Hollywood Classics

19/12/2017 Billy Wilder’s nightmarish cautionary tale of the consequences of alcoholism, The Lost Weekend was groundbreaking for its time, and won out over Bing Crosby’s sunny sequel to Going My Way, The Bells of St. Mary’s, along with the great noir soap opera Mildred Pierce, with Joan Crawford at her scene-chewing finest as the mother who sacrifices all for her ungrateful daughter. Also snubbed were Hitchcock’s suspenseful Spellbound and the enormously popular musical Anchors Aweigh with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly. 1. Profile :- Directed by Billy Wilder Produced by Charles Brackett Screenplay by Charles Brackett  Billy Wilder Based on The Lost Weekend  by Charles R. Jackson Music by Miklós Rózsa Cinematography John F. Seitz Edited by Doane Harrison Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date  November 29, 1945 Running time  99 minutes[1] Country United States Language English Budget $1.25 million Box office $11,000,000[2] or $4

07/12/2017 Best Picture Oscar Winners of the 1940s : 4. 1944 Best Picture – ‘Going My Way’ Another injustice here as the crowd-pleasing story of a priest in a tough parish (crooner Bing Crosby) vacuumed up seven Oscars, including the top prize. The film earned millions, and beat out the far superior Double Indemnity, Billy Wilder’s film noir to end all film noir, with its crooked insurance agent, deadly dame and murder plot gone wrong. Also snubbed was the psychological thriller Gaslight, along with the largely forgotten soap opera Since You Went Away, and the obscure biopic Wilson (as in President Woodrow). 4. Going My Way :- 1. Profile :- Directed by Leo McCarey Produced by Leo McCarey Screenplay by Frank Butler Frank Cavett Story by Leo McCarey Music by Robert Emmett Dolan Cinematography Lionel Lindon John F. Seitz Edited by LeRoy Stone Production  company  Paramount Pictures Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date  May