz, June 23, 1892 in Chicago, Illinois—d. February 27, 1979, Woodland Hills, JAMES M. CAIN (b. James Mallahan Cain, July Los Angeles, California) John F. Seitz was the 1, 1892 in Annapolis, Maryland—d. October cinematographer on 163 titles, including 1960 27, 1977, University Park, Maryland) earned Guns of the Timberland, 1959 Island of Lost 31 writing credits, including 2004 Swing My Women, 1958 The Badlanders, 1955 Hell on Swing High, My Darling (novel), 1995 Girl in Frisco Bay, 1955 The McConnell Story, 1955 the Cadillac (novel), 1982 Butterfly (novel), Many Rivers to Cross, 1954 Saskatchewan, 1953 1981 The Postman Always Rings Twice Botany Bay, 1952 Thunder in the East, 1952 The (novel), 1973 “Double Indemnity” (TV movie) San Francisco Story, 1951 Detective Story, 1951 (novel), 1968 Interlude (screenplay), 1949 When Worlds Collide, 1950 Sunset Blvd., 1950 Everybody Does It (story), 1947 Out of the Captain Carey, U.S.A., 1949 The Great Gatsby, Past, 1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1948 Night Has a Thousand Eyes, 1948 Saigon, (novel), 1945 Mildred Pierce (novel), 1944 1948 The Big Clock, 1945 The Lost Weekend, Gypsy Wildcat (screenplay), 1944 Double 1944 Casanova Brown, 1944 Hail the Conquering Indemnity (novel), 1943 Ossessione (novel), Hero, 1944 Going My Way, 1944 Double and 1939 Stand Up and Fight (screenplay). Indemnity, 1944 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, 1943 Five Graves to Cairo, 1942 Star Spangled MIKLÓS RÓZSA (b. April 18, 1907 in Rhythm, 1942 The Moon and Sixpence, 1942 This Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]— Gun for Hire, 1941 Sullivan's Travels, 1939 The d. July 27, 1995, Los Angeles, California) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1938 A received 3 Academy Awards—1946 Best Christmas Carol, 1938 Young Dr. Kildare, 1937 Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Madame X, 1937 Between Two Women, 1935 Picture for Spellbound (1945), 1948 Best Redheads on Parade, 1933 Dangerously Yours, Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy 1931 Misbehaving Ladies, 1930 Kismet, 1926 The Picture for A Double Life (1947), and 1960 Magician, 1923 Where the Pavement Ends, 1922 Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for Ben- The Prisoner of Zenda, 1921 The Four Horsemen of the Hur (1959). He was a member of the music departments on 104 Apocalypse, 1917 A Game of Wits, 1917 The Bride's Silence, titles, among them 1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, 1917 Whose Wife?, 1916 The Ranger of Lonesome Gulch (short), 1977 Providence, 1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, and 1916 The Quagmire (short). 1959 Ben-Hur, 1957 Zombies of Mora Tau, 1956 Lust for Life, 1956 Bhowani Junction, 1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the EDITH HEAD (b. Edith Claire Posener, October 28, 1897, San Keystone Kops, 1954 Beau Brummell, 1954 Men of the Fighting Bernardino, California—d. October 24, 1981, Los Angeles, Lady, 1953 El Alaméin, 1953 Mission Over Korea, 1947 Song of California) won 8 Academy Awards—1950 Best Costume Scheherazade, 1945 A Song to Remember, 1944 Dark Waters, Design, Black-and-White for The Heiress (1949), which she 1941 Major Barbara, 1941 The Saint's Vacation, 1940 The Thief shared with Gile Steele, 1951 Best Costume Design, Black-and- of Bagdad, and 1938 Drums. White for All About Eve (1950), which she shared with Charles In addition, Rózsa composed the music for 94 titles, Le Maire, 1951 Best Costume Design, Color for Samson and including 1989 Gesucht: Monika Ertl (documentary), 1982 Dead Delilah (1949), which she shared with Dorothy Jeakins, Eloise Men Don't Wear Plaid, 1981 Eye of the Needle, 1979 Time After Jensson, Gile Steele, and Gwen Wakeling, 1952 Best Costume Time, 1979 Last Embrace, 1978 Fedora, 1977 The Private Files Design, Black-and-White for A Place in the Sun (1951), 1954 of J. Edgar Hoover, 1977 Providence, 1973 The Golden Voyage Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for Roman of Sinbad, 1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, 1968 The Holiday (1953), 1955 Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Green Berets, 1963 The V.I.P.s, 1962 Sodom and Gomorrah, for Sabrina (1954), 1961 Best Costume Design, Black-and- 1961 El Cid, 1961 King of Kings, 1959 Ben-Hur, 1959 The White for The Facts of Life (1960), which she shared with World, the Flesh and the Devil, 1958 A Time to Love and a Time Edward Stevenson, and 1974 Best Costume Design for The to Die, 1957 Tip on a Dead Jockey, 1957 Something of Value, Sting (1973). Head was the costume designer on 437 titles, 1956 Lust for Life, 1956 Bhowani Junction, 1956 Diane, 1954 including 1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, 1927 Wings, and Men of the Fighting Lady, 1953 Knights of the Round Table, 1925 The Golden Bed. 1953 Julius Caesar, 1951 Quo Vadis, 1950 The Asphalt Jungle, FRED MACMURRAY...Walter Neff (b. Fredrick Martin 1949 Adam's Rib, 1949 Madame Bovary, 1948 Command MacMurray, August 30, 1908, Kankakee, Illinois—d. November Wilder—DOUBLE INDEMNITY—3 5, 1991, Santa Monica, California) was in 98 films and tv series, 1932 Forbidden, 1931 Ten Cents a Dance, 1931 Illicit, 1930 including 1978 The Swarm, 1973 Charley and the Angel, 1960- Ladies of Leisure, 1929 Mexicali Rose, 1929 The Locked Door, 1972 “My Three Sons” (380 episodes), 1963 Son of Flubber, and 1927 Broadway Nights. 1961 The Absent Minded Professor, 1960 The Apartment, 1959 Face of a Fugitive, 1956 There's Always Tomorrow, 1954 The EDWARD G. ROBINSON...Barton Keyes (b. Emmanuel Caine Mutiny, 1948 An Innocent Affair, 1948 The Miracle of the Goldenberg, December 12, 1893 in Bucharest, Romania—d. Bells, 1947 The Egg and I, 1946 Smoky, 1945 Murder, He Says, January 26, 1973, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) appeared 1944 And the Angels Sing, 1944 Double Indemnity, 1944 in 114 films and tv series, among them 1973 Soylent Green, 1972 Standing Room Only, 1941 Dive Bomber, 1941 One Night in Neither by Day Nor by Night, 1971 “Rod Serling's Night Lisbon, 1941 Virginia, 1939 Cafe Society, 1938 Men with Wings, Gallery” (TV series), 1970 Song of Norway, 1969 Mackenna's 1937 True Confession, 1936 The Texas Rangers, 1936 The Trail Gold, 1968 It's Your Move, 1967 Operazione San Pietro, 1965 of the Lonesome Pine, 1935 The Gilded Lily, 1935 Grand Old The Cincinnati Kid, 1964 The Outrage, 1964 Cheyenne Autumn, Girl, 1929 Tiger Rose, 1929 Why Leave Home?.
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