Wilder Times
Thursdays & Sundays • July – December, 2026
One of classical Hollywood’s greatest directors – and arguably its finest screenwriter – Billy Wilder was responsible for an astonishing run of iconic, Oscar-laureled films. From July-December, the Hi-Pointe Theatre will offer 14 of the director’s works in the series Wilder Times, with the films each screening twice. Cliff Froehlich, Cinema St. Louis’ retired executive director, will introduce and lead post-film discussions at the 1 p.m. Thursday matinees for six of the films: Double Indemnity (July 9), Sunset Boulevard (Aug. 13), Ace in the Hole (Sept. 10), Some Like It Hot (Oct. 8), The Apartment (Nov. 19), and One, Two, Three (Dec. 10). Those screenings are offered through St. Louis Oasis, which provides older adults with opportunities for lifelong learning. In addition, Froehlich will participate in the evening presentation of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes on July 23. The other seven films in the series are The Lost Weekend, Sabrina, The Seven Year Itch, Witness for the Prosecution, Love in the Afternoon, Irma La Douce, and Kiss Me, Stupid.
The Apartment (35MM)
- Thu, Nov 19
Director: Billy Wilder Run Time: 125 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1960
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Jack Kruschen, Jack Lemmon, Ray Walston, Shirley MacLaine
Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!
One, Two, Three (35MM)
Director: Billy Wilder Run Time: 109 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1961
Starring: Arlene Francis, Horst Buchholz, James Cagney, Liselotte Pulver, Pamela Tiffin
In Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked with playing babysitter to his boss' spoiled 17-year-old daughter Scarlett, who proves more difficult than anticipated when she reveals that she is pregnant by a Communist.
Irma la Douce
Director: Billy Wilder Run Time: 147 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1963
Starring: Bruce Yarnell, Herschel Bernardi, Jack Lemmon, Lou Jacobi, Shirley MacLaine
A story of passion, bloodshed, desire and death... everything, in fact, that makes life worth living.