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Nobody's Perfect: Billy Wilder, a Personal Biography
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Publication date November 1, 2002
Pages 384
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780743238717
ISBN-10 0743238710
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Original list price $27.50
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Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Having been introduced to each other by Groucho Marx in the mid-1970s, Charlotte Chandler became the biographer of this legendary screenwriter/director. Charlotte made frequent trips to Hollywood to spend time with Wilder and his wife, Audrey. At every visit the tape-recorder was left on, and their conversations were preserved. Over time, Wilder introduced her to his friends, who also were taped for inclusion in the book. The result is an amazing wealth of riches, conversations that are as fresh and vital now as when they were recorded. Included are such greats as Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Ginger Rogers, Kirk Douglas, Audrey Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Henry Fonda. The portrait they present of Wilder is both loving and complex, an amalgam of adoration and respect. For Wilder, these were actors, and as long as they did their job well, he wanted to be with them. A case in point is Marilyn Monroe. Wilder made two films with her, SEVEN YEAR ITCH and SOME LIKE IT HOT, and both times he spoke openly about the difficulty working with the emotionally unstable star, 'Marilyn was like smoking,' Wilder revealed. 'I knew she was bad for my health, but I couldn't give her up.'

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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780743217095
 
from Simon & Schuster (November 1, 2002); titled "Nobody's Perfect: Billy Wilder, a Personal Biography"
9780743217095 | details & prices | 384 pages | 6.25 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $27.50
About: A portrait of controversial Hollywood legend Billy Wilder introduces readers to the man behind the camera that shot 'Some Like It Hot' and 'Sunset Boulevard,' among other classic American films.
Paperback
from Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (September 30, 2004); titled "Nobody's Perfect: Billy Wilder A Personal Biography"
9781557836328 | details & prices | 352 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 0.80 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $17.95
Miscellaneous
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from Simon & Schuster (November 1, 2002); titled "Nobody's Perfect: Billy Wilder, a Personal Biography"
9780743238717 | details & prices | 384 pages | List price $27.50
About: Having been introduced to each other by Groucho Marx in the mid-1970s, Charlotte Chandler became the biographer of this legendary screenwriter/director.

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