Victor Fleming News
The ruby slippers are at their rubiest, the field full of poppies nearly pops off the screen and the Emerald City? It couldn't gleam much greener than it does in " The Wizard of Oz: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition... ... Full Article
His biography about director Victor Fleming shares arts writing honor with work on Emily Dickinson
baltimoresun.com –
2009-04-17
Baltimore Sun film critic Michael Sragow was chosen this week as one of the two top winners of the prestigious National Award for Arts Writing. ... Full Article
Tippling in Bel Air
nationalpost.com –
2009-03-21
The setting could not be more idyllic had it been designed by Universal Studios: lemony sunshine, the Santa Monica mountains beyond, a lonesome wisp of cloud making only a cameo in cerulean California skies. ... Full Article
You're not alone if you've never heard of Victor Fleming, which is why Michael Sragow decided it was time somebody wrote a book about him. ... Full Article
I've been enjoying the new Victor Fleming bio by my colleague at the Baltimore Sun , Michael Sragow, Victor Fleming, An American Master. I'm not sure I buy into his thesis, that the man's man MGM contract director who "saved"... ... Full Article
Why Victor Fleming Was Hollywood's Hidden Genius
time.com –
2008-12-22
Scholars tend to lionize directors who develop groundbreaking styles or who come to dominate and define a genre - men like Hitchcock, Welles, Hawks and Ford. ... Full Article
This Sunday in The Baltimore Sun , read Diane Scharper's review of Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master . The book is by Sun flim critic Michael Sragow, who described it in this Read Street interview ; he'll also be... ... Full Article
In the decades following their 1939 releases, The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind became undisputed cinema classics.Victor Fleming , who directed both pictures, became one of Hollywood's forgotten filmmaking masters. ... Full Article
The journey of some faithfully filmed movie adaptations of best-selling novels in Hollywood started as early as the 1940's, with Victor Fleming's classic adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's best seller "Gone with the Wind". ... Full Article
The film I have chosen that demonstrates Hollywood’s Golden Age of film is “The Wizard of Oz,” directed by Victor Fleming and produced in 1939. ... Full Article