Title: The Lost Weekend

Date: 1945
Type: Drama
Rating: 4/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Billy Wilder
Producer: Charles Brackett

Comment
An alcoholic (Ray Milland) recalls how he became an alcoholic and how a woman (Jane Wyman) he meets by chance, falls in love with him, and works to turn his life around. Ray Milland rightly won an Oscar for his performance as the alcoholic struggling with his addiction despite the efforts of his girlfriend and brother (Philip Terry). There is good support from Jane Wyman, but it is Ray Millard and his performance that makes the film. There is good direction from Billy Wilder in the Film Noir style and the incidental music helps build the atmosphere. Billy Wilder was the first person to win an Oscar for director and screenplay.
Actors
Ray Milland
Jane Wyman
Philip Terry
Howard Da Silva
Doris Dowling
Frank Faylen
Lilian Fontaine
Oscars
Won - Best Picture
Won - Best Actor - Ray Milland
Won - Best Director - Billy WIlder
Won - Best Screenplay - Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett
Nomination - Best Music