Movie Poster Lazy Lightning 1926 colour linocut and letterpress, 101.5 x 38 cm. Linen-backed. 'Art Acord in a breezy tale of the cattle country that packs a powerful punch! One of the snappiest Western stories ever flashed on the screen.....A Universal Western. Morrison & Bailey, Printers, Commonwealth St.' [Sydney]. The film was directed by William Wyler who, at the time of his death in 1981, was considered by his peers as second only to John Ford as a master craftsman of cinema. He was the winner of three Best Director Academy Awards, second again only to Ford's four.