Gone With the Wind’s 75th Anniversary: Second Jinxed Scene

On January 28, 1939, George Cukor directed the sequence of Ellen O’Hara’s return to Tara. This turned out to be Gone With the Wind’s second jinxed scene. In the scene, Barbara O’Neil as Mrs. O’Hara informs Robert Gleckler, who was playing...

75th Anniversary of Gone With the Wind’s First Day of Filming

On January 26, 1939, director George Cukor yelled “Action,” and Gone With the Wind’s principal photography began. The opening scene he shot that day turned out to be one of Gone With the Wind’s jinxed scenes. Vivien Leigh in her green sprig...