Film

October 23, 2014 - Gabrielle Inhofe

In the Galleries: A discarded happy ending for “Gone With The Wind”

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events, Film Tagged With: alternate ending, Ben Hecht, Bradbury Foote, David O. Selznick, Edwin Justus Mayer, exhibition, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Film, Gone with the Wind, In the Galleries, John Balderston, John Van Druten, Lawrence Stallings, Ronald Brown, screenwriting, script, Sidney Howard, The Making of Gone With The Wind

Gone With The Wind’s scriptwriter Sidney Howard had the difficult task of converting the 1,000-page novel into a film script that was not too long, without sacrificing key elements of the novel. One of producer David O. Selznick’s concerns was that all problems be caught before filming started, because cutting… read more

October 10, 2014 - Gabrielle Inhofe

Meet the Staff: Film Curatorial Assistant Albert A. Palacios

Filed Under: Film, Meet the Staff, Research + Teaching Tagged With: Albert A. Palacios, Alfred Junge, David O. Selznick, Film, Gone with the Wind, Meet the Staff, Producing Gone With The Wind, The Making of Gone With The Wind

Meet the Staff is an occasional series on Cultural Compass that highlights the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center. Albert A. Palacios has been the Film Curatorial Assistant at the Ransom Center since January 2010 and is a doctoral student in Latin American history at… read more

September 25, 2014 - Gabrielle Inhofe

In the Galleries: Producer David O. Selznick defends casting Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Film Tagged With: David O. Selznick, Ed Sullivan, exhibition, Film, Hollywood reporter, In the Galleries, Joe Shay, Mrs. W. D. Lamar, Susan Myrick, The Making of Gone With The Wind, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Vivien Leigh

British actress Vivien Leigh is best remembered for her part as Scarlett O’Hara, the beautiful Southern belle who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Her inspired performance won an Academy Award for Best Actress. However, when word got out that she was being considered for the role,… read more