David Selznick And Since You Went Away

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the man behind the vision of this film and
Selznick is best known for film classic's like; Gone With the Wind, (from which
the formula of this movie draws heavily from) Rebecca, and King Kong. This
film was a special project for Selznick at the time, and it was seen as his
contribution to the war effort. The academy awards recognized Selznick's effort
and nominated his film for best picture of 1944.

David Selznick was known as a one of the great creative producers- along side
Walt Disney. A creative producer is usually "a powerful mogul who supervises
the production of a film in such exacting detail that he was virtually its
artistic creator." (Eyman p. 121) In this period, Selznick's style was
remembered best by his epic length movies in which he paid special attention to
detail. His films catered to the female market but also had potential to cross
over to the male segment. Selznick was "increasingly becoming aware of the
commercial value of his name." (Fenster p.36) He ...

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who are now faced with
dealing with dealing with the trials and tribulations of everyday life without
the support of a male authority figure. A lot of emphasis is placed on the
female audience's familiarity with "the details of day to day living and plenty
of humorous sentimental reportage of housekeeping: rationing, the problems of
two growing daughters and the business of getting jobs to help the family's
reduced budget."(Hartung p 374) Selznick increased the original ages of the two
daughters so Shirley Temple (Bridget) and Jennifer Jones (Jane) could play the
roles and romance could be introduced. Nineteen forty-four was quite the
turbulent year for the American populous. The war ...

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