I first saw Gone With the Wind in 1968, when my mother insisted that I must see this film. I knew nothing about the plot or the players and felt that spending nearly four hours in a theater was a colossal waste of time. As the title swept across the screen, I sat...
Congratulations to our client Bennett Contracting on the “Building Strong Roots” 100th anniversary community service project undertaken to improve the lives of 52 families in Albany’s South End. A team of employees from the Capital District’s...
Tucked into a corner of Albany’s Lincoln Park is a community garden, operated by the local nonprofit Capital Roots, where 52 families grow their own fresh, organic foods. For seasons, the gardeners had to cope with a tool shed with a leaky roof, a grape arbor that was...
Third-generation owner Gregory Bennett Jackson decided to celebrate the 100th business anniversary of his family’s full-service home remodeling company, Bennett Contracting, Inc., by helping families in Albany’s South End build strong roots. On May 2, 2015, Jackson...
Turner Classic Movies (www.tcm.com) offers two films this afternoon, each featuring a pre-Gone With the Wind performance from Leslie Howard and Vivien Leigh. Each film has a similar outcome. At 3 p.m. (Eastern Time), TCM presents Berkeley Square from 1933. Leslie...
In honor of Gone With the Wind’s 75th anniversary, I’m offering autographed bookplates for readers of The Complete GONE WITH THE WIND Trivia Book (2nd edition). The 4” x 3” cream-color bookplate has a border that reminds me of the Art Deco design style popular during...
Board members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences were furious over the Oscar news leak by the Los Angeles Times. By custom, the academy had shared the names of Oscar winners with the media in advance of the Academy Awards ceremony. This gave...
Here are some memorable moments from Gone With the Wind’s night at the Oscars: Sidney Howard’s win for Best Screenplay made him the first posthumous Academy Award winner. When Hattie McDaniel’s name was announced as the Best Supporting Actress winner, she...
With an unprecedented 13 nominations in 12 categories (double nomination for Best Supporting Actress), Gone With the Wind won a record-breaking 8 competitive Academy Awards: Best Picture – Gone With the Wind Best Actress – Vivien Leigh Best Supporting Actress – Hattie...
On February 29, 1940, the Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles was the venue for the 12th annual awards presentation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Hollywood was abuzz and aglitter with Oscar fever that Thursday afternoon. As was...
