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
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
