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Selznick</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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Selznick – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devid_Selznik" title="Devid Selznik – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Devid Selznik" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%93._%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8E%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95" title="ডেভিড ও. সেলৎসনিক – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ডেভিড ও. সেলৎসনিক" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA" title="Дэвід Олівер Сэлзнік – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дэвід Олівер Сэлзнік" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%9F._%CE%A3%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B6%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA" title="Ντέιβιντ Ο. Σέλζνικ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ντέιβιντ Ο. Σέλζνικ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%88._%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9" title="دیوید او. سلزنیک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دیوید او. سلزنیک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EC%9D%B4%EB%B9%84%EB%93%9C_O._%EC%85%80%EC%A6%88%EB%8B%89" title="데이비드 O. 셀즈닉 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="데이비드 O. 셀즈닉" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%93_%D7%90%D7%95._%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%96%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7" title="דייוויד או. סלזניק – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דייוויד או. סלזניק" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%93_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%96%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98" title="დეივიდ სელზნიკი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დეივიდ სელზნიკი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Дэвид Селзник – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Дэвид Селзник" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deivids_Selzniks" title="Deivids Selzniks – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Deivids Selzniks" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%87_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83" title="ديفيد اوه سيلزنيك – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ديفيد اوه سيلزنيك" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BBO%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF" title="デヴィッド・O・セルズニック – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="デヴィッド・O・セルズニック" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="David O. Selznick" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA,_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4" title="Селзник, Дэвид – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Селзник, Дэвид" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="David O. 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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">David O. Selznick</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:DavidSelznick.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/DavidSelznick.jpg/220px-DavidSelznick.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/DavidSelznick.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="336" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Selznick, c. 1934</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">David Selznick</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1902-05-10</span>)</span>May 10, 1902<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">June 22, 1965<span style="display:none">(1965-06-22)</span> (aged 63)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Glendale)" title="Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)">Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Oliver Jeffries<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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<div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Jones" title="Jennifer Jones">Jennifer Jones</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1949)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_J._Selznick" title="Lewis J. Selznick">Lewis J. Selznick</a><br />Florence Sachs</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Myron_Selznick" title="Myron Selznick">Myron Selznick</a> (brother)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David O. Selznick</b> (born <b>David Selznick</b>: May 10, 1902 – June 22, 1965) was an American <a href="/wiki/Film_producer" title="Film producer">film producer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">screenwriter</a> and film studio executive<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who produced <i><a href="/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film)" title="Gone with the Wind (film)">Gone with the Wind</a></i> (1939) and <i><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_(1940_film)" title="Rebecca (1940 film)">Rebecca</a></i> (1940), both of which earned him an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Academy Award for Best Picture</a>. He also won the <a href="/wiki/Irving_G._Thalberg_Memorial_Award" title="Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award">Irving Thalberg Award</a> at the <a href="/wiki/12th_Academy_Awards" title="12th Academy Awards">12th Academy Awards</a>, Hollywood's top honor for a producer, in recognition of his shepherding <i>Gone with the Wind</i> through a long and troubled production and into a