GWTW Greens Team Replicates Atlanta for Set Work
The Selznick International team built Atlanta's 1862 business district and two plantations for Gone With the Wind. Greensman Roy McLaughlin and Edward G. Boyle oversaw a crew of 60 to transplant four and a half acres of grass, moved 10 ton oaks, and used huckleberry and Catalina cherry hedges to recreate Tara and Twelve Oaks.
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Edward G. Boyle
Roy McLaughlin
O'Hara
Tara
Hollywood Hills
Studio
Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
McLaughlin
Culver City
Busch Gardens
Pasadena
Margaret Mitchell
Boyle
Oregon
Characters and figures in a Gone With the Wind tableau
A list of characters and roles from the Gone With the Wind universe appears, including central figures like Scarlett O'Hara, Rhett Butler, and Melanie Hamilton, plus family names, towns, and supporting characters. The fragment names actors such as Vivien Leigh and scenes at a bazaar in Atlanta and hospital, with soldiers and townspeople mentioned in a loose ensemble.
Extras Favor Film Beards in Gone With The Wind
Makeup chief Monty Westmore says extras preferred beards to avoid itchy makeup and dust inhalation during bombardment and evacuation scenes. He notes beavers hid dust better, making the actors appear authentic while reducing irritation.
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Monty Westmore
Westmore
Atlanta
Why ships are called She says Nimitz in Navy talk
Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz explained to the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy that a ship is referred to as She because it costs much to keep one in paint and powder. The comment was made in Washington on February 14.
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Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
Society of Sponsors of the
United States Navy
House may further trim navy bill amid farm bloc opposition
Washington reports indicate lawmakers from farm states push for additional cuts in the $966 million navy appropriation despite President Roosevelt urging restoration of two battleships. The House earlier slashed $111.7 million, including funds for four 45,000-ton battleships and four cruisers, and deferred final action pending other business.
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Washington
House
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
GWTW Director Fleming Lived an Adventurous Hollywood Life
Victor Fleming, director of Gone With the Wind, is profiled as a restless innovator who left school early, became a camera operator, trained aerial gunnery crews during World War I, and pursued high risk adventures from color cameras to big game safaris with Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and others.
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Hollywood
Victor Fleming
Ace
Fleming
David O. Selanick
Clark Gable
Vivien Leigh
Leslie Howard
Olivia de Havilland
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
India
Africa
Callouses in Gone With the Wind Set Piece and Real Bears
The article notes Scarlett O’Hara’s fictional callouses linked to fevered work and describes real Kodiak bears sent to the San Diego Zoo. It mentions Monty Westmore creating prosthetic callouses for the Technicolor film and supporting crew, with Fleming and Selznick tied to the production.
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Alaska
San Diego Zoo
Fleming
Selznick International
Victor Fleming
Monty Westmore
Scavelett
Tara
Westmore
Clark Gable
Miss Leigh
Leslie Howard
Olivia de Haviland
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Ashley Wilkes
Melanie Hamilton
Charles Hamilton
Frank Kennedy
Cathleen Calvert Rhett Buller
Ohara Plantation
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Stuart Tarleton
Scarlett O'Hara
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Gerald O'Hara
Park Ellen O'Hara
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Suellen O'Hara
Carreen O'Hara
Prissy
Beeenene
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Meade
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Rene Picard
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Examiner's
Phil Meade
Peter
Belle Watling
George Reeves
Fred Crane
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Everett Brown
Zack Williams
Thomas Mitchell
Oscar Polk
Barbara O'Ne
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Frelyn Keyes
Ann Rutherford
Butterfly McQueen
Howard Hickman
Alicia Rhett Leslie Howard
Rand Brooks Carroll Nye Marcella Martin Clark Gable
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Harry Davenport
Leona Roberts
Jane Darwell
Albert Morin
Mary Anderson
Terry Shero
William McClain
Eddie Anderson
Jackie Moran
Cliff Edwards
Ona Munson
Ed Chandler
George Hackathorne Roscoe Ates
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Eric Linden
Tom Tyler
William Bakewell Lee Phelps
Sherman
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Johnny Gallagher
Tom
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Bonnie
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George Meeker
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Irving Bacon
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J. M. Kerrigan
Olin Howland
Yakima Canutt Blue
Washington Ward Band
Comie King
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Lillian Kemble Cooper
Wilbur G. Kurtz
Twelve Oaks
Wilkes Plantation
Ellen and
Barbara O'Neil
Scanlett
Rose
Polk Street
Amarillo High School
Blackstone Hotel
Cornelia Patton
Kenneth Wheatley
George McWhirter
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