| 单词 | Wilder |
| 例句 | "So, you're going to memorize a poem," Mr. Stessman continued, pausing a moment to smile down at Park like Gene Wilder in the chocolate factory. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Wilder talked mechanically, not hearing his words, thinking only of Williamson running down the hill and climbing back to tell what he had found. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The results of a puzzle about beavers drew a frown from Wilder. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, as she stared at Richard’s picture, Wilder’s eyes filled with tears. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Wilder knelt and took the old man’s hand. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z They were led by Alice Wilder, director of research for the show, a lively dark-haired woman who had just finished her doctorate in education at Columbia University. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s just passed away; his heart,” said Wilder, watching her. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z When the phone reached Wilder, she gave a start of recognition. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Here was Hinkston Creek and Lustig Corners and Black River and Driscoll Forest and Peregrine Mountain and Wilder Town, all the names of people and the things that the people did. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilder and Gilman had presented the clues in the order that the script had stipulated: ice, waddle, then black and white. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Wilder stood looking first at Mrs. Hathaway and then at her son and her two tall, quiet-moving daughters. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilder and way harder than any kid in my year, even Ross Wilcox. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I liked the Laura Ingalls Wilder stories and the We Were There series about kids who lived at great historical moments, but my very favorite was Black Beauty. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Captain Wilder nodded at two of his men. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Wilder sat feeding little sticks into the fire. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilder, who majored in gender studies in college, had been working with students to show support for Sasha. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They walked up the hill, Hathaway and Captain Wilder, the twenty crew members following, taking deep breaths of the thin, cool morning air. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whatever happened to Captain Wilder?” she asked finally. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Among them was the family of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who later wrote Little House on the Prairie based on her experiences. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Your clincher clue was waddle? That seems to work,” Wilder responded. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Wilder could easily order the grenades tossed. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Wilder called to the rocket, “Abandon ship!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The man next to him whispered, “Captain Wilder, that can’t be right.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilder moved off some distance and confronted Spender. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilder then turned to Sherman, who had given her clues in a different order: black and white, ice, waddle. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Wilder looked off toward a dead city a mile away. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilder glanced at her hands, the soft warm hands and the fine manicured nails and the tapered wrists. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Hathaway shielded his eyes and at last said, “Captain Wilder!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who is it?” asked Captain Wilder, and jumped down and stood there looking at the old man. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Christine commuted from Portsmouth for a short time before moving her family to Hampton after Sue Wilder tipped her off on a house for rent in her neighborhood. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z First and foremost, Wilder was a wonderful actor who took risks playing different roles, most of which are iconic. Readers reflect on the staying power of Beatlemania and mourn the loss of Gene Wilder 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z At least one is considered an ally of Mr. Wilder, who recently helped organize and moderate a mayoral forum. Who Will Tell the Story of Slavery? 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z The suggested route “took the family south from New York State through the great Smoky Mountains, then west to Mansfield, Missouri. Williams found Mrs. Wilder weeding her garden.” Garth Williams, Illustrator of American Childhood 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z With its mix of down-home coziness and violent desperation, “Girl” brings to mind a fraught collaboration by Thornton Wilder and Eugene O’Neill, with a dash of William Saroyan’s whimsy. Review: In ‘Girl From the North Country,’ Rolling Stones Gather Regrets 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z In his memoir, Mr. Wilder writes that he’s at a loss “to fully explain why the project got so badly bogged down.” Who Will Tell the Story of Slavery? 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z In his recent play “Middletown,” now in its Seattle premiere at ACT Theatre, Will Eno cleverly and sincerely pays homage to Wilder’s classic, borrowing and riffing on some of its signature features. ‘Middletown’ at ACT: A little Thornton Wilder, a little Beckett 2013-09-09T21:26:13Z The title of Wilder’s film is taken from stud poker and refers to Tatum’s search for the competitive edge in the ruthless game of selling news to the public. Kirk Douglas: why his finest role was as a cynical newspaper hack 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z As well as the river of your ancestors and your past, as Thornton Wilder says, You step into the river of time and you step out. Q & A: Rosanne Cash Talks About Her New Album, The River and the Thread 2014-01-15T17:25:41Z Also in this Sunday’s issue, Charly Wilder visits Wroclaw, a Polish city with an emerging cafe culture and booming night life. Sunday Preview 2010-04-23T22:00:00Z An obituary on Tuesday about the actor Gene Wilder misstated the year of the film “Stir Crazy,” in which he starred with Richard Pryor. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Wilder boldly took the American dream and 18th-century individualism to include herself, and wrote without apology about the daily lives of women and girls. The Little House books as feminist classics 2012-12-28T22:55:10Z Following the announcement of his death, celebrities mourned Wilder on social media. Celebrities Pay Tribute to Gene Wilder After His Death 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z So why not close with a handful of Billy Wilder quotes as my way of thanking him for having played such a large role in getting me involved with this delightful mess of a profession. Blogging "City Island": Until we meet again! 2010-05-03T18:04:00Z A year ago, when Deontay Wilder was preparing for the biggest fight of his career, he tried to get into character. Knockouts in the Concussion Age 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Wilder died Sunday at age 83 of complications from Alzheimer's disease. 'Willy Wonka,' 'Blazing Saddles' in theaters this weekend 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Wilder, from Framingham, Mass., said she “felt very much at ease” that night, too. Two Lives, Parallel for Years, Finally Converge 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Their Broadway musical, "Promises, Promises," an adaptation of Billy Wilder's film "The Apartment," opened on Broadway on Dec. 1, 1968, and ran through 1971. Hal David, 91, award-winning songwriter dies 2012-09-02T02:37:03Z Soon he was auditioning for the director Tyrone Guthrie and given his first Broadway role, in “The Matchmaker,” Thornton Wilder’s comedy about a widowed merchant’s search for a new wife. Robert Morse, Impish Tony-Winning Comedy Star, Is Dead at 90 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z As noted in “Another Day’s Begun,” Howard Sherman’s new book about “Our Town,” Holbrook played Thornton Wilder’s narrator, the Stage Manager, on three occasions, the last at Hartford Stage in 2007. Perspective | From Twain to Deep Throat, Hal Holbrook left an indelible mark on American entertainment 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z But perhaps equally deserving was Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, a film that turned a mirror on the industry itself. The nine greatest best picture winners at the Oscars 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z In 2008 Mr. Wilder was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, the nation’s highest honor for a jazz musician. Joe Wilder, Horn Player, Dies at 92; Elegance Was His Theme Song 2014-05-10T00:40:17Z In 1942, Ms. Scott was the understudy for Tallulah Bankhead in the Broadway production of Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth” but had no chance to substitute. Lizabeth Scott, Film Noir Siren, Dies at 92 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The Wilder we meet is the shade of a man who was too frightened to talk of such things, who wrote a famous play about a town where none of the characters loved like him. Review: ‘O Earth,’ a Riff on ‘Our Town’ 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z “It isn’t true that Hollywood is a bitter place, divided by hatred, greed and jealousy,” the director Billy Wilder once observed. Peter Bogdanovich, 82, Director Whose Career Was a Hollywood Drama, Dies 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z His first name came from the main character of Thomas Wolfe’s novel “Look Homeward, Angel,” although Mr. Wilder later wrote in a memoir that his psychoanalyst suggested another reason: His mother’s name was Jeanne. Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The musicians, however, consider "Wilder Mind" a natural evolution, not gear-changing revolution. For Mumford & Sons, dropping banjos for synths on next album is a natural move 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Billy Wilder has 13, and no one else is in double digits. A brief history of screenwriting and the Oscars 2014-02-26T22:03:43Z It was nominated for 11 Oscars — all four leads snagged acting nods — and won three, including for the eminently quotable screenplay by Wilder, Charles Brackett and D.M. Analysis | The newly relevant relationship between Trump and ‘Sunset Blvd.’ 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z “However, I am relieved that when Fox finally did receive the information, the studio took appropriate action by deleting the scene featuring Wilder prior to release of the film,” she added. Shane Black cast sex offender in “The Predator,” Fox edited out actor after Olivia Munn found... 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z But the 1971 movie musical, which starred Gene Wilder, who died Monday, was so popular, especially in the United States, that the stage adaptation is being reworked to more closely reflect it. Beyond ‘Wonka’: They Want Every Kid to Know Roald Dahl’s World 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z “I told him a little bit about ‘Some Like It Hot,’” Wilder recalled. We Still Like It Hot 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Adapted from the classic 1959 Billy Wilder film, “Some Like It Hot” follows two musicians who, while fleeing the mob, disguise themselves as women. In ‘Some Like It Hot,’ J. Harrison Ghee Brings Their Whole Self 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z The source material for this justly beloved musical, Thornton Wilder's "The Matchmaker" might be wry and a tad sardonic. This Dolly hits all the high notes 2010-12-28T15:32:00Z In conjunction with the show, but well before it, “The Cremaster Cycle” will be screened in its entirety from April 21 to 23, at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum. Matthew Barney, Artist and Ex-Boyfriend, Gets Museum Show in Los Angeles 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z That’s partly because of the staging by Mr. Cromer, who brought an understated, compelling inventiveness to Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” in 2009 and, more recently, the exquisite musical “The Band’s Visit.” Review: ‘Man From Nebraska’ Delivers a Midlife Crisis of Faith 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Both bands are constants throughout “Wilder Mind,” imitated in spirit and style, particularly on the echoey, cavernous “Believe,” which is Coldplay cosplay, with an uncanny approximation of the Edge on lead guitar. ‘Wilder Mind’ is the de-Mumfordization of Mumford & Sons 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z A new biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder “refreshes and revitalizes” our understanding of westward expansion, pioneer life and the literature that mythologized it. The Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2017 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Kerr also turned down the choice role of Charles Lindbergh in Billy Wilder's The Spirit of St Louis, because, he explained, "the American hero was sympathetic to Nazi Germany". John Kerr obituary 2013-02-10T16:26:52Z The other Hollywood adaptation is “Some Like It Hot,” based on the 1959 Billy Wilder comedy. 7 Musicals Head to Broadway This Fall, but 100 More Lie in Wait 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Our Town Actors Co-op opens its 25th season with Thornton Wilder’s classic American drama. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 11-18: 'Teatro Moz' and more 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Wilder himself was writing about a way of life 30 years earlier. A Terrorized British City Turns to an All-American Play for Healing 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Despite the challenges, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, with Wilder and Chandler sharing a nomination for their screenplay. Vineyard Theater Casts Its Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Maybe that's not exactly what Wilder was trying to say that live people don't understand, do they? Heather Havrilesky asks a radical, essential question: “What If This Were Enough?” 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Jordan Wilder, 27, an investment banker, arrived for an appointment. Windsor Custom at the Ainsworth 2011-12-14T23:34:36Z The Bond girl in this book is Wilder Lawless, a girl who owns a horse called Martini. Young Bond: Silverfin by Charlie Higson - review 2013-03-24T15:00:00Z After Army service in a psychiatric ward, Mr. Wilder picked up his theatrical career and appeared in several Broadway productions. Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z But Wilder doesn’t have the stage presence to make Francis’s antics riveting. ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ at 1st Stage If Wilder had hammed that up it would have ruined it. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Wilder, who also co-wrote the script with Charles Brackett, avoids inserting a host of unnecessary dramatic conflicts into the story and focuses on the grimy day-to-day minutiae of being an alcoholic. My favorite best picture Oscar winner: The Lost Weekend 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z “Billy Wilder opened with narration on almost every movie, because he sets the scene.” After Turbulent Flight, ‘Finding Neverland’ Alights on Broadway 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z They even recite a boiled-down version of the famous graveyard scene from Thornton Wilder’s classic drama, “Our Town.” ‘Next Fall’ a skillful blend of wit, drama and family 2013-03-15T22:54:19Z He also mentioned “Sunset Boulevard,” the 1950 Billy Wilder film noir, which was nominated for best picture but did not win. Trump Denounces Oscar Winner ‘Parasite’ 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Wilder was a last-minute fill-in as the "Waco Kid" in Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" in 1974, and with Brooks wrote the screenplay for "Young Frankenstein" released later that year, also to big box office returns. Gene Wilder, star of 'Willy Wonka,' 'Blazing Saddles,' dead at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Godey’s dress patterns, school exam nerves, the incredible taste of an orange, a town rising one storefront at a time — readers of Wilder’s work will savor the connections. Linda Sue Park Rewrites ‘Little House on the Prairie’ with an Asian-American Heroine 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z “There are such fantastic stories to be found,” said Forrest Wilder, editor of the Austin-based Observer, which recently became a mostly digital operation, still publishing in print six times a year. Perspective | Most of America’s landscape is rural. But journalists don’t go there very often. 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z “Billy Wilder on Assignment” shows us exactly where he was coming from, and it’s great fun to find out. Review | Before Billy Wilder ventured behind a camera, he was a precocious journalist honing his sharp wit 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z The other two playwrights who received the medal were Thornton Wilder and Lillian Hellman. Playwright Edward Albee to receive MacDowell medal 2011-04-12T22:56:56Z Born Jerome Silberman to Russian immigrants in Milwaukee, Wilder studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre in Bristol, England, and then studied method acting at the Actors Studio. Gene Wilder, star of 'Willy Wonka,' 'Blazing Saddles,' dead at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Sikov isn’t alone in seeing, as he puts it, “a streak of misogyny” in Wilder’s career, though I see him as an equal opportunity cynic, one who gave women fantastic roles. We Still Like It Hot 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z When he got there, Mr. Perlman said he noticed Ms. Wilder “immediately across the museum’s outdoor lawn,” in part thanks to her “contagious laugh you could hear two city blocks away.” Two Lives, Parallel for Years, Finally Converge 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z He fell out with director Billy Wilder during the production of Double Indemnity and threw the studio into crisis while struggling to complete The Blue Dahlia. A Mysterious Something in the Light: Raymond Chandler, A Life by Tom Williams – review 2012-08-16T07:00:01Z “I think it is quite a wonderful piece of hyperbole to be told your film is too dark to be a movie,” Mr. Wilder wrote in an e-mail. Amanda Seyfried Plays Linda Lovelace in Biopic 2012-02-12T07:53:05Z Moreover, as directed by Doug Wilder, the scenes don’t always interlock as crisply as they should, sapping some of the play’s vigor. 1st Stage’s ‘Take Me Out’ swings for the fences but falls short in some areas The Producers soared when Wilder’s mousy character let loose. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z While Wilder describes the events, she doesn't talk about how bad it got for Charles Ingalls. Little house of maybe: "American Masters" on fact, fiction and the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z The album strikes a balance with a few new songs, including Haggard's "The Only Man Wilder Than Me" and "Missing Ol' Johnny Cash," an honest but unsentimental ode to their mutual friend. Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard are country kin on 'Django and Jimmie' 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z "We learn from the people we like," Paisley said, of the model for his "H20II: Wetter and Wilder" tour. Brad Paisley is hero to sons for songs on "Cars 2" 2011-06-16T05:46:51Z Wilder focuses on the process of illusion to reveal to us the vision that art can bring to our habit-deadened lives. Deaf West and Pasadena Playhouse populate 'Our Town' with fresh faces 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Translated from the German by Shelley Frisch, with an informative introduction by editor Noah Isenberg, “Billy Wilder on Assignment” is the first anthology to collect Wilder’s newspaper work in a single volume. Review | Before Billy Wilder ventured behind a camera, he was a precocious journalist honing his sharp wit 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z But the memoir that Wilder drafted during the first year of the Depression, in her tidy longhand, filling a series of school notebooks, was never published until now. The Clunky Memoir That Became “Little House on the Prairie” 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z While Keating and Wolf Tuton stuff their tight trousers into high boots, the wilder-looking Wilder is in a baggy camouflage jumpsuit, unleashing guitar licks that veer between hair metal and reggae. Yeasayer 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z Kane, 64, was only 25 by the time it wrapped, but getting that call from Wilder still felt to her like "a second chance," she said. Carol Kane says Gene Wilder gave her a second chance 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z “When I first met Mel Brooks, he told me that, in his eyes, I was like a sheep surrounded by wolves,” Wilder recalled. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The journey Wilder takes us on through the cycle of life in an ordinary American town is too emotionally pure to resist. Deaf West and Pasadena Playhouse populate 'Our Town' with fresh faces 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z For an addiction that affects around one in 12 Americans, there’s a remarkable lack of genuinely well-constructed films about the effects of alcoholism and Wilder’s intent initially wasn’t one of nobility. My favorite best picture Oscar winner: The Lost Weekend 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z In the midst of this pastoral scene was a large wooden artwork called #Untitled 158 by Scottish artist Aeneas Wilder. Sculpture from the saddle: a cycling and art tour of Belgium 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z “My job was to make him more subtle,” Mr. Wilder once said. Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Outraged by the rise of Geert Wilders and his far-right Freedom Party in the Netherlands, Riemen wrote an acidic pamphlet, “The Eternal Return of Fascism,” in 2010 that provoked alarm and sparked debate across Europe. The Sickness of Our Time: Is It Populism or Fascism? 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z But when Wilder's routine hiccuped regularly in the 1960s, he lost that explosive snap in his barbed approach. Hey, Cameron Crowe -- why don't you just get back to work? 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z On this night, The Wilder Blue & John Baumann performed a blend of classics and originals that recalled Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, or the Doobie Brothers. Take Me to the (Lazy) River 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z “Appropriate” will be the first play he has written to be staged on Broadway, although he contributed material to a recent Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth.” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Paula Vogel Are Broadway Bound 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z He adores Billy Wilder, Martin Scorsese and James Whale, who made the classic 1930s horror movies that Brooks both parodies and honours in Young Frankenstein. Mel Brooks: ‘Donald Trump doesn't scare me. He's a song-and-dance man' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z The baby dinosaur in Thornton Wilder’s play “The Skin of Our Teeth” is a sweetheart, domesticated as a dog. Best Theater of 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Much of its “Saturday Night Live” coverage seems familiar, and its treatment of her marriage with Gene Wilder is tentative. Review: In ‘Love, Gilda,’ a Portrait of a Brief and Brilliant Career 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z He credited director Billy Wilder with opening the door to other roles when Wilder cast him as Sherlock Holmes' brother, Mycroft, in the 1970 film “The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.” Christopher Lee dies at 93; screen star of 'Dracula' and 'Lord of the Rings' 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Brooks’s original reaction to the idea, Mr. Wilder recalled, was noncommittal: “Cute. That’s cute.” Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Wilder, William Wyler, Zinnemann, George Stevens, Clint Eastwood and Lee all won multiple Oscars while uppity auteurs waited for their names to be called. Cooperation and creative versatility distinguish winning directors 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Billy Wilder’s comedy about two musicians who witness a mob hit and go into hiding by dressing as women and joining an all-girl band has one of the best closing lines in cinema. Top 10 Cross-Dressing Movie Performances 2011-11-11T06:42:07Z His score for a movie short about the primitive artist Grandma Moses, orchestrated by Mr. Wilder, became the semiclassical “New England Suite.” Hugh Martin, Songwriter, Dies at 96 2011-03-14T15:55:12Z And Mr. Wilder certainly knew a lot about Freud. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The major American film companies had grown allergic to festivals and were reluctant to be on the slate, including United Artists, which refused to submit Billy Wilder’s “The Fortune Cookie,” for consideration. In 60th Year, New York Film Festival Stays True to Its Mission 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z But The Hollywood Reporter said the movie was “brilliantly funny,” adding that “Wilder presents a perfect parody of the gunslinger, with heavily lidded and steely blue eyes and a lethargic self-assurance.” Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The wall behind is studded with framed pictures: a peroxide Penélope Cruz; a signed portrait of Billy Wilder. Pedro Almodóvar: ‘I can no longer hide’ 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Wilder himself hatched the idea, envisioning a black-and-white film faithful to the look of the Boris Karloff “Frankenstein,” down to the laboratory equipment, but played for laughs rather than for horror. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Director Billy Wilder’s finest work finds the late pal of the late Walter Matheau lending his apartment out to his work’s top executives who are all looking to carry out their love affairs. Bah, Humbug: 12 Movies for the Holiday Blues 2013-12-20T18:09:17Z The producer David Merrick was impressed, and asked him to compose samples for a musical based on “The Matchmaker,” Thornton Wilder’s farce about a widowed matchmaker who makes a match for herself. Jerry Herman, Composer of ‘Hello, Dolly!’ and Other Broadway Hits, Dies at 88 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z But she divorced Smith, and soon she and Wilder, himself twice divorced, moved in together. Inside Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner's Romance 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z When Mr. Wilder hears the verdict, he pops his eyes and tilts his body forward. Gene Wilder’s Understated Nuttiness 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Wilder's world is full of the imprint of the female hand. The Little House books as feminist classics 2012-12-28T22:55:10Z Speaking to The New York Times about his teapot tempest, Wilder wondered if the studio was afraid of the “snobbish, intellectual” types who attended the festival, quipping that “my picture was not made in Czechoslovakia.” In 60th Year, New York Film Festival Stays True to Its Mission 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The painterly tableau lends a dignity to Wilder’s tale that keeps it from getting philosophically corny. Deaf West and Pasadena Playhouse populate 'Our Town' with fresh faces 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z But after Wilder argued for almost half an hour in favor of the bit, Brooks left it in—figuring if Wilder was so passionate about it, it must be right. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z This 1971 movie classic stars Wilder as the eccentric title character, owner of a chocolate factory as famous as Hershey’s. Spare Times for Children Listings for Nov. 25-Dec. 1 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Laura Ingalls Wilder's books have danger and love and bears in them, but all I remember of them with real clarity is the food, and the wonderful piercing hunger it produced. Katherine Rundell's top 10 descriptions of food in fiction 2013-07-23T14:23:39Z Imagine Thornton Wilder without the radicalism, William Inge without the melancholy, Lillian Hellman without the flash. Review: ‘Morning’s at Seven’ Awakens Again, Only to Hit Snooze 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z I’d like to think that what would matter to Wilder in this debate would be not the institutionalized glory of an award bearing her name but the needs of children. Perspective | Yes, ‘Little House on the Prairie’ is racially insensitive — but we should still read it 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z It’s that the playing styles and the blocking aren’t as precisely calibrated as they need to be in a production that complicates Wilder’s already daring stage plan. Deaf West and Pasadena Playhouse populate 'Our Town' with fresh faces 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z This now is how Wilder rolls: with statement pieces. Deontay Wilder’s Costume Was Heavyweight Camp 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The last 100% black and white best picture winner before The Artist was Billy Wilder’s The Apartment at the 1961 awards. The Oscars' love affair with monochrome is not black and white 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Chastised by her father, who brought the family from Morocco to the Netherlands, for participating in an online protest, Layla shoots back with a reference to Geert Wilders, the right-wing, anti-Islam politician. Turning Points: Three Movies Centering on Young Women 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Portal began selling “quirky, figurative work” just off Bond Street in 1959, Ms. Wilder said. For Galleries, a Central London Presence Is a Dying Tradition 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Heard one song at a time, “Wilder Mind” builds convincing dramas. Review: Mumford & Sons Lose the Twang in ‘Wilder Mind’ 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z This brings to mind Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” as does the staging of a wedding and a funeral in the final scenes. Theater Review: ‘Bridges of Madison County’ Brings Iowa to Broadway 2014-02-21T03:00:02Z Photograph: c20thCFox/Everett/Rex Features When male grooming mogul Damian Wilder is found perplexingly bludgeoned, shot and burgled, it looks like Castle and Beckett might need a third brain to help unravel it all. TV highlights 28/12/2012 2012-12-21T10:08:17Z Two of the book’s touchstones, the Harrison Ford vehicle “Air Force One” and the frontier romances of Laura Ingalls Wilder, conjure sanitized visions of U.S. history. Can One Sentence Capture All of Life? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Yet its owner, V.C.U. — where the School of Government and Public Affairs is named after Mr. Wilder and where he teaches — was caught off guard by his formal announcement. Who Will Tell the Story of Slavery? 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z She died three days later, at 42, with Wilder at her side. Inside Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner's Romance 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Director Billy Wilder said of Swanson that there was “a lot of Norma in her”. Glenn Close: critical acclaim built on strength of character 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z It’s easy to see why Thornton Wilder chose Peterborough as the model for his play “Our Town.” High & Low | Peterborough, N.H.: ?Our Town? Is Yours, Too 2010-03-12T00:00:00Z Salinger, who died in 2010 at the age of 91, was famously protective of film rights to his greatest work, turning down offers from Billy Wilder, Harvey Weinstein, and Steven Spielberg during his lifetime. Nicholas Hoult to play JD Salinger in new biopic 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z A contest like this is like Billy Wilder’s poignant “The Apartment” taking the prize instead of Alfred Hitchcock’s game-changer “Psycho.” Top five most unjust awards: Tales of Oscar outrages past 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z In a hall of vanity mirrors, she delivers a diva turn playing fading screen icon Norma Desmond, originated by fading screen icon Gloria Swanson in Billy Wilder’s 1950 film. A divine showing of divas put the ‘broad’ in Broadway 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z "Joe DiMaggio, you know, he was watching it, and he didn't like it very much, his wife making a spectacle of herself," Wilder told Summers. The 6 most heartbreaking Marilyn Monroe moments from Netflix’s “The Unheard Tapes" documentary 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Then in 2002 he was cast as the eternal frat boy in Van Wilder: Party Liaison. Ryan Reynolds: ‘I’m good at being the butt of the joke’ 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Their Broadway musical, “Promises, Promises,” an adaptation of Billy Wilder’s film “The Apartment,” opened on Broadway on Dec. 1, 1968, and ran through 1971. Hal David, Award-Winning Lyricist, is Dead at 91 2012-09-01T23:03:16Z Wilder also offers two low-cost, old-school tricks to keep cool that require little more than water and air. Reclaim your outdoor space, even in the summer swelter, with these expert tips 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z That original “Producers,” released in 1967 with a very young Gene Wilder as Leo, was a staple of my youth. When We Laugh at Nazis, Maybe the Joke’s on Us 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The film was “The Producers,” and the supporting role brought Mr. Wilder an Academy Award nomination. Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Kaller’s direction grows more assured, and Wilder’s tale is stunningly reborn for a new era. Deaf West and Pasadena Playhouse populate 'Our Town' with fresh faces 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Billy Wilder sweet-talked his way into his singular life. Review | Before Billy Wilder ventured behind a camera, he was a precocious journalist honing his sharp wit 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Wilder attended Mastbaum Technical High School, which was known for its strong music program but, like most programs at the time, did not teach jazz. Joe Wilder, Horn Player, Dies at 92; Elegance Was His Theme Song 2014-05-10T00:40:17Z Gene Wilder's frank, charming memoir, "Kiss Me Like a Stranger," is refreshingly free from the two major sins of show-biz autobiographies: self-aggrandizement and score-settling. A charming, witty introduction to a 'Stranger' a la Gene Wilder 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Stoppard based his play on an 1842 Viennese comedy that was later adapted -- twice -- by Thornton Wilder, the latter adaptation of which became the basis for the musical, “Hello, Dolly!” Few sparks in 'On the Razzle' at Theatre West 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Early on seen rhapsodizing about Thornton Wilder’s then-contemporary play “Our Town,” Martin soon reveals a harder side, dismissing the threat to European Jews, making anti-immigrant comments and cruelly deriding his wife. Review | The drama of saving refugee children in 1939, and a journey that’s just as moving and meaningful today 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z “It’s conventional wisdom,” observed Howard Sherman, author of “Another Day’s Begun: Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’ in the 21st Century,” published early this year. Perspective | An ‘Our Town’ for our time, staged in the New England community that inspired it 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Along with everything else, Billy Wilder was an amazing magpie of a film-maker: everything from news stories about kids in wells to Hungarian one-act plays were grist to the mill. The best English-language remakes – ranked! 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z For some, this too muchness, married to Wilder’s bookish mischief, will pall. ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ Review: A Party for the End of the World 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Stewart’s book is adapted from Thornton Wilder’s play “The Matchmaker,” which is itself derived from other farcical properties. Bette Midler and 'Hello, Dolly!': A match that makes for Broadway heaven 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Wilder’s career faded in the 1980s after making a series of undistinguished films, several co-starring his third wife, “Saturday Night Live” cast member Gilda Radner. Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Add a few years of Stanislavsky-based training and you begin to understand why Wilder's funniest performances exude a whiff of melancholy. A charming, witty introduction to a 'Stranger' a la Gene Wilder 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z This powerful moment, which I missed the first time, immediately reminded me of Emily in Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” who returns painfully to a day in her life. My Bill Viola Video Marathon 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z From first frame to final, there is perhaps no better defining example of the manipulated man in the movies than in Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity." Ben Affleck gets the manipulated man's every twist and turn right 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Neither the magazine nor the star could know that, except for another Wilder comedy, Some Like It Hot, four years later, would be her last hit movie. Marilyn Monroe 50 Years Later: In TIME and Out of Time 2012-08-03T12:00:58Z Mr. Wilder was often called “the gentleman” by fellow musicians, who respected both his musicianship and his generous, self-effacing demeanor. Joe Wilder, Horn Player, Dies at 92; Elegance Was His Theme Song 2014-05-10T00:40:17Z But the only people who ever thought he was a good director, he says, were Oscar-winning director Billy Wilder, who also did comedy, and Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense and psychological thrillers. Mel Brooks: 'I'm finally getting recognized as a good director' 2013-05-14T13:02:16Z The influence of experimentalist forebears — Mac Wellman, Thornton Wilder — is palpable, and the show is playful with language and intonation, eager to juxtapose sense with nonsense. Exponential Festival: Unexpected Theater in Unfamiliar Real Estate 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Wilder played the arrogant Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, who had so distanced himself from his family that he insisted his last name be pronounced "Frankensteen." 'Young Frankenstein' has new life on 40th anniversary 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Wilders first gained notoriety – and support – with his abrasive attacks on Islam, which he sums up in a new book, “Marked for Death: Islam’s War against the West and Me.” Euro crisis? vultures 2012-05-17T15:25:00Z Speaking to a reporter at Yahoo, Wilder managed to ruminate a kind of upside. Deontay Wilder’s Costume Was Heavyweight Camp 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z In “Approaching the Elephant,” the director Amanda Rose Wilder embeds herself in a tiny New Jersey “free school” that practices a style of self-directed learning, an idea originated by anarchists in Barcelona in the 1900s. Review: In ‘Approaching the Elephant,’ an Experimental Classroom Jungle 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Billy Wilder was fond of a story involving the producer David O. Selznick. We Still Like It Hot 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z I saw a few lithographs at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, and later some paintings at the Nicholas Wilder Gallery in West Hollywood. Go to LACMA for John McLaughlin, possibly the most important postwar artist you don't know 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z But it went on to gain a devoted following, and Willy Wonka remains one of the roles with which Mr. Wilder is most closely identified. