David O. Selznick
Actor and Producer
New 'Gone With the Wind' leads gift ideas for cinephiles...War era. To be sure, "Gone With the Wind," based on Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel and brought to the screen by producer David O. Selznick and director Victor Fleming, is fiction and should not be judged as if it were a... In this article: Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O'Hara, Rhett Butler, Academy Awards, Ashley Wilkes, Blu-ray, David O. Selznick, Clark Gable, Margaret Mitchell, and Robert Donat |
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thestar.com | 19 hours ago
Critical disdain for Twilight Saga is beyond the pale
...Times' review of GWTW of Dec. 20, 1939, easily found on the Web, in which critic Frank S. Nugent allowed himself to be impressed by David O. Selznick's achievement while still expressing reservations. "It is pure narrative, as the novel...
In this article: New Moon, Scarlett O'Hara, Rhett Butler, New Moon, Rotten Tomatoes, Cobra, and Civil War
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International Herald Tribune - Culture | 3 days ago
Movie Review 'Me and Orson Welles': When a Bombastic Young Man Bestrode the Boards of the Mercury Theater
...actor playing Mark Antony, and falls in love with Sonja (Claire Danes), who manages the Mercury and dreams of meeting David O. Selznick. Sonja is both ingenue and woman of the world, at once a servant of the muse and a calculating...
In this article: Orson Welles, Me and Orson Welles, Richard Linklater, Zac Efron, Mercury, Mercury Theater, Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare, and Claire Danes
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San Diego Union-Tribune | 3 days ago
Review: `Me and Orson Welles' is snappy if slight
...to Welles. Like many in the film, she's bristling with ambition. Dreaming of a career in Hollywood, she's angling to meet producer David O. Selznick - a goal that will easily supersede any relationship that develops between her and...
In this article: Orson Welles, Me and Orson Welles, Richard Linklater, Caesar, Mercury Theatre, New York, Julius Caesar, and William Shakespeare
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AP Online | November 16, 2009
Scarlett's sister remembers the making of a legend
...trying to borrow you.' And I said, 'Borrow me for what?' He said, 'Well, he has a new property.'" The son-in-law was producer David O. Selznick and the property was author Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind," of which Rutherford was...
In this article: Ann Rutherford, Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O'Hara, Hollywood, Louis B. Mayer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inflation, and Oscar
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L.A. Times - Entertainment News | 3 days ago
Joss Whedon is PGA's 2010 Vanguard Award recipient
...visionary filmmakers as James Cameron, George Lucas and John Lasseter -- the last of whom, by the way, will receive the 2010 David O. Selznick Award in Motion Pictures from the PGA at the same event. Whedon's response to the honor was...
In this article: PGA, Joss Whedon, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Emmy, Los Angeles Times, John Lasseter, George Lucas, Dollhouse, and Angel
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New Kerala | 3 days ago
Joss Whedon Set For PGA Honour
...recipients of the prestigious Vanguard Award include George Lucas, James Cameron, and John Lasseter, who will be awarded the 2010 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures by the PGA this year. A stunned and excited Whedon...
In this article: Joss Whedon, John Lasseter, George Lucas, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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David O. Selznick, born David Selznick (May 10, 1902–June 22, 1965), was one of the iconic Hollywood producers of the Golden Age. He is best known for producing the epic blockbuster Gone with the Wind (1939) which earned him an Oscar for Best Picture. Not only did Gone with the Wind gross the highest amount of money in the U.S. domestic box office of any film ever (adjusted for inflation), but it also won seven additional Oscars and two special awards. Selznick also won the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award that same year. He would make film history by winning the Best Picture Oscar a second year in a row for Rebecca (1940).
- Name At Birth:
- David Selznick
- Birth Date:
- May 10, 1902
- Birthplace:
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Death Date:
- June 22, 1965
- Place of Death:
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
- Spouse:
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- Irene Mayer Selznick (1930–1948)
- Jennifer Jones (1949–1965)
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