News about David O. Selznick

David Vincent Kimel, a historian, obtained a rare early script of Gone with the Wind. According to Kimel, there are only about half a dozen such scripts in existence. The script explained how the film's makers struggled with how to portray racism and the south throughout the production of the controversial 1939 film. The script is one of the 'Rainbow Scripts' from the film's history, so named for the film's devoted producer David O. Selznick's (right) request that specific sections of the script be printed.