This is the second item about Billy Wilder posted this month. He was an interesting man, but I wonder why this should show up now: is there a new book coming out?
The linked article is a review of the recent book Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge by Joseph McBride. [1] Another recent book, Billy Wilder on Assignment [2], collects his journalism, and his experience as a journalist in Weimar Berlin and interwar Vienna contributed greatly to his outlook and his filmmaking.