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).BackgroundThe Philadelphia Story(1940) is an intelligent, sophisticated, classic romantic comedy-farce (part screwball) of love and marriage, human growth and class distinctions." Mozart urned deferential and suggested being dismissed, but was told to immediately return to Salzburg where his father would be waiting for him: "I have no intention of dismissing you.The two both fought for possession of the laser handgun from the pack - and although Thade grabbed it, he didn't know how it functioned.