Hold Back The Dawn
Mitchell Leisen directed Hold Back The Dawn (1941) from a screenplay by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett. Famously the director and screenwriters didn’t get along. However, the resulting film from… Read more »
Tag: Mitchell Leisen
Easy Living
While on her way to work Mary Smith (Jean Arthur) and her hat are clobbered by a defenestrated fur coat. As she goes knocking on doors hoping to return the… Read more »
Murder At The Vanities
Murder At The Vanities (1934) is one of the best known pre-code Hollywood films today, having been featured in the Universal Backlot Series DVD boxed set Pre-Code Hollywood Collection from… Read more »
Midnight
Midnight (1939) is the first of three films written by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett that Mitchell Leisen directed. Midnight is a screwball comedy of mistaken identities that in the… Read more »
