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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Billy Wilder

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Happy birthday to director Billy Wilder!

Jack Lemmon was his favorite actor. He once said: "I'm terribly fond of Jack. We understand each other very well and it's a pleasure to work with him. He is a thinking actor, but not an argumentative one. By that way I mean if we start shooting at nine o'clock, he would be there at 8:15 and would come to my office and say, "Hey, I've got a great idea! Look, why don't we do this? Blah, blah, blah, blah." And I just look at him, and he says, "I don't like it either." And he walks out."

Both are seen here dancing on the set of "Some like it hot".

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