Selznick: The Man Who Produced Gone with the Wind
- ISBN-10
- 1893224244
- ISBN-13
- 9781893224247
- Pages
- 357
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-04
- Publisher
- New Millenium
- Author
- Bob Thomas
Description
In the days when Hollywood films were being cranked out by the big studios the way Detroit turned out automobiles, one man clung to the belief that a motion picture was like a painting which had to be painted and signed by a single artist.In 1939 David O. Selznick justified his belief. He was 37 years old when Gone With the Wind was released to thunderous accolades. It was the triumph -- and the tragedy -- of his life. As a producer he had reached the pinnacle of success; there was nowhere else to go ...In this biography, Bob Thomas tells the story of the stormy career of a man who personified the label legend. It tells of the women he loved and the fortunes he amassed and lost; of the great stars he made and the magnificent motion pictures he created. Here is the man himself -- the author of endless memos, the compulsive gambler, the driving perfectionist.Selznick's life is also a kaleidoscopic reflection of Hollywood's golden era when movies were meant to entertain, when the word star was synonymous with glamour and the word damn violated the production code.
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