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Victor Fleming was born Victor Lonzo Fleming in La Canada, California on February 23, 1889. His father was a citrus farmer who died when Victor was four. Victor, his mother and two younger sisters went to live with his mother's brother, Ed Hartman, in San Dimas, east of Los Angeles.
Jan 8, 2015 · Film director Victor Fleming was “a man’s man,” says critic Michael Sragow. Trained as a machinist and infatuated with motorcycles and fast cars, the rugged Californian became a quiet king ...
Victor Fleming on set. Many of the filmmakers of this period (Michael Curtiz, John Ford, William Wyler et al) were tough, no-nonsense types as dictated by their job description, and one of the toughest of the lot was Victor Fleming. “Of all the men I’ve known,” said actress and one-time Fleming paramour Clara Bow, “there was a man
Jun 2, 2009 · Victor Fleming was the most sought-after director during Hollywood's golden age, renowned for his ability to make films across an astounding range of genres: westerns, earthy sexual dramas, family entertainment, screwball comedies, buddy pictures, romances and adventures. Fleming is best remembered for directing the two most iconic movies of the period, "Gone with the Wind" and "The Wizard of ...
Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American movie director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular movie were The Wizard of Oz (1939), and Gone with the Wind (1939). He won an Academy Award for Best Directing in 1939. Fleming died of a heart attack while on his way to the hospital in Cottonwood, Arizona ...
Dec 9, 2008 · Victor Fleming was the most sought-after director in Hollywood’s golden age, renowned for his ability to make films across an astounding range of genres–westerns, earthy sexual dramas, family entertainment, screwball comedies, buddy pictures, romances, and adventures.
May 18, 2009 · Victor Fleming (seated second from right) with Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable on the set of “Gone with the Wind,” in 1939, the year he also made “The Wizard of Oz.”