record-breaking <a href="/wiki/Blockbuster_(entertainment)" title="Blockbuster (entertainment)">blockbuster</a>. </p><p>The son and son-in-law of movie moguls <a href="/wiki/Lewis_J._Selznick" title="Lewis J. Selznick">Lewis J. Selznick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louis_B._Mayer" title="Louis B. Mayer">Louis B. Mayer</a>, Selznick served as head of production at <a href="/wiki/RKO_Pictures" title="RKO Pictures">R.K.O. Radio Pictures</a> and went on to become one of the first independent movie producers. His first wife was Mayer's daughter <a href="/wiki/Irene_Selznick" class="mw-redirect" title="Irene Selznick">Irene Selznick</a>, who became a highly successful <a href="/wiki/Theatrical_producer" title="Theatrical producer">Broadway producer</a> after their divorce, and his second wife was Oscar-winning actress <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Jones" title="Jennifer Jones">Jennifer Jones</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_O._Selznick&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Selznick was born in <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>, the son of Florence Anna (née Sachs) and <a href="/wiki/Lewis_J._Selznick" title="Lewis J. Selznick">Lewis J. Selznick</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Silent_film" title="Silent film">silent film</a> producer and distributor of <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> origin.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was born in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> in 1870.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>David had three siblings, including his brother <a href="/wiki/Myron_Selznick" title="Myron Selznick">Myron</a>, also a film producer and later a <a href="/wiki/Talent_agent" title="Talent agent">talent agent</a>. David Selznick added the "O" to distinguish himself from an uncle with the same name, and because he thought it had flair.<sup id="cite_ref-Selznick_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Selznick-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "O" stands for nothing, and he never had his <a href="/wiki/Name_change" title="Name change">name legally changed</a> to incorporate it.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He studied at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and started training as an apprentice for his father<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until the elder's bankruptcy in 1923. In 1926, Selznick moved to <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with the help of his father's connections, he gained a job as an assistant story editor at <a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a>. He left MGM for <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a> in 1928, where he worked until 1931. While at Paramount he married <a href="/wiki/Irene_Mayer_Selznick" title="Irene Mayer Selznick">Irene Gladys Mayer</a>, daughter of MGM mogul <a href="/wiki/Louis_B._Mayer" title="Louis B. Mayer">Louis B. Mayer</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stint_at_RKO">Stint at RKO</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_O._Selznick&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Stint at RKO"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/David_Sarnoff" title="David Sarnoff">David Sarnoff</a>, head of <a href="/wiki/RKO_Pictures" title="RKO Pictures">RKO</a>, hired Selznick as Head of Production in October 1931.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to implementing rigorous cost-control measures, Selznick championed the unit production system, which gave the <a href="/wiki/Film_producer" title="Film producer">producers</a> of individual movies much greater independence than they had under the prevailing central producer system. "Under the factory system of production you rob the director of his individualism", said Selznick, "and this being a creative industry that is harmful to the quality of the product made."<sup id="cite_ref-Bord321_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bord321-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instituting unit production, he predicted, would also result in cost savings of 30–40 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-Bord321_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bord321-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To make films under the new system, Selznick recruited prize behind-the-camera personnel, such as <a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">director</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Cukor" title="George Cukor">George Cukor</a> and producer/director <a href="/wiki/Merian_C._Cooper" title="Merian C. Cooper">Merian C. Cooper</a>, and gave producer <a href="/wiki/Pandro_S._Berman" title="Pandro S. Berman">Pandro S. Berman</a>, aged twenty-six, increasingly important projects.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Selznick discovered and signed a young actress who was quickly counted as one of the studio's big stars, <a href="/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn" title="Katharine Hepburn">Katharine Hepburn</a>. <a href="/wiki/John_Barrymore" title="John Barrymore">John Barrymore</a> was also enlisted for a few memorable performances.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Selznick spent a mere fifteen months as RKO production chief, resigning over a dispute with new corporate president Merlin Aylesworth concerning creative control.