Sinister Minister Lifetime

Trivia

1932, a successful movie production on a comedy made as a novelty by George Bailey. In the film, the character of Sergeant Wilfred O'Shaughnessy called into a telephone station. In a frantic effort to save his own life, he chases the intruding telephone operator through a crowded parking lot while being shot at (from the same location) by a rabid dog. The dog seems to know who he is, and the dog (and the policeman) die in the car chase.

1936, in his late teens or early twenties, William Wyler wrote, produced, and starred in his debut hit film, The Lost Weekend. (Later, he would work again on TV.)

1962, in his late teens or early twenties, William Wyler co-wrote, co-produced, and starred in his second hit movie, Mr. Barker, Mr. Malone, and The Ten Commandments (a three-actor co-production).

1967, in his late teens or early twenties, William Wyler wrote, co-produced, and starred in his first hit TV film, The Get­ting Starts, as the boy that lives next door to "two mischievous girls."

1980, in his mid-teens or early twenties, William Wyler co-wrote and co-stars in his first hit feature film, Captain Scarlet as the rebellious Captain Scarlet.

2. William Wyler is remembered most for his screen work, especially for his two famous movies, The Lost Weekend (1932) and Mr. Barker, Mr. Malone, and The Ten Commandments in the 1940s, and for playing an excellent screen roles for a young William Wyler (eldest son of Milton and Dorothy Wyler)in, for instance, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, My Darling Clementine, A River Runs through It, Casablanca, and Sabotage.

3. His most significant film, The Lost Weekend made $1,983,904 in the box office. It grossed $2,327,557 or $2,102,889, $174,984 net, at the U.S. and Canadian box office, and about $464,060 from its six U.S. stars alone.