David O. Selznick Net Worth

David O. Selznick Net Worth is
$5 Million

David O. Selznick Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

David O. Selznick was a son of the silent movie producer Lewis J. Selznick. David studied at Columbia University until his father lost his fortune in the 1920s. David started work as an MGM script reader, shortly followed by becoming an assistant to Harry Rapf. He left MGM to work at Paramount then RKO. He was back at MGM in 1933 after marrying ...

Full Name	David O. Selznick
Date Of Birth	May 10, 1902, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	June 22, 1965, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Height	6' 1" (1.85 m)
Profession	Producer, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer
Education	Columbia University
Nationality	American
Spouse	Jennifer Jones (m. 1949–1965), Irene Mayer Selznick (m. 1930–1949)
Children	Daniel Selznick, Mary Jennifer Selznick, Geoffrey Selznick
Parents	Lewis J. Selznick, Florence Sachs
Siblings	Myron Selznick, Howard Selznick
Awards	Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Nominations	Academy Award for Best Picture
Movies	Gone with the Wind, Rebecca, Spellbound, Duel in the Sun, Since You Went Away, A Star Is Born, The Third Man, David Copperfield, Portrait of Jennie, The Prisoner of Zenda, Dinner at Eight, A Farewell to Arms, Intermezzo, The Paradine Case, Nothing Sacred, Anna Karenina, A Bill of Divorcement, The Ad...
Star Sign	Taurus

#	Trademark
1	His ubiquitous memos.

#	Quote
1	[on John Huston's resignation from A Farewell to Arms (1957)] I am the producer and must produce. In Mr. Huston I asked for a first violinist and instead got a soloist. My conception of the producer's role is that it is similar to being the conductor of an orchestra. The conductor oversees every detail and interprets as he sees fit. I am a perfectionist. My sights are set high. But I've found that most people have to be forced into raising their sights.
2	[About why he didn't direct] I didn't have time. Frankly, it's easier to criticize another man's work than direct myself. As a producer I can maintain an editorial perspective. I wouldn't have myself as a director.
3	The trick in adapting novels is to give the "illusion" of photographing the entire book. This is more difficult than creating an original like A Star Is Born (1937).
4	I like money. I know how to use it, how to appreciate it. Actually, it's an art. The important thing in spending money is to have a true knack for self-indulgence. I don't mean an acquired self-indulgence. I mean the kind that comes naturally.
5	Hollywood's like Egypt, full of crumbling pyramids. It'll just keep on crumbling until finally the wind blows the last studio prop across the sands.
6	Actors used to accept discipline. I've called [John Barrymore] into my office for not knowing his lines; he was contrite and apologetic. I had to speak to Leslie Howard, who was embarrassing Vivien Leigh by not being prepared for a scene. But you never had to speak again. They recognized their fault and corrected it.
7	There are only two classes: first class and no class.
8	I'm an American and not a Jew.
9	I have no middle name . . . I had an uncle, whom I greatly disliked, who was also named David Selznick, so in order to to avoid any growing confusion between the two of us, I decided to take a middle initial and went through the alphabet to find one that seemed to give me the best punctuation and decided on "O".
10	[some examples of his philosophy] I don't want to be normal. Who wants to be normal? . . . Once photographed, life here is ended . . . It's somehow symbolic of Hollywood that Tara was just a facade, with no rooms inside . . . There might have been good movies if there had been no movie industry.
11	Very few people have mastered the art of enjoying their wealth. I have mastered the art, and therefore spend time enjoying myself.
12	I have never gone after honors instead of dollars. But I have understood the relationship between the two.
13	The difference between me and other producers is that I am interested in the thousands and thousands of details that go into the making of a film. It is the sum total of all these things that either makes a great picture or destroys it.
14	The way I see it, my function is to be responsible for everything.

