History, Facts and Links
of Interest about Gone With The Wind
Tom Barnes is an actor, writer and hurricane hunter who has written some fantastic articles about the movie Gone With The Wind. Find some of his historically correct facts in the articles below.
** In this article he talks about the purchase of the film rights to the novel for $50,000. This was a great price in 1935.
Story editor for Selznick International, Kay Brown, had alerted the studio to a story about the Civil War. Macmillan has published this work by unknown author Margaret Mitchell and had sent copies to film companies for review. After the book became a best seller within months, financier Jock Whitney, stepped in and purchased the film rights for Selznick.
Read the article about the early history and facts of Gone With The Wind
** Following up on the above article, Mr. Barnes, tells us about the pre production of Gone With The Wind. Many film star leads of that time were in consideration for leading roles in the movie and highly respected Ben Hecht and Sidney Howard were favored for screenwriter. It is great fun to read about these GWTW pre production tidbits.