There are many books available on the subject of Gone With the Wind but for those who want to connect the history with the book and movie (as I have done) may I suggest the following four books to get you started and put you on a path of the forensic study…of Gone With the Wind. I would of course start with a copy of Margaret Mitchell’s, Gone … [Read more...]

The photo is of one of the green shutters from the Tara facade and one of the two stanchions that stood in the lobby of the Loew’s Grand in Atlanta during the Premier of Gone With the Wind in 1939. The shutter had not been displayed since it left the old Selznick lot in Hollywood in 1959 and the stanchion had not been displayed since 1978 when the … [Read more...]

I have to admit to being amazed at the number of responses to yesterday’s question regarding whether to take the original pieces of the Tara façade and incorporate them into a new structure or continue to display them as artifacts and build a complete new façade so that folks can see how it was done. As I said yesterday I was not attempting to generate … [Read more...]

Today I wanted to go back and post the youtube video that I had shot on my first visit to the Tara facade. It has been on youtube for many months (and received thousands of views) but I thought those who are new to the project might not be aware of the video and would like to start at the beginning.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdYRLck9kjw Since this is … [Read more...]