If we were going to make a list of the greatest directors in film history, some of the names that would be mentioned might be Ford, Kurosawa, Hitchcock, Hawks and others.

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A name that wouldn't make some of those short lists would be Victor Fleming, but the California native -- he was born in La Canada in 1989 -- had the honor of directing maybe the two most beloved movies in history.

Fleming directed "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With the Wind," which were both released in 1939, a year many people still consider