Noir Alley: Double Indemnity (1944) intro by Eddie Muller shown on Dec 30, 2018 From TCM's Noir Alley (Saturdays at Midnight ET and Sunday 10am ET) hosted by the Czar of Noir, Eddie Muller.
That Wilder fellow sure sounds like a charming gent; I guess that sort of collision of personalities sometimes is needed to create great stuff, this great picture was result.
THE LOST WEEKEND is based on a novel by Charles Jackson. No doubt many of Chandler's drinking traits were written into the screenplay for the Don Birnam character played by Ray Milland.
