MGM Stories Part 10: David O. Selznick Part One: The Mayers and Gone With the Wind
MGM Stories Part 10: David O. Selznick Part One: The Mayers and Gone With the Wind
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In 1930, after putting in time at MGM and RKO, Paramount executive David O. Selznick married Irene Mayer, the daughter of L.B. Mayer. Irene’s father would soon thereafter bring Selznick to MGM to fill in for an ailing Irving Thalberg, but MGM…