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of his last acts at RKO was to approve a <a href="/wiki/Screen_test" title="Screen test">screen test</a> for a thirty-three-year-old, balding <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> song-and-dance man named <a href="/wiki/Fred_Astaire" title="Fred Astaire">Fred Astaire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a memo, Selznick wrote, "I feel, in spite of his enormous ears and bad chin line, that his charm is ... tremendous".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Selznick's tenure was widely considered masterful: In 1931, before he arrived, the studio had produced forty-two features for $16 million in total budgets. In 1932, under Selznick, forty-one features were made for $10.2 million, with clear improvement in quality and popularity.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He backed several major successes, including <i><a href="/wiki/A_Bill_of_Divorcement_(1932_film)" title="A Bill of Divorcement (1932 film)">A Bill of Divorcement</a></i> (1932), with Cukor directing Hepburn's debut, and the monumental <i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(1933_film)" title="King Kong (1933 film)">King Kong</a></i> (1933)—largely Merian Cooper's brainchild, brought to life by the astonishing <a href="/wiki/Special_effect" title="Special effect">special effects</a> work of <a href="/wiki/Willis_H._O%27Brien" title="Willis H. O'Brien">Willis H. O'Brien</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Return_to_MGM">Return to MGM</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_O._Selznick&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Return to MGM"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1933 he returned to MGM where his father-in-law, <a href="/wiki/Louis_B._Mayer" title="Louis B. Mayer">Louis B. Mayer</a>, was studio CEO. Mayer established a second prestige production unit for Selznick, parallel to that of <a href="/wiki/Irving_Thalberg" title="Irving Thalberg">Irving Thalberg</a>, who was in poor health. Selznick's unit output included the all-star cast movie <i><a href="/wiki/Dinner_at_Eight_(1933_film)" title="Dinner at Eight (1933 film)">Dinner at Eight</a></i> (1933), <i><a href="/wiki/David_Copperfield_(1935_film)" title="David Copperfield (1935 film)">David Copperfield</a></i> (1935), <i><a href="/wiki/Anna_Karenina_(1935_film)" title="Anna Karenina (1935 film)">Anna Karenina</a></i> (1935), and <i><a href="/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities_(1935_film)" title="A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)">A Tale of Two Cities</a></i> (1935). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Greta_Garbo" title="Greta Garbo">Greta Garbo</a>'s contract with MGM supposedly provided that only Selznick or Thalberg could produce her pictures for the studio. When Selznick later announced his departure from MGM, Garbo asked him to stay, offering to allow him the exclusive right to produce her films.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Selznick declined the offer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selznick_International_Pictures">Selznick International Pictures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_O._Selznick&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Selznick International Pictures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Selznick_International_Pictures" title="Selznick International Pictures">Selznick International Pictures</a></div> <p>Selznick longed to be an independent producer with his own studio. In 1935 he realized that goal by leasing <a href="/wiki/RKO" class="mw-redirect" title="RKO">RKO</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Culver_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Culver City">Culver City</a> studios and back lot, forming <a href="/wiki/Selznick_International_Pictures" title="Selznick International Pictures">Selznick International Pictures</a>, and distributing his films through <a href="/wiki/United_Artists" title="United Artists">United Artists</a>. His successes continued with classics such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Garden_of_Allah_(1936_film)" title="The Garden of Allah (1936 film)">The Garden of Allah</a></i> (1936), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Prisoner_of_Zenda_(1937_film)" title="The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 film)">The Prisoner of Zenda</a></i> (1937), <i><a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1937_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1937 film)">A Star Is Born</a></i> (1937), <i><a href="/wiki/Nothing_Sacred_(film)" title="Nothing Sacred (film)">Nothing Sacred</a></i> (1937), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer_(1938_film)" title="The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film)">The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</a></i> (1938), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_in_Heart" title="The Young in Heart">The Young in Heart</a></i> (1938), <i><a href="/wiki/Made_for_Each_Other_(1939_film)" title="Made for Each Other (1939 film)">Made for Each Other</a></i> (1939), <i><a href="/wiki/Intermezzo_(1939_film)" title="Intermezzo (1939 film)">Intermezzo</a></i> (1939) and <i><a href="/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film)" title="Gone with the Wind (film)">Gone with the Wind</a></i> (1939), which remains the highest-grossing film of all time (adjusted for inflation).