That Time Billy Wilder Refrained From Telling Journalist: 'It Was Hitler, Stupid'
Fun memories from former UPI reporter Gary Paul Gates.
Long before the lumbering modern-age PR animal known as the Hollywood press junket, journalists have been asking actors, writers and directors dumb questions. And for just as long, the folks caught in the crossfire have been able to often handle these incoming duds with deft aplomb.
Case in point: Billy Wilder, while promoting the 1964 romantic comedy Kiss Me, Stupid. Reporter Gary Paul Gates, who was covering entertainment for UPI at the time, caught Wilder on the flip side and relays that portion of their conversation in a recent piece for the Shelter Island Reporter.
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