Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

victor fleming Srag_9780375407482_3p_fm_r2.z.qxp 10/13/08 10:38 AM Page i Srag_9780375407482_3p_fm_r3.z.qxp 10/16/08 11:27 AM Page ii Victor Fleming An American Movie Master Michael Sragow Copyright © 2013 by Michael Sragow First published in 2008 by Pantheon Books The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508–4008 www.kentuckypress.com        17 16 15 14 13     5 4 3 2 1 The Library of Congress has cataloged the Pantheon Books edition as follows: Sragow, Michael. Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master/Michael Sragow. p.   cm. Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. ISBN: 978-0-375-40748-2 (alk. paper) 1. Fleming, Victor, 1889–1949. 2. Motion picture producers and directors—United States—Biography. I. Title. PN1998.3.F62S63 2008         791.4302'32092—dc22 2008015255 ISBN 978-0-8131-4441-2 (pbk.: alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8131-4443-6 (pdf) ISBN 978-0-8131-4442-9 (epub) Book design by Soonyoung Kwon This book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials. Manufactured in the United States of America. Member of the Association of American University Presses To my mother, Kaye Sragow, who taught me how to read; to my wife, Glenda Hobbs, who taught me how to write; and to my friend Pauline Kael, who taught me, by example, to trust my most personal reactions to the movies. Srag_9780375407482_3p_fm_r2.z.qxp 10/13/08 10:38 AM Page v Srag_9780375407482_3p_fm_r2.z.qxp 10/13/08 10:38 AM Page vi ...