The Great Depression was done, and World War II had been over since 1945, so the transitional period from the late to 1940s to the early 1950s was a much smoother one than the previous two decades. As ...

“It runs the gamut,” said Ewing, noting the “terrific stars” that appeared in Wilder’s films, including Charles Laughton, Marlene Deitrich, Humphrey Bogart and Gary Cooper. Wilder had a knack for ...