Victor Fleming An American Movie Master Sragow Michael by Sragow Michael 9780375407482, 9780813144412, 9780813144429, 9780813144436, 0375407480, 0813144418, 0813144426, 0813144434 instant download after payment.

The full-length, definitive biography of the legendary director ofGone With the WindandThe Wizard of Oz.

Victor Fleming was the most sought-after director in Hollywood's golden age, renowned for his ability to make films across an astounding range of genres-westerns, earthy sexual dramas, family entertainment, screwball comedies, buddy pictures, romances, and adventures. Fleming is remembered for the two most iconic movies of the period,Gone With the WindandThe Wizard of Oz,but the more than forty films he directed also included classics likeRed Dust, Test Pilot, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,andCaptains Courageous.Paradoxically, his talent for knowing how to make the necessary film at the right time, rather than remaking the same movie in different guises, has resulted in Victor Fleming's relative obscurity in our time.
Michael Sragow restores the director to the pantheon of our greatest filmmakers and fills a gaping hole in Hollywood history with this vibrant portrait of a man at the center of the most exciting era in American filmmaking. The actors Fleming directed wanted to be him (Fleming created enduring screen personas for Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Gary Cooper), and his actresses wanted to be with him (Ingrid Bergman, Clara Bow, and Norma Shearer were among his many lovers).
Victor Flemingnot only places the director back in the spotlight, but also gives us the story of a man whose extraordinary personal style was as thrilling, varied, and passionate as the stories he brought to the screen.