In biographies, Selznick is often portrayed as officious, overbearing, and sometimes a hindrance to the actors and actresses he signed to contracts. Milan Hain is at pains to argue against the image of this producer as ogre.
From left, actors Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Paulette Goddard, the producer, David O. Selznick, and the director, Richard Wallace, in a publicity still from 'The Young in Heart,' 1938. Via Wikimedia Commons
