WILDER ABOUT WILDER
GREAT MOVIES DIRECTED BY BILLY WILDER
A FILM LECTURE SERIES
PRESENTED BY CINEMA ENTHUSIAST DOUG SWISZCZ
WEDNESDAYS AT 6:30 PM
May 7th: DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) - Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray star in a prototypical film noir about murder, lust, and greed. (107 minutes – black & white)
May 14th: SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) - Gigolo William Holden becomes involved in silent screen star Gloria Swanson’s attempted comeback on the big screen in this dark look at the underbelly of the Hollywood movie industry. (110 minutes – black & white)
May 21st: ACE IN THE HOLE (1951) - Kirk Douglas plays a ruthless journalist out for the “big story” in this unsettling look at sensationalism in the media. (111 minutes – black & white)
May 28th: SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) - Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe star in a comedy about two guys who try to hide from mobsters by disguising themselves as women. (120 minutes – black & white)
June 4th: THE APARTMENT (1960) - Jack Lemmon hopes to rise up the corporate ladder by letting boss Fred MacMurray use his apartment for romantic trysts. With Shirley Maclaine.(125 min. – black & white)
