David O. Selznick

Mayer establiDavid O. Selznickd a second prestige production unit for David parallel to that of powerful Irving Thalberg who was in poor health. His business activities included the loan of his contracted artists to other studios including Alfred Hitchcock Ingrid Bergman Vivien Leigh and Joan Fontaine. "I had been producing at the time for twenty years.

He is best known for having produced Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940) and The Third Man (1949) both the former earning him an Oscar for Best Picture. Selznick (May 10 1902 - June 22 1965) was an American film producer.