After my last post about upcoming tours, I was questioned as to where the Tara façade was located and so I thought it might be advisable to post a little “refresher” for those who may not know that Tara had two addresses. After Peggy’s (Margaret Mitchell) book, Gone with the Wind took the literary world by storm in 1936, David Selznick purchased the … [Read more...]

While the Saving Tara Project is still moving forward (and working on a new building) I can’t help wondering if there is really that much interest in displaying the movie set from Gone with the Wind. I mean it has been 75 years since the movie premiered and there appears to be more interest in the digital world of make believe than an old celluloid story … [Read more...]

Yesterday I received an email reminding me that the Saving Tara site was created two years ago. I was really surprised since I seem to go from feeling like I just started work on the Saving Tara Project yesterday,…to feeling as though I’ve been at it for 20 years. But …I am happy to say that the project continues and there are folks all over the world that … [Read more...]

Over two years ago I entered into an agreement with the Talmadge family to “do my best” to create a brand, a message and a movement….to preserve and present the Tara façade that was the O’Hara’s home in the movie Gone with the Wind. The façade had traveled to Georgia from Hollywood in 1960 (after 20 years languishing on Selznick Studios back lot) and then … [Read more...]

A few months ago I was in Marietta, Georgia to take part in their special Gone With the Wind event and I got to meet Daniel Selznick, the son of GWTW’s producer, David O. Selznick. Connie put on a great event as usual but the part that will stick with me more than any other will be Daniel Selznick’s answer as to why the Tara façade was dismantled and removed … [Read more...]