william wyler is actually willy wyler is in his name, isn't william? it's not made william until he comes to hollywood. and then make it longer. because willy, i guess, was too casual for hollywood, which is kind of funny anyway. so william wyler is a of french men from alsace, a little village in alsace and lorraine coleman, who's he's also jewish. he is sent to hollywood to work for his uncle in the movie industry, the twenties. and then william will become director. maybe now second superlative of the evening, i think is i think he is hollywood's greatest director. he's nominated for 12 best director academy awards. he wins three every he's the only director in an academy award history that every movie he wins for best director also wins for best picture. so he's not just a great director. he also directs great movies, which is something that him important. the other thing he's known for and it's said two different ways, he's as 40 take willy he's also known as 90 take william a stick with 40. take willy because i saw that more often than 90. take w

let's talk about william wyler, our director of the show . he was actually born willie wyler. it was not made william until he comes to hardwood and they made him william. i guess willie was too casual for hollywood, which is kind of funny. anyway, willie wyler is a frenchman from a rural village called me lose and he is jewish. he is sent to hollywood to work for his uncle, who is in the movie industry in the '20s. william will become a director. my second superlative of the evening, i think, is i think he is hollywood's greatest director. he's nominated for 12 best director academy awards. he wins three. every -- he is the only director in academy award history that every movie he wins for best director also wins for best picture, so he's not just a great director. he also directs great movies, okay? which is something that makes him important. the other thing he is known for and it is said two different ways, he's known as 40 take willie and 90 take willie. i want to stick with 40 take willie. he would do take after take after take. he was a very, very, very demanding direct

i want you to hear in the preacher william wyler. he is the preacher and she is talking to you about what this war is about. the homes of many of us have been destroyed. the lives of young and old have been taken. scarily a household that has not been struck to the heart and why? i shall tell you why. because this is not only a war of soldiers in uniform. it is a war of the people of all the people, and it must be fought not only on the battlefield, but in the cities and in the villages, and the factories and on the farms, and the home and in the heart of every man, woman and child who loves freedom. this is the people's war. it is our war. we are the fighters. fight it, then. fight it with all that is in us. and may god defend the right. >> this is the people's war. like he was saying in our homes, in our factories, you could have added in there in the theaters, that's how he's fighting this war, is in the movie theater. this is the people's war. that's how he goes off to war. he will be filming the memphis belle on a mission as his