315: Show Some Respect for the Chimp — Sunset Boulevard (1950) and Stalag 17 (1953)
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- Jason Snell
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Philip Michaels· Steve Lutz· Shannon Sudderth· Andy Ihnatko· Dan Moren· Monty Ashley
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Old Movie Club returns with two classic films directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden: The darkly tragi-comic Hollywood story “Sunset Boulevard” and the dramati-comic World War II prisoner-of-war story “Stalag 17.” Monty pitches a “Sunset Boulevard” prequel featuring a butler and a chimp. We notice the similarities between “Stalag 17” and an enormous number of sitcoms and comedy films from the following 30 years.