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Wilder was four times a great director, and several more times a very good one. Billy Wilder, still less than meets the eye 2012-06-08T23:05:00Z “Wilder Gone” is also from Dallas, which is to say from its history. Review: In ‘Wilder Gone,’ the Pull of Soil, Soul and Preacher Sex 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Yeasayer rehearsed songs while surrounding an interviewer who was perched on a road case, inches from Mr. Wilder’s guitar. 2010-01-30T00:57:00Z “I’ve been dancing here since I was like 10,” Wilder exclaimed. At Dance Place’s reopening gala, music and funky fashion “An audience is never wrong,” Billy Wilder said. Perspective | As theaters reopen, a crucial cinematic ingredient is back: The audience 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Billy Wilder, the film's director, did 14 takes – pausing between them to let the photographers shoot. Marilyn Monroe: proto-feminist? 2012-07-21T21:05:42Z His parents ran a prosperous farm in New York state, and for Wilder this meant that Almanzo had access to a quite unbelievable amount of food. The Little House books as feminist classics 2012-12-28T22:55:10Z "Archive Television Treasures" opens May 29 at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum with a rare screening of NBC's 1955 "Producers' Showcase" presentation of the live musical version of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town." Early-TV oddities, innovations to screen as part of UCLA archive's anniversary 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z Wilder died Sunday night of complications from Alzheimer's disease at age 83. Comic performer Gene Wilder kept his serious side off camera 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z She encouraged Wilder to recast the memoir as a series of “juveniles,” and, in the course of a decade, they cannibalized, sanitized, and romanticized “Pioneer Girl” for the “Little House” books. The Clunky Memoir That Became “Little House on the Prairie” 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Leon said he had long wanted to direct a Broadway production of “Our Town,” a 1938 play by Thornton Wilder. Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’ to Return to Broadway Next Fall 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z One thing that points to his greatness is finding that my children love Gene Wilder even more than I do. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z One of the most exciting workshops, Wilder hopes, is called the Soulmate Delusion. Let’s talk about intimacy – and why it makes for better love and sex 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z By 1980, Stuart was an independent producer and director whose credits include portraits for PBS' "American Masters" on artist Man Ray and the director Billy Wilder. Mel Stuart, director of 'Willy Wonka,' dead at 83 2012-08-10T13:42:47Z Not for nothing is the 1959 Billy Wilder film “Some Like It Hot” a classic. Review: In ‘Some Like It Hot,’ an Invitation to Liberation 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z When Mr. Wilder mentioned that he’d love to play Japan, Mr. Foster announced, “We just got a call from Japan today.” 2010-01-30T00:57:00Z In September, 1947, Williams and his wife and daughter went to meet Wilder and to research “the people, landscape, buildings, and artifacts that he would later need to draw.” Garth Williams, Illustrator of American Childhood 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z “Persephone Wilder was a person who uplifted the State Department by providing excellent support for her husband, her family and her peers.” Uprooted for Their Husbands’ Jobs, and Eager to Shine on Their Own 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z All of them said that his wife was “high-strung,” Wilder recalled, and kept telling her, “Go home and relax.” Inside Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner's Romance 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z It is a hip-hop piece inspired by the Billy Wilder comedy Some Like It Hot and called, you guessed it, Some Like it Hip-Hop. Nitin Sawhney to become associate director at Sadler's Wells 2010-06-28T15:17:00Z This sets Brooks to thinking about other friends who have passed away: Gene Wilder, of course, Zero Mostel long ago. 'Love and free food': Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner share the secrets of their 70-year friendship 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The first book in the “Little House” series began as a memoir that Wilder called “Pioneer Girl.” ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Wilder began writing her books after the deaths of her parents and beloved older sister, Mary. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z This thoroughly researched biography of the “Little House” author perceptively captures Wilder’s extraordinary life and legacy. 100 Notable Books of 2017 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z One day, while working on a construction job he hated, Wilder asked himself, “‘Who are Neil and I? The booming industry that veterans are tapping into 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z “Under the clever supervision” of Mr. Wilder, “the idea is run into a gleeful, tender and even sentimental film,” Bosley Crowther wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Friday 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z "But even if you play the Lexington for 200 people you're still supporting 10 different beer companies," Wilder points out. Yeasayer: men versus mammon 2012-07-26T19:30:03Z Hill does not focus much on the letters exchanged between Wilder and Lane during the writing and revising of the books, perhaps because of the scope of their correspondence. The reality behind Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House' books 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z In Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in the Big Woods I was enthralled by the descriptions of meat smoking, butter-churning and the putting away of provisions against the long, cold winter. Food writing, glorious food writing 2011-07-15T11:53:01Z He and Mr. Foner invited Mr. Wilder to speak on campus, and began discussing the possibility of the seminar. Columbia Examines Its Long-Ago Links to Slavery 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z She is bravely attempting to contextualize 21st-century horrors within the sort of existential framework in which Thornton Wilder and Edward Albee specialized. Review: ‘This Flat Earth’ Traces Childhood Fears No Parent Can Allay 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z But Brooks gave in because Wilder "never stopped annoying me," he said, laughing. 'Young Frankenstein' has new life on 40th anniversary 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z It was closer to Billy Wilder than Bergman, but maybe Wilder was the more fruitful model for Woody. David Thomson on Woody Allen 2011-03-10T22:12:01Z As Billy Wilder said of working with the unreliable Marilyn Monroe, "My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?" Up the junction 2010-04-03T23:05:00Z "What a comic, what a funny guy, all that stuff! And I'm not. I'm really not. Except in a comedy in films," Wilder said. Comic performer Gene Wilder kept his serious side off camera 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z In a June column, Trump biographer Timothy L. O’Brien recalls watching the Billy Wilder movie almost 20 years ago with the real estate dealer aboard his private plane. Analysis | The newly relevant relationship between Trump and ‘Sunset Blvd.’ 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Rose Wilder Lane’s astute and rigorous biographer, William Holtz, made a persuasive case, in “The Ghost in the Little House,” that Lane was her mother’s ghostwriter. The Clunky Memoir That Became “Little House on the Prairie” 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Those helped fill the mantel but have left him short of the recognition given Walt Disney, with his 26 statuettes, or even Billy Wilder, with 7, and Francis Ford Coppola, with 6. Holiday Movies: The Season of Spielberg 2011-10-28T16:42:47Z But when it comes to neediness, no one could top Wilder's third wife, comedian Gilda Radner, whose exuberant, exhausting personality dominates the book's three most interesting chapters. A charming, witty introduction to a 'Stranger' a la Gene Wilder 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z He was compulsive about preparing for movies and a supreme sufferer on camera, whether stabbed by scissors in Wilder’s “Ace in the Hole” or crucified in “Spartacus.” Kirk Douglas rose from poverty to become a king of Hollywood 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z In the breadth of his interests, he recalls directors like Lumet and Wilder. Cooperation and creative versatility distinguish winning directors 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Wilder’s confectionary comedy was the most popular of his plays on Broadway, where the original production ran for more than a year. Theater Review: ‘The Matchmaker’ at Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2012-08-26T21:36:37Z They don't make them like Gene Wilder anymore. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z “You can get away with a lot,” Mr. Wilder said, admiringly. Windsor Custom at the Ainsworth 2011-12-14T23:34:36Z Wilder apparently read each carefully, then suggested Albee write plays instead. The Tender Side of Edward Albee 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Wilder says that she spoke to her editors at the Associated Press about the attacks and felt they had her back. Perspective | Emily Wilder’s firing is a story of bad faith, not bad tweets. Newsrooms must do better. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z She herself has said that her inspirations include the American comic Andy Kaufman, as well as the Hollywood films of Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder, and the Berlin theater troupe Gob Squad. How ‘Toni Erdmann’ Became an Unexpected Comedy 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Geert Wilders, the golden-haired leader of the Dutch Freedom Party, has just brought down the right-wing coalition government that he had supported. Euro crisis? vultures 2012-05-17T15:25:00Z Consider Rose Wilder Lane’s distinctive manner of helping her parents financially. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z But what Mr. Wilder, blessed be his name, didn’t seem to understand is that the “element of actors looking for parts and not getting them” was the movie. Top 10 Cross-Dressing Movie Performances 2011-11-11T06:42:07Z The era comes to splendid life in “Some Like It Hot,” a new musical adaptation of the Billy Wilder film, now playing at the Shubert Theater. How ‘Some Like It Hot’ Tunes In to the Jazz Age 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Billy & Ray Director Billy Wilder and crime novelist Raymond Chandler collaborate on the classic 1944 film noir “Double Indemnity” in Mike Bencivenga’s comedy. L.A. theater openings, Oct. 9-16: Pat Kinevane's 'Underneath' and more 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Wilder grew up in the Midwest, trained at the Old Vic in England and brought classical stage technique to Brooks’s outlandish humor. Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Wilder, related Brooks, "wanted to do 'Puttin' on the Ritz' to show the prowess of the talent of the monster. I said no, no, no, we can't do that. It will make it silly." 'Young Frankenstein' has new life on 40th anniversary 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Helen class: Lead actress in a play went to Nanna Invarsson for “The Amish Project” at Factory 449, and lead actor was Doug Wilder for the antic “One Man, Two Guvnors” at 1st Stage. Small troupe wins big with 7 prizes at expanded Helen Hayes Awards 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z The following year, he donned women's clothing and sparred with Marilyn Monroe in one of the most acclaimed film comedies ever, Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot." Actor Tony Curtis dies at Las Vegas-area home 2010-09-30T13:20:00Z Wilder’s table marks a rite, like a sacrament, where a congregation of people figuratively and literally break bread. Eat Up! Drama is Served at These Family Dinners 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z He had an agent before he graduated and has been working steadily ever since, bouncing between theater, film and TV, studying performers like Gene Wilder, a castmate in Moss-Bachrach’s first onscreen appearance. Ebon Moss-Bachrach Gives ‘The Bear’ Its Abrasive Edge 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Movies by people like Billy Wilder, Wes Anderson, and Buster Keaton have given me color palettes, compositions, and a love of dry, deadpan humor. Mark Ulriksen’s “Downtime” 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z The answer to the second question was a resounding “no” for Jess Wilder, the owner of Portal Painters, which represents artists. For Galleries, a Central London Presence Is a Dying Tradition 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Cast members also read excerpts from Monroe's writings as well as observations of her from Billy Wilder, Arthur Miller and Lee Strasberg. 'Smash's' 'Bombshell' musical hits Broadway briefly; next stage in works 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Even Mr. Coward would be hard-pressed to one-up a line from a script by Mr. Wilder and Charles Brackett for “The Major and the Minor.” Longing for the Lines That Had Us at Hello 2010-10-19T22:25:00Z But Wilder takes this even further, showing how the family table is often where history repeats itself. Eat Up! Drama is Served at These Family Dinners 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Wilder was born in 1867 in Pepin County, Wisconsin, in what she would later call the "Little House in the Big Woods." Little house of maybe: "American Masters" on fact, fiction and the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Wilder's screenplay, which landed on the 2008 Black List of the best unfilmed scripts in Hollywood, is based on the book Ordeal: An Autobiography by Lovelace and Mike McGrady. Lindsay Lohan 'sacked from Linda Lovelace film' 2010-11-22T12:01:00Z It was there that Mr. Perlman proposed to Ms. Wilder, at the top of Aspen Mountain, on June 21, 2020, exactly two years to the day of their first encounter at the Cooper Hewitt. Two Lives, Parallel for Years, Finally Converge 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z A caretaker government has just announced a new austerity budget deal without Wilders, but any further uncertainty could cause the country to lose its highly prized AAA rating on government bonds. Euro crisis? vultures 2012-05-17T15:25:00Z The sketch begins with a shout-out to comedy icon Gene Wilder, who died on August 29 while the show was on summer hiatus. WATCH: Alec Baldwin’s perfect Donald Trump in “SNL” presidential debate cold open 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z And of course, there is Billy Wilder’s corrosive masterpiece, “Ace in the Hole,” a cynical treasure that cost him most of the goodwill he had earned from the previous 10 years of commercial success. When geniuses bomb 2012-06-12T14:00:00Z In February, the ALA announced that it was reconsidering the name of the Wilder Award. Perspective | Yes, ‘Little House on the Prairie’ is racially insensitive — but we should still read it 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z “I want to thank Billy Wilder, I want to thank Billy Wilder and I want to thank Billy Wilder,” said Michel Hazanavicius, the film’s director, in keeping with a self-referential theme that ruled the evening. ?The Artist? Wins Best Film at the Academy Awards 2012-02-27T05:27:18Z There’s a Wilder Kingdom When a Marriage Expands In Abby Rosebrock’s promising new play, “Different Animals,” a broke, deeply unhappy husband and wife in the South take on a couple of ill-fitting lovers. Theater Review: ‘Different Animals’ at Cherry Lane Studio 2013-05-15T20:20:54Z “At times I thought she was a baby,” Wilder wrote two years after her death. Inside Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner's Romance 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The same, despite the loathing they felt for one another, went for Wilder's productive teaming on Double Indemnity with another buttoned-up polar opposite, crime writer Raymond Chandler. Billy Wilder, still less than meets the eye 2012-06-08T23:05:00Z Billy Wilder must have had it up to here with the suits when he made this acrid comedy of corporate cronyism, from 1960. Movies 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z It's like a Billy Wilder film: other generations will understand immediately what's so good about it. Groundhog Day: the perfect comedy, for ever 2013-02-07T20:00:03Z There is also an echo of Wilder’s “The Long Christmas Dinner” in the new Noah Haidle play “Birthday Candles,” opening in April on Broadway. Thornton Wilder celebrated on 125th anniversary of his birth 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z AP leaders sent a memo this week to their staff of thousands across the globe, some of whom had protested Wilder’s firing. Perspective | Emily Wilder’s firing is a story of bad faith, not bad tweets. Newsrooms must do better. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z The making of “Sabrina” involved a pitched battle between the director Billy Wilder and the writer Ernest Lehman about whether the romance between Hepburn’s character and Humphrey Bogart’s would be consummated. Books of The Times: ?Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.? by Sam Wasson 2010-06-13T22:07:00Z Wilder passed away on August 29 at age 83 after complications with Alzheimer's disease. Bobby Vee Has Died 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Other comedians and actors joined in paying homage to Wilder, with some quoting his lines from various films. Celebrities Pay Tribute to Gene Wilder After His Death 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Her indelible performances as young Laura Ingalls Wilder in the 1970s TV hit “Little House on the Prairie” are what put her on an unlikely path that could, possibly, bring her to Washington. Melissa Gilbert won hearts as a child star. Can she win a seat in Congress? 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z The book is “Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography,” an expanded version of a memoir by celebrated “Little House on the Prairie” author Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura Ingalls Wilder finds new stardom in an old-fashioned way 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z So he didn’t make his first film with one of its stars, Gene Wilder, until they were paired in “Silver Streak.” ‘Becoming Richard Pryor,’ Scott Saul’s Biography 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Wilder remained a calm eye of the storm. