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In honor of the film's 75th anniversary this year, a new photo book,The Making of Gone with the Wind, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the movie's three-year production

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Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic-historical romance film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind. It was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming. Set in the American South against the backdrop of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, the film tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara, the strong-willed daughter of a Georgia plantation owner, from her romantic pursuit of Ashley Wilkes, who is married to…

Esther Williams, Million Dollar Mermaid, MGM, 1952, Designed by Walter Plunkett,

On January 26, 1939, Vivien Leigh reported to work, for her first day of filming, on the set of Gone With the Wind. Finally, Vivien's dream of playing Scarlett O'Hara, a dream she'd been carrying with her since she first read the book, was about to come true. The first scene scheduled, for shooting that day, was the front porch scene at Tara, with Scarlett and the Tarleton boys discussing the possibility of war. This is the scene in which the world would be introduced to Vivien Leigh as…

Walter Plunkett design sketches Christmas gown "gone with the wind"

Today's blog post, I'm remembering Costume Designer Walter Plunkett's legendary designs in Hollywood movies for RKO and MGM Studios.

The ball gown from Gone With the Wind, designed by Walter Plunkett, 1939. David O. Selznick Collection.

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