I don’t think I’ve ever seen Billy Wilde’s 1945 Oscar-winning movie about alcoholism. This is a super-rare Belgian poster, featuring star Ray Milland as an alcoholic writer on the mother of all benders. The movie won four Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director for Wilder, and Best Actor for Milland. Interestingly, the liquor industry…
Spirit Of St Louis
This is a movie I feel I should have seen, but if so I remember nothing about it. It is a biopic of aviator Charles Lindbergh, and specifically his history-making 33 hour transatlantic flight in the plane of the title. The great Billy Wilder directs, and the 25 year-old Lindbergh is played by the 47…
Love in the afternoon
Who doesn’t love Audrey Hepburn? My wife certainly does, which is why we have ended up with various pieces of Audrey memorabilia around our house. This is a Japanese ‘chirashi’ flyer for Billy Wilder’s 1957 romantic comedy Love In The Afternoon. I must admit, i like the flyer rather more than I liked the movie. …