September 10, 2014, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Film, Research + TeachingDatabase of fan mail documents emotional response from “Gone With The Wind” fans, detractors As part of the recently launched web exhibition Producing Gone With The Wind, the Ransom Center has launched a new database of fan mail from the David O. Selznick collection. Researchers now have the opportunity to explore a selection of letters sent to Selznick International Pictures in the 1930s through… read more
December 2, 2013, Filed Under: Film, Research + TeachingFellows Find: How Hollywood producers used Alfred Hitchcock’s weight to their advantage Casey McKittrick is an Associate Professor of English at Western Michigan University. He spent June and July of 2012 researching the David O. Selznick and Myron Selznick archives at the Harry Ransom Center. His work, which was funded by the Warren Skaaren Research Fellowship Endowment, produced the first chapter, and informed several others, of… read more
November 8, 2013, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Film75 Days. 75 Years: Chart reveals comparison of possible deals with MGM and Warner Bros. For 75 days, the Harry Ransom Center is raising funds for its 2014 exhibition The Making of Gone With The Wind. Opening on September 9, 2014, The Making of Gone With The Wind will reveal stories about the making of this quintessential film from Hollywood’s Golden Age and illustrate why it… read more
