David O. Selznick Biography

Fast Facts

• Used "O" as his middle initial, though it didn't stand for anything
• Founded his first production company, Selznick International Pictures, in 1935
• Former son-in-law of Louis B
• Mayer
• Introduced a number of famous stars to the U
• S
• , including Alfred Hitchcock and Gone With the Wind actress Vivien Leigh
• Wrote much of the script and directed several scenes of Gone With the Wind (1939)