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Wellman – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="William A. Wellman" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86" title="ویلیام ولمن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویلیام ولمن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Wellman" title="William A. Wellman – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="William A. 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Wellman" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A2%D9%8A%D9%87._%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86" title="ويليام آيه. ويلمان – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويليام آيه. ويلمان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Wellman" title="William A. Wellman – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="William A. 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For his son, the actor, see <a href="/wiki/William_Wellman_Jr." title="William Wellman Jr.">William Wellman Jr.</a></div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">William A. Wellman</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Wellman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5d/William_Wellman.jpg/220px-William_Wellman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5d/William_Wellman.jpg/330px-William_Wellman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/William_Wellman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="418" data-file-height="238" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Wellman filming <i><a href="/wiki/The_High_and_the_Mighty_(film)" title="The High and the Mighty (film)">The High and the Mighty</a></i> (1954)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">William Augustus Wellman</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1896-02-29</span>)</span>February 29, 1896<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Brookline,_Massachusetts" title="Brookline, Massachusetts">Brookline, Massachusetts</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 9, 1975<span style="display:none">(1975-12-09)</span> (aged 79)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Augustus Wellman</b> (February 29, 1896 – December 9, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and <a href="/wiki/Military_pilot" class="mw-redirect" title="Military pilot">military pilot</a>. He was known for his work in <a href="/wiki/Crime_film" title="Crime film">crime</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adventure_film" title="Adventure film">adventure</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Action_film" title="Action film">action</a> genre films, often focusing on aviation themes, a particular passion. He also directed several well-regarded satirical comedies. His 1927 film, <i><a href="/wiki/Wings_(1927_film)" title="Wings (1927 film)">Wings</a></i>, was the first film to win an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Academy Award for Best Picture</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1st_Academy_Awards" title="1st Academy Awards">1st Academy Awards</a> ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-variety_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning his film career as an actor, he went on to direct over 80 films, at times co-credited as producer and consultant, from the <a href="/wiki/Silent_film" title="Silent film">silent era</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Golden_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollywood Golden Age">Golden Age of Hollywood</a>. He was nominated for four <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a>: three <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director" title="Academy Award for Best Director">Best Director Oscars</a> for the original <a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1937_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1937 film)"><i>A Star Is Born</i></a> (1937), <a href="/wiki/Battleground_(film)" title="Battleground (film)"><i>Battleground</i></a> (1949), and <a href="/wiki/The_High_and_the_Mighty_(film)" title="The High and the Mighty (film)"><i>The High and the Mighty</i></a> (1954) and one in <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Original Story</a> for <i>A Star is Born</i>, which he won. In 1973, he received the <a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America" title="Directors Guild of America">Directors Guild of America</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_%E2%80%93_Feature_Film" title="Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award – Feature Film">Lifetime Achievement Award</a>. He was previously a decorated combat pilot during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, serving in the <a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Flying_Corps" title="Lafayette Flying Corps">Lafayette Flying Corps</a> of the <a href="/wiki/French_Air_and_Space_Force" title="French Air and Space Force">French Air Force</a>, and earning a <a href="/wiki/Croix_de_guerre_1914%E2%80%931918_(France)" title="Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)">Croix de Guerre</a> with two palms for valorous action.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_A._Wellman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wellman was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. His father, Arthur Gouverneur Wellman, was a <a href="/wiki/Boston_Brahmin" title="Boston Brahmin">Boston Brahmin</a>. William was a great-great-great-great-great-grandson of <a href="/wiki/Puritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Puritan">Puritan</a> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wellman" title="Thomas Wellman">Thomas Wellman</a>, who emigrated to the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a> <i>circa</i> 1640.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a great-great-great-grandson of <a href="/wiki/Welsh_people" title="Welsh people">Welsh</a>-born <a href="/wiki/Francis_Lewis" title="Francis Lewis">Francis Lewis</a> of New York, one of the signatories to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a>. Wellman's mother, Cecilia McCarthy, was an Irish immigrant. </p><p>During his teenage years, Wellman often found himself in trouble with authorities. He was expelled from Newton High School in Newtonville, Massachusetts for dropping a <a href="/wiki/Stink_bomb" title="Stink bomb">stink bomb</a> on the principal's head.<sup id="cite_ref-filmref_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-filmref-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-interview_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also arrested and placed on <a href="/wiki/Probation" title="Probation">probation</a> for car theft.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother, who actually worked as a probation officer, was asked to address Congress on the subject of juvenile delinquency.<sup id="cite_ref-imdbbio_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imdbbio-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, young William worked as a salesman, as a general laborer in a lumber yard, and as a player on a minor-league hockey team.