TURNER TO AIR 11-FILM BILLY WILDER MARATHON THIS WEEK.Byline: David Kronke Television Writer Turner Movie Classics will remember Oscar-winning legend Billy Wilder Noun 1. Billy Wilder - United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002) Samuel Wilder, Wilder , who died in Beverly Hills last Wednesday, with an 11-film retrospective Wednesday and Thursday nights. Most of the movies air in the middle of the night, so fire up your TiVos and VCRs. The schedule: Wednesday 8 p.m.: ``Some Like It Hot,'' the classic cross-dressing comedy with Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis. 10:15 p.m.: ``The Apartment,'' 1960's Oscar winner for best picture, a black comedy about office and sexual politics starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray. Thursday 12:30 a.m.: ``The Lost Weekend,'' Ray Milland's Oscar-winning wallow wallow mud bath frequented by pigs, elephants, red deer, hippopotami as a cooling aid. in booze and self-pity. 2:15 a.m.: ``Double Indemnity A term of an insurance policy by which the insurance company promises to pay the insured or the beneficiary twice the amount of coverage if loss occurs due to a particular cause or set of circumstances. Double indemnity clauses are found most often in life insurance policies. ,'' a razor-sharp film noir starring Fred MacMurray as an insurance salesman lured into a murder scheme by Barbara Stanwyck. 4:15 a.m.: ``The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes,'' a later Wilder entry that takes a melancholy approach to the famous sleuth. 6:30 a.m.: ``One, Two, Three,'' the story of a panicky Coca-Cola executive in Berlin, starring James Cagney. 8:30 a.m.: ``The Spirit of St. Louis Spirit of St. Louis Charles Lindbergh’s plane. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 287] See : Aviation ,'' retelling re·tell·ing n. A new account or an adaptation of a story: a retelling of a Roman myth. of Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight, with Jimmy Stewart. 11 a.m.: ``Irma la Douce a. 1. Sweet; pleasant. 2. Sober; prudent; sedate; modest. And this is a douce, honest man. - Sir W. Scott. ,'' romance in which Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine again struggle with love, only this time she's a prostitute. 1:30 p.m.: ``The Fortune Cookie,'' a comedy about insurance fraud in which Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau do what they do best - aggravate each other. 4 p.m.: ``A Foreign Affair,'' in which Jean Arthur heads to Berlin to investigate life, post-World War II, and falls for Marlene Dietrich. 6 p.m.: ``A Witness for the Prosecution,'' the courtroom thriller based on an Agatha Christie novel starring Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power and Charles Laughton. |
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