[FILM DIRECTORS (FRANK CAPRA)]. MCBRIDE, JOSEPH (WILDER, BILLY). Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. First Edition. From the library of the great film director Billy Wilder, signed and inscribed by the author Joseph McBride to Mr. Wilder, who is also mentioned in the text. Inscribed: “For Billy Wilder - with admiration, Joe McBride, January 14, 1995.” Illustrated. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket. The first major biography of film director Frank Capra, whose body of work includes such classics as It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can’t Take It With You, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It’s a Wonderful Life. Billy Wilder’s legendary status in Hollywood as a director, screenwriter, and producer of Ninotchka, Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Stalag 17, Some Like it Hot, The Seven Year Itch, The Apartment, and The Fortune Cookie.