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_I">World War I</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_A._Wellman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wellman_and_Nieuport.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Wellman_and_Nieuport.jpg/170px-Wellman_and_Nieuport.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Wellman_and_Nieuport.jpg/255px-Wellman_and_Nieuport.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Wellman_and_Nieuport.jpg 2x" data-file-width="323" data-file-height="397" /></a><figcaption>Wellman and <i>Celia</i>, his Nieuport 24 fighter, c. 1917 (one of several aircraft named for his mother)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Wellman_in_a_German_Rumpler.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/William_Wellman_in_a_German_Rumpler.jpg/220px-William_Wellman_in_a_German_Rumpler.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/William_Wellman_in_a_German_Rumpler.jpg/330px-William_Wellman_in_a_German_Rumpler.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/William_Wellman_in_a_German_Rumpler.jpg/440px-William_Wellman_in_a_German_Rumpler.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1700" data-file-height="1494" /></a><figcaption>Wellman in a captured German <a href="/wiki/Rumpler" title="Rumpler">Rumpler</a> (image from his 1918 account <i>Go Get Em!...</i>)</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Wellman enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/American_Volunteer_Motor_Ambulance_Corps" title="American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps">Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps</a> to serve as a driver in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-World_War_I_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_War_I-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in Paris, Wellman joined the <a href="/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion" title="French Foreign Legion">French Foreign Legion</a> and was assigned on December 3, 1917, as a fighter pilot, becoming the first American to join <i><a href="/wiki/Escadrille_Spa.87" title="Escadrille Spa.87">Escadrille N.87</a></i> in the <a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Flying_Corps" title="Lafayette Flying Corps">Lafayette Flying Corps</a> (not the sub-unit <a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Escadrille" title="Lafayette Escadrille">Lafayette Escadrille</a> as usually stated),<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he earned himself the nickname "Wild Bill", and was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Croix_de_guerre_1914%E2%80%931918_(France)" title="Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)">Croix de Guerre</a> with two palms.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> N.87, <i>les Chats Noir</i> (Black Cat Group) was stationed at <a href="/wiki/Lun%C3%A9ville" title="Lunéville">Lunéville</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Alsace-Lorraine">Alsace-Lorraine</a> sector and was equipped with <a href="/wiki/Nieuport_17" title="Nieuport 17">Nieuport 17</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Nieuport_24" title="Nieuport 24">Nieuport 24</a> "pursuit" aircraft. Wellman's combat experience culminated in three recorded "kills", along with five probables, although he was ultimately shot down by German anti-aircraft fire on March 21, 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wellman survived the crash but he walked with a pronounced limp for the rest of his life.<sup id="cite_ref-World_War_I_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_War_I-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wellman's air-combat credits include the following in 1918:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>January 19: a German "<a href="/wiki/Rumpler" title="Rumpler">Rumpler</a>" shot down in front of American lines in <a href="/wiki/Lorraine" title="Lorraine">Lorraine</a> by Wellman and Thomas Hitchcock.</li> <li>January 20: a German "Rumpler" shot down near German airfield at Mamy, France; pilot killed/gunner escaped</li> <li>March 8: forced two observers to jump from an observation balloon (attack unsuccessful; balloon taken down)</li> <li>March 9: fired on a German "Rumpler" over Parroy; plane escaped, but rear gunner killed.</li> <li>March 9: shot down a German "Rumpler"; killed rear gunner; pilot killed by airman Ruamps.</li> <li>March 9: shot down a German "<a href="/wiki/Albatros_Flugzeugwerke" title="Albatros Flugzeugwerke">Albatros</a>"; pilot killed; plane fell into American lines</li> <li>March 17: shot down at least two +one[?] German patrol planes; not confirmed as fight took place over German lines.</li> <li>March 18: shot down a German "Rumpler;" not confirmed as fight took place over German lines.</li></ul> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Mar%C3%A9chal_des_logis" title="Maréchal des logis">Maréchal des logis</a></i> (Sergeant) Wellman received a medical discharge from the Foreign Legion and returned to the United States a few weeks later. He spoke at War Savings Stamp rallies in his French uniform. In September 1918 his book about French flight school and his eventful four months at the front, <i>Go Get 'Em!</i> (written by Wellman with the help of Eliot Harlow Robinson), was published. He joined the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Service" title="United States Army Air Service">United States Army Air Service</a>, but was too late to fly for America in the war. Stationed at <a href="/wiki/Rockwell_Field" title="Rockwell Field">Rockwell Field</a> in San Diego, he taught combat tactics to new pilots. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_career">Film career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_A._Wellman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Film career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While in San Diego, Wellman flew to Hollywood for the weekends in his <a href="/wiki/SPAD_S.VII" title="SPAD S.VII">Spad</a> fighter, using <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks" title="Douglas Fairbanks">Douglas Fairbanks</a>' polo field in Bel Air as a landing strip.<sup id="cite_ref-World_War_I_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_War_I-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fairbanks was fascinated with the true-life adventures of "Wild Bill"<sup id="cite_ref-World_War_I_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_War_I-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and promised to recommend him for a job in the movie business; he was responsible for Wellman being cast in the juvenile lead of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Knickerbocker_Buckaroo" title="The Knickerbocker Buckaroo">The Knickerbocker Buckaroo</a></i> (1919).