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David O. Selznick (born David Selznick: May 10, 1902 – June 22, 1965) was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive [2] who produced Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture. He also won the Irving Thalberg Award at the 12th Academy Awards, Hollywood's top ...
Jan 3, 2022 · Selznick International Pictures was dissolved in 1943. The studios became Desilu for a while, and is now known as the Culver Studios, which are home to Amazon Studios. This is a view of the Culver Studios as seen from the upper floors of the Culver Hotel, circa late 1990s:
Selznick International Pictures was a Hollywood motion picture studio created by David O. Selznick in 1935, and dissolved in 1943. In its short existence the independent studio produced two films that received the Academy Award for Best Picture—Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940)—and three that were nominated, A Star Is Born (1937), Since You Went Away (1944) and Spellbound (1945 ...
In 1935, Selznick left MGM to become an independent producer. His company, Selznick International Pictures, was to specialize in prestige films like those he had produced at MGM. His first project as an independent, Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), emphasized this continuity.
Jan 12, 2024 · Selznick produced a few war films during World War II, although he spent most of the conflict liquidating his production company, Selznick International Pictures, following his back-to-back Oscar ...
Feb 8, 2012 · 40. In general, Selznick's opinion of the international appeal of his films was quite high. In a memo to Calvert, Berman and Ginsberg dated 3 January 1938, Selznick discusses the appeal of A Star is Born: ‘There is, I think, very little question in the minds of anyone in the business but that “STAR IS BORN” is one of the outstanding pictures of recent years.
Download Citation | Selznick International Pictures and the Global Distribution of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938); or How Europe Didn’t Care a ‘Tinker's Cuss’ | Hollywood producer David ...
