Transcript: Director Billy Wilder to Celebrate 90th Birthday

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June 21, 1996
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Writer-director Billy Wilder will be 90 years old tomorrow. The director of such film classics as "Sunset Boulevard", "Some Like it Hot", " Double Indemnity" and "The Apartment" won two Oscars during his career.

[excerpt of `Sunset Boulevard']

MAN: Wait a minute. Haven't I seen you before? I know your face.

GLORIA SWANSON: Get out. Or shall I call my servant?

MAN: You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big.

GLORIA SWANSON: I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

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