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  Tamiroff, Akim, 43, 348

  Taylor, Don, 144, 353

  Taylor, Elizabeth, 245

  Taylor, John Russell, 31, 106

  Taylor, Samuel, 153–54, 315, 354, 363

  Taylor, William Desmond, 110

  Teal, Ray, 353

  Technicolor, 91, 92, 350, 360, 364, 365

  television, 112, 209, 251, 284

  Temple, Shirley, 34

  Tempo (Berlin tabloid), 4, 7

  Terry, Alice, 118

  Terry, Phillip, 78, 350

  Teufelsreporter, Der [The Daredevil Reporter] (film), 6

  Thatcher, Torin, 357

  That Lady in Ermine (film), 96

  Thief of Bagdad, The (film), 47

  Thoeren, Robert, 211, 357

  Thomas, Bob, 144

  Thomas, Frankie, 348

  Thomas, Kevin, 338

  Thompson, George, 73, 350

  Thompson, Thomas, 278

  Thornton, Frank, 363

  Three Coins in the Fountain (film), 167

  Three Comrades (film), 43

  Tiffin, Pamela, 254, 359

  Titanic (film; 1953), 127

  Todesmühlen, Die [Death Mills] (Wilder/Borger documentary film), 85–86

  To Each His Own (film), 100

  To Kill a Mockingbird (film), 311

  Toland, Gregg, 29

  Tomasini, George, 149, 353

  Tom Jones (Fielding novel), 270

  Tom Jones (film; 1963), 270

  Tomlinson, Doug, 228, 229–30

  Tone, Franchot, 43, 45, 348

  Tonge, Philip, 357

  Toones, Fred, 350

  Torn Curtain (film), 296

  Touch of Evil (film), 205

  Toumanova, Tamara, 296, 362

  Tover, Leo, 36, 347

  Tranquillo posto di campagna, Un [A Quiet Place in the Country] (film), 318

  Transamerica Corporation, 322

  Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins (Murray and Brucker), 130

  Trauner, Alexander

  The Apartment and, 234, 237, 242, 244, 358

  Fedora and, 327, 328, 365

  Irma la Douce and, 262, 360

  Kiss Me, Stupid and, 271, 360

  Love in the Afternoon and, 186, 190, 356

  One, Two, Three and, 251–52, 253, 257, 359

  The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and, 298, 304, 362

  Witness for the Prosecution and, 201–2, 357

  Tremayne, Les, 362

  Trouble in Paradise (film), 19

  Truffaut, François, 11, 173, 195

  Tryon, Thomas, 324, 326, 365

  Trzcinski, Edmund, 142, 145, 150, 154, 353, 354

  Tucker, Harland, 352

  Tufts, Sonny, 355

  Turner, Adrian, 185

  Turner, Lana, 62

  Tuttle, Lurene, 361

  Tutweiler, Thomas, 181, 183, 355

  Twentieth Century–Fox, 15, 34, 55, 127, 196

  Fedora and, 328

  The Seven Year Itch and, 165, 168, 169, 171, 174, 354

  Two Guys from Milwaukee (film), 187

  “Two Views of a Director,” 140

  Tyler, Parker, 68

  Tyler, Walter, 351, 354

  Ulmer, Edgar, 7, 9, 151

  Underwood, Agnes, 353

  United Artists (UA), 196, 211, 246

  The Apartment and, 232, 239, 243, 245, 358

  Avanti! and, 322, 363

  Fedora and, 329, 364

  The Fortune Cookie and, 286, 361

  Irma la Douce and, 264, 359

  Kiss Me, Stupid and, 276

  One, Two, Three and, 359

  The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and, 295, 301, 302, 362

  Some Like It Hot and, 213, 214, 224, 357

  Witness for the Prosecution and, 357

  See also Mirisch Company

  Universal Pictures, 6, 213, 311

  Berlin office, 5

  Fedora and, 324, 326, 333

  The Front Page and, 309, 311, 322, 363

  Universum Film-Aktiengesellschaft [Universal Film-Production Company] (Ufa), 1, 8, 15, 22, 41

