本想成为律师的Billy Wilder放弃他在维也纳报社做记者的工作来到柏林，1929年开始编写剧本而涉足影坛。希特勒掌权前，他为许多德国电影编写剧本。由于害怕因为自己的犹太血统引起麻烦，他移居到巴黎，与人合作导演了一部电影后，1933年经由墨西哥来到好莱坞。2002年3月28日，抱过六个小金...
雷·米兰德(Ray Milland)生于1905年1月3日，英国威尔士，逝世于1986年3月10日，美国加州。英国演员雷·米兰德三、四十年代主要在一些浪漫的爱情电影中担任主角，《失去的周末》成为他人生的最高点。在此之后他试图改行做导演，不过没有成功。
1914年生于美国生于密苏里州圣约瑟夫，原名莎拉·简·福克斯。其父曾为圣约瑟夫市长，1929年父亲死后全家移居洛杉矶。高中毕业后曾从事杂工。1932年进入电影界，在好莱坞一些歌舞片中出演歌舞女郎。1936年进入华纳公司，两年后和罗纳德·里根相见，并合演《军校风光》，1940年二人再次合...
Howard da Silva was one of 324 actors, writers and directors who fell victim to the Hollywood blacklisting of the early 1950s, and had his career halted in the blink of an eye. Originally was a steelworker before making his stage debut at age 20 in New York. He made a name for himself on Broadway before going to Hollywood, but kept up his stage work after making the move to films. His most memorable performance came in the 1943 Broadway production of Oklahoma!. In Hollywood, he became a well-liked character actor, appearing in such films as Sergeant York (1941), The Big Shot (1942) and The Lost Weekend (1945).
After some Broadway musical stage work as a chorine, Detroit-born actress Doris Dowling followed her older sister Constance Dowling (who died relatively young in 1969) to Hollywood and made about an equal representation. Doris started off auspiciously with the role of the barfly and drinking companion to fellow alcoholic Ray Milland in the sobering classic film The Lost Weekend (1945). That movie, which won "best picture" and "best actor" and was the first to deal with the harrowing effects of alcoholism, led to an equally victimy part for Doris in the choice Raymond Chandler piece The Blue Dahlia (1946) starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. Her post-war credits started dropping off, however, and (like her sister) managed to revive her career in Italy where her soulful eyes and dark, earthy beauty complemented several dramas whose themes reflected the realities of war, including Riso amaro (1949) and Roma città aperta (1945) (Open City). Doris also appeared in Orson Welles' European production of Othello (1952) playing the role of Bianca. Returning to the US, theater and TV would comprised much of her later work, continuing on such popular shows as Bonanza (1959) and Barnaby Jones (1973). In 1973, she shared an Outer Critics Circle award for her performance in the all-star stage production of "The Women" on Broadway. Married three times, she was wife #7 to band leader Artie Shaw, by whom she had a son, Jonathan Shaw.
