Billy Wilder on Assignment (eBook)

Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna

Billy Wilder (Autor)

Noah Isenberg (Herausgeber)

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2021
224 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21455-9 (ISBN)

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A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, chosen by Tom Stoppard"e;A revelation."e;-Marc Weingarten, Washington PostAcclaimed film director Billy Wilder's early writings-brilliantly translated into English for the first timeBefore Billy Wilder became the screenwriter and director of iconic films like Sunset Boulevard and Some Like It Hot, he worked as a freelance reporter, first in Vienna and then in Weimar Berlin. Billy Wilder on Assignment brings together more than fifty articles, translated into English for the first time, that Wilder (then known as "e;Billie"e;) published in magazines and newspapers between September 1925 and November 1930. From a humorous account of Wilder's stint as a hired dancing companion in a posh Berlin hotel and his dispatches from the international film scene, to his astute profiles of writers, performers, and political figures, the collection offers fresh insights into the creative mind of one of Hollywood's most revered writer-directors.Wilder's early writings-a heady mix of cultural essays, interviews, and reviews-contain the same sparkling wit and intelligence as his later Hollywood screenplays, while also casting light into the dark corners of Vienna and Berlin between the wars. Wilder covered everything: big-city sensations, jazz performances, film and theater openings, dance, photography, and all manner of mass entertainment. And he wrote about the most colorful figures of the day, including Charlie Chaplin, Cornelius Vanderbilt, the Prince of Wales, actor Adolphe Menjou, director Erich von Stroheim, and the Tiller Girls dance troupe. Film historian Noah Isenberg's introduction and commentary place Wilder's pieces-brilliantly translated by Shelley Frisch-in historical and biographical context, and rare photos capture Wilder and his circle during these formative years.Filled with rich reportage and personal musings, Billy Wilder on Assignment showcases the burgeoning voice of a young journalist who would go on to become a great auteur.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.4.2021
• Einführung: Noah Isenberg
• Übersetzer: Shelley Frisch
• Zusatzinfo: 14 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: acronym • Actor • adjutant • Adolphe Menjou • Advertising • Alexanderplatz • Alfred Henschke • A Little Game • Allan Dwan • american folk music • Animation • Anita Loos • announcer • A Royal Scandal • art film • Arthur Rosson • Asta Nielsen • Augusto Genina • August Strindberg • A. W. Sandberg • Berliner Börsen Courier • Berliner Zeitung • Bertolt Brecht • Billy Wilder • Bottle • Brigitte Helm • Cameron Crowe • Carl Laemmle • Charlie Chaplin • child actor • circus clown • Claude Anet • Clothing • Coat (clothing) • Cockade • coffeehouse • Conversations with Wilder • Cost Estimate • Country Home (magazine) • Curt Bois • Customer • Der Prinz von Wales geht auf Urlab • Der Querschnitt • Dictatorship • Die Bühne • Die Stunde • Douglas Fairbanks • dramaturge • Droll • D. W. Griffith • Edmund Goulding • Elsa Wagner • Entertainment • Episode • Erich Maria Remarque • Erich von Stroheim • Ernst Lubitsch • Essay • Farce • Felix Holländer • Fern Andra • Feuilleton • Fiddle • film industry • Film stock • film studio • Foolish Wives • Forefather • Franziska (play) • Fritz Arno Wagner • Fritz Kampers • Fritz Kortner • Fritz Mauthner • Fritz Rasp • Futurist • Georg Jacoby • Gloria Swanson • Grete Mosheim • Grock • G. W. Pabst • handkerchief • Heinrich von Kleist • Henny Porten • His Wife's Lover • Hotshot (stock character) • Humour • I. A. L. Diamond • Impresario • interwar Austria • interwar Vienna • In the Air (DMA's song) • Jacques Feyder • john van druten • Journalism • Journalist • Kitsch • Klabund • konstantin stanislavsky • Kurt Gerron • Kurt Weill • Landing area • lapel • laughter • Leather • Lighting • Literature • Lon Chaney • Lotte Reiniger • Love in the Afternoon • Marlene Dietrich • Mary Carr • Max Reinhardt • meal • medal • Middleman • month • Mr. • My Father • Necktie • Neighbor • nevsky prospect • newspaper • Norma Shearer • nostril • Number 2 (Austin Powers) • Ole and Axel • On Assignment • Outfit (retailer) • Patina • Pat und Patachon • Paul Whiteman • people on sunday • Peter Lorre • Physiognomy • Plenty (play) • Pomade • Prater • Publishing • Queen Kelly • Repertoire • Roaring Twenties • Robert Scholz • Robert Siodmak • Rosa Valetti • Sake • saxophone • Say Uncle • screenwriter • Sea of Galilee • Shirt • shoe • Silent Film • sound effect • steering • Subtitle (captioning) • Sunset Boulevard (musical) • Tabloids • Tailor • Tatarstan • Technology • Tempo • Theater am Schiffbauerdamm • The Lookalike • The Love of Jeanne Ney • The Other Hand • the threepenny opera • The Winged Horseman • Threepenny Opera • Three Times • Tiller Girls • Title role • Toni Girardi • To this Day • Travel • trousers • Udine • Variety Show • Vossische Zeitung • Walter Rilla • Way Out (TV series) • Weimar Germany • Werner Krauss • Willy Fritsch • Wolfgang Zilzer • Xenia Desni
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21455-7 / 0691214557
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21455-9 / 9780691214559