December 15, 1961 –
An underrated Billy Wilder film, One, Two Three, opened in the US on this date.
In James Cagney’s autobiography, he says that Horst Buchholz was the only actor he really hated working with because he was uncooperative and tried all kinds of scene-stealing moves, which Cagney depended on Billy Wilder to correct. Had Wilder not firmly directed Buchholz, Cagney said that he “was going to knock Buchholz on his ass, which at several points I would have been very happy to do“. Cagney had such a negative experience making this picture that he retired from films for 20 years until his cameo in Ragtime.
The Haus of Dcaligari 