Selznick
Author: Bob Thomas
Publisher: New Millennium Entertainment (CA)
Published: 2001-04
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781893224247
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.