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The Canadian made a name for himself in National Lampoon's Van Wilder 11 years ago, yet in some ways remains an unknown commodity and is not guaranteed to open a movie. The Conjuring terrifies US box office but RIPD is DOA 2013-07-22T11:35:05Z She tells how Baakari Wilder, a dancer in “Bring in ’da Noise/Bring in ’da Funk,” taught her that tap was her ancestral legacy, her African heritage. Review: Ayodele Casel Returns to the Joyce With ‘Chasing Magic’ 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Roughly five times a year, the author, who lives nearby in Keedysville, spends the day signing books at Turn the Page, the bookstore owned by her husband, Bruce Wilder, up the block from the inn. Nora Roberts Sparks Up Maryland?s Civil War Country 2010-04-29T22:12:00Z Almost any evening, somewhere in America, the curtain is going up on a play by Thornton Wilder. Thornton Wilder’s Optimistic Catastrophe: “The Skin of Our Teeth” 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z However peppy and farcical it gets, it is built on a strong foundation; Michael Stewart’s book draws heavily on the dramatic and real-world wisdom of its immediate source, Thornton Wilder’s “The Matchmaker.” Review: The ‘Dolly’ Parade Marches On, Now With a New Star 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Anthony Wilder is the founder and lead architectural designer of Anthony Wilder Design/Build in the Washington, D.C. area. Perspective | Q&A: Anthony Wilder on how the pandemic has changed remodeling (June 3 | 11 a.m. ET) 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z But the brothers Wilder were born with moxie in their blood. Review | Zeppelin is fun, but its sushi doesn’t quite fly 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z There were eight American films in the inaugural festival of 1946, including Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend, Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious and a Disney cartoon called Make Mine Music. Cannes and Hollywood: a feisty marriage 2013-05-14T08:00:03Z “We don’t want to get big just to get big,” Wilder says. José Andrés thinks food can fix the world, starting in Haiti He added that from Ms. Niven’s decade of research and writing, “Wilder does.” Penelope Niven, Carl Sandburg Biographer, Dies at 75 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z But he and Wilder are wary of diluting the quality that saw three of their restaurants ranked in the country’s top 15 in a recent poll of food bloggers. José Andrés thinks food can fix the world, starting in Haiti In seeking to illuminate Nabokov’s metamorphosis into an American writer, Roper also looks at how other creative Europeans such as filmmaker Billy Wilder managed this transition. ‘Nabokov in America’ looks at how U.S. shaped novelist 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The legendary Billy Wilder — Crowe's acknowledged idol — may have the best one-a-year track record in comedy history, aided by a studio system that fostered productivity. Hey, Cameron Crowe -- why don't you just get back to work? 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z The American Library Association drops Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name from a prestigious children’s book award over the author’s depictions of Native Americans and African Americans. From ‘Fire and Fury’ to a ‘Crazy Rich’ resurgence: The biggest book news of 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Those are among the first words of "By the Shores of Silver Lake," by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and they are haunting ones. Motherlode Blog: Scarlet Fever Probably Didn't Blind Mary Ingalls 2013-02-04T05:01:13Z He made nearly 30 films, with a screwball touch and a fondness for connivers and scoundrels, that often drew comparisons to the director Billy Wilder. Eldar Ryazanov, Russian Film Director Known for His Satire, Dies at 88 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z He was previously nominated for his Broadway debut in the 2010 revival of “Promises, Promises,” a musical adaptation of the Billy Wilder film “The Apartment.” Sean Hayes Wins Best Leading Actor in a Play for ‘Good Night, Oscar’ 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Mazza told Mr. Wilder a story: On a recent morning, he was walking toward the Fulton, another Paige restaurant in the financial district. Windsor Custom at the Ainsworth 2011-12-14T23:34:36Z "A Little House Christmas": This cheerful production features plenty of seasonal songs and is based on the "Little House on the Prairie" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Holiday theater: 11 SoCal shows to celebrate the season 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Matthew Wilder, director and screenwriter of Inferno, said on his Facebook page at the weekend that he had been forced to dismiss the actor due to her ongoing travails. Lindsay Lohan 'sacked from Linda Lovelace film' 2010-11-22T12:01:00Z The book contains dozens of imperishable phrases and judgments, but few stick in the mind like the opening of his Wilder demolition: "Billy Wilder is too cynical to believe even his own cynicism." Billy Wilder, still less than meets the eye 2012-06-08T23:05:00Z “It all started with Gene Wilder,” Brooks says of his friend, who died in August. Two perfect gifts for Halloween: ‘The Shining’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z “I remember very vividly going to a dinner that she had for Billy Wilder,” said Mr. Michaels, the creator of “Saturday Night Live.” Sue Mengers and the Hollywood Salon She Left Behind 2011-10-21T20:35:56Z That explains why Wilder, 30, is on a hot streak of funny parts. Perspective | You love theater? So do these 12 D.C. stage dynamos. 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z A 1974 film adaptation of the book, directed by Stanley Donen and starring Gene Wilder and Bob Fosse, will be screened next Friday. Spare Times for March 7-13 2014-03-06T23:40:03Z Marilyn Monroe shines in this classic romantic comedy by Billy Wilder. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Some Like It Hot’ and College Basketball 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z “I am really wanting to be on TV and film,” Wilder says. Perspective | You love theater? So do these 12 D.C. stage dynamos. 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z In between he was directed by the likes of Douglas Sirk, Stanley Kubrick and Billy Wilder. Tony Curtis: 'The king of cool is on his way up, with syrup' 2010-09-30T16:09:00Z Watching this production — and, true to the sentiment on that Route 101 sign, it’s a thriftily pleasing one — I was led as the sun set to what felt like a clarifyingly timeless thought from Wilder. Perspective | An ‘Our Town’ for our time, staged in the New England community that inspired it 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z On Friday at 7 p.m., a 1974 film adaptation of the book, directed by Stanley Donen and starring Gene Wilder and Bob Fosse, will be screened. Spare Times for March 14-20 2014-03-13T23:03:54Z On Glow, Netflix's new period series based upon the real-life league "Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling," Ruth Wilder takes that to heart. Review: Budget Wrestling Lights Up the Screen in Glow 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z She watched musicals, westerns and Wilder with her father and by the time she was a teenager Bejo had decided she wanted to act. Bérénice Bejo: 'The Artist was a gift. But I thought I was really good' 2013-05-25T18:00:02Z West is best ... the cast of Little House on the Prairie, adapted for television from the novels by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Children's summer book season is open 2010-07-30T15:40:00Z Billy Wilder once said, “You’re as good as the best thing you’ve ever done,” and Price would have always had his Munchkin credit to cling to, a buoy in choppy seas. “The Wizard of Oz,” the Last Munchkin, and the Little People Left Behind 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z They follow Florence and Mumford & Sons, who sent their third album Wilder Mind to number one earlier this year with some ease. British Rockers Muse Chart Finally Hit Number One With Their New Album 'Drones' 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z His chamber opera “Our Town,” based on the Thornton Wilder play and with a libretto by J.D. Ned Rorem, Composer Known for Both His Music and His Diaries, Dies at 99 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Wilder hopes his festival, in central London on 20-21 May, will herald “the next revolution we need to embark on – a revolution that will transform everything we thought we knew about sex”. Let’s talk about intimacy – and why it makes for better love and sex 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z The final scene, my memorable scene, has Wilder sitting on the sidewalk on skid row drinking a bottle of Woolite. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Sex has been centre-stage in western culture for decades, but what has been absent, according to Adam Wilder, creator of the world’s first Festival of Togetherness, is the magic element that makes it all meaningful. Let’s talk about intimacy – and why it makes for better love and sex 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Mission accomplished: “Wilder Gone,” the second of three productions in Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks festival this year, is a funny, strange and provocative new play by Angela Hanks, a living — and promising — young playwright from Dallas. Review: In ‘Wilder Gone,’ the Pull of Soil, Soul and Preacher Sex 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z He has defused the whole controversy, demonstrating Wilder's dominant role in the writing process, in a working arrangement that was always fraught. The Little House books as feminist classics 2012-12-28T22:55:10Z She died three days later on 20 May 1989, with Wilder holding her hand. ‘She was our Michelle Obama’: how Gilda Radner changed comedy for ever 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z The novelist didn’t like showing up at the writers’ building each day to find Wilder waiting for him, wearing one of those hats that he never took off. When Raymond Chandler Went to Work for Billy Wilder 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z “It gets worse,” Wilders said to a community that normally tells its younger generations “it gets better.” This is what it feels like at the Republican convention in Cleveland 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z My Christmas film of choice was rather Billy Wilder's The Apartment, its sweet-and-sour romanticism a safer bet than Capra's offering. Frank Capra at the BFI - review 2010-12-18T00:07:26Z Lileana Blain-Cruz’s revival of Thornton Wilder’s apocalyptic comedy fills the vastness of the Vivian Beaumont Theater with bold color and outsize scale as it follows an American family through assorted disasters of history. ‘I Want to Live in That Room’: Designers on Their Broadway Sets 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Renegotiating with Wilder, Andrés emerged as president of the company and opened restaurants on both coasts. José Andrés thinks food can fix the world, starting in Haiti A backdrop of verdant hills and melancholy sculpture should underscore Wilder’s exploration of life’s beauty and its evanescence. Spare Times for June 13-19 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z I once met Wilder one day on the plane going to Europe. 'I wanted to be Willy Wonka': how Gene Wilder inspired future pastry chefs 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z “The Long Christmas Dinner,” a comedy dappled with dolor, mostly comes off well until the director substitutes a sentimental ending for Wilder’s sad one, but “Pullman Car Hiawatha” is excruciatingly jollied up. Theater Listings for Jan. 1-7 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Laura Ingalls Wilder based her beloved "Little House on the Prairie" books on her actual experiences growing up on the American plains. Laura Ingalls Wilder's real-life memoir to be published 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z As glorious as Wilder's film is, this novel has a rare, dark beauty that deserves to be savoured on its own terms. Carlos Ruiz Zaf?n's top 10 20th-century gothic novels 2010-06-02T09:17:00Z After a moment, Wilder replied, "Worse. No more Lubitsch movies." Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director, Is Dead at 73 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Nothing wrong with that; Billy Wilder often led his characters into poisonous jungles of obsession, virtually daring the viewer to keep sympathizing with a decent fellow as he slips toward derangement. Review: Stay Away from the Horns of This Dilemma 2011-01-13T23:10:00Z In Billy Wilder’s comic film, “The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes,” Queen Victoria reacts with paradigmatic disgust when she learns about an undersea war machine disguised as the Loch Ness monster. ‘Truth thrives in the margins’ and other insights from a master essayist 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z In May 2019, Kendall Jenner was seen lounging near a pool in Cannes reading “Literally Show Me a Healthy Person” by Darcie Wilder. Kaia, Kendall and EmRata Are Taking a Page From Oprah 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Through a spokesman Mr. Cosby declined to be interviewed this week about the museum, referring questions to Mr. Wilder. Tax Bills Imperil Slavery Museum 2011-07-20T23:03:20Z My friend Julia, at her home resort of Ellmau in view of the jagged Wilder Kaiser range, taught me the basics of hearty mountain eating in Austria. Skiing the Alps, Making It My Own 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z "The album is a publicity event," says Anand Wilder, who also sings and plays a bit of whatever comes to hand. Yeasayer: men versus mammon 2012-07-26T19:30:03Z In its early sections, “Allegro” suggests a musical version of “Our Town,” Thornton Wilder’s 1938 cradle-to-grave drama of unsung American lives. ‘Allegro,’ a Rarely Staged Rodgers and Hammerstein Musical 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Watching this Tony-winning Broadway vet soak up the pleasures of playing the New York busybody — first dreamed up by Thornton Wilder in “The Matchmaker” — is touching. Review | Betty Buckley joins the ‘Hello, Dolly’ parade. And the pleasure of it doesn’t pass us by. 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Wilder's technical descriptions, from bobsleds and railroads to growing a giant milk-fed pumpkin or constructing a whatnot, can be hard to follow. The Little House books as feminist classics 2012-12-28T22:55:10Z A movie adaption quickly followed, as it did for his next novel, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," turned into the widely popular "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" film starring Gene Wilder. Against the bait and switch censorship of Roald Dahl 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z You can pay tribute to Gene Wilder, who died on Monday, by streaming classics like “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and “Blazing Saddles.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘You’re the Worst’ and Gene Wilder’s ‘Willy Wonka’ 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Also coming to auction is “Paregoric as Directed Dr. Wilder,” a 1962 painting by Jasper Johns, another longtime friend. Inside Art: Steven Cohen and Douglas Cramer to Sell Pieces at Christie’s 2012-09-20T22:59:26Z He enlisted Alfred Hitchcock, who acted as an advisor, and approached Billy Wilder to direct it. Five documentaries to watch in 2014 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z As a boy, Mr. Wilder was warned by a doctor that if he directed anger toward his emotionally fragile mother, it might kill her. Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z "I'm not terrified of my own death so much as the death of everyone I care about," Wilder says. Yeasayer: men versus mammon 2012-07-26T19:30:03Z Wilder said Brooks might not go for it; the agent contacted him anyway. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Owned and operated by Wilder, the store features an excellent collection of Civil War-related books, novels by Roberts, as well as under her pen name J.D. Boonsboro, Md.: A romantic small town with a thrilling literary touch 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The AP says it fired the recent Stanford University graduate for violating its social media policy while she worked there, though the news agency won’t say exactly which of Wilder’s posts was the problem. Perspective | Emily Wilder’s firing is a story of bad faith, not bad tweets. Newsrooms must do better. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Wilder Mind is a document of a band whose skill and curiosity are finally starting to catch up to its success—one that might actually be ready to lead its chosen genre. Review: Mumford & Sons Switch the Sound Up on 'Wilder Mind' 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Your obituary leaves out one of Mr. Wilder's most enchanting roles, that of the Fox in The Little Prince. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Is it any wonder Gene Wilder was skeptical of Mel Brooks’s ability to get The Producers made? Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z In this Billy Wilder classic, Jack Lemmon’s ambitious C. C. Baxter is climbing the Manhattan corporate ladder by lending his fully stocked bachelor’s apartment to managers at Consolidated Life, an insurance company. When the Office Holiday Party Goes Oh So Wrong, Onscreen 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z "And we're not that good at selling phones," Wilder chips in. Yeasayer: men versus mammon 2012-07-26T19:30:03Z Ace in the Hole, directed by the masterful Billy Wilder, creator of Sunset Boulevard and Double Indemnity, swiftly becomes a blistering portrayal of the dynamics of what we now call “a media circus”. Kirk Douglas: why his finest role was as a cynical newspaper hack 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z For Wilder, "The Seven Year Itch" was a title, not a state of fan anticipation. Hey, Cameron Crowe -- why don't you just get back to work? 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z There was no mistaking Mr. Wilder, even when it seemed like putting him in certain roles was a mistake. Gene Wilder’s Understated Nuttiness 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z There is an Iranian version of Hitchcock’s Vertigo, as well as a feminist version of Billy Wilder’s Sabrina, in which two sisters compete for the affection of the family chauffeur. How Iran's 'filmfarsi' remains the biggest secret in cinema history 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Blain-Cruz relegates Wilder’s emphasis on endurance for something more questioning, mostly by giving space to the questions that are already there. ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ Review: A Party for the End of the World 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z “I felt strangely connected to this person, but I had no idea why,” said Ms. Wilder, 38. Two Lives, Parallel for Years, Finally Converge 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z In 1991 Mr. Wilder married Karen Boyer, a hearing specialist who had coached him in the filming of “See No Evil, Hear No Evil,” in which his character was deaf and Mr. Pryor’s was blind. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Within a few days, Scott had delivered to me 40 binders full of research and scripts: the script for Thornton Wilder’s play “The Matchmaker,” pre-Broadway scripts for “Hello, Dolly!” and the revised New York script. Jerry Zaks on directing Bette Midler in 'Hello, Dolly!' and his sweet return to the Tony Awards 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Tappan Wilder hailed his uncle for “constantly experimenting with form” and for wrestling “with the questions of the cosmos, of what it means to be human.” Thornton Wilder celebrated on 125th anniversary of his birth 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z But what if the craziness reached its practical limit on Saturday night, when Deontay Wilder showed up for his rematch against Tyson Fury dressed as, dressed as — dressed as what? Deontay Wilder’s Costume Was Heavyweight Camp 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Gene Wilder provided me with one of the most memorable scenes of any movie, the visual impregnated on my mind. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Reyes immediately wrote him an email, explaining that she was looking for her first-grade teacher from the 1980-81 school year at Wilder Elementary in Louisville. A D.C. lawyer learned English as a child from a teacher who tutored her each day. She found her to say thank you. 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Yet while “Wilder Mind” easily beat its competition, it was not quite the opening-week blockbuster that “Babel” was. Mumford & Sons Is No. 1 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Wilder, who is Jewish, was fired because she had a history of outspoken college activism on a particularly touchy subject. Perspective | Emily Wilder’s firing is a story of bad faith, not bad tweets. Newsrooms must do better. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Published Jan. 28, “Another Day’s Begun: Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’ in the 21st Century” is an oral history of a dozen or so recent productions of this famously stoical and spare play. ‘Our Town’ debuted in 1938, but it’s still staged everywhere. A new book explains why it’s so timeless. 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Wilder’s rule for comedy was simple: Don’t try to make it funny; try to make it real. