Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder

Although his career spanned fifty years and included more than fifty films, Austrian-American film director Billy Wilder (1906–2002) may be best known for the legendary shot of Marilyn Monroe's dress billowing over a subway grating in The Seven Year Itch (1955). This "shot seen round the world" is representative not only of Hollywood's golden era of cinema but also of one of its most prolific and brilliant directors. Wilder, whose filmography includes such classics as Sunset Boulevard (1950...