Trophy Unlocked: Billy Wilder

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Saturday, March 21, 2020

Stubs - Sabrina

Sabrina (1954) Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Walter Hampden. Directed by Billy Wilder. Screenplay by Billy Wilder, Samuel Taylor, Ernest Lehman Based on the play Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor (New York, 11 Nov 1953). Produced by Billy Wilder. Black and White Runtime: 112 minutes. USA Romantic Comedy

Humphrey Bogart made a career out of doing films other actors turned down. Several of his films at Warner Bros. were his because the likes of George Raft turned them down. Even though he had reached his own stardom status, with films like The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Casablanca (1944), he was still not always every studio’s first choice. With Sabrina, the actor’s first film at Paramount, Bogart was second-choice to Cary Grant, who like Raft had done prior in Bogart’s career, turned down the role. To his credit, Bogart could take almost any role and make you forget anyone else had ever been considered for it.

Review Hub - Film Noir

Film Noir is one of our favorite genres here at Trophy Unlocked and in honor of that we present this review hub, It is always the right time to start your own Summer of Darkness:

While some consider this genre to be as American as the Western, there were film noirs made in other countries, but none, I would say that match the best that Hollywood produced during the 1940s and 50s. Visually influenced by German expressionism, some of the greatest noirs were made by European emigres: Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Michael Curtiz.

If you like crime, private detectives, femme fatales and people who feel trapped in the shadows, then you'll probably love film noirs as much as I do.