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— Company motto of Selznick International Pictures [1]: 9 Selznick International Pictures was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor Jock Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California .
In April 1919 Selznick bought out Zukor's half share in the company for over $1 million. [1] Selznick's sons David and Myron were both involved in the company. In 1923 Select Pictures went out of business. [1] Selznick Pictures continued to release pictures until the following year, including three British imports from Gainsborough Pictures.
David O. Selznick (born David Selznick: May 10, 1902 – June 22, 1965) was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive [2] who produced Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture.
Selznick established a film production company, Vanguard Films (1943–1951). [38] The first three features for his new company were distributed by United Artists. [39] In 1946 Selznick broke with UA over the distribution of Duel in the Sun, [40] and founded his own distribution company, Selznick Releasing Organization. [41]
Selznick's company soon merged with the Peerless Pictures Studios and the Shubert Brothers' Shubert Pictures Co., and became very successful, in 1915 hiring Sidney Olcott away from Kalem Studios plus the French director Maurice Tourneur away from the American arm of the giant, Pathé. By 1916, personality conflicts with his partners saw him ...
Producer Daniel Selznick, the last direct link to one of Hollywood’s founding families, died Aug. 1 at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Country Home campus in the Woodland Hills area of ...
Selznick was the son of David O. Selznick, who produced "Gone With the Wind" when his son was 3; and Irene Mayer Selznick, a Broadway producer and the daughter of the movie magnate Louis B. Mayer.
Vanguard Films, Inc. was an American film production company, established by producer David O. Selznick in 1943, after the dissolution of Selznick International Pictures. The company's president was Daniel T. O'Shea; Dore Schary was the head of production. The company was liquidated in 1951. [1]