<sup id="cite_ref-interview_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wellman was hired for the role of a young officer in <i><a href="/wiki/Evangeline_(1919_film)" title="Evangeline (1919 film)">Evangeline</a></i> (1919), but he was fired for slapping <a href="/wiki/Miriam_Cooper" title="Miriam Cooper">Miriam Cooper</a>, the film's star and also the wife of the production's director, <a href="/wiki/Raoul_Walsh" title="Raoul Walsh">Raoul Walsh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-imdbbio_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imdbbio-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Wellman_flight_instructor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/William_Wellman_flight_instructor.jpg/220px-William_Wellman_flight_instructor.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/William_Wellman_flight_instructor.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="299" data-file-height="323" /></a><figcaption>Wellman as a flight instructor at <a href="/wiki/Rockwell_Field" title="Rockwell Field">Rockwell Field</a>, 1919</figcaption></figure> <p>Wellman hated being an actor, thinking it an "unmanly" profession,<sup id="cite_ref-tcmbio_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tcmbio-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was miserable watching himself on screen while learning the craft.<sup id="cite_ref-WellmanJr_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WellmanJr-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He soon switched to working behind the camera, aiming to be a director, and progressed up the line as "a messenger boy, as an assistant cutter, an assistant property man, a property man, an assistant director, second unit director and eventually... director."<sup id="cite_ref-interview_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first assignment as an assistant director for <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Durning" title="Bernard Durning">Bernie Durning</a> provided him with a work ethic that he adopted for future film work. One strict rule that Durning enforced was no fraternization with screen femme fatales, which almost immediately Wellman broke, leading to a confrontation and a thrashing from the director. Despite his transgression, both men became lifelong friends, and Wellman steadily progressed to more difficult first unit assignments.<sup id="cite_ref-World_War_I_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_War_I-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wellman made his uncredited directorial debut in 1920 at Fox with <i>Twins of Suffering Creek</i>. The first films he was credited with directing were <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Won_(1923_film)" title="The Man Who Won (1923 film)">The Man Who Won</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Second_Hand_Love" title="Second Hand Love">Second Hand Love</a></i>, released on the same day in 1923. After directing a dozen low-budget 'horse opera' films,<sup id="cite_ref-interview_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wellman was hired by <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount</a> in 1927 to direct <i><a href="/wiki/Wings_(1927_film)" title="Wings (1927 film)">Wings</a></i>, a major war drama dealing with fighter pilots during World War I that was highlighted by air combat and flight sequences. The film culminates with the epic <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Saint-Mihiel" title="Battle of Saint-Mihiel">Battle of Saint-Mihiel</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/1st_Academy_Awards" title="1st Academy Awards">1st Academy Awards</a> it was one of two films to win Best Picture (the other was <i><a href="/wiki/Sunrise:_A_Song_of_Two_Humans" title="Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans">Sunrise</a>)</i>, although, due to tensions within the studio regarding time and budget overages, Wellman wasn't invited to the event.<sup id="cite_ref-WellmanJr_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WellmanJr-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wellman's other films include <i><a href="/wiki/The_Public_Enemy" title="The Public Enemy">The Public Enemy</a></i> (1931), the first version of <i><a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1937_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1937 film)">A Star Is Born</a></i> (1937), <i><a href="/wiki/Nothing_Sacred_(film)" title="Nothing Sacred (film)">Nothing Sacred</a></i> (1937), <i><a href="/wiki/Beau_Geste_(1939_film)" title="Beau Geste (1939 film)">Beau Geste</a></i> (1939) starring <a href="/wiki/Gary_Cooper" title="Gary Cooper">Gary Cooper</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Thunder_Birds_(1942_film)" title="Thunder Birds (1942 film)">Thunder Birds</a></i> (1942), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ox-Bow_Incident" title="The Ox-Bow Incident">The Ox-Bow Incident</a></i> (1943), <i><a href="/wiki/Lady_of_Burlesque" title="Lady of Burlesque">Lady of Burlesque</a></i> (1943), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_G.I._Joe" title="The Story of G.I. Joe">The Story of G.I. Joe</a></i> (1945), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Iron_Curtain_(film)" title="The Iron Curtain (film)">The Iron Curtain</a></i> (1948), <i><a href="/wiki/Battleground_(film)" title="Battleground (film)">Battleground</a></i> (1949) and three films starring and produced by <a href="/wiki/John_Wayne" title="John Wayne">John Wayne</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/Island_in_the_Sky_(1953_film)" title="Island in the Sky (1953 film)">Island in the Sky</a></i> (1953), <i><a href="/wiki/The_High_and_the_Mighty_(film)" title="The High and the Mighty (film)">The High and the Mighty</a></i> (1954), and <i><a href="/wiki/Blood_Alley" title="Blood Alley">Blood Alley</a></i> (1955).<sup id="cite_ref-AFI_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFI-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While he was primarily a director, Wellman also produced 10 films, one of them uncredited, all of which he also directed. His last film was <i><a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Escadrille_(film)" title="Lafayette Escadrille (film)">Lafayette Escadrille</a></i> (1958), which he produced, directed, wrote the story for and narrated. He wrote the screenplay for two other films that he directed, and one film that he did not direct: 1936's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Gangster" title="The Last Gangster">The Last Gangster</a></i>. Wellman wrote the story for <i>A Star Is Born</i> and (with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Carson_(writer)" title="Robert Carson (writer)">Robert Carson</a>) received the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Story" title="Academy Award for Best Story">Academy Award for Best Story</a>. Wellman is credited for the story in the remakes released in <a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1954_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1954 film)">1954</a>, <a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1976_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1976 film)">1976</a>, and <a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(2018_film)" title="A Star Is Born (2018 film)">2018</a>. Wellman's work was influenced by his good friend and fellow film director <a href="/wiki/Howard_Hawks" title="Howard Hawks">Howard Hawks</a>, with whom he rode motorcycles together in a group called the Moraga Spit and Polish Club.