The youngest film in the retrospective is "Some Like It Hot" (1959), directed by the Austrian-born Billy Wilder.

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On Broadway, success came with the musical comedy, Promises, Promises, based on the Billy Wilder film, The Apartment.

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But Jill was the witty cosmopolitan who gave running commentary that was like a voice-over narration from a Billy Wilder movie.

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According to Billy Wilder, a film director, Frank Sinatra had talent but did not have the discipline to be a great actor.

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Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder had well and truly paved the way.

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