#	Fact
1	Ever-alert, for possible casting coups, producer David Selznick thought of casting the great stage actress Maud Adams in the role of Miss Fortune in "The young in heart." Miss Adams was brought to Hollywood and made a screen test; unfortunately she had no interest in reactivating her career, and politely declined Selznick's offer of a contract. The role was then given to Minnie Dupree. (A portion of the screen test is seen in the 1967 documentary "Hollywood: the Selznick years.").
2	Founder of the Selznick Company (1923), a film production company.
3	After it was announced that Selznick intended to adapt Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" for the screen, both Michael Todd and Dino De Laurentiis announced they were going to film the novel also. Ultimately Paramount distributed the De Laurentiis version, War and Peace (1956), directed by King Vidor, and the other two were never made.
4	After WWII broke out Selznick believed his independent Selznick-International would be at a distinct distribution disadvantage to the major studios, so he sold three projects that were in development complete with stars to 20th Century-Fox: Claudia (1943), Jane Eyre (1943) and The Keys of the Kingdom (1944). His only wartime feature was Since You Went Away (1944). He later sold packages to RKO, including "Since You Went Away.".
5	He produced his first film, Will He Conquer Dempsey? (1923) when South American heavyweight Luis Firpo arrived in the US in August 1923 for a title fight with champion Jack Dempsey. Selznick paid Firpo $1000--half of the film's $2000 budget--for one day's work.
6	The Kirk Douglas role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) is widely thought to be patterned after Selznick.
7	After World War II Selznick negotiated partnership deals with producers Mark Hellinger, M. J. Siegel and Dore Schary for three pictures each. Hellinger and Siegel died unexpectedly, and Schary left to become production chief at RKO.
8	The penultimate Hollywood producer, Selznick personally coined the job description of "executive producer.".
9	Signed Gene Kelly to his first Hollywood contract after seeing him star in "Pal Joey" on Broadway. He sold Kelly's contract to MGM before he could find a suitable film role for him.
10	Was responsible for bringing Ingrid Bergman to the US from Sweden by signing her to a long-term contract to Selznick Pictures, Inc.
11	Hated the "baby doll" eyebrow look that was made popular by Max Factor and sported by the majority of Hollywood actresses during the 1930s. He insisted that his contract players Vivien Leigh and Ingrid Bergman sport a more natural look.
12	Cousin of Patricia Selznick and Brian Selznick.
13	Uncle of Joyce Selznick.
14	In 1936, he paid author Margaret Mitchell $50,000 for the movie rights to her novel "Gone With the Wind". Later, after Gone with the Wind (1939) became a blockbuster film, he realized he had underpaid Mitchell and gave her an additional $50,000.
15	By the late 1940s Selznick International was making very few movies and became a talent agency by default, deriving needed income by loaning out its contract stars to other studios.
16	When Selznick announced he was starting his own production company, Irving Thalberg called him to ask If he had any financing yet. Selznick replied, "Not a nickel." Thalberg, usually quite careful with money, said, "Well, me and Norma [wife Norma Shearer] would like to give you $250,000 to get on your feet." Thalberg thus became the first financier of Selznick Enterprises.
17	In 1935 Greta Garbo signed a contract with MGM, saying only Irving Thalberg and Selznick could supervise her pictures. After the surprise success of Anna Karenina (1935) with Garbo, Selznick announced that he was leaving MGM to start his own company. Garbo begged him to stay at MGM, saying he could solely produce her pictures. Selznick turned down her offer, saying he had bigger ambitions. It is interesting to note that she only acted in four other films after that: Camille (1936), Conquest (1937), Ninotchka (1939) and Two-Faced Woman (1941), and only two were box-office successes. MGM modified her contract after Thalberg's surprise death in 1936, and Garbo was reportedly furious by this decision.
18	Profiled in in J.A. Aberdeen's "Hollywood Renegades: The Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers". Palos Verdes Estates, CA: Cobblestone Entertainment
19	The "O" in his middle name, though it has a period after it, doesn't stand for anything. He added it because he felt it gave flair to his name.
20	Is the only producer winner back-to-back of the Academy Award for Best Picture for Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940).
21	Selznick was famed for his long, detailed and incredibly involved (and, to many of the people who received them, maddening) memos sent to many different people during the production of a film--not just the director or writer but cameramen, editors, and pretty much anyone who had anything to do with the picture. A publicist on one of his films once got a Western Union telegram from Selznick that ended up being more than 30 feet long and finished up with, "I have just received a phone call that pretty much clears up this matter. Therefore you can disregard this wire." These famed memos are the subject of an entire book, "Memo From David Selznick" edited by Rudy Behlmer. According to Behlmer, Selznick dictated his every thought to secretaries from 1916-65 in memos that filled 2,000 file boxes.
22	Is portrayed by Ron Berglas in RKO 281 (1999) and by Tony Curtis in The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980).
23	According to the 2005 book "Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer" by Scott Eyman, Selznick sold his interest in Gone with the Wind (1939) to former Selnick International chairman John Hay Whitney ("Jock") for a mere $200,000. This was undoubtedly the worst deal Selznick ever made, as the classic film has and will continue to generate enormous revenue through theatrical reissues, TV broadcasts, and home video release.
24	Responsible for casting four actresses in roles that made them stars: Katharine Hepburn in A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939), Joan Fontaine in Rebecca (1940) and Jennifer Jones in The Song of Bernadette (1943).
25	In order to fulfill his picture obligation to United Artists, Selznick brought over Alfred Hitchcock from Europe to produce/direct Selznick's UA projects while he devoted the bulk of his time to Gone with the Wind (1939).
26	Despite being considerably taller and bulkier than director George Cukor, Selznick bore a striking resemblance to him. He would later collaborate with Cukor on Gone with the Wind (1939), from which Cukor was eventually fired by Selznick. Nevertheless, the two remained friends for the rest of their lives.
27	He abandoned his career at MGM after marrying Irene Mayer Selznick, the daughter of MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer, and moved to RKO. He eventually returned to MGM after that studio's loss of production genius Irving Thalberg. This led to the famous observation that "The son-in-law also rises", a play on words of the Ernest Hemingway novel "The Sun Also Rises".
28	On May 11, 1976, Selznick's 22-year-old daughter Mary Jennifer (by his second wife Jennifer Jones) killed herself by jumping from the tallest building in Westwood (Los Angeles) while her psychotherapist was away on vacation. It was two days after Mother's Day and one day after what would have been her father's 74th birthday. Jennifer Jones subsequently became a therapist herself.
29	David and Irene Mayer Selznick had two sons, L. Jeffrey Selznick and Daniel Selznick.
30	Younger brother of agent Myron Selznick.
31	Son of producer Lewis J. Selznick.

