Birthday:
05-10-1902
Deathday:
06-22-1965 (63 years)
Birthplace:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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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.
In 1926, Selznick moved to Hollywood, and with the help of his father's connections, he got a job as an assistant story editor at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He left MGM for Paramount Pictures in 1928, where he worked until 1931, when he joined RKO as Head of Production.
His years at RKO were fruitful, and he worked on many films, including A Bill of Divorcement (1932), What Price Hollywood? (1932), Rockabye (1932), Bird of Paradise (1932), Our Betters (1933), and King Kong (1933). While at RKO, he also gave George Cukor his directing break. In 1933 he returned to MGM where his father-in-law, Louis B. Mayer, was studio CEO. Mayer established a second prestige production unit for David, parallel to that of powerful Irving Thalberg, who was in poor health. Selznick's unit output included the all star cast movie Dinner at Eight (1933), David Copperfield (1935), Anna Karenina (1935), and A Tale of Two Cities (1935).
Selznick went on to make more films at MGM, Paramount and RKO, but he wanted more independence and formed Selznick International Pictures in 1935. Here he produced classics such as Gone with the Wind. Gone with the Wind overshadowed the rest of Selznick's career. Later, he was convinced that he had wasted his life trying to outdo it. The closest he came to matching the film was with Duel in the Sun (1946) featuring future wife Jennifer Jones in the role of the primary character Pearl. With a huge budget, the film is known for causing moral upheaval 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 Martin Scorsese saw, inspiring Scorsese's own directorial career.
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.
In 1926, Selznick moved to Hollywood, and with the help of his father's connections, he got a job as an assistant story editor at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He left MGM for Paramount Pictures in 1928, where he worked until 1931, when he joined RKO as Head of Production.
His years at RKO were fruitful, and he worked on many films, including A Bill of Divorcement (1932), What Price Hollywood? (1932), Rockabye (1932), Bird of Paradise (1932), Our Betters (1933), and King Kong (1933). While at RKO, he also gave George Cukor his directing break. In 1933 he returned to MGM where his father-in-law, Louis B. Mayer, was studio CEO. Mayer established a second prestige production unit for David, parallel to that of powerful Irving Thalberg, who was in poor health. Selznick's unit output included the all star cast movie Dinner at Eight (1933), David Copperfield (1935), Anna Karenina (1935), and A Tale of Two Cities (1935).
Selznick went on to make more films at MGM, Paramount and RKO, but he wanted more independence and formed Selznick International Pictures in 1935. Here he produced classics such as Gone with the Wind. Gone with the Wind overshadowed the rest of Selznick's career. Later, he was convinced that he had wasted his life trying to outdo it. The closest he came to matching the film was with Duel in the Sun (1946) featuring future wife Jennifer Jones in the role of the primary character Pearl. With a huge budget, the film is known for causing moral upheaval 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 Martin Scorsese saw, inspiring Scorsese's own directorial career.
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Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1996 star_border 6.7
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Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time, she is best remembered for a natural and vulnerable persona which was so genuine and alluring. Her cinematic contributions produced such classics as "Casablanca," "Gaslight" and "Anastasia." But Ingrid's story goes deeper than the triumphs of her movie career.
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1972 star_border 6
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A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system.
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Act like Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
event1983 star_border 6.5
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Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Act like Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
event1961 star_border 3.3
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Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1999 star_border 7.6
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Paying homage to two of Hollywood's central icons, the film creates an unparalleled portrait of two very different personalities amidst the demise of the studio system.
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Act like Self
event1940 star_border 6.5
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This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2009 star_border 7.5
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This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1988 star_border 8
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This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
The Ed Sullivan Show
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1948 star_border 6.6
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The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows.
In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
The Oscars
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1953 star_border 7
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An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
Rebecca
Producer (1 ep.)
event1940 star_border 7.9
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Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
King Kong
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1933 star_border 7.6
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Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
The Age of Consent
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 5.8
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College co-eds struggle with the moral, societal and human aspects of romance.
