The Washington Post, January 2nd, 1996
A TALENT FOR TROUBLE The Life of Hollywood's Most Acclaimed Director, William Wyler By Jan Herman Putnam. 517 pp. $35 Jan Herman ends this biography on an upbeat note, with a quote from screenwriter Philip Dunne's eulogy at William Wyler's funeral in 1981. One day, Dunne recounted, his 9-year-old daughter brought glad tidings to her sisters: "Willy's coming to dinner! Willy's coming to dinner!" "Not Mr. Wyler," Dunne emphasized. "Willy." This anecdote, Wyler's wife commented, "told it all." Sweet. Unfortunately, though, it flies in the face of virtually everything Herman has reported about W...
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