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Billy Wilder on Cary Grant
Excerpt from Conversations with Wilder: I had Cary Grant in mind for 4 of my pictures. He was a friend of mine, and I liked him enormously, and he liked me. But he was apprehensive, he did not want to … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Wilder, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Conversations with Wilder, Gary Cooper
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