Victor Fleming

Victor Fleming

Nacimiento : 1889-02-23, La Cañada, California, USA

Muerte : 1949-01-06

Historia

Victor Fleming was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were The Wizard of Oz (1939), and Gone with the Wind (1939), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director.

Perfil

Victor Fleming

Películas

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Self (archive footage)
A personal and captivating account of the extraordinary life and work of Ingrid Bergman (1915-82), a young Swedish woman who became one of the most celebrated actresses in world cinema.
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews with family members and acquaintances.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of cast and crew members, their families and fans of the film.
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
Juana de Arco
Director
Juana de Arco, la Doncella de Orleáns (1412-1431), una joven profundamente religiosa, vivió durante la Guerra de los Cien Años, en la que se enfrentaban Francia e Inglaterra. Completamente convencida de que Dios le había encomendado la misión de expulsar a los ingleses y de salvar a Francia, va a ver al Delfín, el futuro Carlos VII, y consigue que le proporcione tropas para levantar el sitio de Orleáns. (FILMAFFINITY)
Aventura
Director
Un marino mercante que lleva una vida bastante despreocupada se enamora de una dulce y sumisa bibliotecaria, pero muy pronto se da cuenta de que no puede seguir con ella porque su vida es el mar.
Dos en el cielo
Director
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Tras su muerte, el mayor Pete Sandidge (Tracy), piloto de un bombardero, se convierte en el ángel guardián de otro piloto, el capitán Ted Randall (Van Johnson), al que no sólo protegerá en las batallas, sino que también ayudará a resolver los problemas con su novia (Irene Dunne). Melodrama bélico de carácter propagandístico y elementos fantásticos.
La vida es así
Director
Danny, un pobre mexicano-norteamericano del norte de California, hereda dos casas de su abuelo que son rápidamente aprovechadas por sus amigos vagabundos.
El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Director
Un prestigioso científico vive obsesionado con la idea de encontrar una fórmula que le permita aislar los impulsos malignos del ser humano. Cuando lo consigue, decide experimentar consigo mismo y se bebe la poción que ha inventado. A partir de ese momento, se convierte en un monstruo de maldad que deambula por las calles durante la noche cometiendo todo tipo de fechorías. Adaptación de la obra homónima de Robert Louis Stevenson.
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
Lo que el viento se llevó
Director
Georgia, 1861. En la elegante mansión sureña de Tara, vive Scarlett O'Hara, la joven más bella, caprichosa y egoísta de la región. Ella suspira por el amor de Ashley, pero él está prometido con su prima, la dulce y bondadosa Melanie. Corren todavía tiempos felices en Tara, pero por poco tiempo, porque la Guerra de Secesión (1861-1865) está a punto de estallar. En la última fiesta, celebrada antes del comienzo de las hostilidades entre el norte y el sur, Scarlett conoce al simpático, cínico y apuesto Rhett Butler, un vividor arrogante y aventurero, que sólo piensa en sí mismo y que no tiene ninguna intención de participar en el conflicto. Lo que él desea es hacerse rico y conquistar el corazón de la hermosa Scarlett.
El mago de Oz
Director
La huérfana Dorothy Gale vive una vida sencilla en Kansas con su tía Emma Clara Blandick, su tío Henry y tres pintorescos peones: Hunk, Zeke y Hickory. Un día la severa vecina Miss Gulch es mordida por el perro de Dorothy, Toto. Miss Gulch se lo lleva, por orden del sheriff, a pesar de las apasionadas protestas de tía Emma y el tío Henry. Toto escapa y regresa junto a Dorothy, la cual se alegra momentáneamente, pero pronto se da cuenta de que Miss Gulch regresará. Decide llevarse a Toto y fugarse en busca de una vida mejor 'en algún lugar sobre el arco iris'.
El gran vals
Co-Director
Biopic sobre el compositor austriaco Johann Strauss. Con una romántica Viena como telón de fondo, el film aporta datos sustanciales de la vida del músico, sin llegar a ser un documental biográfico en sentido estricto.
Piloto de pruebas
Director
Jim es un piloto de pruebas. Tanto su mujer Ann como su mejor amigo Gunner intentan que vuele con prudencia, pero la vida de esta clase de pilotos es cualquier cosa menos segura.
Capitanes intrépidos
Director
Harvey, el hijo arrogante y malcriado de un padre poco cariñoso, cae por la borda de un barco de vapor transatlántico y es rescatado por un barco de pesca en el Gran Banco de Terranova. Harvey trata de convencerles para que lo lleven a tierra alardeando de su riqueza ante la tripulación, aunque nadie le toma en serio. El capitán le ofrece un trabajo mal pagado hasta que regresen a puerto. El duro trabajo como uno más de la tripulación convierte al joven en un hombre maduro y considerado.
