{"product_id":"2026200018852-secondhand-david-o-selznicks-hollywood","title":"David O. Selznick's Hollywood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew 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.\n\nHaver 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572560040155,"sku":"2026200018852-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ded4abbd-1b69-4278-9745-73ba3b33606f.png?v=1791166806","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018852-secondhand-david-o-selznicks-hollywood","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}