<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Gone with the Wind</i> won eight <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Oscars</a> and two special awards. Selznick also won the <a href="/wiki/Irving_G._Thalberg_Memorial_Award" title="Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award">Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award</a> that same year. </p><p>The following year he produced his second Best Picture Oscar winner, <i><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_(1940_film)" title="Rebecca (1940 film)">Rebecca</a></i> (1940), the first Hollywood production of British director <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a>. Selznick had brought Hitchcock over from England, launching the director's American career. <i>Rebecca</i> was Hitchcock's only film to win Best Picture. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_productions">Later productions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_O._Selznick&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later productions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After <i>Rebecca</i>, Selznick closed Selznick International Pictures and took some time off. His business activities included the loan of his contracted artists to other studios, including <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ingrid_Bergman" title="Ingrid Bergman">Ingrid Bergman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vivien_Leigh" title="Vivien Leigh">Vivien Leigh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joan_Fontaine" title="Joan Fontaine">Joan Fontaine</a>. He formed The Selznick Studio and returned to producing pictures with <i><a href="/wiki/Since_You_Went_Away" title="Since You Went Away">Since You Went Away</a></i> (1944), which he also wrote. He followed that with the Hitchcock films <i><a href="/wiki/Spellbound_(1945_film)" title="Spellbound (1945 film)">Spellbound</a></i> (1945) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Paradine_Case" title="The Paradine Case">The Paradine Case</a></i> (1947), as well as <i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Jennie" title="Portrait of Jennie">Portrait of Jennie</a></i> (1948) with <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Jones" title="Jennifer Jones">Jennifer Jones</a>. </p><p>He also developed film projects and sold the packages to other producers. Among the movies that he developed but then sold was Hitchcock's <i><a href="/wiki/Notorious_(1946_film)" title="Notorious (1946 film)">Notorious</a></i> (1946). In 1949 he co-produced the <a href="/wiki/Carol_Reed" title="Carol Reed">Carol Reed</a> picture <i><a href="/wiki/The_Third_Man" title="The Third Man">The Third Man</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Korda" title="Alexander Korda">Alexander Korda</a>. </p><p><i>Gone with the Wind</i> overshadowed the rest of Selznick's career. Later, he was convinced that he had wasted his life trying to outdo it. A major effort to was <i><a href="/wiki/Duel_in_the_Sun_(film)" title="Duel in the Sun (film)">Duel in the Sun</a></i> (1946), which featured future wife Jennifer Jones in the role of the primary character Pearl. With a huge budget, the film is known for causing moral upheaval<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> because of the then risqué script written by Selznick. And though it was a troublesome shoot with a number of directors, the film would be a major success. The film was the second highest-grossing film of 1947 and was the first movie that <a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a> saw, inspiring Scorsese's own directorial career.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>"I stopped making films in 1948 because I was tired," Selznick later wrote. "I had been producing, at the time, for twenty years....Additionally it was crystal clear that the motion-picture business was in for a terrible beating from television and other new forms of entertainment, and I thought it a good time to take stock and to study objectively the obviously changing public tastes....Certainly I had no intention of staying away from production for nine years."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Selznick spent most of the 1950s nurturing the career of his second wife, <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Jones" title="Jennifer Jones">Jennifer Jones</a>. His last film, the big budget production <i><a href="/wiki/A_Farewell_to_Arms_(1957_film)" title="A Farewell to Arms (1957 film)">A Farewell to Arms</a></i> (1957) starring Jones and <a href="/wiki/Rock_Hudson" title="Rock Hudson">Rock Hudson</a>, was ill-received. But in 1954, he ventured into television, producing a two-hour extravaganza called <i><a href="/wiki/Light%27s_Diamond_Jubilee" title="Light's Diamond Jubilee">Light's Diamond Jubilee</a>,</i> which, in true Selznick fashion, made TV history by being telecast simultaneously<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> on all four TV networks: <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, and <a href="/wiki/DuMont_Television_Network" title="DuMont Television Network">DuMont</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_O._Selznick&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jennifer_Jones_and_husband_David_O._Selznick_in_Los_Angeles,_1957.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Jennifer_Jones_and_husband_David_O._Selznick_in_Los_Angeles%2C_1957.jpg/220px-Jennifer_Jones_and_husband_David_O._Selznick_in_Los_Angeles%2C_1957.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Jennifer_Jones_and_husband_David_O._Selznick_in_Los_Angeles%2C_1957.jpg/330px-Jennifer_Jones_and_husband_David_O._Selznick_in_Los_Angeles%2C_1957.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Jennifer_Jones_and_husband_David_O._Selznick_in_Los_Angeles%2C_1957.jpg/440px-Jennifer_Jones_and_husband_David_O._Selznick_in_Los_Angeles%2C_1957.