Preminger
Americannoun
noun
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Likewise, many well-known geniuses like Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger and Fritz Lang, who were chased out of Europe by the Nazis, brilliantly exposed the hypocrisies and soul deadening conformity of mainstream American culture.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
Not just the Françoise Sagan book, but the Otto Preminger version.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
Preminger has already established Laura as a firecracker who could ignite: When she first meets Biegler at his office, she really makes herself at home on the couch.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2021
She was considered a rising star in Hollywood, but other than “Bunny Lake Is Missing” and “The Cardinal,” a 1963 religious drama also directed by Preminger, her film roles were often forgettable.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2019
An Upper Eastsider for two decades, Preminger includes among his favorite restaurants Caravelle, Le Cirque and 21, where agent Irving "Swifty" Lazar once broke a glass over his head that took 51 stitches to close.
From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max
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