Question: The film by David O. Selznick that was released at the earliest date was based on a written work from what date ?

text: David O. Selznick filmography
Filmography -- Selznick International Pictures
I simply had to fulfill my ambitions of starting my own company . It had always been an obsession of mine … that there be no interference with our work ; that we must have authority . — David O. Selznick [ 30 ] In 1935 Selznick left MGM to form his own production company , Selznick International Pictures . [ 31 ] He also took over the operation of Pioneer Pictures , a production company designed to produce films in Technicolor and formed by his friend and ex-associate ( at RKO ) Merian C . Cooper . [ 30 ] Selznick International produced a total of 11 features , of which all but one were distributed by United Artists . [ 32 ] Gone With the Wind was released by MGM as part of a deal with Selznick in exchange for the loan of Clark Gable in the role of Rhett Butler . [ 33 ]
David O. Selznick (1902-1965) was an American motion picture producer whose work consists of three short subjects, 67 feature films, and one television production made between 1923 and 1957. He was the producer of the 1939 epic Gone With the Wind. Selznick was born in Pittsburgh and educated in public schools in Brooklyn and Manhattan. He began working in the film industry in New York while in his teens as an assistant to his father, jeweler-turned-film producer Lewis J. Selznick. In 1923, he began producing films himself, starting with two documentary shorts and then a minor feature, Roulette (1924). Moving to Hollywood in 1926, Selznick became employed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), where he produced two films before switching to Paramount in early 1928. After helping to guide Paramount into the sound era, Selznick moved to RKO Radio in 1931 where he served as the studio's executive producer. During his time at RKO he oversaw the production of King Kong (1933) and helped to develop Katharine Hepburn and Myrna Loy into major film stars. In 1933 Selznick returned to MGM, this time as a vice-president in charge of his own production unit. During his two years with the studio he produced elaborate versions of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Charles Dickens' David Copperfield and A Tale of Two Cities. In 1935, he left MGM to form his own production company, Selznick International Pictures, where he produced adaptations of Robert Smythe Hichens' The Garden of Allah (1936), Frances Hodgson Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), and Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938). Selznick also became a pioneer in the use of Technicolor with the first and last of these films and also with his productions of A Star is Born and Nothing Sacred (both 1937).
Release date Title Director Notes
April 2 , 1936 Little Lord Fauntleroy John Cromwell
November 19 , 1936 The Garden of Allah Richard Boleslawski Filmed in Technicolor
April 21 , 1937 A Star Is Born William A. Wellman Filmed in Technicolor
September 2 , 1937 The Prisoner of Zenda John Cromwell Originally released in sepiatone Added to the National Film Registry in 1991
November 25 , 1937 Nothing Sacred William A. Wellman Filmed in Technicolor
February 17 , 1938 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Norman Taurog Filmed in Technicolor
November 3 , 1938 The Young in Heart Richard Wallace
February 16 , 1939 Made for Each Other John Cromwell
October 5 , 1939 Intermezzo : A Love Story Gregory Ratoff First American film appearance of Ingrid Bergman
December 15 , 1939 Gone with the Wind Victor Fleming Filmed in Technicolor Added to the National Film Registry in 1989
March 27 , 1940 Rebecca Alfred Hitchcock Won the Academy Award for Best Picture