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David O. Selznick

David O. Selznick

Birthday: 1902-05-10 | Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David O. Selznick (May 10, 1902 – June 22, 1965) was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive.[2] He is best known for producing Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both earning him an Academy Award for Best Picture. In 1926, Selznick moved to Hollywood, and with the help of his father's connections, he got a job as an assistant story editor at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He left MGM for Paramount Pictures in 1928, where he worked until 1931, when he joined RKO as Head of Production. His years at RKO were fruitful, and he worked on many films, including A Bill of Divorcement (1932), What Price Hollywood? (1932), Rockabye (1932), Bird of Paradise (1932), Our Betters (1933), and King Kong (1933). While at RKO, he also gave George Cukor his directing break. In 1933 he returned to MGM where his father-in-law, Louis B. Mayer, was studio CEO. Mayer established a second prestige production unit for David, parallel to that of powerful Irving Thalberg, who was in poor health. Selznick's unit output included the all star cast movie Dinner at Eight (1933), David Copperfield (1935), Anna Karenina (1935), and A Tale of Two Cities (1935). Selznick went on to make more films at MGM, Paramount and RKO, but he wanted more independence and formed Selznick International Pictures in 1935. Here he produced classics such as Gone with the Wind. Gone with the Wind overshadowed the rest of Selznick's career. Later, he was convinced that he had wasted his life trying to outdo it. The closest he came to matching the film was with Duel in the Sun (1946) featuring future wife Jennifer Jones in the role of the primary character Pearl. With a huge budget, the film is known for causing moral upheaval because of the then risqué script written by Selznick. And though it was a troublesome shoot with a number of directors, the film would be a major success. The film was the second highest-grossing film of 1947 and was the first movie that Martin Scorsese saw, inspiring Scorsese's own directorial career.

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Known For

A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms   1957

Release Date: 
1957

Rating: 5.8

genres: 
Drama  /  Romance  /  War
Stars: 
Rock Hudson  /  Jennifer Jones  /  Vittorio De Sica
The Wild Heart
The Wild Heart

The Wild Heart   1952

Release Date: 
1952

Rating: 5.3

genres: 
Drama
Stars: 
Jennifer Jones  /  David Farrar  /  Cyril Cusack
Gone to Earth
Gone to Earth

Gone to Earth   1952

Release Date: 
1952

Rating: 6.9

genres: 
Drama  /  Romance
Stars: 
Jennifer Jones  /  David Farrar  /  Cyril Cusack
The Third Man
The Third Man

The Third Man   1950

Release Date: 
1950

Rating: 8.1

genres: 
Thriller  /  Mystery
Stars: 
Joseph Cotten  /  Alida Valli  /  Trevor Howard
Portrait of Jennie
Portrait of Jennie

Portrait of Jennie   1948

Release Date: 
1948

Rating: 7.6

genres: 
Fantasy  /  Drama  /  Mystery
Stars: 
Jennifer Jones  /  Joseph Cotten  /  Ethel Barrymore
The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case

The Paradine Case   1947

Release Date: 
1947

Rating: 6.5

genres: 
Drama  /  Mystery  /  Romance
Stars: 
Gregory Peck  /  Ann Todd  /  Alida Valli

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