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William Wyler :

0813142091 (hardcover : alk. paper)

9780813142098 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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William Wyler :

[Book]

the life and films of Hollywood's most celebrated director /

Gabriel Miller

483 pages, [24] unnumbered plates :

illustrations ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-459) and index

Discovering a vocation and a style: The shakedown (1929), The love trap (1929), Hell's heroes (1930), A house divided (1931) -- Coming into his own: counsellor-at-law (1933) -- First-class pictures: These three (1936) -- The Wyler touch: Dodsworth (1936) -- A concoction: Come and get it (1936) -- The street where they live: Dead end (1937) -- Gone with the plague: Jezebel (1938) -- Home on the moors and the range: Wuthering Heights (1939), The westerner (1940), The letter (1940) -- Bette Davis and the South redux: The little foxes (1941) -- War films: Mrs. Miniver (1942), Memphis Belle (1944), Thunderbolt (1945) -- The way home: The best years of our lives (1946) -- The American scene I: The heiress (1949) -- The American scene II: Carrie (1952) -- The House Un-American Activities Committee: Detective story (1951), Roman holiday (1953), The desperate hours (1955), The children's hour (1961) -- The pacifist dilemma: friendly persuasion (1956), The big country (1958), Ben-Hur (1959) -- Final projects: The collector (1965), How to steal a million (1966), Funny girl (1968), The liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)

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In William Wyler, Gabriel Miller explores the career of one of Hollywood's most unique and influential directors, examining the evolution of his cinematic style. Wyler's films feature nuanced shots and multifaceted narratives that reflect his preoccupation with realism and story construction. The director's later works were deeply influenced by his time in the army air force during World War II, and the disconnect between the idealized version of the postwar experience and reality became a central theme of Wyler's masterpiece, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Wyler, William,1902-1981

Motion picture producers and directors-- United States, Biography

Miller, Gabriel,1948-

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