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 | Apr 21, 2014 | Cinema, Film, Gone With the Wind, Movies
On Friday, April 21, 1939, Victor Fleming completed filming the evening sewing circle sequence, during which Rhett convinces Melanie to tell him where the Southern vigilantes are meeting, Scarlett learns about the raid on Shantytown and Rhett brings home a wounded...
by admin | Mar 2, 2014 | Cinema, Film, Gone With the Wind, Movies
Gone With the Wind’s filming resumed on March 2, 1939 with Victor Fleming at the directorial helm. At his first meeting with assistant directors Eric Stacey and Ridgeway Callow, Fleming left no doubt about how he would run things. “They tell me that...
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...
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...
