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About this book
This definitive biography chronicles the life and work of the legendary director of
Gone With the Wind and
The Wizard of Oz.
Victor Fleming was the most sought-after director in Hollywood's golden age, renowned for his work across an astounding range of genresâfrom gritty westerns to screwball comedies, romances, boddy pictures, and family entertainment. Yet this chameleon-like versatility has resulted in his relative obscurity todayâdespite his having directed two of the most iconic movies of all time.
Fleming is best remembered for Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz, but he directed more than forty films, including classics like Red Dust, Test Pilot, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Captains Courageous. Fleming created enduring screen personas for Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Gary Cooper, as well as for Ingrid Bergman, Clara Bow, and Norma Shearerâwho were among his many lovers.
In this definitive biography, Michael Sragow restores the director to the pantheon of great American filmmakers, correcting a major oversight in Hollywood history. It is the dramatic story of a man at the center of the most exciting period in American filmmaking.
Victor Fleming was the most sought-after director in Hollywood's golden age, renowned for his work across an astounding range of genresâfrom gritty westerns to screwball comedies, romances, boddy pictures, and family entertainment. Yet this chameleon-like versatility has resulted in his relative obscurity todayâdespite his having directed two of the most iconic movies of all time.
Fleming is best remembered for Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz, but he directed more than forty films, including classics like Red Dust, Test Pilot, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Captains Courageous. Fleming created enduring screen personas for Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Gary Cooper, as well as for Ingrid Bergman, Clara Bow, and Norma Shearerâwho were among his many lovers.
In this definitive biography, Michael Sragow restores the director to the pantheon of great American filmmakers, correcting a major oversight in Hollywood history. It is the dramatic story of a man at the center of the most exciting period in American filmmaking.
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9780813144429Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: The Real Rhett Butler
- 1 Born in a Tent
- 2 Cars, Cameras, Action!
- 3 The Importance of Shooting Doug
- 4 In Manhattan for the Great War
- 5 Filming the Conquering Hero: With Wilson in Europe
- 6 The Importance of Directing Doug
- 7 Scaling Paramount Pictures
- 8 Courage and Clara Bow
- 9 A Lost Epic: The Rough Riders
- 10 From The Way of All Flesh to Abieâs Irish Rose
- 11 Creating Gary Cooper
- 12 A Womanâs Film and a Manâs Adventure at Fox
- 13 Guiding Gable in Red Dust
- 14 Pioneering the Screwball Comedy: Jean Harlow in Bombshell
- 15 Treasure Island
- 16 Introducing Henry Fonda, Farewell to Jean Harlow
- 17 Bagging Game on Safari, Losing The Good Earth
- 18 Spencer Tracy and Captains Courageous
- 19 Test Pilot
- 20 Salvaging The Great Waltz
- 21 Putting Oz into The Wizard of Oz
- 22 Saving Tara and Gone With the Wind
- 23 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- 24 The Yearling That Wasnât
- 25 Bonhomie in Bel-Air and Tortilla Flat
- 26 World War II with Tears: A Guy Named Joe
- 27 A Confounding Political Life
- 28 One Last Adventure at MGM
- 29 Ingrid Bergman and Joan of Arc
- 30 Death in the Desert
- Afterword: A Great American Movie Director
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Index