Gone with the Wind (film) task ... and Howard's first submission was far too long, and would have required at least six hours of film; ... [producer] Selznick wanted Howard to remain on the set to make revisions ... but Howard refused to leave New England [and] as a result, revisions were handled by a host of local writers". Selznick dismissed director George Cukor three weeks into filming and sought out Victor Fleming, who was directing "The Wizard of Oz" at the time. Fleming was dissatisfied with the script, so Selznick brought in famed writer Ben Hecht to rewrite the entire screenplay within five days.
Victor Fleming and Mr. Hyde" (1941), with Spencer Tracy, was generally rated below Rouben Mamoulian's 1931 pre-code version, which had starred Fredric March. Fleming's 1942 film version of John Steinbeck's "Tortilla Flat" starred Tracy, John Garfield, Hedy Lamarr, and Frank Morgan. Other films that Fleming made with Tracy include "Captains Courageous" (for which Tracy won his first Oscar), "A Guy Named Joe", and "Test Pilot". He directed Clark Gable in a total of five films – "Red Dust", "The White Sister", "Test Pilot", "Gone with the Wind", and "Adventure". He owned the Moraga Estate in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, then a