  Dreier at, 62

  A Foreign Affair in style of, 101

  Jewish employees purged from, 10

  Pommer at, 101

  scriptwriters, 211

  story department, 9

  Wilder as screenwriter at, 187, 326, 333, 344

  Untouchables, The (TV series), 214

  Valentino, Rudolph, 43, 117–18, 119

  Valley, Richard, 297

  Van Eyck, Peter, 48, 348

  Van Huesen, James, 350

  Varden, Norma, 348, 357

  Varney, William, 363

  Veevers, Wally, 362

  Velsa, Paul, 347

  Venice Film Festival, 140

  Ventura, Lino, 333, 335

  Vermilyea, Harold, 351

  Vertigo (film), 154

  Vidor, King, 234, 235

  Vienna, 2, 4, 30, 142

  in The Emperor Waltz, 93

  psychoanalysis and, 284, 310

  ravaged by World War II, 89

  Vizzard, Jack, 274, 291

  Vohs, Joan, 354

  voice-over narration

  in Ace in the Hole, 131

  in Double Indemnity, 64

  in Irma la Douce, 265

  in The Lost Weekend, 81

  in Love in the Afternoon, 192, 195

  in One, Two, Three, 254, 255

  in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, 302

  in Sabrina, 162

  in The Spirit of St. Louis, 180

  in Sunset Boulevard, 110, 116, 121

  Vranitzky, Franz, 344

  “Waiter, Bring Me a Dancer: The Life of a Gigolo” (Wilder article series), 4

  Walker, Nella, 354

  Wall, Jean, 347

  Wallis, Hal, 264, 268

  Walsh, Frank, 279

  Walsh, Raoul, 122

  Walston, Ray, 240, 273, 358, 361

  Walter, Alexander, 191, 362

  Walter, Ernest, 298, 299, 300, 302, 304

  Walterschausen, Wolfgang, 7, 8

  Wanger, Walter, 232

  Ward, E. Clayton, 355

  Ward, James, 361

  Warner, Frank, 363

  Warner, H. B., 122, 352

  Warner, Jack, 75, 179, 181, 182, 184, 185

  Warner Bros., 47, 75, 175, 177, 215

  gangster pictures, 250

  The Spirit of St. Louis and, 180, 182, 188, 355

  Was Frauen träumen [What Women Dream] (film), 10

  Waterman, Willard, 359

  Watson, Bobby, 352

  Watson, Lucile, 94, 351

  Watts, Charles, 356

  Waxman, Franz, 10, 47, 336

  Love in the Afternoon and, 190, 191, 195, 356

  Mauvaise graine and, 11, 347

  The Spirit of St. Louis and, 184, 185, 356

  Stalag 17 and, 149–50, 353

  Sunset Boulevard and, 119–20, 121, 125, 352

  Wayne, David, 310, 364

  Way We Were, The (film), 335

  W.C. Fields (film), 324

  Webb, Jack, 352

  Weber, Francis, 333, 365

  Wedding March, The (film), 44

  Wedell, Susan, 361

  Wee Willie Winkie (film), 34

  Welles, Orson, 43, 90, 205, 291

  Weltner, George, 152

  West, Judi, 287, 361

  West, Mae, 111–12, 218

  Western films, 6, 188, 201, 251, 317

  Weston, Jay, 333, 365

  West Side Story (musical film), 283

  Wheeler, Lyle, 355

  Where I Live (film), 239

  Where Love Has Gone (film), 274

  White, David, 359

  Whiteman, Paul, 4, 90, 191

  Whitney, Grace Lee, 360

  Widmark, Richard, 194

  Wilde, Oscar, 121, 141, 325

  Wilder, Audrey Young (second wife), 86–87, 92, 202, 280

  in Love in the Afternoon, 356

  Monroe and
, 222

  Wilder, Billy

  Academy Awards and, 2, 84, 85, 151, 244–45, 323

  affinities with characters in films of, 110, 129–30

  American popular culture and, 13, 135, 177

  awards received by, 1–2, 343–44, 407n4

  in Berlin, 1, 4–10, 25, 27, 53, 74, 307, 334

  biographers, 3, 169

  death, 305, 344–45

  directorial debut in Hollywood, 31, 34, 36–37

  on director’s tasks, 33

  disguise as recurring theme, 39, 42

  early years, 2–5

  English language and, 13–14, 15, 16, 130, 135, 146

  on erosion of social values, 59

  as film apprentice in Berlin, 5–6

  final years, 341–44

  on first scenes in pictures, 45

  flight from Nazi Germany, 10

  as freelancer, 322, 324

  Hawks as collaborator, 29–31

  on Hollywood as factory, 341

  as Hollywood immigrant, 12–17

  interviews, 323–24, 332

  as jazz enthusiast, 3, 4, 30, 223, 239, 312

  Jewish family background, 5, 10, 16

  journalistic writings, 4, 44

  Leisen as collaborator, 24–29

  Lubitsch as collaborator, 1, 20–24, 249

  male friendship in films of, 68, 282, 290, 296–98, 308, 313, 333, 334

