by admin | Apr 23, 2017 | Film, Gone With the Wind
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Casablanca, my #2 all-time-favorite film. This 1942 Humphrey Bogart-Ingrid Bergman classic appears on many lists of the greatest films of all time, as does my #1 all-time-favorite film, 1939s Gone With the Wind. Over the years,...
by admin | Sep 9, 2016 | Gone With the Wind
A book that will delight any Gone With the Wind fan!Actress Olivia de Havilland, who portrayed Melanie Hamilton Wilkes in Gone With the Wind, celebrated her 100th birthday on July 1, 2016. She marked the occasion with family and friends in Paris, France, her home for...
by admin | Aug 28, 2016 | Gone With the Wind
A book that will delight any Gone With the Wind fan!Rhett Butler called her “A great lady…A very great lady.” Join us as we honor the spirit of Melanie Hamilton Wilkes and celebrate the 100th birthday of the actress who portrayed her – Olivia de Havilland – at Bow Tie...
by admin | Jul 1, 2016 | Gone With the Wind
A book to celebrate GWTW’s 75th Anniversary!RKO actress Joan Fontaine received a message that director George Cukor wanted her to read for GWTW. Oh, what she wouldn’t give to play Scarlett! But when she arrived for her appointment, she discovered that the...
by admin | Jun 30, 2016 | Gone With the Wind
A book to celebrate GWTW’s 75th Anniversary!June 30, 2016 marks the 80th anniversary of the publication of Gone with the Wind. What many fans of Margaret Mitchell’s novel don’t realize is that editions of the book bearing a June 1936 publication date are not...
by admin | Feb 29, 2016 | Gone With the Wind
On February 29, 1940, Hollywood was abuzz and aglitter with Oscar fever. As was the custom, the names of the Oscar winners were revealed in advance to the press, with newspapers making a solemn promise not to break the news before the ceremonies. But one newspaper...