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4175" data-file-height="5661" /></a><figcaption>Jennifer Jones and Selznick in Los Angeles, 1957</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1928, Selznick began an on-again off-again affair with <a href="/wiki/Jean_Arthur" title="Jean Arthur">Jean Arthur</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one of the actresses under contract at Paramount while he was an executive there. Simultaneously he was dating <a href="/wiki/Irene_Mayer_Selznick" title="Irene Mayer Selznick">Irene Gladys Mayer</a>, daughter of MGM mogul <a href="/wiki/Louis_B._Mayer" title="Louis B. Mayer">Louis B. Mayer</a>. </p><p>In 1930, Selznick married Mayer and after living in a series of rented houses they moved into an estate in <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California" title="Beverly Hills, California">Beverly Hills, California</a>. It was purchased for them by Mayer's father and designed by architect <a href="/wiki/Roland_Coate" title="Roland Coate">Roland Coate</a> in 1933–1934.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They separated in 1945 and divorced in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had two sons, Jeffrey Selznick (1932–1997) and Daniel Selznick (1936–2024). Daniel, who died in August 2024, would serve as an executive at Universal Pictures for four years and also produced the television mini-series <i>Blood Feud</i> and <a href="/wiki/Hoover_vs._The_Kennedys" title="Hoover vs. The Kennedys">Hoover vs. The Kennedys</a>, among others, and theatrical productions such <i>The Man with the Perfect Wife</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-brothersdead_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brothersdead-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1949, he married actress <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Jones" title="Jennifer Jones">Jennifer Jones</a>, whom he had discovered early in her career and mentored. They had one daughter, Mary Jennifer Selznick (1954–1976), who died by suicide by jumping from a 22nd-floor window in Los Angeles on May 11, 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Selznick was an <a href="/wiki/Amphetamine" title="Amphetamine">amphetamine</a> user, and often dictated long, rambling memos to his directors, writers, investors, staff and stars.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The documentary <i>Shadowing The Third Man</i> relates that Selznick introduced <i><a href="/wiki/The_Third_Man" title="The Third Man">The Third Man</a></i> director <a href="/wiki/Carol_Reed" title="Carol Reed">Carol Reed</a> to the use of amphetamines, which allowed Reed to bring the picture in below budget and on schedule by filming nearly 22 hours at a time. </p><p>Selznick was a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>. On October 18, 1944, the Hollywood Committee, led by Selznick and <a href="/wiki/Cecil_B._DeMille" title="Cecil B. DeMille">Cecil B. DeMille</a>, held the Hollywood for Dewey Rally in the Los Angeles Coliseum in support of the <a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Dewey" title="Thomas E. Dewey">Dewey</a>-<a href="/wiki/John_W._Bricker" title="John W. Bricker">Bricker</a> ticket, as well as Governor <a href="/wiki/Earl_Warren" title="Earl Warren">Earl Warren</a> of California, who was Dewey's running mate in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The gathering drew 93,000, with <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Barrymore" title="Lionel Barrymore">Lionel Barrymore</a> as the master of ceremonies and short speeches by <a href="/wiki/Hedda_Hopper" title="Hedda Hopper">Hedda Hopper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accusations_of_sexual_abuse">Accusations of sexual abuse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_O._Selznick&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Accusations of sexual abuse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Selznick International Pictures employee <a href="/wiki/Anita_Colby" title="Anita Colby">Anita Colby</a> warned <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Temple" title="Shirley Temple">Shirley Temple</a> to be careful if she “found Selznick in stockings.” Temple wrote in her autobiography <i>Child Star</i> that this gave her “the impression that casual sex could be a condition of employment” with Selznick. When she was 17, he locked Temple in his office and unsuccessfully attempted to rape her. About the incident Temple wrote: </p> <dl><dd>“Coming around my side of the desk, he reached and took my hand in his. Glancing down, I saw the telltale stocking feet. Pulling free, I turned for the door, but even more quickly he reached back over the edge of his desk and flicked a switch I had learned from Colby was a remote door-locking device. I was trapped. Like the cartoon of wolf and piglet, once again we circled and reversed directions around his furniture. Blessed with the agility of a young dancer and confronted by an amorous but overweight producer, I had little difficulty avoiding passionate clumsiness.“</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portrayals_in_film_and_television">Portrayals in film and television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_O._Selznick&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Portrayals in film and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jonathan Shields, the lead character in the 1952 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bad_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bad and the Beautiful">The Bad and the Beautiful</a></i>, was loosely based on Selznick, to the point that Selznick contemplated suing the makers of the film for defamation.