#William Wellman

[citizenscreen]

Fay Wray and Gary Cooper in William Wellman’s THE LEGION OF THE CONDEMNED (1928) 🔥

[davidhudson]

James Stewart, May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997.

Lieutenant Stewart visits Henry Fonda and William Wellman on the set of The Ox-Bow Incident (1943).

[fibula-rasa]

Wings (1927)  

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Director: William Wellman

Cinematographer: Harry Perry

Performers: Buddy Rogers, Richard Arlen, (additional stunt pilots uncredited)

[thursdaymurderbub]

Excerpt from a 1972 interview with Joan Blondell done on the set of Banyon (1972-1973). Taken from Conversations with Classic Film Stars: interviews from Hollywood's golden era (2016) by James Bawden and Ron Miller.

[silvestriste]

[unmechanism]

podcast cinema club

my film recommendations based on the podcasts you enjoy ! starting with : hello from the hallowoods -

these do not exactly fit themes or storylines of the podcast, but it's more of a general feeling, more or less serious depending on which one !! please mind the content in some of these !

[cloverjester]

I wanted to make a post about how I think Bern is autistic but William beat me to it

Anyway, another win for the autistic community

[onefootin1941]

The Purchase Price, 1932

Directed by William Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent and Lyle Talbot.

[jimforce]

Throwback Video

Since it’s Track of the Cats 60 anniversary I wanted to throwback to it. This movie has always fascinated me because of it’s unique look. It was shot in color but lit for Black and White. The director William Wellman called it a Black and White movie in Color, which I think is true. They do play around with it giving certain characters bright colors so they really stand out. I look at it as an art movie made by a classic Hollywood director. Always loved the look of this film. Maybe not the story but the idea and look are really cool.

[ashes-in-a-jar]

Hello From the Hallowoods fans new reaction gif just dropped

[boscofuller]

[citizenscreen]

William A. Wellman’s WINGS hit theaters across the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1927

[davidhudson]

William A. Wellman, February 29, 1896 – December 9, 1975.

[fibula-rasa]

Wings (1927)  

[letterboxd | imdb]

Director: William Wellman

Cinematographer: Harry Perry

Performers: Buddy Rogers (parachuters uncredited)

[nathancone]

Movie watch: HEROES FOR SALE (1933)

I've been slowly making my way through a William Wellman pre-code set I acquired a few years ago and finally popped on this film about two WWI veterans and the diverging paths they take following the war. For most of the film, we follow Tom Holmes (Richard Barthelmess), who returns home with a bad morphine addiction after being treated for injuries at the front.

He loses his job, but kicks the drug habit, landing in Chicago where things begin to look up as he finds work, love, and a steady upward climb. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes and Tom is pulled away from his son, and back on the streets among the thousands of men out of work in the Great Depression.

Owing to its pre-code production, "Heroes For Sale" deals frankly with drug addiction, police brutality, and corruption. There's a silver lining at the end of the picture, but it's otherwise a bleak look at the state of America in the early 1930s. Recommended.

[dancingbugs]

The crew had to move tables and chairs out of the shot as the camera rolled through. I would love to see that in the wide as actors jumped back while Wellman yelled "Go!" Or whatever it was he yelled.

He figured out how to shoot aerial fights too, using towers and mounted cameras on planes that his actors had to learn how to fly for their roles.

He made over 80 films and is barely taught in film school. Strange erasure, maybe because he doesn't fit the auteur theory. He directed in multiple genres as the mood took him.

Before camera cranes were invented, William A. Wellman pulled off this tracking shot in WINGS (1927). It was the first Best Picture Oscar winner.