Victor Lonzo Fleming was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer.
11 Facts About Victor Fleming
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Victor Fleming was born at the Banbury Ranch near what is La Canada Flintridge, California, the son of Eva and William Richard Lonzo Victor Fleming.
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Victor Fleming served in the photographic section for the United States Army during World War I, and acted as chief photographer for President Woodrow Wilson in Versailles, France.
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Victor Fleming showed a mechanical aptitude early in life; while working as a car mechanic, he met the director Allan Dwan, who took him on as a camera assistant.
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Victor Fleming was close friends with another veteran cinematographer, Charles Schoenbaum.
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In 1932, Victor Fleming joined MGM and directed some of the studio's most prestigious films.
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Victor Fleming owned the Moraga Estate in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, then a horse ranch.
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Victor Fleming died en route to a hospital in Cottonwood, Arizona, after suffering a heart attack on January 6,1949.
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Victor Fleming's death occurred shortly after completing Joan of Arc with Ingrid Bergman, one of the few films that he did not make for MGM.
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The accuracy of Revere's characterization of Victor Fleming has been disputed, however.
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However, at the time of the casting, Victor Fleming was working on the film Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, which featured a British producer and a cast largely composed of British or British Commonwealth actors.