Giant 140-ton camera crane scales Gone With the Wind set
A massive 58 foot boom camera crane built for the Atlanta 40 acre Gone With the Wind set allows 1 500 extras to be filmed from angles unreachable before. The crane rides on a 200 by 12 by 6 inch concrete runway and is powered by a 150 horsepower motor.
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Atlanta, Ga
Victor Flemin
Miss Leigh
Scarlett O'Hara
Atlanta
Don Musgrave
Hal Fenton
Fenton
Selznick International
River Road H. D. Club Valentine Party
River Road Home Demonstration Club and husbands gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Gilbert for a Valentine party and buffet. Decorations featured red and white with Valentines as favors. Bridge prizes went to Mrs. T. J. Maloney and Mrs. C. E. Royce. 42 prizes to Mrs. W. R. Ellis and E. L. Smith. Attendees included Grady McCoy, Mrs. L. H. Owens, and numerous members and spouses.
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River Road Home Demonstration Club
W. B. Gilbert
T. J. Maloney
C. E. Royce
W. R. Ellis
E. L. Smith
Grady McCoy
Grand Chaplain of Elks to Visit Amarillo Lodge
J B Dobbins grand chaplain of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will visit Amarillo Lodge 923 for its regular meeting Monday Feb 26 announced Amarillo secretary M A Perry Rev Dobbins rector of Christ Episcopal Church Temple is the first Grand Lodge officer to visit the Amarillo Lodge in years A special meeting and initiation of candidates planned Borger and Plainview lodges invited to bring candidates for initiation
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J. B. Dobbins
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Amarillo
M. A. Perry
Rev. Dobbins
Christ Episcopal Church, Temple
Borger
Plainview
Mother of S. S. Adams Of Amarillo Is Dead
S. S. Adams of Amarillo, employed in the Santa Fe general offices, was summoned to Wichita Kansas by his mother Mrs Jennie B Adams illness Relatives report she died at 6 this morning Final rites will be held in Wichita Thursday
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S. S. Adams
The
Santa Fe
Wichita
Kans
Jennie B. Adams
Gone With the Wind sales near 2.4 million copies worldwide
Margaret Mitchells Gone With the Wind has sold about 2.4 million copies, with translations into Romanian and other languages. US and empire sales total around 2 million, while MGM expects a global audience of 100 million for the film. Foreign sales exceed 385,000 with recent Latin languages and high German, Japanese, and French performances noted. Engineers warn car fires often stem from backfires into an air cleaner and intake silencer filled with gasoline.
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Margaret Mitchell
United States
British Empire
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer l
David O
Brazil
France
Germany
Italy
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Poland
Czecho- Slovakia
Finland
Hungary
Netherlands
Chile
Japan
Historic detail precautions used in Gone With the Wind set
Selz nick International Studio staff used extensive methods to recreate 19th century interiors for the film. They hand painted wallpaper and carpets, painted two life sized portraits for Aunt Pittypat's Atlanta home set, and produced 34 carpet and 35 wallpaper designs via a patent process reproducing period interiors. Colored plates guided stencil cutouts and oils applied to surfaces. An actual cupboard bottle arrangement evolved into shelves and drawers over time.
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Selznick International Studio
Ee Melanie Wilkes’ Child
Splendid Cough Remedy You Can Mix at Home
Simple home cough remedy promises quick relief from colds. Mix syrup from sugar and water, add 244 ounces of Pinex from a druggist, combine to a pint bottle, then use for soothing throat and bronchial membranes. The ad claims easy preparation, pleasant taste, no spoilage, full guarantee, and money-back offer.
Miss Ingeborg Kilstofte Leads BEPW Program
Miss Ingeborg Kilstofte, director of the Girls Social Center and head of the International Relations Committee of the Business and Professional Women, led the BEPW program last night. Dr. R. Thomsen spoke and Dr. O. B. Hern don, head of the Veterans Hospital, was introduced. A recommending committee of Mrs Ruth Matthews Stine, Mrs Faye Gordon, and Mrs Maude McClung was appointed.
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Ingeborg Kilstofte
Girls Social Center
Business and Professional Women
R. Thomsen
O. BE. Herndon
Veterans Hospital
Ruth Matthews Stine
Faye Gordon
Maude McClung
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State Theater
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BEPW
Hele
Hilton Hotels
Abilene
EL Paso
Longview
Sussock
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Long Beach
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Sir Francis Drake
San Francisco
Blackburn Bros
Old South
Clark Gable
Rhett Butler
Rhett
Hollywood Clothes
Hollywood
West Texas
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