The renowned director William "Wild Bill" Wellman (1896--1975) has never gotten his proper due.
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Among his most iconic films are the pioneering World War I epic Wings (1927, winner of the first Academy Award for Best Picture), Public Enemy (1931), the original A Star Is Born (1937), The Call of the Wild (1935), Beau Geste (1939), The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), Yellow Sky (1948), and The High and the Mighty (1954).
The renowned director William "Wild Bill" Wellman (1896--1975) has never gotten his proper due