Results: Billy Wilder was first and foremost a writer. Part Two offers a few more of his screenplays which became great Comedies....

Ninotchka was promoted as the film in which Garbo Laughs!! Only the Royal Suite at the grandest hotel in Paris has a safe large enough for the jewels of the Grand Duchess Swana. So the three Russians who have come to sell the jewels settle into the suite until a higher ranking official is dispatched to find out what is delaying the sale. She is Ninotchka, a no-nonsense woman who fascinates Count Leon who had been the faithful retainer of the Grand Duchess. The Grand Duchess will give up all claim to the jewels if Ninotchka will fly away from the count. Billy Wilder, Charles Bracket and Walter Reisch wrote the Screenplay. This story became a Movie Muiscal called Silk Stockings starring Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire. Ninotchka was nominated for and Winner of many Awards. Have you seen ?

The Seven Year Itch tells the story of a New Yorker with his family away for their annual summer holiday, Richard Sherman decides he has the opportunity to live a bachelor's life - to eat and drink what he wants and basically to enjoy life without wife and son around. The beautiful but ditsy blond from the apartment above his catches his eye and they soon start spending time together. It's all innocent though there is little doubt that Sherman is attracted to her. Any lust he may be feeling is played out in his own imagination. Nominated for several Awards, Marilyn Monroe: 1956 Winner Golden Laurel Top Female Comedy Performance. Have you seen ....

The Major and the Minor tells the story of a New York working girl Susan Applegate desperate to go home to Iowa. She does not have the railway fare so she disguises herself as a child to ride half fare. Enroute she meets Philip Kirby, an Army major teaching at a military school. Lucky for her he has vision problems. The role was very close to Ginger Rogers' heart. When she was touring America with her vaudeville act and chauffeured by her mother, Lela E. Rogers, they could not afford to pay the full fare. Ginger had to pretend to be younger by rolling her stockings down and holding her old dolly to look like a young child in order to get a cheaper fare. Ginger Rogers Won The National Board of Review USA Best Acting Award for her role. Have you seen The Major and the Minor?

Avanti based on a Broadway Play, adapted by Billy Wilder, tells the story of Baltimore industrialist Wendell Armbruster. He crosses paths with London shopgirl Pamela Piggott when they come to Ischia to pick up the bodies of her mother and his father, who have been killed in an automobile accident after a 10-year summertime affair. While straitlaced Wendell tries to avoid a scandal, free-spirited Pamela is impressed by the romantic setting. After some confusion with the bodies and a blackmail attempt by unscrupulous locals, Wendell and Pamela find more than friendship with surprising results. Jack Lemmon won the Golden Globe for Best Actor for his role. Have you seen Avanti?