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Article: Billy Wilder makes it look as easy as `One, Two, Three'
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 30, 1986
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HOLLYWOOD Billy Wilder was having trouble finding a teaspoon - in
his own kitchen yet - so finally, sheepishly, he curled a finger and
led a visitor to the Wilder dining room, the one decorated with
Picassos and Klees. There, Hollywood's most mischievous immigrant
borrowed a spoon from the impeccably set table. That night, Audrey
and Billy Wilder were entertaining for 10.
As Wilder swiped the spoon, he did a double take, making sure his
wife wasn't around. It's no accident the Wilders' dinner parties are
the closest thing Hollywood has to an '80s salon. (Truman Capote's
chapter on Hollywood in his book Answered Prayers was called "And
Audrey Wilder Got Up to Sing." The former Tommy Dorsey ...