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
September 9, 2014, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmWeb exhibition “Producing Gone With The Wind” launches today The Harry Ransom Center launches Producing Gone With The Wind, an updated web exhibition, in conjunction with the exhibition The Making of Gone With The Wind. The web exhibition explores the purchase of the rights to Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone With The Wind; the casting of the star actress, Vivien Leigh, as Scarlett O’Hara; and… read more
September 8, 2014, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmOpening tomorrow: “The Making of Gone With The Wind” The Making of Gone With The Wind opens tomorrow, September 9, and offers a behind-the-scenes view of one of the classic films of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Featuring more than 300 rarely seen and some never-before-exhibited materials, the exhibition is drawn entirely from the Ransom Center’s collections and includes on-set photographs,… read more
September 3, 2014, Filed Under: Meet the StaffMeet the Staff: Rick Watson, Head of Reference Services for the Manuscript Collection Meet the Staff is a Q&A series on Cultural Compass that highlights the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center. Rick Watson started at the Ransom Center as one of the first graduate interns in 1989 and now oversees the graduate intern program alongside his work… read more
August 27, 2014, Filed Under: Research + TeachingInternational database of copyright holders celebrates 20th anniversary The Harry Ransom Center and the University of Reading have worked together for the past 20 years to establish and maintain the WATCH File, now one of the largest worldwide resources on copyright information. To commemorate the 20th anniversary, Rick Watson, current U.S. compiler for WATCH, and Andrew Gansky, a… read more
August 21, 2014, Filed Under: Film, Research + TeachingFellows Find: Ties to director Brian De Palma found throughout film collection at the Ransom Center Ethan de Seife is an independent scholar and the author of the book Tashlinesque: The Hollywood Comedies of Frank Tashlin. He is currently an arts writer for the Burlington, Vermont, alternative weekly newspaper Seven Days. His research was supported by a Ransom Center travel grant. The Ransom Center is celebrating… read more
