…David O. Selznick
Born in Pittsburg in 1902.
Studied at Columbia before moving to Hollywood
to become an assistant story editor for MGM.
Married the daughter to Louis B. Mayer in 1930
and divorced in 1948.
Created Selznick International Pictures at distributed
through United Artists.
Went back to work for MGM after Irving Thalburg
went ill.
Known for Gone With The Wind, Rebecca, A Star Is
Born, and the Adventured Of Tom Sawyer, to name just a few.
Added the “O” in his name for no reason, and it
represented nothing.
Daughter committed suicide after jumping out a
window in 1976.
Nominated for 10 Oscars and won 3.
Died
in 1965 after a heart attack, he was only 63.
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