Contrastes
Director
Historia ambientada en el siglo XIX que supuso el debut cinematográfico de Henry Fonda, que previamente había interpretado el mismo papel en la obra de teatro en la que se basa el film. Narra la historia de un granjero que trabaja en el canal para poder así ganar dinero con el que comprar una granja. Allí conoce a la cocinera del barco del canal, y se enamora de ella, pero la mujer no quiere dejar la viajera vida del barco por la rutina de una granja.
La indómita
Director
Una actriz, de la que está enamorado su agente, acaba casándose con un millonario.
La isla del tesoro
Director
Jim Hawkins es un joven inglés que trabaja en la posada de sus padres. Un día llega al establecimiento un viejo bucanero llamado Billy Bones, que trae consigo un cofre con el mapa de “La isla del Tesoro”, que revela el paradero de las formidables riquezas acumuladas por el Capitán Flint. Los piratas de la tripulación de Flint, entre ellos Perro Negro, están buscando el mapa. Pero antes de conseguirlo, el joven Jim, aprovechando que Billy Bones muere, roba el cofre y escapa. Jim pide ayuda al doctor Livesey y al squire Trelawney, y deciden ir a la isla a por el tesoro. Tras adquirir la fragata “La Hispaniola”, la equipa con todo lo necesario y contrata a una tripulación. Entre ellos está Long John Silver, que embarca como cocinero, pero que en realidad es un capitán pirata que, tras ganarse la confianza del squire, consigue que un grupo de marineros a sus órdenes componga la tripulación.
Bombshell
Director
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
La hermana blanca
Director
Se trata de una romántica y trágica historia muy al gusto de Hollywood, dirigida con su eficacia habitual por Victor Fleming. En ella, una aristócrata italiana (Helen Hayes) rechaza casarse con el hombre impuesto por su padre y escapa con su amante, un atractivo teniente. Cuando recibe la noticia de que el militar ha muerto durante una acción bélica de la Primera Guerra Mundial, queda moralmente destrozada y decide ingresar en un convento. Habiendo tomado ya los votos y consagrado su vida a Dios, descubre que el hombre que amaba no había muerto en la contienda. El dilema está servido.
Tierra de pasión
Producer
Un matrimonio llega a una plantación de caucho en Indochina, regentada por un hombre duro, al mismo tiempo que una aventurera. Surge así un peligroso triangulo amoroso.
Tierra de pasión
Director
Un matrimonio llega a una plantación de caucho en Indochina, regentada por un hombre duro, al mismo tiempo que una aventurera. Surge así un peligroso triangulo amoroso.
Alcohol prohibido
Director
Los males del alcohol antes y durante la prohibición se hacen evidentes cuando vemos sus efectos en la familia Chilcote.
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
Director of Photography
With the advent of sound, the world's leading screen idol, Douglas Fairbanks, experienced a downturn in his fortunes. His thin, reedy voice was not suited to the talkies, his marriage to Mary Pickford was on the outs, and his son, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., had replaced him as a major box-office draw. Faced with the Hollywood equivalent of a mid-life crisis, Doug called up three of his best friends - director Victor Fleming, cinematographer Henry Sharp, and production manager Charles Lewis - and took them on a six-month tour of Asia, ostensibly to shoot a travelogue for United Artists (of which Fairbanks was still a major shareholder.) Their first stop is Honolulu, followed in quick succession by Japan, China, Peking, Hong Kong, Indochina, the Philippines, Siam, and India. Fairbanks and company spend time at such noteworthy spots as the Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat, the Summer Palace and the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum.
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
Self
With the advent of sound, the world's leading screen idol, Douglas Fairbanks, experienced a downturn in his fortunes. His thin, reedy voice was not suited to the talkies, his marriage to Mary Pickford was on the outs, and his son, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., had replaced him as a major box-office draw. Faced with the Hollywood equivalent of a mid-life crisis, Doug called up three of his best friends - director Victor Fleming, cinematographer Henry Sharp, and production manager Charles Lewis - and took them on a six-month tour of Asia, ostensibly to shoot a travelogue for United Artists (of which Fairbanks was still a major shareholder.) Their first stop is Honolulu, followed in quick succession by Japan, China, Peking, Hong Kong, Indochina, the Philippines, Siam, and India. Fairbanks and company spend time at such noteworthy spots as the Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat, the Summer Palace and the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum.
