William Wellman, Jr.: “Directors like my father brought their life experiences to the screen”

Irene Mayer Selznick, daughter of studio mogul Louis B. Mayer and wife of independent Hollywood producer David O. Selznick, once described film director William Wellman (1896-1975) as a ‘shoot-up-t…

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MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“What do you mean you could go for her yourself? You could go for an eighty-year-old chick with rheumatism!”
James Cagney in Public Enemy
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“Heroes for Sale” (1933) — Good William Wellman drama about a WW1 vet’s misadventures up to the present (the height of the depression). What this film does to Loretta Young’s character is, well… not expected!

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Ted Benoit
Casablanca (1982)
William Wellman (198?)
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