Selznick in a sentence

Selznick suffered from constant financial problems, and Hitchcock was often displeased with Selznick's creative control over his films.

There were additional problems between Selznick and Hitchcock, with Selznick known to impose restrictive rules on Hitchcock.

The ambitious young actress had a photo shoot of herself in what she imagined was the greatest likeness of Scarlett and sent the results to Selznick, but there came no answer.

Ironically, if you peer intently into Selznick’s Uncle Remus-visits-Wuthering Heights presentation, it’s possible to glimpse subtle refutations of Southern apologetics.

Based on the acclaimed novel by The Invention of Hugo Cabret author Brian Selznick, it’s precisely the sort of film that might make the younger members of its audience similarly crazy and obsessed with film, steeped as it is in movie history.

When was up for numerous Oscars in 1940, film producer David O. Selznick had to call in to assure actress Hattie McDaniel could attend and accept her best-supporting-actress statuette.

After viewing Leigh's screen test, David Selznick noted that "she doesn't seem right as to sincerity or age or innocence", a view shared by Hitchcock and Leigh's mentor, George Cukor.

An in-depth examination of the rich collaboration between Hitchcock and David O Selznick.

At her insistence, producer David O. Selznick agreed not to sign her to a contract – for four films rather than the then-standard seven-year period, also at her insistence – until after Intermezzo had been released.

Bergman was soon accepted without having to modify her looks or name, despite some early suggestions by Selznick.

By then, Selznick had become determined to hire Gable, and set about finding a way to borrow him from MGM.

Cooper was producer David O. Selznick 's first choice for the part.

For example, when he chose to go against Selznick’s instruction to use classic music for Gone With the Wind.

Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish, S.U.N.Y. Press (2004) p. 47 Nevertheless, Steiner ignored Selznick's wishes and composed an entirely new score.

Goldwyn had also negotiated with Hitchcock on a possible contract, only to be outbid by Selznick.

Her last films for Selznick were Alfred Hitchcock 's Spellbound (1945) and Notorious (1946).

In 1931, David O. Selznick brought Cooper to RKO as his executive assistant, and, to sweeten the deal, promised him he could make his own films.

In a letter to William Hebert, his publicity director, Selznick described a few of his early impressions of Bergman: error With Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca Intermezzo became an enormous success and as a result Bergman became a star.

Leigh travelled to Los Angeles, however, to be with Olivier and to try to convince David Selznick that she was Scarlett.

Mayer encouraged other staff producers, among them his son-in-law David O. Selznick, but no one seemed to have the sure touch of Thalberg.