David O. Selznick (1902 - 1965)

American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive

* May 10, 1902 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
 as David Selznick
 June 22, 1965 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA


Vintage magazines

Photoplay, February 1929
Photoplay, January 1932
Photoplay, May 1936


Books on David O. Selznick

David Thomson Showman David Thomson
Showman, The life of David O. Selznick
New York, 1992

Leonard J. Leff Hitchcock & Selznick Leonard J. Leff
Hitchcock & Selznick, The Rich and Strange Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick in Hollywood
New York, 1987

Rudy Behlmer (ed.)
Memo from David O. Selznick
New York, [1972]

Books with substantial mentioning of David O. Selznick

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 4. Writers and Production Artists
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Gavin Lambert, edited by Robert Trachtenberg
On Cukor
New York, 2000

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Thirties Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Thirties
London, 1983

Kevin Brownlow The Parade's Gone by... Kevin Brownlow
The Parade's Gone by...
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, 1976


The Film Story of Gone With the Wind
London, 1948

Books with an entry on David O. Selznick

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Articles on David O. Selznick

Jeffrey Sconce, Dickens, Selznick, and Southpark, in: John Glavin (editor), Dickens on Screen, Cambridge, 2003