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Born February 23, 1889 • Pasadena • California
Died January 6, 1949 (aged 59) • Arizona
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1940)
Notable Works “Bombshell” • “Gone with the Wind” • “Joan of Arc” • “Red Dust” • “The Wizard of Oz”

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Victor Fleming directing Gone with the Wind
scene from Red Dust
Captains Courageous
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Gone with the Wind
The Wizard of Oz
scene from The Wizard of Oz
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