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tony_Curtis" title="Tony Curtis">Tony Curtis</a> plays Selznick in the 1980 <a href="/wiki/Television_film" title="Television film">TV movie</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scarlett_O%27Hara_War" title="The Scarlett O'Hara War">The Scarlett O'Hara War</a></i>. </p><p>Ron Berglas appears as Selznick in the <a href="/wiki/Television_film" title="Television film">TV movie</a> <i><a href="/wiki/RKO_281" title="RKO 281">RKO 281</a></i> (1999).<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Toby_Leonard_Moore" title="Toby Leonard Moore">Toby Leonard Moore</a> plays Selznick in the 2020 film <i><a href="/wiki/Mank" title="Mank">Mank</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both films are dramatizations of the events surrounding the making of <i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Kane" title="Citizen Kane">Citizen Kane</a></i>. </p><p>Selznick appears as a character in the second season of the anthology series <a href="/wiki/Feud_(TV_series)" title="Feud (TV series)"><i>Feud</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Feud:_Capote_vs._The_Swans" title="Feud: Capote vs. The Swans">Capote vs. The Swans</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is portrayed by actor Scott Zimmerman. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_O._Selznick&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grave_of_David_O._Selznick.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Grave_of_David_O._Selznick.JPG/150px-Grave_of_David_O._Selznick.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Grave_of_David_O._Selznick.JPG/225px-Grave_of_David_O._Selznick.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Grave_of_David_O._Selznick.JPG/300px-Grave_of_David_O._Selznick.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Crypt of Selznick, in the Great Mausoleum, Forest Lawn Glendale</figcaption></figure> <p>Selznick died on June 22, 1965, at age 63 following several heart attacks, and was interred in the <a href="/wiki/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Glendale)" title="Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)">Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery</a> in Glendale, California. There he joined his older brother <a href="/wiki/Myron_Selznick" title="Myron Selznick">Myron Selznick</a> (who had died in 1944) in the family crypt. </p><p>For his contribution to the motion picture industry, David O. Selznick has a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> at 7000 Hollywood Blvd in front of the historic Hollywood Roosevelt hotel. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_O._Selznick&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/David_O._Selznick_filmography" title="David O. Selznick filmography">David O. Selznick filmography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academy_Awards_and_nominations">Academy Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_O._Selznick&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Academy Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Award </th> <th>Title of work </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>1934 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Outstanding Production</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Viva_Villa!" title="Viva Villa!">Viva Villa!</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>1935 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Outstanding Production</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/David_Copperfield_(1935_film)" title="David Copperfield (1935 film)">David Copperfield</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>1936 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Outstanding Production</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities_(1935_film)" title="A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)">A Tale of Two Cities</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>1937 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Outstanding Production</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1937_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1937 film)">A Star Is Born</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>1939 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Outstanding Production</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film)" title="Gone with the Wind (film)">Gone with the Wind</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Irving_G._Thalberg_Memorial_Award" title="Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award">Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>1939 </td> <td>Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award </td> <td> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Outstanding Production</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_(1940_film)" title="Rebecca (1940 film)">Rebecca</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>1944 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Best Motion Picture</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Since_You_Went_Away" title="Since You Went Away">Since You Went Away</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>1945 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Best Motion Picture</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Spellbound_(1945_film)" title="Spellbound (1945 film)">Spellbound</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_O._Selznick&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSragow2013" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sragow" title="Michael Sragow">Sragow, Michael</a> (2013). <i>Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master</i>. <a href="/wiki/University_Press_of_Kentucky" title="University Press of Kentucky">University Press of Kentucky</a>. p. 220. