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Title | A talent for trouble : the life of Hollywood's most acclaimed director, William Wyler |
Item type | Book |
Author(s) | Herman, Jan |
Imprint | New York G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995 |
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Language | English |
URL | Link to original record |
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Physical description | 517 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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245 12 A talent for trouble :|bthe life of Hollywood's most
acclaimed director, William Wyler /|cJan Herman.
260 New York :|bG.P. Putnam's Sons,|cc1995.
300 517 p., [16] p. of plates :|bill. ;|c24 cm.
504 Includes bibliographical references (p. [496]-498) and
index.
504 Filmography: p. [468]-473.
506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CBPF.
520 William Wyler was Laurence Olivier's mentor, the love of
Bette Davis's life, John Huston's best friend, Audrey
Hepburn's discoverer and Barbra Streisand's father figure
- and much more. His major motion pictures were
touchstones for an entire generation. He made thirty-two
of them (and as many silents), including Jezebel,
Wuthering Heights, The Letter, The Little Foxes, Mrs.
Miniver, The Best Years of Our Lives, Roman Holiday, The
Heiress, Ben-Hur and Funny Girl.
520 8 Wyler's pictures won thirty-eight Academy Awards in all,
twice as many as any other director's. Their 127 Oscar
nominations - half of them in best picture, director and
acting categories - are not remotely approached by the
closest competition. Wyler also guided more actors to
Academy Awards than anyone - thirteen of thirty-five
nominations. And he himself won three Oscars of twelve
nominations, in addition to Hollywood's most prestigious
prizes, the Irving G. Thalberg Award, the D. W. Griffith
Award and the American Film Institute Life Achievement
Award. A Talent for Trouble was written with the
cooperation of the Wyler family, who provided access to
William Wyler's previously undiscovered private papers.
The book is based also on the author's extensive research
and interviews with more than a hundred of Wyler's stars,
professional associates and friends.
530 Also issued online.
600 10 Wyler, William,|d1902-1981.
650 0 Motion picture producers and directors|zUnited States
|vBiography.
650 0 Motion pictures|zUnited States|xHistory.
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