Producer

Title	Year	Status
A Farewell to Arms	1957	executive producer - uncredited
Light's Diamond Jubilee	1954	TV Movie documentary producer
Autumn in Rome	1954	Short executive producer - uncredited
Indiscretion of an American Wife	1953	executive producer - uncredited
The Wild Heart	1952	producer
Gone to Earth	1950	executive producer
The Third Man	1949	producer - uncredited
Portrait of Jennie	1948	producer
The Paradine Case	1947	producer
Duel in the Sun	1946	producer
American Creed	1946	Short producer
Spellbound	1945	producer
I'll Be Seeing You	1944	executive producer - uncredited
The Fighting Generation	1944	Short producer
Since You Went Away	1944	producer
Reward Unlimited	1944	Short producer
Rebecca	1940	producer
Gone with the Wind	1939	producer
Intermezzo: A Love Story	1939	producer
Made for Each Other	1939	producer
The Young in Heart	1938	producer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	1938	producer
Nothing Sacred	1937	producer
The Prisoner of Zenda	1937	producer
A Star Is Born	1937	producer
The Garden of Allah	1936	producer
Little Lord Fauntleroy	1936	producer
A Tale of Two Cities	1935	producer
Anna Karenina	1935	producer
Reckless	1935	producer
Vanessa: Her Love Story	1935	producer
David Copperfield	1935	producer
Manhattan Melodrama	1934	producer
Viva Villa!	1934	producer
Dancing Lady	1933	executive producer
Meet the Baron	1933	producer
Night Flight	1933	executive producer
Dinner at Eight	1933	producer
Cross Fire	1933	producer - uncredited
Sweepings	1933	producer
Scarlet River	1933	executive producer - uncredited
Christopher Strong	1933	producer
King Kong	1933	executive producer
Our Betters	1933	producer
The Great Jasper	1933	producer
Topaze	1933/I	producer
Lucky Devils	1933	executive producer
The Cheyenne Kid	1933	executive producer - uncredited
The Past of Mary Holmes	1933	executive producer
No Other Woman	1933	executive producer
The Animal Kingdom	1932	producer
The Half Naked Truth	1932	executive producer
Penguin Pool Murder	1932	executive producer
Secrets of the French Police	1932	executive producer
Men of America	1932	executive producer
Renegades of the West	1932	executive producer - uncredited
Rockabye	1932	executive producer
The Conquerors	1932	executive producer
The Sport Parade	1932	executive producer
Little Orphan Annie	1932	executive producer
The Phantom of Crestwood	1932	executive producer
A Bill of Divorcement	1932	executive producer
Hell's Highway	1932	executive producer
Hold 'Em Jail	1932	executive producer
The Most Dangerous Game	1932	executive producer
Thirteen Women	1932	executive producer
The Age of Consent	1932	executive producer
Bird of Paradise	1932	executive producer
Beyond the Rockies	1932	producer - uncredited
Roar of the Dragon	1932	executive producer
What Price Hollywood?	1932	executive producer
Is My Face Red?	1932	executive producer
Westward Passage	1932	executive producer
State's Attorney	1932	executive producer
The Roadhouse Murder	1932	executive producer
Symphony of Six Million	1932	executive producer
Young Bride	1932	executive producer
Girl Crazy	1932	executive producer
The Lost Squadron	1932	executive producer
Street of Chance	1930	producer
The Dance of Life	1929	associate producer
The Four Feathers	1929	associate producer
The Man I Love	1929	associate producer
Betrayal	1929	associate producer
Chinatown Nights	1929	associate producer
Roulette	1924	producer
Will He Conquer Dempsey?	1923	Short documentary producer

