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David O. Selznick
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Noun1.David O. Selznick - United States filmmaker noted for his film adaptations of popular novels (1902-1965)David O. Selznick - United States filmmaker noted for his film adaptations of popular novels (1902-1965)


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Haskell, who’s married to The Observer’s own Andrew Sarris, argues convincingly that the power of the Gone With the Wind archetypes—their “extraordinary human resonance”—derives principally from the deeply divided natures of Margaret Mitchell, David Selznick and Vivien Leigh.
Margaret Mitchell's Civil War novel appeared in 1938 and so obsessive was the interest when David Selznick announced he had bought the rights that thousands of letters begged him to get Clark Gable for the role of reprobate Rhett Butler - although real-life reprobate Errol Flynn was considered, Ronald Colman eager as well.
David Selznick watched both the movies Vivien Leigh was in at the time, which was "Fire Over England," and "A Yank at Oxford.
 
 
 
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