Category Archives: Second Takes

  Nov. 21, 1940: "Arise, My Love." Look! It's Rube Wolf! "You'll like it, I promise," — Philip K. Scheuer

Aug. 21, 1940, a half-page ad for "Rhythm on the River" and no sign of Billy Wilder's name anywhere. If you didn't know, you probably wouldn't guess from this clip that Wilder was involved in this film. Not a trace … Continue reading →

   Dec. 5, 1939: "Ninotchka" opens tomorrow! And no, not a word about the screenwriters in this anonymous review, which appeared in The Times on Dec. 7, 1939. "I still remember the day of the funeral," Billy Wilder said of … Continue reading →

Sept. 16, 1939: The Times' review lists Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder for the first time.

Photograph by Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times Billy Wilder, Dec. 17, 1999, at Louis Stern Fine Arts in West Hollywood. Note: I had so much fun posting a month's worth of Times stories about Raymond Chandler that I thought … Continue reading →