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William Wister Haines, a novelist, playwright and screenwriter whose best-known work was the play ''Command Decision,'' died on Saturday, three days after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage.
- Books by William Wister Haines (Author of Command Decision) - Goodreads
William Wister Haines has 20 books on Goodreads with 531...
- Books by William Wister Haines (Author of Command Decision) - Goodreads
WILLIAM WISTER HAINES 1908-1989. Haines was 24 years old when he wrote SLIM, yet he’d been a lineman for 7 years. Around 1926 the Haines family became victims of the Great Depression. He was part way through the University when funds ran out.
William Wister Haines was born on 17 September 1908 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. William Wister was a writer, known for Command Decision (1948), One Minute to Zero (1952) and Slim (1937). William Wister died on 18 November 1989 in Laguna Niguel, California, USA.
William Wister Haines has 20 books on Goodreads with 531 ratings. William Wister Haines’s most popular book is What if the Zebras Lost Their Stripes?.
Command Decision was a 1948 play in three acts written by William Wister Haines, and formed the basis for his best-selling novel of the same title. Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden and directed by John O'Shaughnessy, it ran for 409 performances from October 1, 1947, to September 18, 1948, at the Fulton Theatre in New York City.
William Wister Haines, a novelist, playwright and screenwriter whose best-known work was the play ''Command Decision,'' died on Saturday, three days after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 81 years old and lived in Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Nov 21, 1989 · William Wister Haines, who wrote a string of literate adventure novels, among them "Command Decision," which underwent a play-book-film metamorphosis, died of a stroke while on...