Gone with the Wind
Producer (1 ep.)
event1939 star_border 7.9
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The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Spellbound
Producer (1 ep.)
event1945 star_border 7.4
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When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
The Most Dangerous Game
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 6.9
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When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.
A Star Is Born
Producer (1 ep.)
event1937 star_border 7.1
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Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
The Paradine Case
Screenplay (1 ep.)
event1947 star_border 6.2
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Attorney Anthony Keane agrees to represent Londonite Mrs. Paradine, who has been fingered in her husband's murder. From the start, the married lawyer is drawn to the enigmatic beauty, and he begins to cast about for a way to exonerate his client. Keane puts the Paradine household servant on the stand, suggesting he is the killer. But Keane soon loses his way in the courtroom, and his half-baked plan sets off a stunning chain of events.
Portrait of Jennie
Producer (1 ep.)
event1948 star_border 7.1
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A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
Duel in the Sun
Screenplay (1 ep.)
event1946 star_border 6.3
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Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
Since You Went Away
Screenplay (1 ep.)
event1944 star_border 6.5
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In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.
The Young in Heart
Producer (1 ep.)
event1938 star_border 6.6
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A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.
Viva Villa!
Producer (1 ep.)
event1934 star_border 6.3
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In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death.
The Prisoner of Zenda
Producer (1 ep.)
event1937 star_border 7.5
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A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
Christopher Strong
Producer (1 ep.)
event1933 star_border 5.9
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A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous young aviatrix.
Nothing Sacred
Producer (1 ep.)
event1937 star_border 6.2
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When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
Made for Each Other
Producer (1 ep.)
event1939 star_border 6.2
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A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
Reckless
Story (1 ep.)
event1935 star_border 5.3
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A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.
Symphony of Six Million
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 5.4
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A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When a fatal mistake results in tragedy his resolve to continue working is severely tested. Based on a novel by Fannie Hurst.
The Half-Naked Truth
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 5.2
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A carnival pitchman (Tracy) finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer (Vélez), into a major Broadway revue under the auspices of an impresario (Morgan).
Our Betters
Producer (1 ep.)
event1933 star_border 5.4
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Soon after being wed, American heiress Lady Pearl Grayston realizes her husband has married her for her money and is keeping a mistress. The two maintain a loveless marriage, a trade-off Pearl accepts in order to gain admittance to her husband's aristocratic social circle. While Pearl pursues her own affair with gigolo Pepi D'Costa, her visiting sister, Bessie, arrives and is appalled when Pearl's arrangement is revealed.
Roar of the Dragon
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 6.2
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A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area. Seeking refuge in a fortified inn, the group is led by the boat's Captain Carson, who becomes involved with a woman who "belongs" to Voronsky. Carson must contend with the bandits outside and the conflicting personalities of those trapped inside the inn, as well as dealing with spies among the inn's personnel.
David Copperfield
Producer (1 ep.)
event1935 star_border 6.6
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Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an ordinary young man who lives an extraordinary life, filled with people who help and hinder him.
The Sport Parade
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 5.3
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Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.
Street of Chance
Producer (1 ep.)
event1930 star_border 6.6
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'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Francis), wants to divorce him because of his addiction and lifestyle, but they agree on a reconciliation and second honeymoon together and 'Natural' promises to give up gambling. However, his plans change when his brother, 'Babe' (Regis Toomey), arrives in town looking to score big, and 'Natural' has to devise a plan quickly to put him off gambling forever.
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1953 star_border 5.9
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While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love for her; he doesn't want her to go. Together they wander the railroad station where Mary is to take the train to Paris, then ultimately reunite with her husband and daughter in Philadelphia. Will she throw away her old life for this passionate new romance?
Dinner at Eight
Producer (1 ep.)
event1933 star_border 6.7
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An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.
Chinatown Nights
Associate Producer (1 ep.)
event1929 star_border 4.2
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Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him. But seeing her so much in love with him causes him to realize he isl in love with her, and he determines to lift her up again. "Boston" Charley, the rival gang-leader, has other plans.
Rockabye
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 6.2
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A Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.
