Film Critique of Selznick's films

"I have a different concept of producing than other producers. Some producers are money men, and others are just lieutenants. For me to produce is to make a picture. As a producer, I can maintain an editorial perspective that I wouldn't have as a director. I consider myself first a creative producer, then a showman and then a businessman. You need all three things to succeed in the business today." -David O. Selznick The film …

…presence: David O. Selznick and the marketing of since you sent away" Journal of Film and Video 4.1 Spring 1989: p36-55.         Fearing, Franklin "Warrior Return: Normal or Neurotic?" Hollywood Quarterly Vol. 1, 1945-1946: p96-107. Hartung, Philip. "The Screen: While You Are Gone, Dear." The Commonweal August 4, 1944 p374-375.         Koppes, Clayton "Hollywood Goes to War" New York: Free Press 1987. p154-162.         Newsweek "First GWTW, Now SYWA" July 10, 1944 p85-6.         Thomas, Bob. "Selznick" New York: Doubleday & Company, 1970.