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
Director
With the advent of sound, the world's leading screen idol, Douglas Fairbanks, experienced a downturn in his fortunes. His thin, reedy voice was not suited to the talkies, his marriage to Mary Pickford was on the outs, and his son, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., had replaced him as a major box-office draw. Faced with the Hollywood equivalent of a mid-life crisis, Doug called up three of his best friends - director Victor Fleming, cinematographer Henry Sharp, and production manager Charles Lewis - and took them on a six-month tour of Asia, ostensibly to shoot a travelogue for United Artists (of which Fairbanks was still a major shareholder.) Their first stop is Honolulu, followed in quick succession by Japan, China, Peking, Hong Kong, Indochina, the Philippines, Siam, and India. Fairbanks and company spend time at such noteworthy spots as the Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat, the Summer Palace and the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum.
Hombre o diablo
Director
Cuatro soldados de la Legión Francesa están en la cárcel por conducta impropia, pero se escapan y tendrán que luchar en el ejército antes de que sean capturados por deserción.
Common Clay
Director
Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with the Fullerton's handsome young son. But he leaves her with child, and when she attempts to gain recognition for her child, the Fullerton family treats her as a blackmailer. But a surprise awaits them all.
El virginiano
Director
Molly Wood (Mary Brian) llega a una pequeña ciudad del oeste para trabajar como maestra. Pronto el virginiano (Gary Cooper), capataz en un rancho local, y Steve, su mejor amigo, rivalizarán por conseguir la atención de la chica recién llegada.
El canto del lobo
Director
Sam es un vaquero aventurero que se ha unido a otros hombres para iniciar una cacería por las montañas. Cuando conoce a la mexicana Lola, se enamora de ella y ambos se casan. Pero poco después, Sam siente notalgia del pasado y tendrá que decidir entre la llamada de la aventura o su querida esposa.
The Awakening
Director
En Alsacia, justo antes de la Guerra Mundial, se ve a Marie Ducrot, una hermosa y virtuosa campesina que se enamora del Conde Karl von Hagen, un teniente del ejército alemán, visitando a Karl en sus aposentos, y una multitud enojada de habitantes arroja piedras y maldiciones a ella. Marie, reportada erróneamente muerta, se convierte en novicia en una orden religiosa. Estalla la guerra y von Hagen resulta herido en un combate cerca del convento de Marie; Marie lo cuida y la convence de que regrese a Alemania con él. Le Bête, un sargento del ejército francés que conocen, les ayuda a alcanzar las líneas y la seguridad alemanas. Le Bête es asesinado por la bala de un francotirador, y Marie y Karl se preparan para un futuro mejor.
Abie's Irish Rose
Director
When a Catholic and a Jew wed they find themselves disowned by both of their families.
El destino de la carne
Director
Un empleado de banco feliz pierde su identidad después de un robo y luego se presume muerto.
El escuadrón de hierro
Director
La historia de la unidad militar organizada por el futuro presidente de los Estados Unidos, Teddy Roosevelt, y sus aventuras en Cuba durante la Guerra Hispanoamericana de 1898.
Hula
Director
En Hawái, Hula Calhoun, hija de Bill Calhoun, propietario de una plantación de piña, pone el ojo en un ingeniero inglés casado. Basada en la novela: Hula, un Romance en Hawaii de Armine von Tempski
Flor de capricho
Director
Joe vive en un enclave perdido entre montañas y piensa que ya es hora de buscar pareja. Se va a la ciudad y conoce a Alverna, una desinhibida manicurista, con quien se casa. Al mismo tiempo, Ralph, un abogado especializado en divorcios, agobiado por la presión de las mujeres que acuden a él en busca de ayuda, decide pasar una temporada de descanso en Mantrap, donde se encuentra con Joe y Alverna...
The Blind Goddess
Director
Even though Big Bill Devens is a powerful politician, he still sticks to his working man's roots. His wife walked out on him 20 years before and his daughter, Moira, believes she is dead. Moira falls in love with Hugh Dillon, a handsome young attorney, and Devens gets him a job in the district attorney's office. One night, Devens' wife, now an old, decrepit woman known as Aileen Clayton, returns to ask forgiveness.
Lord Jim
Director
Because he deserted his ship and passengers during a collision at sea, a ship's mate loses his certification. Unable to find work at sea, he takes a job at a trading post, and eventually works his way up to managing the business. He falls in love with the owner's daughter, and shares leadership of the local village with the son of the Rajah. One day, however, a band of pirates attacks the village, and the man is astonished to see that the pirates are none other than the tyrannical captain of his former ship and his crew.
