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Gone With the Wind’s 75th Anniversary: The Script Saga, Part 3

by admin | Feb 28, 2014 | Cinema, Film, Gone With the Wind, Movies

David O. Selznick and Victor Fleming arrived at Ben Hecht’s house early one morning. They spirited Hecht away in Selznick’s car, and on the way to the studio they came to terms: Selznick would pay Hecht $15,000 for one week’s work. At the studio,...

Gone With the Wind’s 75th Anniversary: The Script Saga, Part 2

by admin | Feb 27, 2014 | Cinema, Film, Gone With the Wind, Movies

Since screen writer and playwright Sidney Howard’s original effort, Gone With the Wind’s script had been changed by numerous pens. David O. Selznick had resorted to printing revised pages on different shades of colored paper in an effort to keep track of...

Gone With the Wind’s 75th Anniversary: Death Strikes the Cast!

by admin | Feb 25, 2014 | Cinema, Film, Gone With the Wind, Movies

On February 25, 1939, Robert Gleckler, the actor playing Tara’s overseer Jonas Wilkerson, died of uremic poisoning at the age of 52. His death stunned Gone With the Wind’s cast and crew. The previous month, George Cukor had directed Gleckler in the...

Gone With the Wind’s 75th Anniversary: The Script Saga, Part 1

by admin | Feb 24, 2014 | Cinema, Film, Gone With the Wind, Movies

To replace George Cukor, David O. Selznick approached Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract director Victor Fleming. Fleming was not interested in taking over the directorial reins of the troubled Gone With the Wind. At the time, he was manic with Munchkins on the set of The...

Gone With the Wind’s 75th Anniversary: Ashley’s Farewell

by admin | Feb 15, 2014 | Cinema, Film, Gone With the Wind, Movies

Following the February 13, 1939 joint statement that George Cukor was leaving the production and that David O. Selznick was seeking a new director for Gone With the Wind, some on-set loose ends remained. Three scenes were in the midst of production: Rhett’s...
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