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David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick (May 10, 1902 – June 22, 1965) was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive.He is best known for producing Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both earning him an Academy Award for Best Picture.
Monday, April 19, Patriots' Day, broke warm and blue over Boston, perfect for just about anything except running 26.2 miles.
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Duel in the sun
"Shall I describe the kind of man I think you would go for?" "You can't. He doesn't exist," Catriona said lightly. "Not even in your imagination, in your dreams?" Lucas Kane was a difficult man to work for. To say that he didn't suffer fools gladly was an understatement. And Catriona had wanted to get on one of Kane's famous archaeological adventures so badly that she'd lied about her qualifications. That was her first mistake. Her second mistake was thinking that Lucas cared about anything except his work. She dreaded to think of the kind of job description Lucas Kane's wife would have. It would probably involve moving mountains and other such feats. But he wasn't the only one who had high standards. The man of her dreams would be ...well, unfortunately for Catriona, he'd be Lucas Kane!
King Kong
Die Lesestarter von Oetinger motivieren auch leseschwache Kinder zum Lesen. Wie? Mit bekannten Autoren, starken Charakteren und populären Themen, die Kinder im Alter von fünf bis zehn Jahren begeistern. Und mit vielen Bildern, Spielen und Leserätseln. Das Meerschweinchen mit Herz! Mit King-Kong macht Lesenlernen einfach richtig Spaß. Susanna hat Junge gekriegt. Vier Stück auf einmal. Das ist bei Meerschweinchen nichts Besonderes. Eins von ihnen gehört jetzt Jan-Arne. Nett, dass Frieder es ihm geschenkt hat. Einfach so. Es fühlt sich warm und weich an, und wenn man es in die Hand nimmt, fiept es ganz leise. Frieder sagt, dass es ein Weibchen ist, aber Jan-Arne gibt ihm den Namen King-Kong. Schließlich soll es mal groß und stark und wild werden.
Memo from David O. Selznick
The memos which David Selznick wrote over 36 years, filling 2000 file boxes, are actually the autobiography of Selznick's career and kingpindom in Hollywood -- he was an extraordinarily capable, overbearing man with a tenacious sense of detail and a considerable degree of taste. Mr. Belhmer has edited the recorded material (there was even a memo covering his funeral) re the years when he moved in and out of studios (MGM, Paramount, RKO, his own Selznick International); when he wrote forthrightly on the offensive or defensive to everyone -- almost nothing here is of a personal nature, only an occasional letter to Irene, his first wife; and particularly about his selection of vehicles and talent -- hire Hammett ""another Van Dine"" or Hepburn in spite of ""Ye gods, that horse face"" or Bergman or Capote. His major films included Anna Karenina and Tale of Two Cities and especially Gone With the Wind, and there are more than 100 pages devoted to what Belhmer (he does an introduction here) calls that ""manual of vicissitude and hazard."" Selznick rightly cavils over the script or Gable's accent or the costumes which must look more ""worn."" The other major film was Rebecca and Selznick is heard complaining that Hitchcock lumbered much too slowly through the production, in a costly fashion, although in his conversations with Truffaut Hitchcock reverses the charge. From 1948 on, and a short temporary period of retirement, Selznick did much less, less well, even with his second wife Jennifer Jones (or because of? that terrible Farewell to Arms remake?) by his side. This book's selection as the Literary Guild entry assumes an audience beyond that of the film buff although Selznick has none of the flamboyance of say Harry Cohn. But it's a splice of his impressive life.