
The story, told in eight episodes, covers different facets of the American Spirit Read More »
Tag Archives: William A. Wellman
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 »
Magic Town (1947) William A. Wellman, James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith

Rip Smith’s opinion-poll business is a failure…until he discovers that the small town Read More »
Beggars of Life (1928) William A. Wellman, Wallace Beery, Richard Arlen, Louise Brooks

After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. Read More »
Good-bye, My Lady (1956) William A. Wellman, Walter Brennan, Phil Harris, Brandon De Wilde

Skeeter has found this dog and discovers no one knows what kind of dog it is. Read More »
The Boob (1926) William A. Wellman, Gertrude Olmstead, George K. Arthur, Joan Crawford

Idealistic farm boy Peter loves Amy whose fancy is urbane Harry. Read More »
Night Nurse (1931) William A. Wellman, Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell

A nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children. Read More »
College Coach (1933) William A. Wellman, Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Pat O’Brien

A ruthless coach (Pat O’Brien) creates turmoil at a college by hiring players (Lyle Talbot) Read More »
The Hatchet Man (1932) William A. Wellman, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Dudley Digges

San Francisco Tong hatchet man Wong must execute his boyhood friend Sun. Read More »
Gallant Journey (1946) William A. Wellman, Glenn Ford, Janet Blair, Charles Ruggles

Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation Read More »
Island in the Sky (1953) William A. Wellman, John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Abel

A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Quebec Read More »
The Next Voice You Hear… (1950) William A. Wellman, James Whitmore, Nancy Reagan, Gary Gray

“Joe Smith, American” lives in a Los Angeles suburb and works at an aircraft plant. Read More »