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The Making of Gone with the Wind

Published in conjunction with an exhibit at the Harry Ransom Center, part of the University of Texas at Austin, the book includes images of some 600 rare artifacts, from watercolor concept paintings of such classic moments as the library scene to a historian’s layout of the grounds of Tara.

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Production still of Vivien Leigh as Scarlett and George Reeves and Fred Crane as the Tarleton Twins.

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Film crew for the cotton field scene.

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Makeup still of Vivien Leigh.

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Production still of smoke machine used in the “Burning of Atlanta” scene.

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Makeup still of the Tarleton twins.

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Set still of Hattie McDaniel and Vivien Leigh for the drapery dress scene.

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Set still of Vivien Leigh in the cotton field scene.

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Monte Westmore applies makeup to Leslie Howard.

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Makeup still of Laura Hope Crews as Aunt “Pittypat” Hamilton.

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Makeup still of Hattie McDaniel.

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Makeup still of Clark Gable.

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The conserved green curtain dress and hat worn by Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.

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Concept art of Scarlett at the Butler House by Dorothea Holt.

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Gone with the Wind costume designer Walter Plunkett.

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Set still of interior of Tara.

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Production still of crew with clapboard during the “Burning of Atlanta” scene.

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Makeup still of Vivien Leigh.

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Movie poster for the original release of the American film classic Gone with the Wind, 1939.

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Storyboard depicting “Burning of Atlanta” by production designer William Cameron Menzies.

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Gone with the Wind producer David O. Selznick’s Jan. 4, 1937, memo to Daniel O’Shea, noting that Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, and Errol Flynn are top choices for the role of Rhett.

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The Making of Gone with the Wind
By Ransom Center Film Curator Steve Wilson, with a foreword by Robert Osborne.