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Others shared photos and memories of the joy Wilder brought to them through his performances. Celebrities Pay Tribute to Gene Wilder After His Death 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z In the spirit of Billy Wilder’s much better 1970 Conan Doyle gloss, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, the detective unravels a riddle of international espionage… …except that, this time, Watson is the hero. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Frenzied With Benefits 2011-12-15T16:58:57Z He also complained that Wilder showed little interest in the visual aspects of the film, being too preoccupied with the script and the performances. Christopher Challis 2012-06-08T15:34:25Z The ideal candidate came along in Jo Wilder, a singer-actress whose career Grey immediately set about discouraging — even more so when kids arrived on the scene. Joel Grey takes center stage in ‘Master of Ceremonies’ 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Although Wilder is anything but a detached observer, I was intrigued by the intensity of his comments. Lohan director explains why we hate Lindsay 2010-07-08T15:30:00Z Naturally, Le Pen and Wilders want to follow the Brexit lead and leave, or else break up, the EU. The 1930s were humanity's darkest, bloodiest hour. Are you paying attention? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z In my early years, I was watching Hitchcock or Billy Wilder stuff, which felt like it could have humor in the DNA of it. Stephen Merchant Is an Unsmooth Criminal 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Thornton Wilder once said, “Art is not only the desire to tell one’s secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time.” Philip Roth’s retirement lesson 2013-02-12T12:39:00Z In another era, Mr. Wilder’s Harpo Marx-like mop of golden hair, his slight physique and his soft, almost lisping voice might have hindered a career as a leading man. Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z She was a sixty-three-year-old chicken farmer, living in the Ozarks with her husband and their daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, a well-known journalist and popular author. The Clunky Memoir That Became “Little House on the Prairie” 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Thornton Wilder’s portrait of small-town American life in a cosmic context is written in plain and forthright prose that grows in power in the recitation of it. Turn the Living Room into a Stage: Read Plays Out Loud 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z So scary is the word intimacy, says Wilder, that he has shied away from using it while planning his festival. Let’s talk about intimacy – and why it makes for better love and sex 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z It's supposed to wear off within two weeks, but that wasn't the case for Elisha Wilder's mother. March to the shelves for these new books: Recommended reading for spring break and beyond 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Then there’s the material itself: Mr. Herman’s timeless score, of course, and librettist Michael Stewart’s marvelous distillation of the Wilder play. Well, Hello, Dollys! 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z In 1942, she was signed as Tallulah Bankhead’s understudy in Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth” on Broadway and later took over for Miriam Hopkins in a touring production of the play. Lizabeth Scott, sultry femme fatale of Hollywood’s film noir, dies at 92 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z Pamela Smith Hill, the project leader and editor of “Pioneer Girl,” is a prominent Wilder scholar, and a passionate advocate for her subject. The Clunky Memoir That Became “Little House on the Prairie” 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Nor is it terribly intriguing when the Spittituccis prey on the vanity of the messenger, rendered with preening arrogance by Doug Wilder, to lure him into their show as Mephistopheles. The new farce ‘The Good Devil’ presents a banana peel of a plot 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The movie version adds the ostensible perk of hearing the real voices of John Huston, Jane Russell and Billy Wilder, among others, as actors lip-sync to their remembrances — which, again, are mostly footnotes. ‘The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes’ Review: Gossip Girl 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z "I think the sad thing in a way is people always tend to look at their films as Billy Wilder films rather than Brackett and Wilder films," Slide said. Diaries of Charles Brackett lift curtain on Hollywood's Golden Era 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Wilder and Chandler set out to find a way to prove Hays wrong. ‘Billy & Ray’ and Other Plays Laugh at Hollywood 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z The guys with the cigarette ashes on them ignored our greatest directors and humiliated George Stevens, Willie Wyler, Billy Wilder—Billy Wilder not so much, he became fashionable again. A Lovingly Obsessive Tribute to Mike Nichols, by Elaine May 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Wilder, more open and more varied than the comparatively sedate original recording, the Penthouse version of “A Love Supreme” also runs more than twice as long. How John Coltrane’s Seattle recording of ‘A Love Supreme’ was found, thanks to 2 local saxophonists 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Corrections spokesman Andrew Wilder told Capitol Media Services that the department was acting to ensure "the safe, secure and orderly operation of our prisons." Prisoners' rights magazine sues Arizona Dept. of Corrections over censorship 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z I’ll put my feelings this way, borrowing something the English writer Jonathan Coe said about “Fedora,” Billy Wilder’s penultimate film: “Flawed and bonkers, but I like it.” Viet Thanh Nguyen Packs Plenty of Action and Outrage Into ‘The Committed’ 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z And David Cromer’s acclaimed 2009 Off Broadway take on Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” began as a Hypocrites production, though it was remounted by New York producers. A Gilbert & Sullivan Jaunt to Margaritaville 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z But Billy Wilder’s The Apartment is a masterly mix of material that is both funny and romantic – with a uniquely charming and accessible male lead in Jack Lemmon. What is the best Oscar-winning film of all time? 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z But neither is there a law that requires liking their cheap propaganda, which is all that Geller, Wilders and their hateful ilk are after. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z She described later in her own memoir how her life went “from black and white to Technicolor” after she met Wilder. Inside Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner's Romance 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z “I drove south to the shores of Lake Henry and on beyond where your first school must have been,” he wrote to Wilder. Garth Williams, Illustrator of American Childhood 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Radner was buried near their Connecticut property, where Wilder himself later died. Inside Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner's Romance 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Rarely has Wilder’s snapshot of this fictional New Hampshire hamlet seemed so diverse. Deaf West and Pasadena Playhouse populate 'Our Town' with fresh faces 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z She resents her work as a maid, and because Wilder never met a fourth wall he couldn’t smash, she resents the play, too. ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ Review: A Party for the End of the World 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z On an April afternoon, Neshat, who lives in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, with her husband, Sam Neave, a filmmaker and editor, and 9-year-old son, Wilder, sat down at Playwrights Horizons to talk. Marjan Neshat on Her ‘Kind of Miraculous Season’ Onstage 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z In the April 1991 issue, the writer Adam Platt covered Douglas Wilder, the first elected Black governor in the United States, pondering if he could be the first Black president. Remembering Grace Mirabella and Her Inventive Magazine 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Gene Wilder was like a member of my family, albeit only on the big screen. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The Associated Press reports that it's Wilder's original rough draft of the book, misspellings and all, edited by Pamela Smith Hill, the author of a biography of Wilder. Laura Ingalls Wilder's real-life memoir to be published 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Related: How Hitchcock's Vertigo eventually topped the Sight & Sound critics' poll Several directors have emerged with five entries in the top 100, including Hitchcock, Kubrick, Steven Spielberg and Billy Wilder. Citizen Kane voted greatest ever American film in BBC poll 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Hindemith found a musically astute collaborator in Wilder, who was an accomplished amateur musician. Two-Course Feast of Stage and Song 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z I think they all, Wilder included, still belong there. Billy Wilder, still less than meets the eye 2012-06-08T23:05:00Z Growing up, she gorged herself on Nonna’s pasta as well as on old Hollywood films — “Wilder, Hitchcock, Cukor,” Madè says dreamily. T Magazine: I Am Lovely 2010-10-15T12:30:00Z Wilder first approached Lewis to play the Jack Lemmon role in Some Like It Hot, but he turned it down because he didn’t want to do an entire picture in drag. Jerry Lewis talks to Martin Scorsese in New York: 'Comedy comes out of pain' 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z “Well, that’s a wonderful, artistic reason to make a movie,” Wilder said with a smile, and then told the agent he might have something. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Wilder Mind may have sold less than half as many copies, but with the downward spiral of CD sales becoming sharper every year, those figures aren’t terribly out of line. Mumford And Sons' New Album 'Wilder Mind' Debuts At Number One 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z I hope that when Gene Wilder got to heaven someone yelled "You get everything! You win. Good day, Sir!" Celebrities Pay Tribute to Gene Wilder After His Death 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z With Wilder, I find that it's a matter of who he collaborated with, and whether they could tamp down his effervescence and his more cynical down-with-everything instincts. Billy Wilder, still less than meets the eye 2012-06-08T23:05:00Z An ambulance took Young away, and Brooks—in tears—made a call to Wilder. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Previously called the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the prize was renamed last June in recognition of the racial insensitivity in Wilder’s work. Meg Medina Wins Newbery Medal and Sophie Blackall Is Awarded Her Second Caldecott 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z The film’s once-daring humor may have lost some of its edge over the years, but Mr. Wilder’s next Brooks film, “Young Frankenstein,” has never grown old. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z But there’s the old Billy Wilder quote, which I am going to misquote, that if you give the audience 2 plus 2 and let them add it up to 4 themselves, they’ll love you forever. ArtsBeat: Vince Gilligan of 'Breaking Bad' Talks About Ending the Season, and the Series 2011-10-10T03:07:01Z In 1976 Ms. Lea was featured twice on the radio series “American Popular Song With Alec Wilder and Friends,” broadcast on National Public Radio. Barbara Lea, Interpreter of American Popular Songs, Dies 2012-01-02T00:44:30Z Several roles at Circle in the Square followed — including, when he was just 29, the sagacious stage manager in Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” Richard Dysart, Emmy-Winning Actor on ‘L.A. Law,’ Dies at 86 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The Wilder scene I remember most fondly is Young Frankenstein, 'Puttin' on the Ritz'. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z For many the pleasure of being able to rent a Billy Wilder movie at their leisure outweighed complaints about how lousy the videos looked. Film: The Revolution Is Being Shot on Digital Video 2010-12-17T23:34:06Z Wilder thought it was vital to the story but “didn’t want to linger on the despair,” Hill says. Laura Ingalls Wilder finds new stardom in an old-fashioned way 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Gene Wilder's performance as the master confectioner is simultaneously enchanting and unsettling: for all Wonka's showmanship, he retains an enigmatic, even volatile quality. Mel Stuart 2012-08-12T16:32:42Z A round later Wilder’s corner threw in the towel. Deontay Wilder’s Costume Was Heavyweight Camp 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Virtually everyone – including Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann and Robert Siodmak – went on to make a name for themselves in Hollywood, after being forced out of Germany during the Nazi era.• 10 of the best films set in Berlin 2011-08-17T09:51:19Z “I had one great blessing: I was so dumb,” Mr. Wilder once said of her last years. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Even if it’s your first encounter with this 1959 comedy — directed by Billy Wilder from a script that he wrote with I.A.L. Viewing Party! Let’s All Watch ‘Some Like It Hot’! 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z But describing “Wilder Gone” this way is like describing a watercolor by the metals and dyes that compose it chemically. Review: In ‘Wilder Gone,’ the Pull of Soil, Soul and Preacher Sex 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Where the actresses in Wilder’s other films are allowed to show the full range of their talents, Marilyn is reduced to nothing more than her sex appeal in that shocking dress. We Still Like It Hot 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Joseph McBride, author of the 2021 critical study “Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge,” says in an interview that “Trump is worried about being forgotten by the public. Norma is basically forgotten by the public.” Analysis | The newly relevant relationship between Trump and ‘Sunset Blvd.’ 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z She will be joined by musical guest Mumford & Sons, whose third album “Wilder Mind” drops on May 4th. Get ready, “Empire” fans: Cookie Lyon is hosting “Saturday Night Live” 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Details about his second marriage and a difficult relationship with a stepdaughter reveal insecurities and neediness that Wilder, like any good actor, used in his work. A charming, witty introduction to a 'Stranger' a la Gene Wilder 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z “The whole enterprise exudes decadence like a stale, exotic perfume,” wrote the late critic Pauline Kael of the Billy Wilder movie, listed as the 12th greatest on the American Film Institute registry. Analysis | The newly relevant relationship between Trump and ‘Sunset Blvd.’ 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z “I love acting, especially if it’s a fantasy of some kind, not naturalism,” Wilder told King. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z In 1943, Chandler’s third novel, “The High Window,” was read by the Paramount director Billy Wilder. When Raymond Chandler Went to Work for Billy Wilder 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z As Billy Wilder said, “What counts in Audrey is her allure.” Hubert de Givenchy on Audrey Hepburn 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z A lot of us grew up on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s evocative “Little House” books — but, even as adults, knew little about the real Wilder, who wrote the books late in her eventful life. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for August 2018 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z As Mr. Wilder hopefully repeats their characters’ names for the judge, he’s calmed down, but is obviously in shock. Gene Wilder’s Understated Nuttiness 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The Hollywood director Billy Wilder once famously said, “If you’re going to tell people the truth, be funny or they’ll kill you.” ‘The Hirschfeld Century’ review: the best work of the iconic caricaturist 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Gene Wilder is the highlight of the movie; he plays a fox. A Bob Fosse Film-Festival Diary 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Wilder, a successful psychiatrist, falls for the sheep of his patient who is a shepherd and absconds with it. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z But sometimes Mr. Wilder brought important comic ideas to Brooks. Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z It was Wilder who came up with the idea for "Young Frankenstein." 'Young Frankenstein' has new life on 40th anniversary 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z They made the late-March trip west for two "secret" shows at the Roxy to woodshed the "Wilder Mind" songs ahead of a large-scale summer tour. For Mumford & Sons, dropping banjos for synths on next album is a natural move 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Wilder could affect a teasing polemical tone, a kind of Weimar version of American journalist and satirist H.L. Review | Before Billy Wilder ventured behind a camera, he was a precocious journalist honing his sharp wit 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z In the ’90s the band weathered the rise of grunge — which rendered synthesizers and drum machines temporarily taboo — as well as the departure of the keyboardist Alan Wilder and Gahan’s struggle with heroin addiction. The Exquisite Darkness of Depeche Mode 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z The only development at the site is a small garden that Mr. Wilder opened in 2007 as a kind of marker for the future. Tax Bills Imperil Slavery Museum 2011-07-20T23:03:20Z But it rarely leaves a dry eye in the house in Wilder’s original version, and it shatters again in this altered form. ‘Next Fall’ a skillful blend of wit, drama and family 2013-03-15T22:54:19Z "He made Wilder essentially credible as an American player." Diaries of Charles Brackett lift curtain on Hollywood's Golden Era 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z But Wilder, who was among those to vote to yank the honor and cancel the fundraising gala planned around Davis, expressed remorse. Angela Davis is beloved, detested, misunderstood. What can a lifelong radical teach the resistance generation? 