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wellman reportedly worked fast, usually satisfied with a shot after one or two takes.<sup id="cite_ref-WellmanJr_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WellmanJr-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite his reputation for not coddling his leading men and women, he coaxed Oscar-nominated performances from seven actors: <a href="/wiki/Fredric_March" title="Fredric March">Fredric March</a> and <a href="/wiki/Janet_Gaynor" title="Janet Gaynor">Janet Gaynor</a> (<i>A Star Is Born</i>), <a href="/wiki/Brian_Donlevy" title="Brian Donlevy">Brian Donlevy</a> (<i>Beau Geste</i>), <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mitchum" title="Robert Mitchum">Robert Mitchum</a> (<i>The Story of G.I. Joe</i>), <a href="/wiki/James_Whitmore" title="James Whitmore">James Whitmore</a> (<i>Battleground</i>), and <a href="/wiki/Jan_Sterling" title="Jan Sterling">Jan Sterling</a> and <a href="/wiki/Claire_Trevor" title="Claire Trevor">Claire Trevor</a> (<i>The High and Mighty</i>). Regarding actors, Wellman in a 1952 interview stated, "Movie stardom isn't about acting ability, it's personality and temperament". He then added, "I once directed <a href="/wiki/Clara_Bow" title="Clara Bow">Clara Bow</a>. She was mad and crazy but what a personality!"<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Innovations">Innovations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_A._Wellman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Innovations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Wings</i> led to several firsts in filmmaking including newly invented camera mounts that could be secured to plane fuselages and motor-driven cameras to shoot actors while flying as the cameramen ducked out of frame in their cockpits. Star <a href="/wiki/Richard_Arlen" title="Richard Arlen">Richard Arlen</a> had some flying experience but co-star <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Rogers_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddy Rogers (actor)">Buddy Rogers</a> had to learn to fly for the film, as stunt pilots could not be used during close-up shots. Towers up to 100 feet (30 m) were used to shoot low-flying planes and battle action on the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-WellmanJr_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WellmanJr-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the filming of <i><a href="/wiki/Beggars_of_Life" title="Beggars of Life">Beggars of Life</a></i> (1928), a silent film starring <a href="/wiki/Wallace_Beery" title="Wallace Beery">Wallace Beery</a>, Richard Arlen and <a href="/wiki/Louise_Brooks" title="Louise Brooks">Louise Brooks</a>, sound was added to Beery's introductory scene at the behest of Paramount Studio. Wellman reportedly hung a microphone from a broom so Beery could walk and talk within the scene, avoiding the static shot required for early sound shoots.<sup id="cite_ref-WellmanJr_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WellmanJr-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the filming of <i><a href="/wiki/Chinatown_Nights_(1929_film)" title="Chinatown Nights (1929 film)">Chinatown Nights</a></i> (1929), he sat under the camera on a dolly with the mic between his legs, essentially inventing a shotgun mic.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_A._Wellman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wellman won a single Academy Award, for the story of <i>A Star Is Born</i>. He was nominated as best director three times: for <i>A Star Is Born</i>, <i>Battleground</i> and <i>The High and Mighty</i>, for which he was also nominated by the <a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America" title="Directors Guild of America">Directors Guild of America</a> as best director. In 1973, the DGA honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Copies of both <i>Wings</i> and <i>The Story of G.I. Joe</i> are preserved in the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Film_Archive" title="Academy Film Archive">Academy Film Archive</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wellman also has a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_A._Wellman&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wellman revealed near the end of his life that he had married a French woman named Renee during his time in The Lafayette Flying Corps. She was killed in a bombing raid during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-WellmanJr_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WellmanJr-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, between 1918 and 1934, he married four additional times in the United States: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Helene_Chadwick" title="Helene Chadwick">Helene Chadwick</a>: married (1921-1923) separated after a month; later divorced</li> <li>Margery Chapin (daughter of <a href="/wiki/Frederic_Chapin" title="Frederic Chapin">Frederic Chapin</a>): married (1925-1926); together for a short time; adopted <a href="/wiki/Robert_Emmett_Tansey" title="Robert Emmett Tansey">Robert Emmett Tansey</a>'s daughter, Gloria.<sup id="cite_ref-myheritage/10182-1960076_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-myheritage/10182-1960076-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Marjorie_Wellman_(née_Crawford)"></span>Marjorie Crawford: married (1930-1933) divorced<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ninety-nines/news/19300803_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ninety-nines/news/19300803-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-978-0-684-83168-8_|_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-978-0-684-83168-8_|-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Coonan" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorothy Coonan">Dorothy "Dottie" Coonan</a>: married (March 20, 1934 – 1975); until his death; they had seven children - four daughters, three sons.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Dorothy starred in Wellman's 1933 film <i><a href="/wiki/Wild_Boys_of_the_Road_(1933_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wild Boys of the Road (1933 film)">Wild Boys of The Road</a></i> and had seven children with him, including actors Michael Wellman, <a href="/wiki/William_Wellman_Jr." title="William Wellman Jr.">William Wellman Jr.</a>, Maggie Wellman, and Cissy Wellman.