He was the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher - noted for his all-seeing, moving glass eye, powerful magic skills, disregard for rules and for teaching illegal lessons in his classroom, artificial leg (and limp), and ever-present drinking flask.Wilder""s previousThe Lost Weekend (1945)had also won Best Picture and Best Director.Wilder would cast Jack Lemmon in five more films as a leading man, includingIrma La Douce (1963),The Fortune Cookie (1966),Avanti! (1972),The Front Page (1974), andBuddy Buddy (1981).But Cholo and Foxy (Tony Nappo) ignored warnings to get out, as they searched for alcohol in a liquor store.What makes it precious is that it ends.And I know that now more han ever.And I say it, today of all days, to remind us that time is luck.So don""t waste it living someone else""s life.Make yours count for something.Fight for what matters to you.No matter what.Because even if we fall short, what better way is there to live?Intercutting of scenes occurred between the high-school graduation and the chase sequence in downtown Manhattan.A cynical news editor MacWade (George Bancroft) wants the inside scoop for stories published each day in heNew York Mail.