Cinema: Old Hat

Old Hat FEDORA

Directed by Billy Wilder Screenplay by Billy Wilder and I. A.L. Diamond

She is a legendary beauty whose legend and beauty refuse to fade even though she is pushing 70. Now a shabby producer who was her lover one night long ago arrives at her villa on Corfu to lure her out of retirement. It is the only way he can get financing for his last-hope project, a remake of Anna Karenina. The star is as ravishing as ever, thanks, it is said, to one of those goat-gland doctors, who is part of her grotesque entourage. Unfortunately the lady seems...

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