{"product_id":"the-making-of-gone-with-steve-wilson-9780292761261","title":"The Making of Gone with the Wind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGone With The Wind\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most popular movies of all time. To commemorate its seventy-fifth anniversary in 2014, \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Gone With The Wind\u003c\/i\u003e presents more than 600 items from the archives of David O. Selznick, the film's producer, and his business partner John Hay \"Jock\" Whitney, which are housed at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. These rarely seen materials, which are also being featured in a major 2014 exhibition at the Ransom Center, offer fans and film historians alike a must-have behind-the-camera view of the production of this classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore a single frame of film was shot, \u003ci\u003eGone With The Wind\u003c\/i\u003e was embroiled in controversy. There were serious concerns about how the film would depict race and violence in the Old South during the Civil War and Reconstruction. While Clark Gable was almost everyone's choice to play Rhett Butler, there was no clear favorite for Scarlett O'Hara. And then there was the huge challenge of turning Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic into a manageable screenplay and producing it at a reasonable cost. \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Gone With The Wind\u003c\/i\u003e tells these and other surprising stories with fascinating items from the Selznick archive, including on-set photographs, storyboards, correspondence and fan mail, production records, audition footage, gowns worn by Vivien Leigh as Scarlett, and Selznick's own notoriously detailed memos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis inside view of the decisions and creative choices that shaped the production reaffirm that \u003ci\u003eGone With The Wind\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps the quintessential film of Hollywood's Golden Age and illustrate why it remains influential and controversial decades after it was released.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292761260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292761261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 11.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2014 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/28\/2014","brand":"Steve Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054439067903,"sku":"9780292761261","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_41b20b04-93a4-4b62-bbcb-2fd7fba61782.jpg?v=1685029980","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-making-of-gone-with-steve-wilson-9780292761261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}