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Gone with the Wind

Meet the Staff: Q&A with Director of Development Margie Rine

April 4, 2017 - Marissa Kessenich

Margie Rine portrait

Since coming to the Ransom Center in 2008, Margie Rine has significantly contributed to the Center’s development efforts. [Read more…] about Meet the Staff: Q&A with Director of Development Margie Rine

Filed Under: Meet the Staff Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, Ben Bradlee, Billy Collins, Colm Toibin, development, donations, donors, Ed Ruscha, endowments, Fellowships, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gone with the Wind, Grants, internships, Kate O’Toole, Mad Men, Margie Rine, Matthew Weiner, Meet the Staff, Michael Ondaatje, Peter O’Toole, philanthropy, Robert De Niro, Sally Quinn, Ted Kooser, World of Wonders

Hattie McDaniel’s landmark Academy Awards win

February 26, 2016 - Steve Wilson

The 12th Academy Awards ceremony was held on February 29, 1940, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, with Bob Hope hosting. Gone With The Wind was nominated for 13 awards and won for [Read more…] about Hattie McDaniel’s landmark Academy Awards win

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Academy Awards, African-American, David O. Selznick, Film, Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel, movies, Oscars

Biography sheds light on William Cameron Menzies, the first production designer

February 4, 2016 - Harry Ransom Center

Gone With The Wind production designer William Cameron Menzies.

While researching his recent book William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come, author James Curtis visited the Ransom Center to seek insight about Menzies’s career. Menzies worked with producer David O. Selznick on several projects, including Gone With The Wind and Spellbound. Using the Selznick collection at the Ransom Center, Curtis was able to research the work and efforts of the film industry’s first production designer. Below, Curtis recounts some of his findings. [Read more…] about Biography sheds light on William Cameron Menzies, the first production designer

Filed Under: Film, Research + Teaching Tagged With: art director, biography, David O. Selznick, Gone with the Wind, James Curtis, mkex, production designer, William Cameron Menzies

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