Forgotten Faces
Editor (1 ep.)
event1928
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A petty thief (Clive Brook) just robs the very rich at speakeasies, and gets away with it because the rich don't want the bad publicity, finally is caught and sent to Sing Sing. After good behavior, he gets an emergency permission for a return home, so that he may save his daughter from the hands of her disreputable mother (Baclanova). However, he must first promise not to kill his wife while he is out of prison.
The Dance of Life
Associate Producer (1 ep.)
event1929 star_border 5.9
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A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head.
A Tale of Two Cities
Producer (1 ep.)
event1935 star_border 6.8
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The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring French Aristocrats and the terror of a revolutionary citizen's army intent on exacting revenge.
Gone to Earth
Producer (1 ep.)
event1950 star_border 6.2
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Jennifer Jones plays Hazel Woods, a beautiful young English Gypsey girl who loves animals and in particular her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack Reddin a fox hunting squire who vies for her affection and pursues her even after her marriage to the local pastor.
Young Bride
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 3
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A newlywed discovers her husband is a cheating phony.
The Man I Love
Producer (1 ep.)
event1929 star_border 4.5
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Wellman’s first all-talkie, scripted by Herman Mankiewicz, with arrogant boxer Richard Arlen romancing Mary Brian, then falling for temptress Olga Baclanova (Freaks) on the eve of the big fight.
The Roadhouse Murder
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 3.8
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After he stumbles across a murder, a young reporter devises an elaborate scene to keep his newspaper stories about the crime front-page news.
Manhattan Melodrama
Producer (1 ep.)
event1934 star_border 7
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The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
The Conquerors
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 5.7
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A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.
The Garden of Allah
Producer (1 ep.)
event1936 star_border 5.7
top_panel_open
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.
Gaslight
Thanks (1 ep.)
event1944 star_border 7.5
top_panel_open
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
The Phantom of Crestwood
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 6
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Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.
What Price Hollywood?
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 6.7
top_panel_open
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
Bird of Paradise
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 5
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When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of Johnny and Luana. Though Luana is promised to another man, Johnny whisks her away, and for a brief time the lovers live very happily together. But, when a local volcano threatens their lives, Luana knows that she must sacrifice herself to the volcanic gods in order to save her island.
The Lost Squadron
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 6.3
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When World War I comes to an end, three pilots find themselves on hard times. They wind up in Hollywood, where they work as stunt fliers for a sadistic director.
Scarlet River
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1933 star_border 4.5
top_panel_open
Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film.
The Animal Kingdom
Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 5.8
top_panel_open
Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not Daisy whom he asks, it is Cecelia. After the marriage, Tom is bored with the social scene and the obligations of his life. He publishes books that will sell, not books that he wants to write. Even worse, he has his old friend working as a butler and Cecelia wants him fired. When Tom tries to get back together with Daisy to renew the feelings that he once felt, Daisy turns the tables on him and leaves to protect both of them.
State's Attorney
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 6.7
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Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases. Mobster Valentine Powers, who employs Cardigan and put him through school, asks him to represent a woman, June Perry, accused of prostitution. Cardigan agrees. But he never expected to fall for her, which is problematic since he's angling to become governor and will need the right kind of wife.
Is My Face Red?
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 5
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William Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets most of his information from his showgirl gal-pal, Peggy. Eventually Bill's reckless tattling gets him in deep trouble with friends and enemies, putting his career and life in jeopardy.
Thirteen Women
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 6.3
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Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive is not good for any of them.
A Bill of Divorcement
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 6.3
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A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.
The Cheyenne Kid
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1933
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Chasing a gambler that stole money, Tom Larkin gets his horse shot out from under him. Meeting an outlaw with a horse, after a fight Tom rides away on that horse. Arriving in town he is mistaken for the outlaw and offered a job of killing a man. But the man is the father of the girl that Tom's money was to go to but was stolen by the gambler.
Lucky Devils
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1933 star_border 6.3
top_panel_open
Two Hollywood stuntmen compete for the same pretty extra.
Hold 'Em Jail
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 6.8
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Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.