<sup id="cite_ref-variety_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His daughter Kathleen "Kitty" Wellman married actor <a href="/wiki/James_Franciscus" title="James Franciscus">James Franciscus</a>, although they later divorced. His first daughter is Patty Wellman, and he had a third son, Tim Wellman. </p><p>In 1974 Wellman published his autobiography, <i>A Short Time for Insanity</i>. </p><p>William Wellman died of leukemia in 1975 at his <a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_Los_Angeles" title="Brentwood, Los Angeles">Brentwood</a> home in Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was cremated, and his ashes were scattered at sea. His widow Dorothy, at age 95, died on September 16, 2009, in Brentwood, California.<sup id="cite_ref-variety_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_assessments">Career assessments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_A._Wellman&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Career assessments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Decades after Wellman's death, William Jr. wrote two biographies about his father, <i>The Man and His Wings: William A. Wellman and the Making of the First Best Picture</i> (2006) and <i>Wild Bill Wellman—Hollywood Rebel</i> (2015). Fellow filmmakers have also examined Wellman's career. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Schickel" title="Richard Schickel">Richard Schickel</a> in 1973 devoted an episode of his <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> series <i>The Men Who Made the Movies</i> to Wellman,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1996, Todd Robinson made the feature-length documentary <i>Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_A._Wellman&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable unsortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th width="65">Director </th> <th width="65">Writer </th> <th width="65">Producer </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="14">Silent films </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1923 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Won_(1923_film)" title="The Man Who Won (1923 film)">The Man Who Won</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Five reels; <a href="/wiki/Lost_film" title="Lost film">lost</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Second_Hand_Love" title="Second Hand Love">Second Hand Love</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Five reels; <a href="/wiki/Lost_film" title="Lost film">lost</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Dan_(film)" title="Big Dan (film)">Big Dan</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Six reels </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cupid%27s_Fireman" title="Cupid's Fireman">Cupid's Fireman</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Six reels; <a href="/wiki/Lost_film" title="Lost film">lost</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1924 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Not_a_Drum_Was_Heard" title="Not a Drum Was Heard">Not a Drum Was Heard</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Five reels; <a href="/wiki/Lost_film" title="Lost film">lost</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Vagabond_Trail" title="The Vagabond Trail">The Vagabond Trail</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Five reels; <a href="/wiki/Lost_film" title="Lost film">lost</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Circus_Cowboy" title="The Circus Cowboy">The Circus Cowboy</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Five reels; <a href="/wiki/Lost_film" title="Lost film">lost</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1925 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/When_Husbands_Flirt" title="When Husbands Flirt">When Husbands Flirt</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Six reels </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1926 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Boob" title="The Boob">The Boob</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Six reels </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/You_Never_Know_Women" title="You Never Know Women">You Never Know Women</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Six reels </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cat%27s_Pajamas" title="The Cat's Pajamas">The Cat's Pajamas</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Six reels; <a href="/wiki/Lost_film" title="Lost film">lost</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1927 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wings_(1927_film)" title="Wings (1927 film)">Wings</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1928 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Legion_of_the_Condemned" title="The Legion of the Condemned">The Legion of the Condemned</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lost_film" title="Lost film">Lost</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ladies_of_the_Mob" title="Ladies of the Mob">Ladies of the Mob</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lost_film" title="Lost film">Lost</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="66">Sound films </th></tr> <tr> <td>1928 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Beggars_of_Life" title="Beggars of Life">Beggars of Life</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1929 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chinatown_Nights_(1929_film)" title="Chinatown Nights (1929 film)">Chinatown Nights</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_I_Love_(1929_film)" title="The Man I Love (1929 film)">The Man I Love</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Woman_Trap_(1929_film)" title="Woman Trap (1929 film)">Woman Trap</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1930 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dangerous_Paradise_(1930_film)" title="Dangerous Paradise (1930 film)">Dangerous Paradise</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Eagles_(film)" title="Young Eagles (film)">Young Eagles</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Maybe_It%27s_Love_(1930_film)" title="Maybe It's Love (1930 film)">Maybe It's Love</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">1931 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Other_Men%27s_Women" title="Other Men's Women">Other Men's Women</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Public_Enemy" title="The Public Enemy">The Public Enemy</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Nurse_(1931_film)" title="Night Nurse (1931 film)">Night Nurse</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Star_Witness" title="The Star Witness">The Star Witness</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Safe_in_Hell" title="Safe in Hell">Safe in Hell</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">1932 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hatchet_Man" title="The Hatchet Man">The Hatchet Man</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/So_Big!_(1932_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="So Big! (1932 film)">So Big!