Word: selznicks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...David O. Selznick...
...empire just when he has a chance to earn some badly needed dollars (TIME, Dec. 21). And no matter how Hollywood feared the bark of pressure groups, the bite had not yet proved painful. Among the two big moneymakers of 1947, according to Variety, were David O. Selznick's Duel in the Sun and Darryl Zanuck's Forever Amber, both of which had been frowned on by the Legion of Decency...
Divorced. David Oliver Selznick, 45, Hollywood producer (Gone With the Wind); by Irene Mayer Selznick, 39, Broadway producer (A Streetcar Named Desire), younger daughter of Hollywood Producer Louis B. (MGM) Mayer; after 17 years of marriage, two sons, 2½ years' separation; in Los Angeles...
...Hichens' basic story is so intricate in plot and pattern-there are four interlocking triangles, and hints of two more-that only an inspired talent for drama and for characterization could have saved it from obvious artificiality. No such talent is in evidence; nor has Producer David O. Selznick improved matters in his screen play. The only characters who come sharply to life are the barrister's wife (Ann Todd) and her confidante (Joan Tetzel); some of the others are acted with solid skill (by Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ethel Barrymore), but they remain lay figures-interested...
...these close-ups function forcefully in the storytelling; but too many are as nonfunctional as her frequent changes of hairdo. It looks as if Hitchcock, one of the smartest directors of women in the business, had been required, in Valli's case, merely to glamorize a new Selznick star. Newcomer Jourdan does respectably by his limited chance-which is to look handsome and intense...