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It was the first black/white film sinceThe Apartment (1960)to win he Best Picture Academy Award, and the most commercially-successful B/W film in cinematic history.]This great film noir received no Academy Awards, although it was nominated in seven categories: Best Picture, Best Actress (Barbara Stanwyck with her third nomination and a career total of over 40 films), Best Director (Wilder's first directorial nomination for only his third film as director), Best Screenplay (co-scriptwriters Chandler and Wilder), Best B/W Cinematography (John Seitz, working ogether with Wilder on the second of four films), Best Sound Recording (Loren Ryder), and Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture (Miklos Rozsa).Little Joe, Little JoeOh, whatever become of him, I don't knowOh, he sure did like his liquorAnd it would have got his tickerBut the sheriff got him quicker - yeeha!Little Joe, Little JoeOh, wherever his body lies, I don't knowWhen the yellow moon was beamin'He could wrangle like a demonAnd you'd always hear him screamin' - yeeha!Little Joe, Little JoeOh, whatever he's doing now, I don't knowHe had women by the dozenAnd he swore they woz his cousinsTill he met up with their husbands - yeeha!After belting out the song, Frenchy demonstrates how she answers to no man - except Kent.Try it on for size.Kill for me."When Jesse told Lisa about his dream at school the next day, she suggested he was having a premonition.