David Selznick is a Director, Scriptwriter, Associate Producer, Second Unit Director, Editor, Music and Thanks American born on 10 may 1902 at Pittsburgh (USA)
David Selznick
David Selznick participated to
84 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
9 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Producer
, 4h3
Directed by George Cukor,
Victor Fleming,
Sam WoodOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes Films about slavery,
Films about racism,
Films about sexuality,
Rape in fiction,
Erotic films,
Rape and revenge films,
Political films,
Auto-justiceActors Clark Gable,
Vivien Leigh,
Leslie Howard,
Olivia de Havilland,
Hattie McDaniel,
Butterfly McQueenRoles Producer
Rating81%
Part 1
On the eve of the American Civil War in 1861, Scarlett O'Hara lives at Tara, her family's cotton plantation in Georgia, with her parents and two sisters. Scarlett learns that Ashley Wilkes—whom she secretly loves—is to be married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton, and the engagement is to be announced the next day at a barbecue at Ashley's home, the nearby plantation Twelve Oaks.
Director
, 2h9
Directed by William Dieterle,
Otto Brower,
David Selznick,
Josef von Sternberg,
King Vidor,
William Cameron Menzies,
Sidney FranklinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Romance,
WesternThemes Films about capital punishmentActors Jennifer Jones,
Joseph Cotten,
Gregory Peck,
Lionel Barrymore,
Herbert Marshall,
Lillian GishRating66%
Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) is orphaned after her father Scott Chavez (Herbert Marshall) kills her mother (Tilly Losch), having caught his wife with a lover (Sidney Blackmer). Before Scott Chavez is executed as a punishment for killing his wife, he arranges for his daughter Pearl to live with his second cousin and old sweetheart, Laura Belle (Lillian Gish).Producer
, 2h10
Directed by Alfred HitchcockOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Les fantasmes,
Psychologie,
Films about sexuality,
Films about the labor movementActors Laurence Olivier,
Joan Fontaine,
Judith Anderson,
George Sanders,
Nigel Bruce,
Gladys CooperRoles Producer
Rating80%
A naïve young woman (Joan Fontaine), whose name is never mentioned, is in Monte Carlo working as a paid companion to Edythe Van Hopper (Florence Bates) when she meets the aristocratic but brooding widower Maximilian "Maxim" de Winter (Laurence Olivier). They fall in love, and within two weeks they are married.Director
, 2h57
Directed by Edward F. Cline,
John Cromwell,
Tay Garnett,
David SelznickOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes Political filmsActors Claudette Colbert,
Jennifer Jones,
Shirley Temple,
Joseph Cotten,
Monty Woolley,
Lionel BarrymoreRating74%
Anne Hilton (Claudette Colbert) is an upper-middle-class housewife living in a Midwestern town near a military base with her two teenage daughters, Jane (Jennifer Jones) and Bridget "Brig" (Shirley Temple). Anne's beloved husband Tim Hilton - seen only in photographs - is the father of Jane and Brig, has volunteered for U.S. Army service in World War II. As the film begins in January 1943, Anne has just returned from seeing her husband off to Camp Claiborne, and she and her daughters must adjust to the absence of Tim and make other sacrifices for the war effort, including food rationing; planting a victory garden; giving up the services of their loyal maid Fidelia (Hattie McDaniel) who nevertheless offers to continue working part time for the Hiltons while foregoing wages; and taking in a boarder, the curmudgeonly retired Colonel Smollett (Monty Woolley). When the Hiltons travel by train in a failed attempt to see Tim one last time before he ships out, they encounter or travel with many other people whose lives have been affected by the war, and they end up not getting to see Tim because their train is delayed to allow a defense supply train to go through first. In contrast, the Hiltons' socialite neighbor Emily Hawkins (Agnes Moorehead) complains about the inconveniences caused by the war and engages in unsupportive behaviors such as hoarding food and criticizing the Hiltons' efforts.Producer
, 1h51
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock,
Charles BartonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Psychologie,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Films set in psychiatric hospitalsActors Ingrid Bergman,
Gregory Peck,
Michael Chekhov,
Leo G. Carroll,
Rhonda Fleming,
John EmeryRoles Producer
Rating74%
The Fault... is Not in Our Stars,
But in Ourselves...— William Shakespeare
Team
, 1h54
Directed by George CukorOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Horror,
CrimeThemes Films based on playsActors Charles Boyer,
Ingrid Bergman,
Joseph Cotten,
May Whitty,
Angela Lansbury,
Maude FealyRoles Thanks
Rating77%
World-famous opera singer Alice Alquist has just been murdered. The perpetrator bolted, without the jewels he sought, after being interrupted by a child—Paula (Terry Moore)—Alice's niece, who was raised by her aunt following her mother's death.Scriptwriter
, 1h26
Directed by William DieterleOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
RomanceThemes Peinture,
Ghost filmsActors Jennifer Jones,
Joseph Cotten,
Brian Keith,
Ethel Barrymore,
Cecil Kellaway,
Florence BatesRating75%
In 1934, impoverished painter Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten) meets a fey little girl named Jennie Appleton (Jennifer Jones) in Central Park, New York. She is wearing old-fashioned clothing. He makes a sketch of her from memory which involves him with art dealer Miss Spinney (Ethel Barrymore), who sees potential in him. This inspires him to paint a portrait of Jennie.Producer
, 1h44
Directed by Carol Reed,
Guy Hamilton,
George PollockOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
NoirThemes Politique,
Political filmsActors Joseph Cotten,
Alida Valli,
Orson Welles,
Trevor Howard,
Bernard Lee,
Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteRoles Executive Producer
Rating80%
American pulp Western writer Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) arrives in Allied-occupied Vienna seeking his childhood friend, Harry Lime (Orson Welles), who has offered him a job. Upon arrival he discovers that Lime was killed just days earlier by a speeding truck while crossing the street. Martins attends Lime's funeral, where he meets two British Army Police: Sergeant Paine (Bernard Lee), a fan of Martins' pulp fiction; and his superior, Major Calloway (Trevor Howard), who says Lime was a criminal and suggests Martins leave town., 1h28
Directed by George CukorOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about televisionActors Constance Bennett,
Lowell Sherman,
Neil Hamilton,
King Baggot,
Gregory Ratoff,
Wilfred LucasRoles Executive Producer
Rating70%
Brown Derby waitress Mary Evans (Constance Bennett) is an aspiring actress who has an opportunity to meet film director Maximillan Carey (Lowell Sherman) when she serves him one night. He is very drunk but is charmed by the young girl, and he invites her to a premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Adhering to his policy of living life with a sense of humor, he picks her up in a jalopy rather than a limousine and then gives the parking valet the car as a tip.