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Still, he argued, striving to be Thornton Wilder, futile as it may be, is a noble pursuit. | 'My Last Play': Oh, Come in. Glad to See You. Would You Like a Book? 2010-12-17T21:58:35Z Only Mr. Borle had the right mix of “innocence and menace and mystery and charm” that echoed the work of Gene Wilder, Mr. O’Brien said. This Broadway Season, Christian Borle Is Taking the Lead(s) 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Billy Wilder made movies about this kind of man. Review: Thomas Bradshaw’s ‘Fulfillment,’ on One Man’s Ceiling, and His Frustrations 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Wilder asked whether she was an actress or a mouse. Double Indemnity: No 6 2010-10-17T10:50:00Z Like Wilder and Copland, and perhaps Willa Cather before them, Wood was as affirmative as he was transgressive. Review | The wonderfully queer world of ‘American Gothic’s’ Grant Wood 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z But Radner did have one piece of luck in her film career: while making the 1982 comedy Hanky Panky, she met Gene Wilder. ‘She was our Michelle Obama’: how Gilda Radner changed comedy for ever 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Having studied with John Hersey and Thornton Wilder at Yale, he was the ultimate connoisseur of what constituted quality nonfiction writing. Perspective | David McCullough helped America understand itself 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z But Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” set amid the mountains there, is no folksy paean to simplicity. More Than the Girl Next Door: 8 Actors on Emily in ‘Our Town’ 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Osmond appeared in many films, most notably four Billy Wilder comedies. Cliff Osmond, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 75 2012-12-28T07:23:01Z I knew McClatchy a bit, and we shared an enthusiasm for the remarkable and now somewhat underrated Thornton Wilder. Review | One critic’s summer reading list: From a scandalous memoir to obscure literary journalism 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z "Café Mambo were looking to recruit two staff," says Wilder, "and they held an interview open day and 500 turned up." Ibiza: partying on 2010-06-26T23:04:00Z Zachary Wilder, the tenor, was effective as the Evangelist, less so in his arias. Cobbling Together a Christmas Music Marathon 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Her films will be projected on scheduled dates at the Billy Wilder Theater, inside the Hammer Museum. ‘Made in L.A.,’ at the Hammer, Excavates Hollywood’s Past 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z It also leads Wilder down a rather difficult path and it’s in the final stretch that the film slips up. My favorite best picture Oscar winner: The Lost Weekend 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The film certainly hit a nerve, as Wilder intended it should.• 10 of the best films set in Berlin 2011-08-17T09:51:19Z This engaging historic novel explores the place and time of the classic “Little House” books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, from an Asian American perspective. Best children’s books of 2020 reveal a growing diversity 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Playwright Jennifer Barclay addresses a pressing issue with restraint, lyricism and even beauty, adopting much the same the style as Thornton Wilder’s classic play. The week ahead in SoCal theater, June 3-10: Hollywood Fringe, 'Henry IV' and more 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Taking on the role of Sabina in this messy epic by Thornton Wilder, nebulously set between prehistory and the end of the world, is a hard enough task for any actor. ‘Bold Enough to Go Full-Tilt’: Gabby Beans Is Playing to the Balcony 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Wilder provided a base of plainspoken language and deeply felt storytelling; Lane embellished, shaped and “heightened the drama.” ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z But it lands in a world so vastly different from Wilder’s, and in a version of the story so vastly retuned to address that world, that it seems like something much bigger. Review: In ‘Some Like It Hot,’ an Invitation to Liberation 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z At ten years old, I resembled a young Gene Wilder, with gigantic, wild swoops of a wavy, light brown mane. My horrible toupee nightmare: I needed self-confidence, and got a head full of roadkill instead 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Wilder claims pass with even less substantiation, like his assertion that the O .J. Books of The Times: Crunch the Numbers; Solve a Famous Murder 2011-06-02T21:24:11Z The film, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooper and Maurice Chevalier, tells the story of a playboy, the detective who entraps him and the detective’s daughter. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Catch and Kill’ and the MLB All-Star Game 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z To get an overview of Laura and her family’s life in the Dakota Territory, begin with the hourlong guided tour led by the knowledgeable docents at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society. Journeys: Trading Tiaras for Calico on the Prairie 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z Ms. Wilder, who is now the head of media at Parsley Health, a medical practice in New York and Los Angeles that also provides telemedicine services nationwide, arrived at the party with a similar mind-set. Two Lives, Parallel for Years, Finally Converge 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z But during the Depression, when Wilder embarked on the series, a lot of people were in similar trouble. The Little House books as feminist classics 2012-12-28T22:55:10Z The math and the politics do not look promising for Mr. Wilder. Who Will Tell the Story of Slavery? 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z If the lounge looks like a set from a silent movie, great; co-owners and brothers Ari and Micah Wilder are fans of the era. Review | Style helps keep Zeppelin aloft in Shaw 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Cromer updated the presentation methods Wilder prescribed for a very different age. Deaf West and Pasadena Playhouse populate 'Our Town' with fresh faces 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Or as Thornton Wilder said, they were delirious to discover “a whole new world of surprised self-respect.” Perspective | John F. Kennedy became a hero to American art lovers — but he wasn’t one himself 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z In recent weeks the school’s president, David Rhodes, wrote Ms. Wilder to apologize for her treatment by faculty and staff. College Removes Instructors as Students Find Their #MeToo Moment 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z “When oil-based paint is in the sun, it gets really hot, hotter than slate, because of its oil content. It’s best to avoid it,” Wilder says. Reclaim your outdoor space, even in the summer swelter, with these expert tips 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Wilder, the owner of Portal Painters, is more hopeful. For Galleries, a Central London Presence Is a Dying Tradition 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The town in this theater's name is also home to the MacDowell Colony, an artists' center that dates back to 1907 and the place where Thornton Wilder worked on "Our Town." Summer Stages: Theater 2010-05-09T03:12:00Z He later took his stage name from the playwright Thornton Wilder. Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Wilder documents the first year of a small “free” elementary school in New Jersey, a school without tests, grades, mandatory classes, or fixed classroom structure. All Documentaries Are Participatory Documentaries 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z It started with the character I played in “National Lampoon’s Van Wilder,” Taj Mahal. Kal Penn Isn’t Making a Political Point with His Immigration Sitcom 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Brooks and Wilder had a disagreement over one of the movie's many iconic moments — Frederick and the monster decked out in top hat and tails performing "Puttin' on the Ritz." 'Young Frankenstein' has new life on 40th anniversary 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z “What we take from it is more of a visual library,” said Katherine Kleveland, whose children are named Wilder, Shepard and Prairie. Pioneer Women Are Roaming the City 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z It doesn't help that Wilder doesn't shy away from the irony of that reveal when Julia can barely remember the money after she dies, let alone what she had once wanted to spend it on. Heather Havrilesky asks a radical, essential question: “What If This Were Enough?” 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Wilder denied that it was as happy as it might seem, however. My favorite best picture Oscar winner: The Lost Weekend 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Despite their adoption of the name, Wilder and McCanon, both of whom completed tours in Iraq, say they’re conscious that they walk a fine line. The booming industry that veterans are tapping into 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z And then, in an arrangement both she and her daughter seemed to understand and embrace, Wilder would pass these drafts on to Lane, who would tear into them, editing, adding and deleting. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z When the railroad scion bids Wilder adieu, he “laughs so heartily that his bad teeth can be seen . . . now I know for sure: he truly has no time to visit a dentist.” Review | Before Billy Wilder ventured behind a camera, he was a precocious journalist honing his sharp wit 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Five decades on from its first release, Billy Wilder's freewheeling comedy remains a cherished classic; warm, witty and slyly subversive. Tony Curtis: a life in clips 2010-09-30T11:57:00Z According to Anthony Wilder, principal of Anthony Wilder Design/Build, the easiest and cheapest way to block the sun is to hang a shade sail or canopy. Reclaim your outdoor space, even in the summer swelter, with these expert tips 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z After Wilder wrapped that scene, a drama that was not part of the film took place on East 55th Street, in Suite 1105 at the St. Regis Hotel, where Monroe and DiMaggio were staying. Marilyn?s Manhattan, Both Public and Private 2011-01-06T22:00:17Z Starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford, the film became a Jewish American comedy classic. "Head of the Class" and the man behind the '80s comedy's progressive, even radical agenda 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Plus, McNulty reports on the Deaf West/Pasadena Playhouse production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” — an oft-produced play whose innovations are highlighted by this democratic, multicultural production. Essential Arts & Culture: A censored mural returns, PST: LA/LA is humming, learning from Las Vegas 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Ms. Crist’s acidity provoked the director Billy Wilder to say, “Inviting her to review one of your pictures is like inviting the Boston Strangler to massage your neck.” Judith Crist, Film Critic, Dies at 90 2012-08-07T16:35:14Z Gene Wilder walked out of that chocolate factory with a cane, slowly. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z What's harder to reconcile are the increasingly broad strokes, surfeit of ignored punctuation -- where half the play's humor resides -- and self-aware line readings, less Wilde than Billy Wilder. Taking liberties with 'Earnest' at A Noise Within 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Two of the band – Wilder and Parks – sport long hair in a top knot, like arty yoga types. Yeasayer; Deap Vally – review 2012-07-14T23:06:34Z Chandler, said Wilder, "was a mess, but he could write a beautiful sentence". Double Indemnity: No 6 2010-10-17T10:50:00Z What happened became one of Wilder’s most successful films, both with critics and at the box office. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z She decided to make 2016 her Niagara-on-the-Lake swan song, and asked Smith to direct the Thornton Wilder classic “Our Town,” which runs through Oct. These two artistic directors collaborate on the stage and in life 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z "Make it real" was the imperative instilled by Method high priest Lee Strasberg, and Wilder carried it with him into comedy. A charming, witty introduction to a 'Stranger' a la Gene Wilder 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z That grim classic haunted him for years, and four decades later, he went back to it again and again as he and Gene Wilder wrote their hilarious take-off. Two perfect gifts for Halloween: ‘The Shining’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Wilder directed a number of his own work, most notably 1984’s The Woman in Red. See Gene Wilder's Best Acting Roles 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Wilder, still prickly and proud at 85, remains undaunted. Who Will Tell the Story of Slavery? 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z And let me add, having just viewed the slide show, how sweet is that mutual affection between Mr. Wilder and the down-trodden denizens given... Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z That film has a bathroom scene in which Mr. Wilder’s character puts on blackface to disguise himself. ‘Becoming Richard Pryor,’ Scott Saul’s Biography 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Wilder says feelings of isolation and a lack of true human connection have fed into the seismic political shifts that produced Brexit and elected Donald Trump as US president. Let’s talk about intimacy – and why it makes for better love and sex 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Vincent Kartheiser will shift from the 1960s to the 1940s when he portrays Billy Wilder in “Billy & Ray” at the Vineyard Theater this fall. Vineyard Theater Casts Its Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Then again, many of the gags Wilder and Pryor pulled in their movies wouldn't fly today. "Vacation Friends" is a happy buddy comedy in a world where race doesn't matter. That's a problem 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z And his tie came from legendary movie director Billy Wilder. Inarritu wins Directors Guild Award, giving 'Birdman' another major prize 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Charly Wilder is a writer based in Berlin and Mexico City and a frequent contributor to the Travel section. The Return of the Jaguar 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z I borrowed Thornton Wilder’s idea of doing 10-minute plays around the seven deadly sins, and a production in Venezuela in 1974 that commissioned different authors. Bringing Stages to Storefronts in a Theater-Hungry City 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Her character Ryan Wilder took over the cape and cowl from Ruby Rose as of January; Rose left the CW series at the end of the first season. A Queen becomes "The Equalizer": What it means when Black women take on legacy superhero roles 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Baakari Wilder, with his Lincoln face and glimpses of old-school cool, came closest to expressing a distinct personality through his dancing. Review: ‘Thelonious’ is a Tap Tribute to a Musician 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Yelland and Ms. Steadman are far less flashy and charismatic than Charles Laughton and Marlene Dietrich, who brought their personal magnetism and eccentricity to the same roles in the Billy Wilder film. Review: Agatha Christie’s Murder Most Orderly and the Comfiest Seats in London 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Pabst; Ernst Lubitsch; Alfred Hitchcock, whose “Waltzes From Vienna” is one of the films kicking off the series on Thursday; Stanley Kubrick; and Wilder’s fellow Viennese émigrés Erich von Stroheim and Max Ophuls. Movie Listings for Feb. 21-27 2014-02-20T23:52:06Z "I don't think there's any man anywhere who's like you," Wilder said. Scorsese, DeNiro honor Mel Brooks at AFI tribute 2013-06-07T08:07:14Z Rob Wilder, one of the resident DJs, is one of those Ibiza veterans who needs little invitation to expand on the mystical qualities of the island. Ibiza: partying on 2010-06-26T23:04:00Z This is one of those Wilder classics in which he hits the sweet spot — finds that difficult, poignant balance of humor and heart. 5 funniest workplace movies 2011-07-08T22:27:03Z But ACT's "Double Indemnity" will diverge from Wilder's freehanded movie adaptation. Noir classic steps out of the shadows at ACT 2011-10-20T18:50:11Z A biting tragicomic romance, Billy Wilder’s The Apartment seems darker with each passing year. The nine greatest best picture winners at the Oscars 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z I imagine younger folks today might turn to “Wilder Girls” by Rory Power — about teenagers quarantined at an isolated boarding school — rather than Matheson, for their horror kicks. Review | Coronavirus feels like something out of a sci-fi novel. Here’s how writers have imagined similar scenarios. 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z One day during production on "Blazing Saddles," Brooks saw Wilder sitting in a corner with a legal pad "scribbling something in his cowboy outfit," said Brooks. 'Young Frankenstein' has new life on 40th anniversary 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Reese greeted the librarians’ reappraisal of the Wilder Award with elation, calling it “a momentous day.” Perspective | Yes, ‘Little House on the Prairie’ is racially insensitive — but we should still read it 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z It’s not clear who was the first, but Mr. Wilder was certainly one of the first — and even after he had crossed the color line he faced obstacles. Joe Wilder, Horn Player, Dies at 92; Elegance Was His Theme Song 2014-05-10T00:40:17Z Slide noted that although Brackett and Wilder were on the opposite ends of the political spectrum, "they do get on together on the whole. " Diaries of Charles Brackett lift curtain on Hollywood's Golden Era 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The best films about Hollywood, such as Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, have always reflected the seamy and delusional side of the town. Why no future Hollywood star could ever match Lauren Bacall's allure 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z Gene Wilder as one of my earliest heroes. Celebrities Pay Tribute to Gene Wilder After His Death 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z “People could turn on us at any moment,” said a smiling Anand Wilder, 27. 2010-01-30T00:57:00Z Wilder, in other words, didn’t just star as Willy Wonka, he conceived of the character, right down to the height of his top hat. Willy Wonka deserved an Oscar: A close look at Gene Wilder’s finest role 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z There was one hitch: Wilder needed to be approved by the film’s star, Zero Mostel, before filming could begin. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Alison Brie stars as Ruth Wilder, the kind of classically trained actress that casting directors send to calls asking for “real people,” who can’t land a job in 1980s Los Angeles. What’s on TV Friday: ‘GLOW’ and Earth, Wind & Fire on ‘CMT Crossroads’ 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Gene Wilder, the star of classic films including “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and “Young Frankenstein,” has died at age 83. A charming, witty introduction to a 'Stranger' a la Gene Wilder 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Writer-director Matthew Wilder says his production team is in negotiations with another actress and will make an announcement soon. Lovelace not in the stars for Lindsay Lohan 2010-11-21T12:22:00Z Noir's visual style, which had its roots in German Expressionism, was forged here, though Wilder insisted that he was going for a "newsreel" effect. Double Indemnity: No 6 2010-10-17T10:50:00Z Drawn by its dramatic landscape, prominent summer visitors like Einstein, Billy Wilder and Thomas Mann visited at the beginning of the 20th century. Overnighter: Near Berlin, a Refuge From Modern Life 2010-09-24T18:38:00Z You’re kind of expecting it to be really crude but it’s a Billy Wilder type comedy. Five Awesome Movie Titles: Greg Grunberg of Big Ass Spider! Picks His Favorites 2013-10-18T18:31:47Z He was, in short, the kind of character — silver-tongued and cunning, an ingratiating rake — that Wilder himself might have created for one of his acerbic comedies. Review | Before Billy Wilder ventured behind a camera, he was a precocious journalist honing his sharp wit 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z The building, the former First African Baptist Church, holds deep significance for Mr. Wilder. Who Will Tell the Story of Slavery? 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z A biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of “Little House on the Prairie,” doubles as a sweeping work of Western American history. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Brooks had what Wilder was looking for in a film. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Even before he became ill, Mr. Wilder had begun slowing down. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z For all their differences, the Le Pens, Wilders and even Breivik are all singing from the same hymn book, as Europe’s far right marches on. Euro crisis? vultures 2012-05-17T15:25:00Z Mr. Wilder made just under two dozen films in his eight decades. Gene Wilder’s Understated Nuttiness 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z This comedian’s exploits as a college student helped inspire the farcical movie “National Lampoon’s Van Wilder.” 