Victor Fleming Research Paper

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Victor Fleming was a producer, director and cinematographer. Possibly one of the most underrated in his field. Fleming was amazing at his work. Fleming started his career as a stuntman before turning his work to the other side of the camera. He worked with many great stars and made quite a few famous. He is credited with Gary Cooper and Clark Gables fame. His most notable films include “Gone With the Wind,” “The Wizard of Oz,” and “Captain Courageous.” One would think being the director of two enormously huge hits would guide his name into many households. Ironically Victor Fleming isn’t a widely known name. Most directors want to stand out but Fleming was alright following the crowd. He cared and loved his job. He took on huge jobs, and doing so landed him the director's chair for “Gone with the Wind.” “Gone With the Wind” is one of the most epic, dramatic, romantic stories ever told. Fleming entered the production three weeks into filming as the first director was fired. Many of the cast members were happy to see him off as they said he was hard …show more content…

Fleming was amazing at his work. He worked with many great stars and made quite a few famous. One would think being the director of two enormously huge hits would guide his name into many households. Ironically Victor Fleming isn’t a widely known name. He cared and loved his job. He took on huge jobs, and doing so landed him the director's chair for “Gone with the Wind.” “Gone With the Wind” is one of the most epic, dramatic, romantic stories ever told. “Gone With the Wind” challenged the standard modes of filmmaking at the time. Doing so in many different ways including and certainly not limited to the cast, directors, writers, setting, filming, money, etc. “Gone With the Wind” was a hard to comeby film. “Gone With the Wind” will forever be remembered as a film which beat the many odds stacked up against

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