</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Is_a_Racket" title="Love Is a Racket">Love Is a Racket</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Purchase_Price" title="The Purchase Price">The Purchase Price</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Conquerors_(1932_film)" title="The Conquerors (1932 film)">The Conquerors</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Frisco_Jenny" title="Frisco Jenny">Frisco Jenny</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7">1933 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Central_Airport_(film)" title="Central Airport (film)">Central Airport</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lilly_Turner" title="Lilly Turner">Lilly Turner</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Heroes_for_Sale_(film)" title="Heroes for Sale (film)">Heroes for Sale</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Mary" title="Midnight Mary">Midnight Mary</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wild_Boys_of_the_Road" title="Wild Boys of the Road">Wild Boys of the Road</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/College_Coach" title="College Coach">College Coach</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Female_(1933_film)" title="Female (1933 film)">Female</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Uncredited </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Directed some scenes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1934 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Looking_for_Trouble_(1934_film)" title="Looking for Trouble (1934 film)">Looking for Trouble</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Viva_Villa!" title="Viva Villa!">Viva Villa!</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Uncredited </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Directed some scenes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stingaree_(1934_film)" title="Stingaree (1934 film)">Stingaree</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_President_Vanishes_(film)" title="The President Vanishes (film)">The President Vanishes</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1935 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_the_Wild_(1935_film)" title="Call of the Wild (1935 film)">Call of the Wild</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1936 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_of_El_Dorado_(film)" title="Robin Hood of El Dorado (film)">Robin Hood of El Dorado</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Small_Town_Girl_(1936_film)" title="Small Town Girl (1936 film)">Small Town Girl</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tarzan_Escapes" title="Tarzan Escapes">Tarzan Escapes</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Uncredited </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Directed some scenes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1937 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1937_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1937 film)">A Star Is Born</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Story </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Gangster" title="The Last Gangster">The Last Gangster</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Story </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nothing_Sacred_(film)" title="Nothing Sacred (film)">Nothing Sacred</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Uncredited </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Script revisions </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Men_with_Wings" title="Men with Wings">Men with Wings</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1939 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Beau_Geste_(1939_film)" title="Beau Geste (1939 film)">Beau Geste</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_That_Failed_(1939_film)" title="The Light That Failed (1939 film)">The Light That Failed</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1941 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Reaching_for_the_Sun" title="Reaching for the Sun">Reaching for the Sun</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1942 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Man%27s_Lady" title="The Great Man's Lady">The Great Man's Lady</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Roxie_Hart_(film)" title="Roxie Hart (film)">Roxie Hart</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Thunder_Birds_(1942_film)" title="Thunder Birds (1942 film)">Thunder Birds</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1943 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_of_Burlesque" title="Lady of Burlesque">Lady of Burlesque</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ox-Bow_Incident" title="The Ox-Bow Incident">The Ox-Bow Incident</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1944 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bill_(1944_film)" title="Buffalo Bill (1944 film)">Buffalo Bill</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1945 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/This_Man%27s_Navy" title="This Man's Navy">This Man's Navy</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_G.I._Joe" title="The Story of G.I. Joe">The Story of G.I. Joe</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1946 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gallant_Journey" title="Gallant Journey">Gallant Journey</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1947 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Magic_Town" title="Magic Town">Magic Town</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1948 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Iron_Curtain_(film)" title="The Iron Curtain (film)">The Iron Curtain</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Sky" title="Yellow Sky">Yellow Sky</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1949 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Battleground_(film)" title="Battleground (film)">Battleground</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1950 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Next_Voice_You_Hear..." title="The Next Voice You Hear...">The Next Voice You Hear...