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2 days ago · The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum 's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind.
3 days ago · Selznick dismissed director George Cukor three weeks into filming and sought out Victor Fleming, who was directing The Wizard of Oz at the time. Fleming was dissatisfied with the script, so Selznick brought in the screenwriter Ben Hecht to rewrite the entire screenplay within five days.
6 days ago · Directed by Victor Fleming and based on Margaret Mitchell’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, Gone with the Wind catapulted its leading lady, Vivien Leigh, to stardom and solidified Clark Gable’s status as a Hollywood heartthrob.
Sep 19, 2024 · Despite being regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, Victor Fleming’s The Wizard of Oz's secrets on-screen and behind the camera are numerous - but none are more infamous than the urban legend that one of The Wizard of Oz's munchkin actors hanged themselves.
19 hours ago · Life lesson: Every emotion is valid. Image via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. While WALL-E, Up and Soul are some of Pixar's best works, discussing subject matter that is usually avoided in ...
6 days ago · You get Captains Courageous, Victor Fleming’s moving 1937 film adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s novel. Fleming’s classic film, set in the turbulent days of the Great Depression, is still relevant today.
Sep 3, 2024 · Gone with the Wind, American epic film, released in 1939, that was one of the best known and most successful films of all time. It enjoyed a more-than-30-year reign as the all-time Hollywood box office champion, and it won eight Academy Awards (in addition to two honorary awards).