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780813144436" title="Special:BookSources/9780813144436"><bdi>9780813144436</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Victor+Fleming%3A+An+American+Movie+Master&rft.pages=220&rft.pub=University+Press+of+Kentucky&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=9780813144436&rft.aulast=Sragow&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+O.+Selznick" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/david-o-selznick-about-david-o-selznick/700/">"About David O. 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New York: Columbia University Press, 1985. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-231-06054-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-231-06054-8">0-231-06054-8</a></li> <li>Jewell, Richard B., with Vernon Harbin. <i>The RKO Story</i>. New York: Arlington House/Crown, 1982. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-517-54656-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-517-54656-6">0-517-54656-6</a></li> <li>Lasky, Betty (1989). <i>RKO: The Biggest Little Major of Them All</i>. Santa Monica, Calif.: Roundtable. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-915677-41-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-915677-41-5">0-915677-41-5</a></li> <li>Mueller, John (1986). <i>Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films</i>. London: Hamish Hamilton. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-241-11749-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-241-11749-6">0-241-11749-6</a></li> <li>Schatz, Thomas (1998 [1989]). <i>The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era</i>. London: Faber and Faber. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-571-19596-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-571-19596-2">0-571-19596-2</a></li> <li>Thomson, David. <i>Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick</i>. New York: Knopf, 1992. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-394-56833-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-394-56833-8">0-394-56833-8</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_O._Selznick&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSelznick2000" class="citation book cs1">Selznick, David O. (2000) [original publication 1972 by <a href="/wiki/Viking_Press" title="Viking Press">Viking Press</a>]. Behlmer, Rudy (ed.). <i>Memo from David O. Selznick</i> (reprint ed.). <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>: <a href="/wiki/Modern_Library" title="Modern Library">Modern Library</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-375-75531-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-375-75531-4"><bdi>0-375-75531-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Memo+from+David+O.+Selznick&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=reprint&rft.pub=Modern+Library&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0-375-75531-4&rft.aulast=Selznick&rft.aufirst=David+O.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+O.+Selznick" class="Z3988"></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0375755314">(Free preview at Amazon.com)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="/wiki/What_Price_Hollywood%3F" title="What Price Hollywood?">What Price Hollywood?</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Bill_of_Divorcement_(1932_film)" title="A Bill of Divorcement (1932 film)">A Bill of Divorcement</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rockabye_(1932_film)" title="Rockabye (1932 film)">Rockabye</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Animal_Kingdom_(1932_film)" title="The Animal Kingdom (1932 film)">The Animal Kingdom</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Topaze_(1933_American_film)" title="Topaze (1933 American film)">Topaze</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Betters" title="Our Betters">Our Betters</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Strong" title="Christopher Strong">Christopher Strong</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dinner_at_Eight_(1933_film)" title="Dinner at Eight (1933 film)">Dinner at Eight</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Flight_(1933_film)" title="Night Flight (1933 film)">Night Flight</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meet_the_Baron" title="Meet the Baron">Meet the Baron</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dancing_Lady" title="Dancing Lady">Dancing Lady</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Viva_Villa!" title="Viva Villa!">Viva Villa!</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Melodrama" title="Manhattan Melodrama">Manhattan Melodrama</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/David_Copperfield_(1935_film)" title="David Copperfield (1935 film)">David Copperfield</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vanessa:_Her_Love_Story" title="Vanessa: Her Love Story">Vanessa: Her Love Story</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reckless_(1935_film)" title="Reckless (1935 film)">Reckless</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anna_Karenina_(1935_film)" title="Anna Karenina (1935 film)">Anna Karenina</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities_(1935_film)" title="A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)">A Tale 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