A Son of His Father
Director
'Big Boy' Morgan and his friend, invalid Charlie Grey, must overcome the efforts of the villainous Holdbrook to foreclose on the Los Rosas ranch and make off with the beautiful Nora Shea.
Adventure
Producer
David Sheldon owns a plantation in the Solomon Islands. Many of his field hands die of blackwater fever, and then he becomes sick himself. Joan Lackland, a female soldier of fortune, arrives by schooner in the islands. With the help of her Kanaka crew, she protects David from an attack by the natives who are led by Googomy. Joan nurses David back to health and becomes his business partner, protecting his mortgaged property from two avaricious moneylenders. Seeking vengeance, the moneylenders incite the natives to revolt.
Adventure
Director
David Sheldon owns a plantation in the Solomon Islands. Many of his field hands die of blackwater fever, and then he becomes sick himself. Joan Lackland, a female soldier of fortune, arrives by schooner in the islands. With the help of her Kanaka crew, she protects David from an attack by the natives who are led by Googomy. Joan nurses David back to health and becomes his business partner, protecting his mortgaged property from two avaricious moneylenders. Seeking vengeance, the moneylenders incite the natives to revolt.
The Devil's Cargo
Director
John Joyce arrives in Sacramento with his sister, Martha, and aunt to become the editor of a newspaper. He is determined to clear the town of the low-down mining camp types who are flaunting their freewheeling ways. When Joyce meets Faro Sampson, he falls in love, believing that she is the daughter of a minister. Actually she's the daughter of the man who runs a gambling den, "Square Deal" Sampson.
Empty Hands
Director
Claire Endicott throws a wild party and her father walks in to find her flirting with the very married Milt Bisnet. In an attempt to straighten her out, Endicott sends Claire to the Canadian northwoods, where his field engineer, Grimshaw, is working. While fishing, Claire is swept over the rapids and Grimshaw tries to rescue her. Both of them wind up in a remote gorge, and Grimshaw goes about building a hut as a shelter.
Code of the Sea
Director
Young Bruce McDow tries to live with the specter of his late Father's perceived folly as a Sailor. That led to the loss of a ship and its crew many years earlier. Struggling with his personal demons in a town that doesn't seem to want to forgive or forget.
The Call of the Canyon
Director
Returning from World War I, Glenn Kilbourne travels to Arizona to regain his health. He meets a local girl, Flo Hutler, who helps him recover. His fiancee, Carley Burch, follows him to Arizona but soon decides she'd rather go back to New York. When Flo is badly hurt in an accident, Glenn decides to repay her for her help in bringing him back to health by proposing marriage.
To the Last Man
Director
Feuding ranchers and sheepherders.
Law of the Lawless
Director
Sahande, a Tartar girl placed on the block to be sold, is bought by Costa, a Gypsy chief who outbids Sahande's fiancé, Sender. Costa marries the infuriated Sahande but agrees to give her 10 days in which either to return his love or have Sender fight him.
Dark Secrets
Director
Ruth Rutherford, crippled as a result of being thrown from a horse, breaks her engagement to Lord Wallington. Dejected, he returns to his regiment in Egypt and sinks into dissipation. Ruth hears of his plight and also goes to Egypt, where she meets Dr. Mohammed Ali. Ali cures her lameness in return for Ruth's agreeing to become his wife, but Biskra, Ruth's servant, kills Ali before he can collect. Even from death Ali's power over Ruth returns her to her wheelchair until she jumps up to save Wallington from an attack feigned by Biskra.
Red Hot Romance
Director
After his father's death, Roland Stone learns that his will stipulates that he must go to the South American country of Bunkonia and sell life insurance.
Woman's Place
Director
The Women's Political League decides to find a female candidate for mayor and their choice is Kay Gerson who, they figure, will win votes from the men because of her looks. But the town's political boss, Jim Bradley, counters with his own good-looking candidate, Freddy Bleeker, who he thinks will get the women's vote.
Mama's Affair
Director
Eve Orrin is at the mercy of her possessive mother, who has a case of "nerves" every time her daughter tries to show a mind of her own. Mrs. Orrin and her friend, Mrs. Marchant, have determined that Eve will marry Mrs. Marchant's milquetoast son, Henry, and Eve is willing to go along with it just to placate her mother. But Eve herself finally has an attack of nerves, and she falls in love with Doctor Harmon, the physician called in to care for her.
The Mollycoddle
Director
An American who has lived much of his life outside the country returns to Arizona for the first time in years and encounters villainy.
