Victor Fleming he also proved an effective director of women. Under his direction, Vivien Leigh won the Best Actress Oscar, Hattie McDaniel won for Best Supporting Actress, and Olivia De Havilland was nominated. In 1932, Fleming joined MGM and directed some of the studio's most prestigious films. "Red Dust" (1932), "Bombshell" (1933), and "Reckless" (1935) showcasing Jean Harlow, while "Treasure Island" (1934) and "Captains Courageous" (1937) brought a touch of literary distinction to boy's-own adventure stories. His two most famous films came in 1939, when "The Wizard of Oz" was closely followed by "Gone With the Wind". Fleming's version of "Dr. Jekyll
Gone with the Wind (film) time on the night of December 10, 1938, when the burning of Atlanta was filmed. In a letter to his wife two days later, Selznick admitted that Leigh was "the Scarlett dark horse", and after a series of screen tests, her casting was announced on January 13, 1939. Just before the shooting of the film, Selznick informed newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan: "Scarlett O'Hara's parents were French and Irish. Identically, Miss Leigh's parents are French and Irish." Of original screenplay writer Sidney Howard, film historian Joanne Yeck writes, "reducing the intricacies of "Gone with the Wind"'s epic dimensions was a herculean