David O. Selznick's Hollywood
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Few names in cinema history carry the weight of David O. Selznick, the visionary producer whose obsessive perfectionism gave the world Gone with the Wind, Rebecca, and A Star Is Born — and David O. Selznick's Hollywood is the definitive chronicle of that extraordinary legacy. Written by Ronald Haver, this lavishly illustrated volume reconstructs Selznick's rise from the son of a silent-film impresario to the most powerful independent producer in Golden Age Hollywood, drawing on a treasure trove of memos, correspondence, production stills, and behind-the-scenes photography that brings the glamour and turmoil of a bygone era vividly to life. Haver argues that Selznick's story is inseparable from the story of Hollywood itself — its ambitions, its excesses, and its singular capacity for myth-making on a grand scale. The text is richly detailed yet compulsively readable, balancing rigorous archival research with a storyteller's instinct for drama, capturing the personalities of stars, directors, and studio moguls who shaped an industry. A landmark work of film history, this volume remains the authoritative portrait of a man who bet everything on spectacle — and, more often than not, won.
Author: Ronald Haver
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Bonanza Books
Genre: Movies & entertainment
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Few names in cinema history carry the weight of David O. Selznick, the visionary producer whose obsessive perfectionism gave the world Gone with the Wind, Rebecca, and A Star Is Born — and David O. Selznick's Hollywood is the definitive chronicle of that extraordinary legacy. Written by Ronald Haver, this lavishly illustrated volume reconstructs Selznick's rise from the son of a silent-film impresario to the most powerful independent producer in Golden Age Hollywood, drawing on a treasure trove of memos, correspondence, production stills, and behind-the-scenes photography that brings the glamour and turmoil of a bygone era vividly to life. Haver argues that Selznick's story is inseparable from the story of Hollywood itself — its ambitions, its excesses, and its singular capacity for myth-making on a grand scale. The text is richly detailed yet compulsively readable, balancing rigorous archival research with a storyteller's instinct for drama, capturing the personalities of stars, directors, and studio moguls who shaped an industry. A landmark work of film history, this volume remains the authoritative portrait of a man who bet everything on spectacle — and, more often than not, won.