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Invited to shed some light on why Director John Huston stomped off the set of A Farewell to Arms in a rancorous farewell to Producer David O. Selzniclc last April, Farewell Scriptwriter Ben Hecht smiled the smile of a man who can distinguish the buttered side of the bread, shed only cigar smoke: "Ah, there is an old Chinese proverb that is the best clue to the incompatibility of David and John: 'When two eagles fly off together into the sky and disappear into a cloud, who can say which flew the higher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 24, 1957 | 6/24/1957 | See Source »

Paunchy Producer David O. Selzniclc, 47, who generally stays behind the cameras, was caught in front of one as he arrived beaming in London with his principal cinematic property and bride of a week, Jennifer Jones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Hail & Farewell | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...Zurich, gossipy rumors of a tiff between Cinemactress Jennifer Jones, 30, and her boss, Cinemagnate David O. Selzniclc, 47, prompted a strong statement from him: "It's an absolute big lie that Miss Jones and I have had or are having any disagreement. We are great friends and always have been . . . The date of our marriage has not been fixed. To decide upon that is up to the lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Burden of Proof | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

Cinemagnate David O. Selzniclc, 47, who recently rented out his entire stable of stars, flew to Paris to join Cinemactress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: That Old Feeling | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

...Selzniclc's Headache. Seventy-five years after the defeated Confederates trudged out of Atlanta singing Maryland, My Maryland, Producer David 0. Selznick received one of the most ecstatic business telegrams ever sent. It was sent by Kay (for Katherine) Brown, Eastern Story Editor of Selznick International Pictures. She said: "We have just airmailed detailed synopsis of Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, also copy of book. ... I beg, urge, coax and plead with you to read this at once. I know that after you read the book you will drop everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: G With the W | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

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