Explore the still-influential career of Hollywood’s greatest independent producer, David O. Selznick—not only how he produced such classic films as King Kong, Little Women and The Third Man, but how he launched stars such as Katherine Hepburn, William Powell and Myrna Loy, Ingrid Bergman, Vivien Leigh, Joan Fontaine, Gregory Peck and Louis Jourdan. Selznick brought Alfred Hitchcock to America. He married the daughter of MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer, Irene, who became an integral creative partner. Enjoy a look at the career of the classic Hollywood personality who produced more than 25 legendary films.
Suggested reading: David O. Selznick’s Hollywood by Ron Haver (Knopf Publishers), Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick by David Thomson, (Abacus Press), Memo From David O. Selznick…, by Rudy Behlmer, (Modern Library)
Suggested reading: David O. Selznick’s Hollywood by Ron Haver (Knopf Publishers), Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick by David Thomson, (Abacus Press), Memo From David O. Selznick…, by Rudy Behlmer, (Modern Library)
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508283