</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Happy_Years" title="The Happy Years">The Happy Years</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1951 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Guys_Named_Mike" title="Three Guys Named Mike">Three Guys Named Mike</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Uncredited </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Script revisions </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Across_the_Wide_Missouri_(film)" title="Across the Wide Missouri (film)">Across the Wide Missouri</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Big_Country" title="It's a Big Country">It's a Big Country</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Partial </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Segment: "Minister in Washington" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Westward_the_Women" title="Westward the Women">Westward the Women</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/My_Man_and_I" title="My Man and I">My Man and I</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Island_in_the_Sky_(1953_film)" title="Island in the Sky (1953 film)">Island in the Sky</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Also narrator (uncredited) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1954 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_High_and_the_Mighty_(film)" title="The High and the Mighty (film)">The High and the Mighty</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Fear_(film)" title="Ring of Fear (film)">Ring of Fear</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Uncredited </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Directed some scenes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Track_of_the_Cat_(film)" title="Track of the Cat (film)">Track of the Cat</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Blood_Alley" title="Blood Alley">Blood Alley</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Good-bye,_My_Lady_(film)" title="Good-bye, My Lady (film)">Good-bye, My Lady</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1958 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Darby%27s_Rangers" title="Darby's Rangers">Darby's Rangers</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Escadrille_(film)" title="Lafayette Escadrille (film)">Lafayette Escadrille</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Story </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_A._Wellman&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/28px-P_vip.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/41px-P_vip.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/55px-P_vip.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1911" data-file-height="1944" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Biography" title="Portal:Biography">Biography portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ambulance_drivers_during_World_War_I" title="List of ambulance drivers during World War I">List of ambulance drivers during World War I</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_A._Wellman&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Bibliography</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li>William A. Wellman, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/gogetemtrueadven00well"><i>Go, Get 'Em!: The True Adventures of an American Aviator of the Lafayette Flying Corps</i></a> [etc.]. Boston: The Page Company, 1918</li> <li>William A. Wellman, <i>A Short Time for Insanity: An Autobiography</i>. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1974. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8015-6804-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-8015-6804-8">0-8015-6804-8</a></li> <li>William A. Wellman, <i>Growing Old Disgracefully</i>. 2nd, unpublished volume of memoirs completed shortly before his death; copies were privately printed and distributed to his wife and each of their children<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>William R. Meyer, <i>Warner Brothers Directors: The Hard-Boiled, the Comic, and the Weepers</i>. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1978, pp. 327–355. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87000-397-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-87000-397-6">0-87000-397-6</a></li> <li>Frank T. Thompson, <i>William A. Wellman</i> (Filmmakers series, no. 4). Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1983. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8108-1594-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-8108-1594-X">0-8108-1594-X</a></li> <li>Wheeler Winston Dixon, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/americannational23garr/page/12">Wellman, William Augustus</a>". John A. Garraty, Mark C. Carnes (gen. eds.), <i><a href="/wiki/American_National_Biography" title="American National Biography">American National Biography</a></i>, Volume 23. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 12–14. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-512802-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-512802-8">0-19-512802-8</a></li> <li>William Wellman Jr., <i>The Man and His </i>Wings<i>: William A. Wellman and the Making of the First Best Picture</i>. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2006. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-275-98541-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-275-98541-5">0-275-98541-5</a></li> <li>William Wellman Jr., <i>Wild Bill Wellman: Hollywood Rebel</i>. New York: Pantheon Books, 2015. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-307-37770-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-307-37770-8">978-0-307-37770-8</a></li> <li>Leonard Maltin, "On Director William Wellman" [10-minute documentary short]. <i>The High and the Mighty</i> (Special Collector's Edition). DVD. Burbank, CA: Paramount Home Entertainment, 2005<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-variety-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-variety_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-variety_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-variety_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/dorothy-wellman-dies-at-95-1118008823/">"Dorothy Wellman dies at 95."</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i>, September 17, 2009. Retrieved: September 20, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Curtiss, Thomas Quinn. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iht.com/articles/1994/02/09/cine.php">"The Film Career of William Wellman." </a><i><a href="/wiki/International_Herald_Tribune" title="International Herald Tribune">International Herald Tribune</a></i> (iht.com), February 9, 1994. Retrieved: December 5, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wellman, Joshua Wyman <i>Descendants of Thomas Wellman</i> (1918) Arthur Holbrook Wellman, Boston pp. 69-72&441-442</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-filmref-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-filmref_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">FilmReference.com <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-Ve-Y/Wellman-William.html">William Wellman</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-interview-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-interview_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-interview_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-interview_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-interview_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/online/wellmanextra.htm">"Wild Bill: William A. 