Billy Wilder and Some Like It Hot

Wes D. Gehring is a distinguished professor of film at Ball State University and associate media editor for USA Today magazine, for which he also writes the column “Reel World.” He is the author of 40 film books, including biographies of James Dean, Carole Lombard, Steve McQueen, Robert Wise, Red Skelton and Charlie Chaplin.

Wes D. Gehring
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages:
Bibliographic Info: ca. 40 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2025
pISBN: 978-1-4766-9440-5
eISBN: 978-1-4766-5652-6
Imprint: McFarland

• “Gehring remains supreme in film comedy scholarship”—Choice

• “Just about anything with film historian and media writer Wes D. Gehring’s name on it will be of quality.”—Cinema Retro

• “Gehring’s genius: he has watched pretty much every piece of 20th century cinema and digested it into an uber achievement of not just film but their interconnections both on and off the screen.”—Ink 19