7 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z He hated the way it went for subtle, knowing, adult laughs instead of childlike revelry – and above all, he hated Gene Wilder as Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: will it work as a musical? 2013-06-20T13:24:01Z Her last performance was in 2007 at a concert celebrating the centennial of the birth of the composer Alec Wilder, a good friend. Jackie Cain, of the Jazz Duo Jackie and Roy, Dies at 86 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Wilder’s version, of course, benefited hugely from its comedy St Valentine’s Day massacre opening, Curtis’s Cary Grant impression and Marilyn Monroe at her va-va-voomiest. The best English-language remakes – ranked! 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z "I am him in fantasy," Wilder once said of playing the lead in Brooks' films. Comic performer Gene Wilder kept his serious side off camera 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Thornton Wilder’s style, so thoroughly absorbed by the 20th century stage that it can now seem quaint, liberated our theatrical vocabulary to be as modern as the ancients’. Deaf West and Pasadena Playhouse populate 'Our Town' with fresh faces 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Having talked his way into an exclusive interview with billionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., Wilder proceeded to flay him: Review | Before Billy Wilder ventured behind a camera, he was a precocious journalist honing his sharp wit 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Wilder shot the picture in 50 days flat, and edited it in under a week. The Apartment: No 6 2010-10-16T10:49:00Z Two of his favourite films, Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole, starring Kirk Douglas, and the Marx Brothers' early hit Horse Feathers, were served up together and engendered a passionate interest in America. That's a wrap: Philip French, Observer film critic, steps down after 50 years 2013-05-04T19:52:19Z Within a few years, the anxious, frizzy-haired, popeyed Mr. Wilder had become an unlikely movie star. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z But all sorts of playwrights throughout the ages, as different as Brecht and Thornton Wilder, have adapted choruses to their own latter-day purposes. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Chorus of Voices 2012-07-12T16:46:49Z Wilder’s unfinished play “The Emporium” will be staged in June by the Alley Theatre in Houston, adapted by Kirk Lynn and directed by Rob Melrose, artistic director of the Alley Theatre. Thornton Wilder celebrated on 125th anniversary of his birth 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Anthony Wilder Design/ Build is a 50-person design/build and licensed architectural firm that also offers interior design services and a small projects division called Wilderworks. Perspective | Q&A: Anthony Wilder on how the pandemic has changed remodeling (June 3 | 11 a.m. ET) 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z But Islam and immigration have never been Wilders’s only issues. Euro crisis? vultures 2012-05-17T15:25:00Z Most simply, perhaps, the composer and critic Alec Wilder said about Mr. Bennett’s voice, “There is a quality about it that lets you in.” Tony Bennett, Champion of the Great American Songbook, Is Dead at 96 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Joe Wilder, a lyrical trumpeter who played with some of the biggest big bands in jazz and helped integrate Broadway, radio and television orchestras, died on Friday in Manhattan. Joe Wilder, Horn Player, Dies at 92; Elegance Was His Theme Song 2014-05-10T00:40:17Z Though Brooks won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and Wilder was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, it took time for the public to learn to love the film. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The doc is a cracker-barrel philosopher and occasional omniscient narrator in the folksy tradition of the Stage Manager of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” Review: ‘Girl From the North Country’ Sets the Darkness Aglow 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z It sounds a bit like Pinky, or perhaps Perky, or possibly Gene Wilder's moment of hysteria in The Producers. Fred: The Movie ? review 2010-12-16T22:00:00Z And Wilder cheerfully replied with the phrase he expected to hear the referee intone once the match was over: “And still!” Knockouts in the Concussion Age 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z According to the National Film Registry's list of new additions, "Wilder's brilliant portrayal... caused theatregoers to like and fear Wonka at the same time". Dude, Bueller and Wonka join registry 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Besides teaching karate, Wilder is a Franciscan monk. Local books: dragons and their keepers, and a history of the Elwha 2012-02-06T22:51:04Z But Brooks once said he found Mr. Wilder “a natural . . . an Everyman with all the vulnerability showing. One day God said, ‘Let there be prey,’ and he created pigeons, rabbits, lambs and Gene Wilder.” Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Thornton Wilder’s haunted little worlds seem so comfortable and familiar that it’s easy to ignore their ghosts and the specter of death that is never far away. In ‘A Wilder Christmas,’ Darkness Laced With Sentiment 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Race was not an issue in 1955, when Cole Porter himself blessed Mr. Wilder’s choice as first trumpet in the orchestra for his show “Silk Stockings.” Joe Wilder, Horn Player, Dies at 92; Elegance Was His Theme Song 2014-05-10T00:40:17Z Mr. Wilder loses his breath while shrieking and stammering, “What?” Gene Wilder’s Understated Nuttiness 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z You just had time to pick some of them out—Wilder, Buñuel, Cukor, Wyler, Hitchcock—before it was back to the Oscars of now. Oscar’s White Night 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z McPherson is willfully recycling structures and stereotypes of Depression-era plays, blending the heightened naturalism of big-cast social melodramas like Clifford Odets’s “Awake and Sing” with the homespun eternity of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” ‘Girl From the North Country’ Review: Bob Dylan’s Amazing Grace 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z When Wilder protests that one of Chandler’s ideas for the screenplay is a touch too refined, Chandler snaps, “You don’t like subtleties?” ‘Billy & Ray’ Explores the Making of ‘Double Indemnity’ 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z A comedy icon, Wilder was known for playing neurotic characters caught up in hysterical schemes. Celebrities Pay Tribute to Gene Wilder After His Death 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Those heavier instrumentals continued into the production of their 2015 album, “Wilder Mind,” which became their second album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Mumford & Sons to open for U2 at CenturyLink Field 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z An obituary on Tuesday about the actor Gene Wilder referred incorrectly to the organization Gilda’s Club, which he helped found. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z It’s afraid of the dark, and that’s where Wilder is most luminous. In ‘A Wilder Christmas,’ Darkness Laced With Sentiment 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Her death at 42 was a cruel personal tragedy, but Wilder, in the depths of bereavement, strived to give it meaning and used it to help prevent other women enduring what Radner had gone through. ‘She was our Michelle Obama’: how Gilda Radner changed comedy for ever 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Besides cutting the text of the play considerably, Wilder wrote new rhymed lyrics for arias and ensembles. Two-Course Feast of Stage and Song 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z “It starts with a burqa ban, it ends with Wilders as prime minister,” she says. Turning Points: Three Movies Centering on Young Women 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z “Wilder Mind” is full of echoing guitars and reverberant space; U2 prevails, while songs also recall Dire Straits, Big Country, Coldplay, Snow Patrol and, more than once, Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer.” Review: Mumford & Sons Lose the Twang in ‘Wilder Mind’ 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Sinatra was not a jazz artist, but he was one of the number—including Leonard Bernstein and Alec Wilder, around the same time—who brought jazz ideas into thoroughly composed and arranged music. The Pure Artistry of Frank Sinatra 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z But it was, of course, as an actor that Mr. Wilder left his most lasting mark. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Wilder played an equally important role, along with the bassist Milt Hinton and a few others, in integrating the studio bands of network radio and, later, television. Joe Wilder, Horn Player, Dies at 92; Elegance Was His Theme Song 2014-05-10T00:40:17Z “It’s certainly a reasonable assumption, in that Wilder spent a number of summers at the MacDowell colony.” Perspective | An ‘Our Town’ for our time, staged in the New England community that inspired it 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z “Wilder Days,” from her lovingly ragged debut album “Reckless,” is about wanting to know the whole of a person, even the parts that time has smoothed over. 15 Songs We Almost Missed This Year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z But Wilder was actually shaking up Broadway by deconstructing long-entrenched stage conventions, and crafting a boldly frank rumination on death and loss in counterpoint to the fragile beauty of everyday life. ‘Middletown’ at ACT: A little Thornton Wilder, a little Beckett 2013-09-09T21:26:13Z Compared to this atrocity, those forgettable but somewhat competent films are pretty much the collected works of Billy Wilder. “The Boy Next Door”: Why J-Lo’s erotic thriller is a disaster 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Lively, 27, and "Van Wilder" actor Reynolds, 37, worked together on the set of 2011's "Green Lantern" movie. Actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds expecting first child 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z The drama follows the often fractious relationship between Wilder and Chandler as they set about adapting James M. Cain's novel for the big screen. Garry Marshall to direct 'Billy & Ray' in New York 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Ghee’s depiction of a main character in “Some Like It Hot” reflects the way views on gender have evolved since 1959, when the Billy Wilder film it was based on was released. In Historic Night for Nonbinary Performers, J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell Win Tony Awards 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Hill says one of her goals was to show “the original voice, how Wilder talked about her own childhood and adolescence.” Laura Ingalls Wilder finds new stardom in an old-fashioned way 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z This might be “Little Town on the Prairie,” the seventh book in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s iconic series about a pioneer family. Linda Sue Park Rewrites ‘Little House on the Prairie’ with an Asian-American Heroine 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Razaqi said he and director Matthew Wilder are confidant the "Mean Girls" star will deliver. Producer: Lohan to star in movie about porn star 2010-05-05T11:19:00Z Wilder ever happens, just about every boxing fan will be hoping for the same thing. Knockouts in the Concussion Age 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Usher's I Don't Mind debuted at number eight, while Mumford and Sons reached number 20 with Believe, the first release from their new album Wilder Mind. Smith denies Madonna 12th number one 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z But what’s surprising about The Apartment is how far it steers into outright despair – though even that, in the true Wilder spirit, isn’t unleavened despair. The Apartment at 60: is this Billy Wilder's finest film? 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Emily Wilder’s firing is a story of bad faith, not bad tweets. Perspective | Biden promises the feds will stop trampling journalists’ rights. But we need more than words. 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z As a result, her stance on the question of authorship — that the books are entirely Wilder's and that Wilder simply grew as a writer — seems more nostalgic and hopeful than convincing. The reality behind Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House' books 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z But with that, "American Masters" asserts, readers must grapple with the depictions of Native Americans as "savages" and Wilder's fetishization of their "freedom." Little house of maybe: "American Masters" on fact, fiction and the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z For all their conflicts, mother and daughter were of one mind about the imperative of making as much money as possible — Wilder to use it with care, Lane to spend it improvidently. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z The acclaim the film received upon its release won Chandler an extension on his contract, and Wilder got the green light for his next film, “The Lost Weekend.” When Raymond Chandler Went to Work for Billy Wilder 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Heaven on Earth, the 30th anniversary box set and Belinda’s new album Wilder Shores are released on 29 September. Belinda Carlisle: ‘After my cocaine use, I can’t believe I’m not dead’ 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Blain-Cruz said she finds in Wilder’s play “the insanity that we’ve been trying to find some way of expressing, without being on the nose about it.” ‘Not Understanding Is Really Satisfying’: A Director Keeps You Thinking 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Returning as a successful Hollywood film director, Wilder cast Jimmy Cagney as a Coca-Cola executive looking after his boss's teenage daughter. 10 of the best films set in Berlin 2011-08-17T09:51:19Z Wilder himself identified his mission in an introduction to the script: “It is an attempt,” he wrote, “to find a value above all price for the smallest events in our daily life.” ‘Our Town’ debuted in 1938, but it’s still staged everywhere. A new book explains why it’s so timeless. 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Billy Wilder yelling at her on the set of The Apartment was nothing compared with the hell a choreographer puts a young dancer through. Shirley MacLaine: the new dame in Downton 2012-08-24T22:01:23Z The result was so successful that Wilder commented that he might just as well have dumped the film and simply played the trailer. John D Wilson obituary 2013-07-01T16:37:50Z Wilder is a particularly interesting subject precisely because her life seems to be so well-known. Little house of maybe: "American Masters" on fact, fiction and the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Designed as an affectionate tribute to the classical models of farce, “The Matchmaker” is nonetheless gently inflected with the warm humanity and wry wisdom that characterized much of Wilder’s writing. Theater Review: ‘The Matchmaker’ at Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2012-08-26T21:36:37Z On Sunday Mr. Wilder said negotiations were under way to hire Malin Akerman, a star of “Watchmen” and “The Proposal,” to replace Ms. Lohan. ArtsBeat: Lohan Loses Out on Lovelace Biographical Film 2010-11-22T14:50:00Z Wilder’s event seems to be tapping into a broader zeitgeist. Let’s talk about intimacy – and why it makes for better love and sex 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z As I did, I kept flashing on “Sunset Boulevard,” Billy Wilder’s grim 1950 satire about another studio writer adrift in the waxworks. David Fincher, the Unhappiest Auteur 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z After hearing her sing it in a nightclub, she recalled, Mr. Wilder asked her never to perform it in a club again. Jackie Cain, of the Jazz Duo Jackie and Roy, Dies at 86 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The relationship reached its boiling point after Monroe finished shooting the famous flying skirt scene in Billy Wilder's 1955 rom-com "The Seven Year Itch." The 6 most heartbreaking Marilyn Monroe moments from Netflix’s “The Unheard Tapes" documentary 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z In the key role of Francis, Wilder comes up with a plausible, swaggering, cocksure persona. ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ at 1st Stage Before venturing behind a camera, Wilder was writing for various German-language papers on anything that he found interesting, which was just about everything. Review | Before Billy Wilder ventured behind a camera, he was a precocious journalist honing his sharp wit 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Some media reports say the 24-year-old starlet quit to focus on her court-ordered rehab for drug addiction; others say Wilder wanted her replaced. Lovelace not in the stars for Lindsay Lohan 2010-11-21T12:22:00Z Wilder passed away on August 29 at age 83 after complications with Alzheimer's disease. Bobby Vee Has Died 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Klieg lights and cameras hit her; the special-effects man underground started the huge fan; and Wilder shot the scene over and over again as the crowd roared for more. Marilyn?s Manhattan, Both Public and Private 2011-01-06T22:00:17Z She was encouraged by her daughter, journalist Rose Wilder Lane, to compile her childhood memories into a collection as a way to earn some extra money. Little house of maybe: "American Masters" on fact, fiction and the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Keeping in character, Mr. Wilder later joked that the part was made easier because of “very attractive things about this sheep, the little black hairs around each eye.” Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z There’s something about the chemistry between the two characters, but in the case of Billy Wilder, or James Brooks or Cameron Crowe, you feel the chemistry with the director too. Film: It?s the Relationships, Stupid 2010-11-20T19:13:00Z Fitzgerald, like many writers of his time, went to Hollywood in search of a salaried profession: his friend Billy Wilder likened him to "a great sculptor hired to do a plumbing job". In praise of the creative writing course 2013-01-18T07:01:01Z He was on the verge of taking a job in Tokyo two years later when Rob Wilder, founder of Washington’s Austin Grill, called to offer him the kitchen at Jaleo. José Andrés thinks food can fix the world, starting in Haiti And he believes, wholeheartedly, that the Hollywood pendulum will swing back to the sorts of movies he loves, and loves to make — like those of Billy Wilder, James L. Brooks and Wes Anderson. With ‘Roadies,’ Cameron Crowe Takes His Good Mood to TV 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Some of the most entertaining bits are reminiscences by Wilder. Two perfect gifts for Halloween: ‘The Shining’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Buttressed by the acerbic wit and speed of Billy Wilder’s direction and screenplay, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are at the top of their game in this 1966 film. The Best TV Shows and Movies New to Netflix, Hulu and More in December 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Wilder didn't necessarily intend to become a writer, though she did hold onto scraps of poetry and essays from her school years. Little house of maybe: "American Masters" on fact, fiction and the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z In addition to touring the studio lot, where much of the movie was filmed, Brooks is expected reminisce about his friend and collaborator Wilder, who died last Sunday from complications from Alzheimer's. Brooks to intro 'Young Frankenstein,' talk Wilder in Oct. 