Tag: William Wyler

  • WolfmanOz at the Movies #86

    It’s going to be a bumpy night. Born on April 5th, 1908 and died on October 6th, 1989, Ruth Elizabeth “Bette” Davis was one of the greatest, if not the greatest actress from Hollywood’s Golden Era in a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic…

  • WolfmanOz at the Movies #70

    A Tale of the Christ There are some films that make a lasting impression when you see them for the first time, and Ben-Hur (the 1959 version) is one such movie for myself. I first saw it on a re-release in the early 1970s when my parents took the family to see it on a…