Hell's Highway
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 6.1
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A prison-camp convict learns that his younger brother will soon be joining him behind bars.
Rudolph Valentino and His 88 American Beauties
Director (1 ep.)
event1923 star_border 5
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This short was pretty much just thrown together by David O. Selznick to make a quick buck off of Valentino's popularity. What basically takes place is that 88 different cities had one woman selected to go to New York City where they'd compete in a beauty contest. The winner would be selected by Valentino and that winner would be very happy.
The Great Jasper
Producer (1 ep.)
event1933
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Generational saga about a failed streetcar conductor, who finds success as an Atlantic City fortune teller, and his son. Drama.
Topaze
Producer (1 ep.)
event1933 star_border 6.1
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An honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's name and outstanding reputation in a crooked business scheme.
The Fighting Generation
Producer (1 ep.)
event1944 star_border 5
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A 1944 propaganda short film produced for the U.S. Treasury Department and intended to boost war bond sales, directed by an uncredited Alfred Hitchcock and starring Jennifer Jones as a nurse's aide. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, from the Academy War Film Collection, in 2008.
The Third Man
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1949 star_border 7.9
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In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
Renegades of the West
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 5.5
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A cowboy goes undercover to catch the cattle thieves who killed his father.
Intermezzo: A Love Story
Producer (1 ep.)
event1939 star_border 6.7
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A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites her to go on tour with him, they make beautiful music away from the concert hall as well. He soon leaves his wife so the two can go off together.
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Producer (1 ep.)
event1936 star_border 6.8
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An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.
Sweepings
Producer (1 ep.)
event1933 star_border 5.8
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Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his three sons and daughter, but has to deal with their lack of interest or aptitude.
The Past of Mary Holmes
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1933
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Mary Holmes (MacKellar), once a famous opera star known as Maria di Nardi, now lives in a run-down shanty and suffers from alcoholism. Known for her eccentric behavior, Mary breeds geese, and is thus known in her neighborhood as 'The Goose Woman'. She blames her grown son Geoffrey (Linden) for the deterioration of her voice, and does everything to destroy his life. When Geoffrey, who works as a commercial artist, announces to her that he will marry Joan Hoyt (Arthur), an actress, she becomes torn with jealousy and threatens to reveal to Joan that he is an illegitimate birth.
Cross Fire
Producer (1 ep.)
event1933 star_border 6
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Tom and five older respected business men run the Sierra mine. When Tom leaves for Europe to fight in WW1, everything is OK. When he returns after the war he finds his former assistant not only in control of the mine but the whole town. His former partners have fled becoming outlaws and are now robbing the mine shipments of money they believe is really theirs.
Dancing Lady
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1933 star_border 7
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Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.
Penguin Pool Murder
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 5.6
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New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium.
Night Flight
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1933 star_border 5.8
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Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.
The Glorious Lady
Producer (1 ep.)
event1919 star_border 6
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During an annual celebration in which English peasants and aristocrats mingle, the Duke of Loame is thrown from his horse and saved by Ivis Benson, the daughter of a tenant farmer. Both injured, they fall in love, to the dismay of his mother and Lady Eileen, his intended bride.
A Farewell to Arms
Producer (1 ep.)
event1957 star_border 5.7
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An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.
Anna Karenina
Producer (1 ep.)
event1935 star_border 6.6
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In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.
The Four Feathers
Associate Producer (1 ep.)
event1929 star_border 4.4
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An Englishman (Richard Arlen) fights in the Sudan after receiving white feathers of cowardice from his fiancee (Fay Wray) and friends.
Meet the Baron
Producer (1 ep.)
event1933 star_border 4.3
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A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Producer (1 ep.)
event1938 star_border 6.5
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Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
Westward Passage
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1932 star_border 5.8
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A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.
Roulette
Producer (1 ep.)
event1924
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Before he can avenge a crooked card game, Dan Carrington suffers heart failure and dies in his chair. John Tralee, the cheater, feels a pang of guilt when he discovers that he has taken all of Carrington's money and adopts the dead man's little girl, Lois. The girl grows up and the gambling hall becomes her second home.
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