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z She did go on to have a successful marriage with Gene Wilder. Jane Curtin Is Playing It Straight 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z “I think there have been more books on Marilyn Monroe than on World War II,” Wilder once said, “and there’s a great similarity.” We Still Like It Hot 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Updated, the story could have made a nice little black-and-white thriller directed by Billy Wilder or Howard Hawks, with maybe a script by Raymond Chandler. The Big Screen by David Thomson – review 2012-10-12T21:55:01Z The part earned Mr. Wilder an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z R.I.P to the incomparable Gene Wilder. Celebrities Pay Tribute to Gene Wilder After His Death 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z It took three years for Brooks to raise the money to film it, but Wilder was ready when he came calling. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Gene Wilder's immense gift in his roles was to take the despair that most of us experience at some point in life or in some situation and poke a hole in it with humor. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Wilder herself couldn’t find a publisher for the memoir 85 years ago. Laura Ingalls Wilder finds new stardom in an old-fashioned way 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Wilder speculated that money may have had something to do with it. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The book, “Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography,” shows how Wilder transformed her girlhood into one of the greatest children’s series of all time with the Little House books. State seeking donors for Laura Ingalls Wilder book 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z They would say, ‘Oh, Mr. Wilder likes a certain kind of beer,’ so we always had that beer for Billy Wilder, who lived up the street. The Hollywood Hostess Connie Wald Recalls the Storied Stars Circling Her Table 2012-02-24T22:30:32Z Almanzo, Wilder’s husband, “was still doing chores at the age of eighty.” Garth Williams, Illustrator of American Childhood 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Over the next 10 years, he earned prominent roles in plays by Tennessee Williams and Thornton Wilder, opposite stars like Fredrick March and Tallulah Bankhead. Montgomery Clift: the untold story of Hollywood's misunderstood star 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Whitfield, Gibbs and the rest of the Wilder Blean team marvel at work each day, watching the wild calf grow and thrive — and the environment around her do the same. For the first time in 6,000 years, a bison is born in the wild in the U.K. 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z He and Wilder are on track to open five properties this year. José Andrés thinks food can fix the world, starting in Haiti She brings her “Lecture on the History of Skywriting” — with accompaniment — to the Billy Wilder stage at the Hammer. Fall literary preview: 6 terrific L.A. events 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z He visited Wilder’s daughter at her farmhouse in Connecticut, who encouraged him to visit Wilder herself, “assuring him that her mother was sharp-minded and likely to be responsive to him.” Garth Williams, Illustrator of American Childhood 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Wilder did eventually achieve his goal of performing in a classical ensemble. Joe Wilder, Horn Player, Dies at 92; Elegance Was His Theme Song 2014-05-10T00:40:17Z Actor and director Mel Brooks on Tuesday mourned the loss of Gene Wilder during an appearance on The Tonight Show, lamenting the fact that he’ll never be able to call his close friend again. Mel Brooks Says He Misses Being Able to Call Gene Wilder 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z In fact, Hill says, Wilder and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, who was a well-known writer herself, debated whether to include Mary’s blindness at all. Laura Ingalls Wilder finds new stardom in an old-fashioned way 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The whole of humanity doesn’t fit tidily into three acts, even assuming as much frame-breaking foolery as Wilder allows. ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ Review: A Party for the End of the World 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z But it is to the credit of this interpretation, which uses Thornton Wilder’s 1937 version, that you feel not only for the painfully enlightened wife but also for the bewildered husband in torment. Review: Domestic Doom, Fiercely Conveyed, in Ibsen and Strindberg Plays 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z She watched “The Matchmaker,” a 1958 film starring Shirley Booth, which is adapted from the same Thornton Wilder play that inspired the musical. Bette Midler, Glowin’, Crowin’, Goin’ Strong and Ready for ‘Hello, Dolly!’ 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z “The White Sheik” anticipated or inspired a number of later Hollywood comedies, including Gene Wilder’s “The World’s Greatest Lover,” Neil LaBute’s “Nurse Betty” and especially Woody Allen’s “The Purple Rose of Cairo.” ‘The White Sheik’: Fellini’s Charming Farce About Fandom 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Wilder was right wing, religious, practically silent as a writer until her 65th year. The Little House books as feminist classics 2012-12-28T22:55:10Z It was the first blooming of Amerikanismus popular culture in Europe, and it was right in Wilder’s wheelhouse. Review | Before Billy Wilder ventured behind a camera, he was a precocious journalist honing his sharp wit 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z With the major exception of Edward Albee, Broadway dramatists did not much take up Wilder’s surrealistic thread in the next few decades. Five Broadway Revivals Give a Tour of Our Theatrical Past 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z "However directors such as Howard Hawks, Ernst Lubitsch, Billy Wilder or Frank Capra treated women in real life, in their films they created independent-thinking women and seemed to understand them." Why no future Hollywood star could ever match Lauren Bacall's allure 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z “Wilder Mind” sticks to the band’s post-folkie makeover; that guitar is electric. Review: Mumford & Sons Lose the Twang in ‘Wilder Mind’ 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z I am not sure what prompted the attack on “Silver Streak,” but out of all the duds Wilder starred in, Zeitchik singled out one of the most successful and entertaining of the bunch? Readers reflect on the staying power of Beatlemania and mourn the loss of Gene Wilder 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z He wrote the scores for “Cats,” “Phantom of the Opera” and “School of Rock” as well as “Sunset Boulevard,” which is based on a 1950 film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Gloria Swanson. Glenn Close Will Star, Again, in ‘Sunset Boulevard’ on Broadway 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z “Billy Wilder on Assignment” has a bit of everything: punchy film reviews, profiles, set pieces on the rituals of the new nightlife. Review | Before Billy Wilder ventured behind a camera, he was a precocious journalist honing his sharp wit 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z You won’t be hearing a chorus of “Hello, Dolly!” in this Taproot Theatre production of the Thornton Wilder comedy that inspired that musical. What’s opening, what’s ending on Seattle stages soon 2013-09-13T14:16:08Z One fun way in is to stack him against the émigré Hollywood legends he clearly revered — directors like Douglas Sirk, Billy Wilder and Josef von Sternberg. Ready for Drama (and Meta-Drama)? Start With These Two Masters. 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Wilder came in thinking he wanted shirts that could be worn untucked, but after Mr. Mazza told him he would never personally wear a shirt that way, Mr. Wilder relented. Windsor Custom at the Ainsworth 2011-12-14T23:34:36Z Wilder was one of a kind and loved by his fans, so why take the time to single out “Silver Streak” and call it dreadful? Readers reflect on the staying power of Beatlemania and mourn the loss of Gene Wilder 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z But foremost, Mr. Wilder said he felt the location was all wrong. Who Will Tell the Story of Slavery? 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Rose wrote adult novels of pioneering life, stealing her mother's material but substituting the sourness of maturity for the warm-heartedness of Wilder's children's fiction. The Little House books as feminist classics 2012-12-28T22:55:10Z Wilder eventually apologized publicly for that statement and amended the line to, "There were no settlers, only Indians lived there." Little house of maybe: "American Masters" on fact, fiction and the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Trump threw another movie title in: “Sunset Boulevard” – Billy Wilder’s seminal 1950 noir on faded Hollywood grandeur, which was subsequently embraced by the gay community. Trump's Oscars rant? He just wants Hollywood to see he's a star 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z This documentary, directed by Nick Hampson and Stephen Robert Morse, compares the two politicians through a portrait of Mr. Wilders. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Rape of Recy Taylor’ and ‘Strangers’ 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Gene Wilder, star of the silver screen, died late Sunday in Stamford, Connecticut, due to complications from Alzheimer's disease, according to his family. Gene Wilder, Star of 'Willy Wonka,' Is Dead at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z As Mr. Wilder explains it to Mr. Saul, Pryor thought through every moment of the scene and changed everything offensive into something barbed and smart. ‘Becoming Richard Pryor,’ Scott Saul’s Biography 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Middletown' Will Eno — a writer who seems to combine elements of Samuel Beckett and Thornton Wilder — is one of the most interesting emerging playwrights in America. Summer stage is heating up 2011-05-27T14:25:14Z Dr. Bruce Wilder, a delegation member, said he will ask Pennsylvania legislators to introduce legislation to enact that requirement in schools. AMA wants obesity education 2012-06-21T13:46:00Z It has not only one of the great comic double acts of all time in Curtis and Jack Lemmon, but also a genius of a script, mainly Billy Wilder's. In praise of ? Some Like It Hot 2010-09-30T23:29:00Z Ron Howard's comedy begins and ends in hokey cliché, but for a brief period in the middle, it carries a slight hint of Billy Wilder, playing uncomfortable stuff for not entirely dumb laughs. 'The Dilemma': Happy days upended for couples in Ron Howard infidelity comedy 2011-01-13T02:33:04Z Following the announcement that Gene Wilder died earlier this month of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, James Corden paid tribute to the actor during the opening monologue of The Late Late Show. Gene Wilder Rejected James Corden in the Nicest Way Possible 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z “But this isn’t hippy stuff: what I’m interested in is ordinary people who don’t like words like ‘consciousness’ and ‘tantra’,” says Wilder. Let’s talk about intimacy – and why it makes for better love and sex 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z And those four movies Pryor made with Mr. Wilder remain influential for how they literalized the upside of racial integration as conjoined symbiosis. Gene Wilder’s Understated Nuttiness 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Wilder’s stories about Midwestern farmers in the late 1800s are not particularly inclusive. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Little House on the Prairie’ 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z Wilder based the books on her family's experiences as pioneers in the 19th century. 'Little House' books to join US literary canon 2012-04-03T16:34:08Z With the permission of the Wilder estate, Chris Abraham, the director of Stratford’s production, has interpolated some small bits from “The Merchant of Yonkers” and Guthrie’s prompt script into the published text. Theater Review: ‘The Matchmaker’ at Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2012-08-26T21:36:37Z For an overhead shade solution that feels more organic, Wilder suggests building a simple arbor structure. Reclaim your outdoor space, even in the summer swelter, with these expert tips 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Wilder Mind, the new record from Mumford and Sons, debuts atop the Billboard 200 with ease, giving the rockers their second consecutive number one album. Mumford And Sons' New Album 'Wilder Mind' Debuts At Number One 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Few films buffs would deny the superiority of an earlier movie Wilder and Holden made together, “Sunset Boulevard.” A shallow, gossipy perspective of ‘Audrey and Bill’ 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z In the meantime, Wilder has become Lohan's most vocal defender, publicly attacking Revel's motives, excoriating the tabloid media that have been tailing Lohan for years, and blasting the public for treating her troubles as entertainment. Lohan director explains why we hate Lindsay 2010-07-08T15:30:00Z Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth,” a formally inventive, constitutionally melancholy Pulitzer Prize winner from 1942, usually ticks the box for yes. ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ Review: A Party for the End of the World 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z The agent was happy too—Boyle was signed to play the monster, and Feldman would play Igor next to Wilder’s young Dr. Frankenstein. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Because the fight occurred during Black History Month, Wilder’s entrance was intended as a tribute to black excellence. Deontay Wilder’s Costume Was Heavyweight Camp 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Then, two years later, he was cast as a stud saxophone player, with Jack Lemmon as his partner and Marilyn Monroe as the bait, in Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot. Remembering Tony Curtis: The Best of Everything 2010-09-30T22:15:00Z Gene Wilder, star of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and comedy classics like Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, died Monday at the age of 83. Celebrities Pay Tribute to Gene Wilder After His Death 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z It’s not just that Wilder returns us to a simpler time – an era of face-to-face communication and community spirit, a place where everyone knows everyone else. A Terrorized British City Turns to an All-American Play for Healing 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — It’s been 10 years since L. Douglas Wilder, the nation’s first elected black governor, unveiled a plan to build the United States National Slavery Museum on 38 acres here. Tax Bills Imperil Slavery Museum 2011-07-20T23:03:20Z In his first major role on Broadway, Mr. Wilder played the chaplain in a 1963 production of Bertolt Brecht’s “Mother Courage and Her Children.” Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z There is similar apprehension that Geert Wilders – who speaks of ridding the country of “Moroccan scum” – has led the polls ahead of Holland’s general election on Wednesday. The 1930s were humanity's darkest, bloodiest hour. Are you paying attention? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z The movie’s spiritual twin is Billy Wilder’s “Sunset Boulevard,” made two years earlier and similarly self-reflexive in pondering the effect of the so-called dream factory. ‘The White Sheik’: Fellini’s Charming Farce About Fandom 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Keeping Wilder on the payroll apparently became untenable for the AP. Perspective | Emily Wilder’s firing is a story of bad faith, not bad tweets. Newsrooms must do better. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Billy Wilder famously said there’s only one thing for an actress in Hollywood to do after 30: leave town. Tyne Daly and Jim Parsons Discuss Their Latest Projects 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Dr. Bruce Wilder, a delegation member, said he will ask Pennsylvania legislators to introduce legislation to enact that requirement in schools. AMA wants obesity education 2012-06-21T13:46:00Z Lawrence, Thornton Wilder, Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, placed in the bookstore's front window a 732-page novel she had published, "Ulysses" by James Joyce. Heeding the lessons of James Joyce's "Ulysses," a century later 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z "He didn't know how to connect the pipes so that the water could flow," Wilder added. In praise of the creative writing course 2013-01-18T07:01:01Z For Billy Wilder, who directed her in ice-cold noir Double Indemnity, it was simple: “She was the best.” From femme fatale to cattle rancher: how Barbara Stanwyck bucked convention 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Sixteen significant directors — including Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, John Huston, George Lucas, Sidney Lumet and Billy Wilder — signed an open letter of support for the filmmaker. ‘Twilight Zone: The Movie’ and the Deadly Accident That Plagued It 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Sex and intimacy, says Wilder, are closely connected. Let’s talk about intimacy – and why it makes for better love and sex 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z “Having glamorous premises in the West End is just not justifiable,” Ms. Wilder said. For Galleries, a Central London Presence Is a Dying Tradition 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Though they had never met before, Ms. Wilder and Mr. Perlman had a lot in common, the friend told her. Two Lives, Parallel for Years, Finally Converge 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z It’s virtually a genre of self-loathing all to itself, from Billy Wilder’s “Sunset Boulevard” to Sofia Coppola’s “The Bling Ring.” Is “The Neon Demon” gruesome misogyny or brilliant feminist commentary? Can it be both? 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z After three weeks of taking a swig of whiskey every time Wilder left their office, Chandler suddenly didn’t show up. When Raymond Chandler Went to Work for Billy Wilder 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Kartheiser’s Wilder mostly consists of a thick Germanic accent and a cocky smirk. ‘Billy & Ray’ Explores the Making of ‘Double Indemnity’ 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Wilder, who often collaborated with Brooks and starred in the director’s films, died Sunday from complications stemming from Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Associated Press. Mel Brooks Says He Misses Being Able to Call Gene Wilder 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z The series opens Saturday at the Billy Wilder Theater with Eyre's debut feature, the 1998 road comedy "Smoke Signals," the first commercially released American feature written, directed and co-produced by Native Americans. Native voices: Indian perspectives are focus of UCLA archive's film fest 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z But Wilder, hardly alone in an unconvincing cast, registers less as a traumatized military leader than an actor uninspired by his dialogue. ‘The Great War’ Review: A Segregated Black Unit Fights in World War I 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Lohan's sentence interrupted the start of production; Wilder has said the film is "fully financed" and will start shooting when her jail term is done and she's ready to work again. Lohan director explains why we hate Lindsay 2010-07-08T15:30:00Z His approach can pay off beautifully, as it did in the long-running Off Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” | 'The House of Blue Leaves' : A Papal Visit Has Dreamers Dreaming 2011-04-26T02:01:06Z All of this was in train when Wilder's family wandered the American plains in their covered wagon – they just didn't know it yet. The Little House books as feminist classics 2012-12-28T22:55:10Z |
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