Selznicks Vision Gone with the Wind and by Alan David Vertrees PAPERBACK

Selznick's VisionGone with the Wind and Hollywood Filmmaking\nAuthor(s): Alan David Vertrees, Thomas Schatz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9780292787292, 978-0292787292\nSynopsis\nGone with the Wind has generated interest in every aspect of its production. Yet one crucial aspect has never been fully understood or appreciated-the vital shaping role played by executive producer David O. Selznick.\n\nIn this book, Alan David Vertrees challenges the popular image of Selznick as a megalomaniacal meddler whose hiring and firing of directors and screenwriters created a patchwork film that succeeded despite his interference. Drawing on ten years of research in the Selznick archives, and examining the screenplay's successive drafts, dramatic continuity designs and \""storyboard\"" sketches (many of which are reproduced here), and production correspondence and memoranda, Vertrees interprets the producer's acti""