Description

Book Synopsis
More than 600 rarely seen items from the David O. Selznick archive offer fans and film historians alike a must-have behind-the-camera view of the production of this classic movie on its seventy-fifth anniversary.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword by Robert Osborne
  • Introduction
  • Spring 1936
    • Selznick International Pictures
  • Summer 1936
    • The Book Deal
  • Fall 1936
    • Who Should Play Scarlett?
    • Tallulah Bankhead
    • "With New People or with Stars"
    • Other Film Projects
    • Sidney Howard
    • "Stop Planting Stories about Hepburn"
  • Winter 1936
    • The Invasion of the South
    • The "Creole Girl"
    • The First Protest
    • Through Scarlett's Eyes
    • First Draft
    • Selznick's Theory of Adaptation
  • Spring 1937
    • Cukor's Trip South
    • Norma Shearer
    • Paulette Goddard
  • Summer 1937
    • The Bigelow Twins
    • Casting African Americans
    • Hitchcock
    • Color
  • Fall 1937
    • Choosing Rhett
    • Censorship
  • Winter 1937–1938
    • Jezebel
    • William Cameron Menzies and Lyle Wheeler
    • The Story Department
    • Don't Give Up the Scarlett Hunt
    • Bebe Anderson
    • Margaret Tallichet
    • Mercedes McCambridge
    • Susan Hayward
    • Butterfly McQueen
    • Marcella Martin
  • Summer 1938
    • "I Am Scarlett"
    • The Gable Deal
    • The Confidential Player
    • Walter White and the NAACP
    • "Try to Make This Gable's Next Picture"
  • Fall 1938
    • Lana Turner and Other Studio Stock Players
  • Winter 1938–1939
    • Other Film Projects
    • Wilbur Kurtz and Susan Myrick
    • "Dixie's Sacred Drawl"
    • The Burning of Atlanta
    • The Finalists
    • Casting Supporting Roles
    • Vivien Leigh
    • "Plunkett Has Come to Life"
    • Interiors
    • Script Doctors
    • "One More Will Only Confuse Us"
  • January 1939
    • Filming Begins
  • February 1939
    • The Atlanta Bazaar (Cukor's Version)
    • "The Negro Problem"
    • The Childbirth Scene
    • Victor Fleming is Hired—Hiatus
  • March 1939
    • The Wedding
    • Scarlett's Walk with Gerald
    • Twelve Oaks
    • The Atlanta Bazaar (Fleming's Version)
    • The Examiner
  • April 1939
    • The Evacuation
    • The Jail Scene
    • The Hospital
    • The "Klan Sequence"
    • Melanie's Death
    • Fleming Collapses; Sam Wood Steps In
    • Belle on the Steps of the Hospital
  • May 1939
    • The Search for Dr. Meade
    • Return to Tara
    • The Yankee Deserter
    • Rhett and Belle
    • "No More Babies""
    • The "Pull Back Shot""
    • Scarlett's Oath and Tara Cotton Field
    • Feeding Soldiers
    • Melanie and Mammy on the Stairs
    • Outside Jail; Atlanta Streets
  • June 1939
    • The Shooting Schedule Becomes More Chaotic
    • The "Hate Word"
    • "Frankly, My Dear . . ."
    • Bonnie Learns to Ride
    • Shanty Town
    • The Lumber Mill
    • "Bonnie's Death Ride"
    • Rhett and Scarlett's Honeymoon
    • The Paddock and Scarlett under the Bridge
  • Summer 1939
    • Bits and Retakes
  • Fall 1939
    • Music
    • Postproduction
    • The Fox Riverside Preview
  • Winter 1939
    • The Atlanta Premiere
  • Spring 1940
    • Wide Release
  • Appendix (Document Transcriptions)
  • Illustration Credits
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

The Making of Gone With The Wind

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    Publisher: University of Texas Press
    Publication Date: 01/09/2014
    ISBN13: 9780292761261, 978-0292761261
    ISBN10: 0292761260

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    More than 600 rarely seen items from the David O. Selznick archive offer fans and film historians alike a must-have behind-the-camera view of the production of this classic movie on its seventy-fifth anniversary.

