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The Lost Weekend was adapted from a novel by which author?

Answer

Charles R. Jackson

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Which actress plays script reader Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard?

Answer

Nancy Olson

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Which silent comedy star has a cameo as a bridge player in Sunset Boulevard?

Answer

Buster Keaton

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Which gossip columnist plays herself in Sunset Boulevard?

Answer

Hedda Hopper

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Who was the third credited writer on Sunset Boulevard, with Wilder and Charles Brackett?

Answer

D. M. Marshman Jr.

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Which longtime collaborator co-wrote Sunset Boulevard with Billy Wilder?

Answer

Charles Brackett

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What was the professional name of Billy Wilder's older brother, also a film director?

Answer

W. Lee Wilder

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In what year did Billy Wilder become a naturalized U.S. citizen?

Answer

1939

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In Fedora, what film producer is played by William Holden?

Answer

Barry Detweiler

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In Irma la Douce, what is Jack Lemmon's policeman character named?

Answer

Nestor Patou

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What French-language film was Billy Wilder's directorial debut?

Answer

Mauvaise Graine

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Which 1961 Wilder comedy stars James Cagney as C.R. MacNamara?

Answer

One, Two, Three

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