Love in the Afternoon

film by Wilder [1957]

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Love in the Afternoon is a 1957 romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder. Co-written by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond, the film is an homage to the sophisticated comedies of Ernst Lubitsch. It stars Gary Cooper as an American playboy in Paris who becomes involved with a young cellist, played by Audrey Hepburn. Unbeknownst to him, Hepburn's father, a private detective played by Maurice Chevalier, is hired to investigate her. The film was considered one of Wilder and Diamond's lesser efforts, despite its notable cast and director.12

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Billy Wilder
Films of the 1950s of Billy Wilder
With Love in the Afternoon (1957), Wilder began working with a new writing partner, I.A.L. Diamond, though this first collaboration between them is generally held to be one of their lesser efforts. This homage to Lubitsch’s sophisticated comedies, based on the novel Ariane by Claude Anet,…
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With Love in the Afternoon (1957), Wilder began working with a new writing partner, I.A.L. Diamond, though this first collaboration between them is generally held to be one of their lesser efforts. This homage to Lubitsch’s sophisticated comedies, based on the novel Ariane by Claude Anet,…
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