In 1944, Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity hit the screens. I have not seen the movie, but I am told it is very good. This film noir directed was co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and was
based on James M. Cain's 1943 novella of the same name, which originally
appeared as an eight-part serial in Liberty magazine.
Fred MacMurray starred as an insurance salesman, while Barbara
Stanwyck was the housewife who wants her husband dead.
The lovely and talented and Edward G. Robinson was the
insurance man looking for fakes.
The movie was nominated for seven Academy Awards, which
means you had to call it a film. But it lost every one of them, so you can call
it a movie, after all.
Everyone loves the movie, and it frequently makes Top 50
best of lists.
In honor of the movie’s seventy-third anniversary, we take a
look at those involved and ask “Where Are They Now?”
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Billy Wilder directed many movies and died at the age of 95. He's in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles.
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Fred MacMurray went on to success in the television program, My Three Sons, in which he played a father who had three sons. MacMurray died from pneumonia at age 83 in 1991. His body was entombed in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Mary Astor is also buried there, as is Spike Jones. It is a very popular place to bury deceased people who were famous.
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Barbara Stanwyck went on to star in a show called "The Barbara Stanwyck Show," which was hosted by Barbara Stanwyck. She died in 1990 and her ashes were scattered from a helicopter over Lone Pine, California.
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Edward G. Robinson testified before the House Un-American activities Committee, naming Albert Maltz, Dalton Trumbo, John Howard Lawson, Frank Tuttle, and Sidney Buchman as commies. His body is at Beth-El Cemetery in Brooklyn.
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5 comments:
You've never seen Double Indemnity? My eyes widened so much at that confession that I could barely read the rest of this!
God, I love this post. Side note, if you ever get the chance to visit Westwood Village Memorial Park, do it. It's a veritable who's who of dead people.
Art, an eye-opening post? Thanks
Holly, Thanks for the heads up. Dead people are my favorite.
What did I just read?
David,
Thanks for reading.
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