June 17, 2010 5p.m.-8 p.m.
Sally Tippett Rains will be appearing at Belle's Birthday Ball in Lexington, Kentucky, a fun event to benefit the Lexington History Museum.
For more information call the Museum: (859) 254-0530.
Save The Date!
Nov. 5, 2010 – Nov. 7, 2010
"Gateway To The Wind" Weekend,
St. Louis, MO
Celebrating Author Margaret Mitchell's Birthday and the 70th Anniversary of the Premiere of GWTW in St. Louis. Special guest actors from the movie, Roundtable discussions and speakers covering GWTW and St. Louis Civil War connection Saturday night Gala Charity Ball to benefit Rainbows For Kids, a 501 (c)(3) charity for children with cancer. You won't want to miss this fun weekend.
For more information: info@GWTWbook.com
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Detroit Tigers beloved broadcaster, Hall of Famer Ernie Harwell wrote the foreword to The Making Of A Masterpiece. Ernie's brother was historian/author Richard Harwell, friend of Margaret Mitchell and author of several books about Gone With The Wind.
GWTW Actors Would Be
Over 70 Today
Since Gone With The Wind recently celebrated its 70th Anniversary any of the actors who appeared in the film would be over 70 years old. At the time this website went up Olivia de Havilland (Melanie Wilkes) and Ann Rutherford (Scarlett O'Hara's sister Careen) were still in the public eye. Mickey Kuhn and Patrick Curtis who were children in the movie (Beau Wilkes at various ages); Cammie King, who played Bonnie Bonnie Blue Butler; and Greg Giese (infant Bonnie and infant Beau) still make appearances. The actresses who played Maybelle Merriweather India Wilkes and a few more of the child actors are also said to still be alive.
Ann Rutherford, who played Scarlett O'Hara's sister Careen is a vibrant lady with an excellent memory of her days on the set of Gone With The Wind. She was already a big star at the time she signed on and she almost didn't get to be in the movie because her boss, Louis B. Mayer thought it was a "nothing part." According to Ann, she cried when he expressed reservations and he finally let her play it. "Everybody was reading the book at the time," said Rutherford. "It was such a popular book; we all wanted to be in the movie!"
10 Academy Awards for
Gone With The Wind
(8 regular, 2 honorary)
1.
Outstanding Production—Selznick International Pictures
(David O. Selznick
Producer)
2. Best Director—Victor Fleming
3. Best Actress—Vivien Leigh
4. Best Writing, Screenplay—Sidney Howard
5. Best Supporting Actress—Hattie
McDaniel
6. Best Cinematography, Color—Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan
7. Best Film Editing—Hal Kern
8. Best Art Direction—Lyle Wheeler
9.
Honorary Award—William Cameron Menzies
(Outstanding Use of Color)
10.
Irving Thalberg Award—David O. Selznick
Plus Five Additional Nominations:
Best Actor—Clark Gable
Best Supporting Actress—Olivia de Havilland (lost to
Hattie McDaniel)
Best Special Effects—Fred Albin, Jack Cosgrove, Arthur
Johns
Best Music, Original Score—Max Steiner
(lost to Herbert
Stothart, Wizard of Oz)
Best Sound Recording, Thomas T. Moulton
(Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept.)
The Making Of A Masterpiece by Sally Tippett Rains is a must-read for all Gone With The Wind enthusiasts and fans. It contains never-before published information taken from a recently discovered scrapbook from the family of GWTW author Margaret Mitchell's family. According to the scrapbook, Mitchell based some of her characters and storylines on real people, and with the help of historians, Mitchell relatives, experts, collectors, and authors Rains has uncovered new, provocative information. New interviews with five of the actors who were in GWTW help comprise the 70 people contacted for the book.
Phone: 314.842.9724
Email: info@GWTWbook.com
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