Wild Bill Hollywood maverick

This film explores the life and times of the prolific American filmmaker, William A. "Wild Bill" Wellman, as well as examining the social fabric of an emerging popular culture that he was helping to construct--Container.

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"This film explores the life and times of the prolific American filmmaker, William A. "Wild Bill" Wellman, as well as examining the social fabric of an emerging popular culture that he was helping to construct--Container."@en
""Among the colleagues saluting director William A. Wellman (1896-1975) in this engrossing 1995 study is Clint Eastwood, who appeared in Wellman's penultimate 1958 movie Lafayette Escadrille. 'He was wild. He was from a wild era of filmmaking, ' Eastwood recalls, referring to the freewheeling Hollywood of the 1920s and '30s. The documentary chronicles how the Massachusetts-born Wellman's daring WWI flying record helped land him his breakthrough assignment in Hollywood: directing Wings, an Academy Award winner for Best Pictures in 1927. Included are clips from such Wellman screen classics as The public enemy (1931), Wild boys of the road (1933), A star is born (1937), The Ox-Bow incident (1943), Battleground (1949) and The high and the mighty (1954)"--TV guide, August 13, 1996. Includes remembrances by: Mike Connors, Clint Eastwood, James Garner, Darryl Hickman, Arthur Hiller, Tab Hunter, Howard W. Koch, Tom Laughlin, Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Harry Morgan, Gregory Peck, Sidney Poitier, Nancy Reagan, Robert Redford, Buddy Rogers, Martin Scorsese, Tony Scott, Robert Stack, Michael Wayne, Dorothy Wellman, James Whitmore, Richard Widmark, Robert Wise, Jane Wyman."@en
"Two documentary films on the life and work of the film director William A. Wellman."@en
"This film explores the life and times of the prolific American filmmaker, William A. "Wild Bill" Wellman, as well as examining the social fabric of an emerging popular culture that he was helping to construct."@en
"This film explores the life and times of the prolific American filmmaker, William A. "Wild Bill" Wellman, as well as examining the social fabric of an emerging popular culture that he was helping to construct."
"The men who made the movies: William A. Wellman: The director shares many stories and speaks bluntly of the producers with who he has worked and describes his remarkable star-making and star-spotting abilities. He was responsible for helping actors win Oscars and discovered such notable actors as James Cagney and Gary Cooper."@en
"As a restless young man early in World War I, William A. Wellman joined the French Foreign Legion, and then became an ace American pilot with the famed Lafayette Escadrille. After being shot down and suffering grave injuries, the war hero returned to civilian life in Hollywood in the 1920s, soon becoming known as Wild Bill for his maverick perspective and two-fisted approach to directing. Narrated by Alec Baldwin."@en
"Explores the life and directorial times of William A. Wellman."@en
"Wild Bill: Profiles the adventurous, contentious, and very talented director William Wellman (1896-1975). Ambulance driver for the French Foreign Legion and decorated American pilot in World War I, Wellman later became a barnstorming stunt pilot, but found his true calling directing Hollywood films. Highlights include clips from his movies and interviews with or clips featuring Clint Eastwood, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Martin Scorsese, James Garner, Tab Hunter, Richard Widmark, Robert Wise, Jane Wyman, and others."@en