September 25, 2014, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmIn the Galleries: Producer David O. Selznick defends casting Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara 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
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
March 31, 2014, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmRansom Center exhibits “Gone With The Wind” materials at TCM Classic Film Festival Turner Classic Movies (TCM), premier sponsor for the Harry Ransom Center’s upcoming exhibition The Making of Gone With The Wind, hosts its fifth annual TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood April 10–13. Within Club TCM, the gathering point for festival passholders in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the Ransom Center will exhibit a… read more
