Daily Dialogue — June 17, 2010

“Any world that can produce the Taj Mahal, William Shakespeare, and striped toothpaste can’t be all bad.”

 — C.R. MacNamara (James Cagney), One, Two, Three (1961), screenplay by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond, based on a play by Ferenc Molnár

This week’s Daily Dialogue theme is movies written by I.A.L. “Izzy” Diamond, Billy Wilder’s longtime writing partner.

Trivia: The instruction at the front of Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond’s screenplay reads: “This piece must be played molto furioso”. Suggested speed: 110 miles an hour — on the curves — 140 miles an hour in the straightways. “