| @quot;It''s the Pictures That Got Small@quot;: Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood''s Golden Age Subjects: Brackett Charles 1892–1969 -- Diaries; Brackett Charles 1892–1969 -- Friends and associates; Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Diaries; Screenwriters -- United States -- Diaries; Wilder Billy 1906–2002 -- Friends and associa; Private revelations from a prominent Hollywood screenwriter and producer who worked closely with Billy Wilder from the 1930s to the 1950s. Anthony Slide is the author or editor of more than two hundred books on the history of popular entertainment. He has served as both associate archivist of the American Film Institute and as resident film historian of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His most recent publications include Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses ; Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazines: A History of Star Makers, Fabricators, and Gossip Mongers ; and Hollywood Unknowns: A History of Extras, Bit Players, and Stand-Ins . |