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Tag Archives: William A. Wellman
The Public Enemy (1931) William A. Wellman
Tom Powers and Matt Doyle are best friends and fellow gangsters, their lives frowned upon by Tom’s straight laced brother Read More »
The High and the Mighty (1954) William A. Wellman, John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day
One disaster after another happens on this trans-Pacific flight. Read More »
The Light That Failed (1939) William A. Wellman, Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Muriel Angelus
Dick Heldar, a London artist, is gradually losing his sight. Read More »
Safe in Hell (1931) William A. Wellman, Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde
Sought by the New Orleans police for accidentally killing the man who raped her Read More »
It’s a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951) Clarence Brown, Don Hartman, Ethel Barrymore, Keefe Brasselle, Gary Cooper
The story, told in eight episodes, covers different facets of the American Spirit Read More »
Across the Wide Missouri (1951) William A. Wellman, Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak
From the 1830’s beaver trapper Flint Mitchell along with other white guys Read More »
Woman Trap (1929) William A. Wellman, Hal Skelly, Chester Morris, Evelyn Brent
Dan, a tough police captain, and Ray, a hardened criminal, are estranged brothers. Read More »
Maybe It’s Love (1930) William A. Wellman, Joe E. Brown, Joan Bennett, James Hall
A college football player (Joe E. Brown) persuades a beautiful young woman (Joan Bennett) Read More »
A Star is Born (1937) William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou
Esther Blodgett is another starry-eyed farm child trying to break into the films. Read More »