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  1. Nov 20, 2015 · Because he knew the movie would cost an enormous amount of money to make, Mayer told Fadiman that he had to get the OK from corporate chief Nicholas Schenck.

  2. Sep 14, 2014 · On the NAACP's attempt to influence the film, and how the African-American press got the N-word taken out of the script. Selznick, actually, got into a long correspondence with Walter White, who...

  3. David O. Selznick (born David Selznick: May 10, 1902 – June 22, 1965) was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive who produced Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture.

  4. Feb 1, 1973 · This success was a turning point in Selznick's career, for it proved not only that a film of a classic novel could make money but that respect for the original paid off.

  5. Lured by the siren’s song of glitz, glamour and easy money that the fledgling silent-movie industry promised, the elder Selznick amassed and squandered several fortunes during his lifetime...

  6. Dec 1, 1999 · In the event, David O. Selznick bought Gone With the Wind for $50,000. The book, a commercial and cultural phenomenon, sold a million copies during its first month in print.

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  8. Dec 15, 2014 · Film producer David O. Selznick bought the rights to the book for $50,000 soon after it was published in the summer of 1936. It was the most money Hollywood had given to a first-time novelist.

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