    Table of Contents
    • Foreword by Robert Osborne
    • Introduction
    • Spring 1936
      • Selznick International Pictures
    • Summer 1936
      • The Book Deal
    • Fall 1936
      • Who Should Play Scarlett?
      • Tallulah Bankhead
      • "With New People or with Stars"
      • Other Film Projects
      • Sidney Howard
      • "Stop Planting Stories about Hepburn"
    • Winter 1936
      • The Invasion of the South
      • The "Creole Girl"
      • The First Protest
      • Through Scarlett's Eyes
      • First Draft
      • Selznick's Theory of Adaptation
    • Spring 1937
      • Cukor's Trip South
      • Norma Shearer
      • Paulette Goddard
    • Summer 1937
      • The Bigelow Twins
      • Casting African Americans
      • Hitchcock
      • Color
    • Fall 1937
      • Choosing Rhett
      • Censorship
    • Winter 1937–1938
      • Jezebel
      • William Cameron Menzies and Lyle Wheeler
      • The Story Department
      • Don't Give Up the Scarlett Hunt
      • Bebe Anderson
      • Margaret Tallichet
      • Mercedes McCambridge
      • Susan Hayward
      • Butterfly McQueen
      • Marcella Martin
    • Summer 1938
      • "I Am Scarlett"
      • The Gable Deal
      • The Confidential Player
      • Walter White and the NAACP
      • "Try to Make This Gable's Next Picture"
    • Fall 1938
      • Lana Turner and Other Studio Stock Players
    • Winter 1938–1939
      • Other Film Projects
      • Wilbur Kurtz and Susan Myrick
      • "Dixie's Sacred Drawl"
      • The Burning of Atlanta
      • The Finalists
      • Casting Supporting Roles
      • Vivien Leigh
      • "Plunkett Has Come to Life"
      • Interiors
      • Script Doctors
      • "One More Will Only Confuse Us"
    • January 1939
      • Filming Begins
    • February 1939
      • The Atlanta Bazaar (Cukor's Version)
      • "The Negro Problem"
      • The Childbirth Scene
      • Victor Fleming is Hired—Hiatus
    • March 1939
      • The Wedding
      • Scarlett's Walk with Gerald
      • Twelve Oaks
      • The Atlanta Bazaar (Fleming's Version)
      • The Examiner
    • April 1939
      • The Evacuation
      • The Jail Scene
      • The Hospital
      • The "Klan Sequence"
      • Melanie's Death
      • Fleming Collapses; Sam Wood Steps In
      • Belle on the Steps of the Hospital
    • May 1939
      • The Search for Dr. Meade
      • Return to Tara
      • The Yankee Deserter
      • Rhett and Belle
      • "No More Babies""
      • The "Pull Back Shot""
      • Scarlett's Oath and Tara Cotton Field
      • Feeding Soldiers
      • Melanie and Mammy on the Stairs
      • Outside Jail; Atlanta Streets
    • June 1939
      • The Shooting Schedule Becomes More Chaotic
      • The "Hate Word"
      • "Frankly, My Dear . . ."
      • Bonnie Learns to Ride
      • Shanty Town
      • The Lumber Mill
      • "Bonnie's Death Ride"
      • Rhett and Scarlett's Honeymoon
      • The Paddock and Scarlett under the Bridge
    • Summer 1939
      • Bits and Retakes
    • Fall 1939
      • Music
      • Postproduction
      • The Fox Riverside Preview
    • Winter 1939
      • The Atlanta Premiere
    • Spring 1940
      • Wide Release
    • Appendix (Document Transcriptions)
    • Illustration Credits
    • Acknowledgments
    • Index

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