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<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Boob" title="The Boob">The Boob</a></i> (1926)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You_Never_Know_Women" title="You Never Know Women">You Never Know Women</a></i> (1926)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cat%27s_Pajamas" title="The Cat's Pajamas">The Cat's Pajamas</a></i> (1926)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wings_(1927_film)" title="Wings (1927 film)">Wings</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Legion_of_the_Condemned" title="The Legion of the Condemned">The Legion of the Condemned</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ladies_of_the_Mob" title="Ladies of the Mob">Ladies of the Mob</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beggars_of_Life" title="Beggars of Life">Beggars of Life</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chinatown_Nights_(1929_film)" title="Chinatown Nights (1929 film)">Chinatown Nights</a></i> (1929)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_I_Love_(1929_film)" title="The Man I Love (1929 film)">The Man I Love</a></i> (1929)</li> <li><i><a 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Mary</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wild_Boys_of_the_Road" title="Wild Boys of the Road">Wild Boys of the Road</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Female_(1933_film)" title="Female (1933 film)">Female</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/College_Coach" title="College Coach">College Coach</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Looking_for_Trouble_(1934_film)" title="Looking for Trouble (1934 film)">Looking for Trouble</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stingaree_(1934_film)" title="Stingaree (1934 film)">Stingaree</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_President_Vanishes_(film)" title="The President Vanishes (film)">The President Vanishes</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_the_Wild_(1935_film)" title="Call of the Wild (1935 film)">Call of the Wild</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_of_El_Dorado_(film)" title="Robin Hood of El Dorado (film)">Robin Hood of El Dorado</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a 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Lady</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thunder_Birds_(1942_film)" title="Thunder Birds (1942 film)">Thunder Birds</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_of_Burlesque" title="Lady of Burlesque">Lady of Burlesque</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ox-Bow_Incident" title="The Ox-Bow Incident">The Ox-Bow Incident</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bill_(1944_film)" title="Buffalo Bill (1944 film)">Buffalo Bill</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Man%27s_Navy" title="This Man's Navy">This Man's Navy</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_G.I._Joe" title="The Story of G.I. Joe">The Story of G.I. Joe</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gallant_Journey" title="Gallant Journey">Gallant Journey</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Magic_Town" title="Magic Town">Magic Town</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Iron_Curtain_(film)" title="The Iron Curtain (film)">The Iron Curtain</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Sky" title="Yellow Sky">Yellow Sky</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Battleground_(film)" title="Battleground (film)">Battleground</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Next_Voice_You_Hear..." title="The Next Voice You Hear...">The Next Voice You Hear... </a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Happy_Years" title="The Happy Years">The Happy Years</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Across_the_Wide_Missouri_(film)" title="Across the Wide Missouri (film)">Across the Wide Missouri</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Big_Country" title="It's a Big Country">It's a Big Country</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Westward_the_Women" title="Westward the Women">Westward the Women</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Man_and_I" title="My Man and I">My Man and I</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Island_in_the_Sky_(1953_film)" title="Island in the Sky (1953 film)">Island in the Sky</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_High_and_the_Mighty_(film)" title="The High and the Mighty (film)">The High and the Mighty</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Track_of_the_Cat_(film)" title="Track of the Cat (film)">Track of the Cat</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Fear_(film)" title="Ring of Fear (film)">Ring of Fear</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blood_Alley" title="Blood Alley">Blood Alley</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Good-bye,_My_Lady_(film)" title="Good-bye, My Lady (film)">Good-bye, My Lady</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Darby%27s_Rangers" title="Darby's Rangers">Darby's Rangers</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Escadrille_(film)" title="Lafayette Escadrille (film)">Lafayette Escadrille</a></i> (1958)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Awards_for_William_A._Wellman" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><div id="Awards_for_William_A._Wellman" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Awards for William A. 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Foster">Lewis R. Foster</a> (1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Glazer" title="Benjamin Glazer">Benjamin Glazer</a> and <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Sz%C3%A9kely_(writer)" title="János Székely (writer)">John Toldy</a> (1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Segall" title="Harry Segall">Harry Segall</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emeric_Pressburger" title="Emeric Pressburger">Emeric Pressburger</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Saroyan" title="William Saroyan">William Saroyan</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_McCarey" title="Leo McCarey">Leo McCarey</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_G._Booth" title="Charles G. Booth">Charles G. Booth</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clemence_Dane" title="Clemence Dane">Clemence Dane</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valentine_Davies" title="Valentine Davies">Valentine Davies</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Schweizer" title="Richard Schweizer">Richard Schweizer</a> and David Wechsler (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edna_Anhalt" title="Edna Anhalt">Edna Anhalt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Anhalt" title="Edward Anhalt">Edward Anhalt</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Bernard_(composer)" title="James Bernard (composer)">James Bernard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Dehn" title="Paul Dehn">Paul Dehn</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Cavett" title="Frank Cavett">Frank Cavett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fredric_M._Frank" title="Fredric M. Frank">Fredric M. 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