Hollywood Collection - Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough expose Pearl (Betty Hutton) is a

Pearl (Betty Hutton) is a frustrated factory worker who aspires to become an actress

the film keeps audiences on the edge of their seats and laughing for hours

After Stars crumbles he goes into decades of exile

Facing a crossroads

Director William Keighley (The Adventures of Robin Hood

Hollywood Collection - Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough expose Pearl (Betty Hutton) is aWalter Matthau was barely three when his father deserted the family. Poverty and New York street smarts produced a self deprecating humor that never left. The G. I. Bill let him study acting and by 1951 he earned a New York Drama Critics Award. Television dramas followed and then came Hollywood. When director Billy Wilder cast him opposite Jack Lemmon, a classic partnership was created. In Lemmon, Matthau found an enduring friend and frequent co star.