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status
A Farewell to Arms	1957	presenter
Carrie	1952	actor arrangement: Jennifer Jones
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.	1951	Gregory Peck by arrangement with
Walk Softly, Stranger	1950	Joseph Cotton by arrangement with / Valli by arrangement with
Sands of Iwo Jima	1949	John Agar by arrangement with
Under Capricorn	1949	actor arrangement: Mr. Cotten
The Third Man	1949	presenter
Madame Bovary	1949	appear by arrangement with: Miss Jones, Mr. Jourdan and Mr. Kent
We Were Strangers	1949	Jennifer Jones by arrangement with
Portrait of Jennie	1948	presenter
Letter from an Unknown Woman	1948	Louis Jordan by arrangement with
The Miracle of the Bells	1948	actor arrangement: Valli
The Paradine Case	1947	presenter
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer	1947	Miss Temple's services by arrangement with
Duel in the Sun	1946	presenter: his production in Technicolor of
Notorious	1946	Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious by arrangement with
Till the End of Time	1946	Dorothy McGuire by arrangement with / Guy Madison by arrangement with - as David O.Selznick
Caesar and Cleopatra	1945	Vivien Leigh by arrangement with
The Bells of St. Mary's	1945	Miss Bergman appears by arrangement with
Love Letters	1945	artists by arrangement with: Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten
Since You Went Away	1944	fill-in director - uncredited / presenter
Gaslight	1944	special advisor - uncredited
The Song of Bernadette	1943	Jennifer Jones appears by arrangement with
Saboteur	1942	technical acknowledgment: Alfred Hitchcock directs through the courtesy of
Rebecca	1940	presenter - uncredited
Forgotten Faces	1928	supervisor

Writer

Title	Year	Status
Theatre '62	1962	TV Series adapted from a screenplay by - 1 episode
Light's Diamond Jubilee	1954	TV Movie documentary
Portrait of Jennie	1948	uncredited
The Paradine Case	1947	screen play
Duel in the Sun	1946	screenplay
Since You Went Away	1944	screenplay
Nothing Sacred	1937	contributing writer - uncredited
A Star Is Born	1937	contributing writer - uncredited
Public Enemy's Wife	1936	uncredited
Dracula's Daughter	1936	suggestion - as Oliver Jeffries
Reckless	1935	from a story by - as Oliver Jeffries

Director

Title	Year	Status
Duel in the Sun	1946	uncredited
Since You Went Away	1944	uncredited
Rudolph Valentino and His 88 American Beauties	1923	Documentary short

Production Manager

Title	Year	Status	Character
Wyoming	1928	production supervisor
Spoilers of the West	1927	production supervisor

Editor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Forgotten Faces	1928

Thanks

Title	Year	Status
That's Entertainment, Part II	1976	Documentary acknowledgment: the non-musical sequences represent outstanding contributions by
The White Tower	1950	Miss Valli's services by arrangement with
A Kiss for Corliss	1949	special thanks: Miss Temple's Appearance
Dishonored Lady	1947	special thanks: arrangement for Stevenson
The Affairs of Susan	1945	acknowledgment: Miss Fontaine's services obtained by arrangement with
Gaslight	1944	acknowledgment: Miss Bergman and Mr. Cotten through courtesy of

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Seven Lively Arts	1957	TV Series	Himself
This Is Your Life	1954	TV Series	Himself
The Ed Sullivan Show	1954	TV Series	Himself
The 26th Annual Academy Awards	1954	TV Special	Himself - Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Award
Picture People No. 3: Hobbies of the Stars	1941	Short	Himself
The Cavalcade of Academy Awards from 1928-1939	1940	Documentary short	Himself (as David Selznick)
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 15	1922	Documentary short	Himself (as David Selznick)

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance		Documentary pre-production	Himself
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood	2010	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Der Klang Hollywoods - Max Steiner & seine Erben	2009	TV Movie documentary	Himself
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year	2009	TV Movie documentary	Himself
I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper	2005	Documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Shadowing the Third Man	2004	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Biography	2001-2003	TV Series documentary	Himself
Glorious Technicolor	1998	TV Movie documentary	Himself
American Masters	1998	TV Series documentary	Himself
20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years	1997	TV Movie documentary	Himself (uncredited)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic	1990	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind	1988	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Producer of 'Gone with the Wind'
America Censored	1985	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	1983	Documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory	1972	TV Movie documentary	Himself - film clips
Hollywood: The Selznick Years	1969	TV Movie documentary	Himself (uncredited)

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2004	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Motion Picture	On 26 October 2004 (posthumously). At 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
1999	OFTA Film Hall of Fame	Online Film & Television Association	Creative
1948	Cinecittà Cup	Venice Film Festival		Duel in the Sun (1946)
1940	Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award	Academy Awards, USA
1940	Medal of Honor	Photoplay Awards		Gone with the Wind (1939)
1934	Medal of Honor	Photoplay Awards		Little Women (1933)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1939	Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award	Academy Awards, USA

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David O. Selznick Net Worth

David O. Selznick Net Worth is
$5 Million