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 A Talent For TroubleThe Life Of Hollywood's Most Acclaimed Director, William Wylerby Jan Herman Aug 21, 1997
DescriptionThe films of William Wyler (1902–1981) include some of the most memorable and honored motion pictures of all time; Jezebel, The Letter, The Little Foxes, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Heiress, Detective Story, Roman Holiday, Ben-Hur, Funny Girl, and more than two dozen others. His great ability to conceal his directorial presence in order to better serve his material, coupled with the variety of genres in which he excelled, have earned his films 127 Academy Award nominations, winning Wyler three best-director Oscars. Based on his previously undiscovered papers, and hundreds of interviews, this perceptive, spellbinding biography reveals both the director and the private man in startling close-ups as he lived his turbulent life at a bit more than twenty-four frames per second. Reviews”Invaluable.” ”Excellent.” "The best movie bio of the season." "Herman captures the man and his work in all their variety and complexity." "Herman's richly satisfying biography . . . describes Wyler's painstaking approach to making his 32 [sound] films, showing how he worked with writers, actors, producers and technical crew. Equally well-covered are Wyler's early romances, his marriage and family life, his friendship with director John Huston, his thorny but productive relationship with Samuel Goldwyn, and his brave defiance of the House Un-American Activities Committee. . . . [A] major addition to the literature of Hollywood's Golden Age." Selling TerritoryWorld Excluding UK & Commonwealth |
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