  marriages, 16, 86–87

  on moral messages in films, 244

  on moviegoing audiences, 322, 342

  naming of characters, 233

  in New York City, 12

  opinion of Americans, 193–94

  Oscar nominations, 28

  in Paris, 10–12

  as producer, 216–17

  recurring themes in films of, 138

  reputation as world-class director, 345

  sardonic humor of, 35, 84, 126

  screenwriters’ relationships with, 56–57, 199

  as scriptwriter, 1, 6–10, 15, 16–17, 19–20, 333

  studio executives and, 148

  upbeat endings to depressing stories, 81, 242, 289

  U.S. Army and, 83, 85–86, 97

  on voice-over narration, 64

  wisecracks and insults from, 155, 165, 188, 199

  women, relationships with, 3, 16, 76, 86, 92, 301

  Wilder, Eugenia (mother), 2, 21

  Wilder, Hubert (half-brother), 3

  Wilder, Judith Iribe (first wife), 16, 86

  Wilder, Maximilian (father), 2, 5

  Wilder, Victoria (daughter), 16, 86

  Wilder, Wilhelm [Willie] (brother), 2, 12, 151

  “Wilder, W. Lee,” 12

  Wilder-Brackett script collaboration, 16–17, 26–27, 216

  Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife, 17, 19–22

  The Emperor Waltz, 89–91, 95, 96–97, 350

  end of, 126–27, 130, 141

  Five Graves to Cairo, 42–51, 348

  A Foreign Affair, 98–99, 107, 351

  Hold Back the Dawn, 24, 26, 27–29

  The Lost Weekend, 67, 70, 71, 73, 74–75, 80, 349

  The Major and the Minor, 34–41, 347

  Midnight, 24–26, 27

  Ninotchka, 22–24

  Sunset Boulevard, 109–11, 118–19, 120

  Wilder-Diamond script collaboration, 187, 342–43

  The Apartment, 231–32, 233, 358

  Avanti!, 316–18, 321, 363

  Buddy Buddy, 334, 365

  Fedora, 324, 325, 327, 365

  The Fortune Cookie, 281–83, 282–83, 361, 362

  The Front Page, 309–11, 364

  Irma la Douce, 261, 360

  Kiss Me, Stupid, 270–71, 361

  Love in the Afternoon, 187–89, 356

  One, Two, Three, 249, 250–51, 253–54, 359

  The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, 294, 296–98, 362

  Some Like It Hot, 189, 211, 212, 215–16, 228–29, 357

  Williams, Charles, 239

  Williams, John, 161, 354, 357

  Williams, Tennessee, 224, 275

  Wills, Beverly, 358

  Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (film), 175

  Wilson, Harry, 358

  Winters, Ralph, 311, 312, 318, 327, 363, 364

  Wisdom, Philip, 348

  Wise, Robert, 154

  Witness for the Prosecution (Christie short story and play), 196, 197–98, 199, 207, 357

  Witness for the Prosecution (Wilder film), 196, 216, 236, 357

  Academy Awards and, 208–9

  cast, 198–99, 282, 357

  characters and plot, 206–8, 357

  cost of film rights, 261

  editing, 206, 357

  film noir tradition and, 208

  flashback in, 200–201, 251

  musical score/songs, 200, 357

  photography, 201, 206, 357

  production crew, 201–2, 357

  screenplay/shooting script, 197, 199–201, 357

  set design, 201–2, 357

  surprise ending, 205–6, 209

  Wolf, Manny, 15, 16

  Wolfe, Ian, 357

  Wolter, Ralf, 249, 359

  Wood, Allen K., 358, 360, 361

  Wood, Ean, 103

  Wood, Leo, 358

  Wood, Sam, 117

  Wood, Tom, 116, 124, 169

  Woolfolk, Alan, 59

  World of Henry Orient, The (film), 334

  World War I, 2, 41, 42, 106

  World War II, 30, 100, 179

  film noir and, 59, 64

  Hollywood actors’ service in, 201

  Lindbergh and, 178

  sexuality and, 98

  Stalag 17 set in, 142

  Wilder films set in, 42–51

  Worth, Lathrop, 350

  Wrigley, Dewey, 351

  Writers Guild of America, 186, 343, 345

  Wuthering Heights (film), 29, 36

  Wyler, William, 36, 85, 156, 245, 279

  on death of Lubitsch, 96

  Friendly Persuasion, 195

  Wylie, Philip, 73

  Wyman, Jane, 75, 83, 104, 350

  Yarnell, Bruce, 266, 360

  Yeck, Joanne, 342

  York, Michael, 327, 330, 331, 365

  Young, Mary, 350

  Young, Victor, 93, 350

  Zanuck, Darryl, 165, 166, 167, 171, 174

  Zerneck, Peter von, 351

  Zinnemann, Fred, 7, 13, 245, 324

  Academy Awards and, 151

  on coming of sound movies, 8–9

  From Here to Eternity, 151, 172

  The Search, 113

  Zolotow, Maurice, 3, 26