Vivien Leigh’s “Gone With The Wind” Script Is Up For Auction
In recent years, a plethora of items related to Gone With the Wind have turned up on the auction block. This year is no different. On September 26, Sotheby’s will be auctioning off items personally owned by the movie’s star,…
Fashion Friday: Scarlett’s Red Dress
Today’s Fashion Friday post is about Scarlett’s scandalous, red ball gown. Rhett forces her to wear the dress to Ashley’s surprise birthday party. Earlier in the day, Scarlett and Ashley were caught hugging by India Wilkes. Scarlett doesn’t want to…
Gone With the Wind’s Alternate Ending
Many people who watch Gone With the Wind wish the movie had ended differently. Rhett’s parting words to Scarlett, Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn, still makes people talk. And the question everyone wants answered is: What happened to Scarlett…
Fashion Friday #8: Hollywood Premiere of “Gone With the Wind”
On December 28th, 1939, Gone With the Wind finally had its premiere in Hollywood. The premiere was held at Fox’s Carthay Circle Theater, which had opened in 1926. Sadly, the theater was demolished in 1969 to make room for an office…
The Loves of Clark Gable
From Modern Screen, 1931by Walter Ramsey Almost since the day Clark Gable’s first picture was shown in Hollywood, he has been asked to give his views on women, love, marriage and divorce. His answer has always been “No!” But in…
Fashion Friday #7: Gone With The Wind in Atlanta
In December, 1939, Atlanta fell under the spell of David Selznick’s masterpiece, Gone With the Wind. The mayor of Atlanta, William Hartsfield, declared a three day holiday to celebrate the movie’s premiere at Loew’s Grand Theater on Peachtree Street. Three…
Clark Gable Takes a Selfie
Article by Harrison Carroll, 1948 This week I walk along the row of portable dressing rooms on the “Command Decision” set. Signs upon the doors proclaim the names of famous occupants: Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Brian Donlevy, Charles Bickford and…
Gone With the Wind Auction Highlights
In case you haven’t heard, Scarlett’s Shantytown dress sold at auction for $137,000 this past weekend. The price isn’t too surprising if you factor in the starting price of $60,000, along with the auction house fee and the fact that…
Happy 75th Anniversary, Gone With The Wind!
Gone With The Wind premiered seventy-five years ago, today, on December 15th, 1939, in Atlanta, Georgia. This premiere event was followed by two more: one in New York City and another one in Hollywood. Ann Rutherford was the first star…
Gone With The Wind, Indeed!
Photoplay, March 1937by Kirtley Baskette Call out the riot squad! A new Civil War is raging! Who will play the principals in the world’s best seller? Time was when you could call a man a rat in Hollywood and get…