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After moving to Hollywood and appearing in a small role in the silent film The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919), William Wellman decided he did not enjoy acting. With the assistance of actor Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., who had previously offered to help him find work, Wellman secured a position at Goldwyn Pictures Corporation as a messenger. From that starting point, he worked his way up through the ranks of the film industry.1