When the Clouds Roll By
Himself
Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in the world -- that is, until he becomes the unwitting subject of a series of experiments at the hands of a sadistic psychiatrist. Through various means of control, the mad scientist drives Daniel to think he's losing his mind, but ultimately introduces him to the lovely Lucette.
When the Clouds Roll By
Writer
Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in the world -- that is, until he becomes the unwitting subject of a series of experiments at the hands of a sadistic psychiatrist. Through various means of control, the mad scientist drives Daniel to think he's losing his mind, but ultimately introduces him to the lovely Lucette.
When the Clouds Roll By
Director
Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in the world -- that is, until he becomes the unwitting subject of a series of experiments at the hands of a sadistic psychiatrist. Through various means of control, the mad scientist drives Daniel to think he's losing his mind, but ultimately introduces him to the lovely Lucette.
Reaching for the Moon
Cinematography
A button factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in "the company of kings". One day he discovers that he is indeed the only heir to the throne of a small European kingdom. However, there are forces at work who don't want him to survive to take the throne.
Wild and Woolly
Director of Photography
A rich Easterner who has always wanted to live in "the Wild West" plans to move to a Western town. Unknown to him, the town's "wild" days are long gone and it is an orderly and civilized place now. The townsmen, not wanting to lose a rich potential resident, contrive to make over the town to suit the young man's fantasy.
The Americano
Director of Photography
Doug is an American mining engineer. Pres. Valdez of Paragonia wants him to reopen the country's mines. Doug is not interested ... until he sees the President's beautiful daughter, Juana. Valdez returns to Paragonia, but is deposed by Generals Sanchez and Garcia and locked in San Mateo Prison. The Americano arrives...
The Matrimaniac
Director of Photography
A young couple attempts to elope, with the bride's irate father in hot pursuit. The train stops briefly and the young man dashes off to find a minister, but before he can get himself and the minister onto the train, it leaves, carrying his bride-to- be away. Now the young man, minister in tow, pursues his bride while her father and a horde of lawmen pursue them both.
American Aristocracy
Cinematography
A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.
Intolerancia
Second Assistant Director
Clásico del cine mudo que muestra a través de varios episodios históricos las injusticias provocadas por la intolerancia religiosa y social. La idea inicial de Griffith era narrar las sangrientas huelgas de 1912 en EE.UU. (un huelguista es acusado de la muerte de su patrón), pero después decidió rodar tres episodios más: "La caída de Babilonia, "La Pasión de Cristo" y "La noche de San Bartolomé" (sangriento episodio de las luchas entre hugonotes y católicos que tuvo lugar en París en 1572). De presupuesto y recursos desmesurados para la época -una sola escena reunió a 15.000 extras y 250 carros- aún hoy sigue asombrando por su espectacularidad.
The Half-Breed
Cinematography
Lo ("Agua durmiente") Dorman es un mestizo blanco-indio que desconoce quién fue su padre, del que solo conserva una cartera, perteneciente al blanco que forzó a la india, madre del mestizo. Lo Dorman, marginado por una sociedad racista, compite por el amor de la hija del predicador con el sheriff local...
An Innocent Magdalene
Director of Photography
When Dorothy's Southern, aristocratic father Colonel Raleigh refuses to let her marry Forbes Stewart, a Northern gambler, the couple elopes. When Dorothy soon thereafter becomes pregnant, Forbes vows to reform, but authorities arrest him on a gambling charge, and he serves a year in prison. During that time, and just before the birth of the baby, a woman comes to Dorothy and claims to be Forbes' wife. Stunned, Dorothy returns to her father, but the colonel throws her out, and so, on her own, she has her baby, whom the community believes to be illegitimate. Convinced that she has sinned, Dorothy is about to kill herself when Forbes, just out of jail, finds her and explains that the other woman simply had been an ex-sweetheart trying to win him back.
El ladrón generoso
Director of Photography
Un fuera de la ley hace un alto en su camino delictivo para ayudar a unos niños en dificultad.
The Habit of Happiness
Director of Photography
Douglas Fairbanks stars as "Sunny" Wiggins, who believes in eternal optimism and good spirits. This places Wiggins at odds with his staid, wealthy family, who decide to get even when he blithely invites a group of derelicts to his sister's coming-out party.