William Wyler
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- Dodsworth (1936)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas…
- While on a European holiday, businessman Walter Huston's marriage reaches crisis point. A mature, highly–rated studio pic with especially…
- Dead End (1937)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea…
- Highly watchable account of life in the slum tenements of NYC – if you can accept the sentimental touches. With Humphrey Bogart as a gangster…
- Jezebel (1938)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Bette Davis, Henry Fonda
- A classic, Oscar–winning role for Bette Davis, as a southern belle who defies the arch conventions of 19th century New Orleans high society…
- Wuthering Heights (1939)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon
- Emily Bronte's passionate romantic classic is immortalised in celluloid with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon unforgettable as doomed lovers Kathy…
- Westerner, The (1940)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan
- Gary Cooper stars in accomplished Texan yarn concerning land disputes. Most impressive, though, is Walter Brennan in an Oscar–winning…
- Letter, The (1940)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson
- Although not quite of the first rank, this sultry melodrama counts as one of Bette Davis' most interesting 1940s works. Set among the frustrated…
- Little Foxes, The (1941)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall
- Masterful period drama adapted from a stageplay by one the great directors. Bette Davis is in brilliant form as Regina, the scheming matron…
- Mrs. Miniver (1942)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon
- An unabashed patriotic war drama, so effective in that capacity it garnered political commendation as well as six Oscars, including Best Picture and…
- Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews…
- Uncommonly accurate portrait of small–town America after WW2 focuses on three war veterans attempting to adjust to civilian life. Historically…
- Heiress, The (1949)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson…
- A near perfect adaptation, this Henry James tale of a naive young girl, her abusive father and fortune–hunting suitor, is considered one of the…