Ebook: It's the Pictures that Got Small: Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's Golden Age

Golden Age Hollywood screenwriter Charles Brackett was an extremely observant and perceptive chronicler of the entertainment industry during its most exciting years. He is best remembered as the writing partner of director Billy Wilder, who once referred to the pair as 'the happiest couple in Hollywood', collaborating on such classics as 'The Lost Weekend' and 'Sunset Blvd.' In this annotated collection of writings taken from dozens of Brackett's unpublished diaries, leading film historian Anthony Slide clarifies Brackett's critical contribution to Wilder's films and Hollywood history while enriching our knowledge of Wilder's achievements in writing, direction, and style.