For the 2nd year in a row, the ‘Cubish duo’ Aurora aka @CitizenScreen of Once Upon A Screen and yours truly of Outspoken & Freckled aka @IrishJayhawk66 are so in awe of the mega talents of writer/director Billy Wilder that hosting a birthday party blogathon in his honor is simply a must! I think Billy would appreciate the best gifts are those in the form of words about film, don’t you agree?

My lovely co-host Aurora kicked off the day shift of this birthday blogathon bash (see her post here ) as she has been tweeting out fab tweets all afternoon of our talented participants, and now passes the baton to me. Look for my tweets this evening at @IrishJayhawk66 for additional participants as they trickle in.

So let’s honor him and continue this ‘Wilder birthday party’ by reading all of these fascinating posts on all things Wilder…

Wilder Entries

Movie Movie Blog Blog – “Straight Down the Line” – The Importance of Dialogue in Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity

Mib’s Instant Headache – Witness for the Prosecution

By Jeff a guest post on Once Upon a Screen – Considering the Cult Movies of Billy Wilder

Dial M for Movies – Billy Wilder vs. Censorship

Moon in Gemini – Remembering My First Movie: Irma La Deuce

Movie Movie Blog Blog – Billy Wilder and the Marx Brothers – A Match Almost Made in Heaven

Love Letters to Old Hollywood – Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche are John Barrymore’s parents in… Midnight (1939)

Cinephilia – Reaching for the Moon

Pop Culture Reverie – A Foreign Affair

Girls Do Film – Billy Wilder and The Apartment: “Shut Up and Deal”

Goose Pimply All Over – The Seven Year Itch

Movie Rob – The Private Lives of Sherlock Holmes

Wide Screen World – Stalag 17

Caftan Woman – Rhythm on the River and The Emperor Waltz

The Stop Button – Five Graves to Cairo

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque – One, Two, Three

Old Hollywood Films – The Fortune Cookie

Movie Rob – Buddy Buddy

In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood – Midnight

Serendipitous Anachronisms – The Private Lives of Sherlock Holmes

A Shroud of Thoughts – The Apartment

Twenty Four Frames – The Major and the Minor

The Wonderful World of Cinema – Love in the Afternoon

Silver Screenings – Billy Wilder’s Life-Affirming Ninotchka

Critica Retro – Kiss Me, Stupid

The Cinematic Frontier – Sunset Blvd.

Outspoken & Freckled – Some Like it Hot

Shadows and Satin – Famous Couples of Noir: Norma and Joe (and possibly Joe and Betty, too!) in Sunset Boulevard

Cinephiled – The Major and the Minor

Stars and Letters – Correspondence on The Spirit of St. Louis

Flickin’ Out – The Lost Weekend

Almost Ginger – Some Like it Hot

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