The Complete Gone With the Wind Trivia Book: The Movie and More

by Pauline Bartel

Overview

A Must-Have for Gone With the Wind Fans!

From Margaret Mitchell’s tattered manuscript to the film’s seventy-fifth anniversary, this book is a behind-the-scenes chronicle of Gone With the Wind—the book, the movie, and the phenomenon that continues today.

Related in loving detail are inside stories of the writing and publishing of the novel; the Hollywood frenzy of transforming the book into film, including casting headaches, on-set tensions, and jinxed scenes; the premiere; and the Academy Awards. This updated edition also contains the scoop on the publication of two GWTW sequels; the disastrous debut of the Scarlett television miniseries; the post–GWTW lives of cast members, such as the news of Gable’s secret lovechild; the restoration of three original costumes in time for GWTW’s seventy-fifth anniversary; and much, much more.

The reader-friendly format—fact-packed features, profiles, quizzes, and photographs—will delight any GWTW fan and make this the one book that no “Windie” can do without.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589798212
Publisher:	Taylor Trade Publishing
Publication date:	06/09/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
Sales rank:	222,592
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Pauline Bartel is an award-winning writer who has been a devoted “Windie” since the age of sixteen, when she first saw the film with her mother. Since then, Pauline has viewed the movie countless times and has collected an array of GWTW books and memorabilia. She is the author of six other popular culture books and is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. She lives in Waterford, New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1 Author! Author! 7

2 Gable Grumbles and Selznick Searches 19

3 Casting Call 33

4 Selznick "Finds" His Scarlett 49

5 Lights! Camera! Chaos! 59

6 Endless Trouble for GWTW 73

7 Test Your GWTW Knowledge 93

8 The Wind Sweeps America 111

9 The Stars Shine On 129

10 From the Big Screen to TV 165

11 At Long Last, the Sequels 179

12 GWTW Hits Fifty 211

13 The Wind Roars On 231

14 Look What They've Said 265

Answers to Quizzes 271

Bibliography 281

Index 287

Editorial Reviews

PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION The book covers everything from speculations about Scarlett and Rhett's future to the Hollywood hype surrounding the filming.

USA Today

PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION
The book covers everything from speculations about Scarlett and Rhett's future to the Hollywood hype surrounding the filming.

USA Today