Victor Fleming
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Victor Fleming
Author: Michael Sragow
language: en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date: 2013-12-10
This definitive biography chronicles the life and work of the legendary director of Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz. Victor Fleming was the most sought-after director in Hollywood’s golden age, renowned for his work across an astounding range of genres—from gritty westerns to screwball comedies, romances, boddy pictures, and family entertainment. Yet this chameleon-like versatility has resulted in his relative obscurity today—despite his having directed two of the most iconic movies of all time. Fleming is best remembered for Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz, but he directed more than forty films, including classics like Red Dust, Test Pilot, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Captains Courageous. Fleming created enduring screen personas for Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Gary Cooper, as well as for Ingrid Bergman, Clara Bow, and Norma Shearer—who were among his many lovers. In this definitive biography, Michael Sragow restores the director to the pantheon of great American filmmakers, correcting a major oversight in Hollywood history. It is the dramatic story of a man at the center of the most exciting period in American filmmaking.
Backstory
Author: Patrick McGilligan
language: en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date: 1986
Interviews with screenwriters
Romance Of The Century
Hollywood stars, love, marriage and terrible tragedy comprise this work on the most enduring romance of the 20th century. These two individuals involved were masters of their profession and had it all when, on a cold winter's night, tragedy struck. One would be immortalized, the other left emotionally bereft searching for the intimacy of their relationship but never really finding it. It is truly a great American love story, totally unique and without equal.