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Best remembered for the iconic classics Gone with the Wind (1939) and The Wizard of Oz (1939) to the silver screen, Victor Fleming also counted successful films such as Red Dust (1932), Captains Courageous (1937), Test Pilot (1939), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), and the groundbreaking Joan of Arc (1948) among his more than forty directing credits. One of the most sought-after directors in Hollywood’s golden age, Fleming (1889–1949) was renowned for his ability to make films across a wide range of genres. In Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master, author Michael Sragow paints a comprehensive portrait of the talented and charismatic man who helped create enduring screen personas for stars such as Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Gary Cooper.

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Winner of The Marfield Prize given annually by the Arts Club of Washington --

Michael Sragow's Victor Fleming is certainly among the best film director biographies ever published. Mr. Sragow captures the man, a life and an era that is, as the title of Fleming's most famous film put it, 'gone with the wind.' -- Peter Bogdanovich, Wall Street Journal, reviewing a previous edition or volume

Michael Sragow's <i>Victor Fleming</i> is certainly among the best film director biographies ever published. Mr. Sragow captures the man, a life and an era that is, as the title of Fleming's most famous film put it, 'gone with the wind.' -- Peter Bogdanovich, <i> <i>Wall Street Journal</i></i>, reviewing a previous edition or volume</p>

<p> Michael Sragow's Victor Fleming is certainly among the best film director biographies ever published. Mr. Sragow captures the man, a life and an era that is, as the title of Fleming's most famous film put it, 'gone with the wind.' -- Peter Bogdanovich, Wall Street Journal, reviewing a previous edition or volume

Michael Sragow's Victor Fleming is certainly among the best film director biographies ever published. Mr. Sragow captures the man, a life and an era that is, as the title of Fleming's most famous film put it, 'gone with the wind.' -- Peter Bogdanovich, Wall Street Journal , reviewing a previous edition or volume

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Michael Sragow is the movie critic for the Orange County Register and contributes regularly to the New Yorker. He edited Produced and Abandoned: The National Society of Film Critics Write on the Best Films You’ve Never Seen and two volumes of James Agee’s work for the Library of America.

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