December 8, 2015, Filed Under: FilmAnother view of Scarlett O’Hara Ten years after the release of Gone With the Wind, actress Vivien Leigh modeled real-life, historic nineteenth-century clothes for pioneer fashion historian and Byron scholar Doris Langley Moore for the publication The Woman in Fashion (1949).
December 4, 2014, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Meet the StaffMeet the Staff: Webmaster Daniel Zmud Meet the Staff is a Q&A series that highlights the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center. Daniel Zmud, who joined the Ransom Center in 2001, manages everything web-related and supervises the digitization of the Center’s archival sound recordings, videotapes, and motion picture films. He received… read more
December 1, 2014, Filed Under: Conservation, Exhibitions + Events, FilmBehind the scenes: Conserving the “Gone With The Wind” dresses Tomorrow, the Harry Ransom Center presents a panel discussion to answer the question “How do you care for some of the most iconic costumes in film history?” at 7 p.m. in the Center’s Prothro Theater. Ransom Center Curator of Film Steve Wilson leads a discussion on the preservation of Gone… read more