TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilder,Billy
AU  - Frisch,Shelley
AU  - Isenberg,Noah
TI  - Billy Wilder on Assignment: Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna 
SN  - 9780691194943
AV  - PN4725 
U1  - 073 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Austria
KW  - Vienna
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Germany
KW  - Berlin
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Theater
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Alfred Henschke
KW  - Arthur Rosson
KW  - Asta Nielsen
KW  - Berliner Börsen Courier
KW  - Berliner Zeitung
KW  - Bertolt Brecht
KW  - Cameron Crowe
KW  - Claude Anet
KW  - Conversations with Wilder
KW  - Der Prinz von Wales geht auf Urlab
KW  - Der Querschnitt
KW  - Die Bühne
KW  - Die Stunde
KW  - Felix Holländer
KW  - Henny Porten
KW  - John van Druten
KW  - Klabund
KW  - Kurt Gerron
KW  - Lotte Reiniger
KW  - Love in the Afternoon
KW  - Marlene Dietrich
KW  - Ole and Axel
KW  - Pat und Patachon
KW  - Paul Whiteman
KW  - Roaring Twenties
KW  - Rosa Valetti
KW  - Tempo
KW  - The Winged Horseman
KW  - Threepenny Opera
KW  - Toni Girardi
KW  - Weimar Germany
KW  - feuilleton
KW  - interwar Austria
KW  - interwar Vienna
KW  - tabloids
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Editor’s Introduction --; I. Extra! Extra! Reportage, Opinion Pieces, and Features from Real Life --; II. Portraits of Extraordinary and Ordinary People --; III. Film and Theater Reviews --; Translator’s Note --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Acclaimed 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 "Billie") 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691214559?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691214559
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691214559/original
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