Literary Technique: Metaphor Nov 16, 2009
In Margaret Mitchell s novel Gone with the Wind, Ashley Wilkes compares Rhett Butler to one of the Borgias, who were schemers and murderers. Scarlett O Hara hasn t studied Italian history, and quickly wonders where the family lives in Georgia. (Suite101.com)
Wild is the 'wind' Nov 9, 2009
10Years Margaret Mitchell worked on the book ... 10 Years Margaret Mitchell worked on the book. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Southern accents Nov 9, 2009
So why does this epic adaptation of Margaret Mitchell s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel continue to bewitch a broad contemporary audience when equally well-regarded movies from 1939 excepting, of course, The Wizard of Oz play mostly to film buffs ... Margaret Mitchell was inculcated with Southern history by her family, Behlmer says ... So why does this epic adaptation of Margaret Mitchell s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel continue to bewitch a broad contemporary audience when equally well-regarded... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Tales Of True Love Oct 30, 2009
Does this mean that romance novels aside from classics such as Margaret Mitchell s Gone with the Wind and Emily Bronte s Wuthering Heights are a form of porn. Johnson says: No, a true romance novel isn t.. (Suite101.com)
Author to hold book signing for 'Queen' Oct 25, 2009
Hannon always reaches for Leo Tolstoy and his spiritual Russia over Margaret Mitchell and her romantic South. That's not to say the writer won't revisit Scarlett a few decades from now when she's gumming her egg-salad sandwich and hawking a Cracker Queen sequel. (Athens Banner-Herald)
New Authors Breathe New Life Into Orphaned Characters Oct 23, 2009
Scarlett O'Hara rose to meet another day years after Margaret Mitchell died; James Bond has had endless adventures since the demise of his creator, Ian Fleming; and Peter Pan flew again a couple of years ago, three-quarters of a century after J.M. Barrie passed away. Michael Brown, the chairman of the Pooh Properties Trust for the past three decades, says he never would have greenlighted a new Pooh book when he joined the trust, which oversees the Milne literary estate. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Gone With the Wind as Bad History Sep 5, 2009
Most of the soldiers that made up the Confederate armies were literate and educated, but hardly cavaliers in the Margaret Mitchell sense, rather yeomen farmers that might have owned one or two slaves ... Rather, its creators chose to follow the flawed characterizations offered by author Margaret Mitchell in her book inspiring the film. (Suite101.com)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution moving HQ to Dunwoody Aug 18, 2009
Throughout its history, the Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution have produced some of the city s leading citizens, beginning with editor Henry Grady s vision for the New South in the late 1880s to Gone With The Wind author Margaret Mitchell to editor Ralph McGill and columnists Celestine Sibley and Lewis Grizzard. Cox Enterprises made a similar move in Dayton, Ohio, in 2007, when it moved the headquarters of the Dayton Daily News out of downtown Dayton. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Remembering Celestine Sibley 1914-1999 Aug 16, 2009
Over a 60-year-career, as a reporter and columnist, Sibley covered presidents, the state legislature, murder trials, chatted with Walt Disney about integrating live action with animation, became friends with Gone With the Wind author and former Journal reporter Margaret Mitchell and discussed motherhood with none other than Joan Crawford. But most AJC readers will recall their mornings lingering over Celestine s Living section columns with their coffee and marvelling at her wit, wisdom and her... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
AJC relocation would end an era for Atlanta Aug 14, 2009
Throughout its history, the Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution have produced some of the city s leading citizens, beginning with editor Henry Grady s vision for the New South in the late 1880s to Gone With The Wind author Margaret Mitchell to editor Ralph McGill and columnists Celestine Sibley and Lewis Grizzard. As a testament to his role in the city, Grady s statue stands proudly in the middle of Marietta Street just a block away from the newspaper s building. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Profs for Prostitution? Aug 7, 2009
" The Journal quotes George Washington University Prof. Ronald Weitzer. He is sure many prostituted women and girls experience moderate-to-high job satisfaction and think they provide a valuable service." Which could be paraphrased from a Margaret Mitchell dialogue between an ante-bellum plantation owner and his over-seer. Educators from such institutions as New York University, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Victoria University in New Zealand signed the professor letter. (Human Events Online)
Daily guide to television and radio Jul 30, 2009
Superb production of Margaret Mitchell s Civil War romance. Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh. (Boston Globe)
Free books, storytelling to mark King milestone Jul 29, 2009
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System s Central Library, 1 Margaret Mitchell Square. 404-224-3464, www. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Useless knowledge: Are you well read? Jul 17, 2009
What is the name of the only novel written by Margaret Mitchell. 20. (Montana Standard, MT)
The unrivaled year for moviemaking: 1939 Jul 12, 2009
It remains a very good epic melodrama, but it was as a pop explosion that GWTW achieved greatness, and the author of that explosion wasn t novelist Margaret Mitchell nor directors (in order) George Cukor, Victor Fleming, William Cameron Menzies, and Sam Wood, but producer David O. Selznick. The head of the factory, in other words. (Boston Globe)
Margaret Mitchell aided French after WWII Jul 2, 2009
Denis Barois, a French pilot who knew Margaret Mitchell, says their friendship prompted Mitchell to help raise money to rebuild the town of Vimoutiers ... ATLANTA - When a tiny French town destroyed during World War II needed help rebuilding, "Gone With the Wind" author Margaret Mitchell came to the rescue ... Like other aspects of Mitchell's life, her penchant for charitable giving has been overshadowed by the best-selling book and subsequent film, said Hillary Hardwick, spokeswoman for the... (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Giving the Lands to the Rightful Owner: The Public -- New Book Continues the Message of a Pivotal Book On Land Management Jun 30, 2009
"The land is the only thing in the world worth working for, fighting for, dying for ... because it's the only thing that lasts." -- Margaret Mitchell, Gone With The Wind. The most extensive system of lands owned in common by all Americans is managed by a U.S agency that is quite little known to most citizens, namely the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. (Primezone Releases)
Today in History Jun 30, 2009
In 1936, the novel "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell was published in New York. In 1958, the U.S. Senate passed the Alaska statehood bill by a vote of 64-20. (Yahoo News)
Salinger 451 Jun 28, 2009
In 2001, publishers beat back a federal court challenge from the estate of Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone with the Wind, attempting to block publication of The Wind Done Gone, a similar tale told from the point of view of the slaves. In his suit, Salinger s attorneys argue that The right to create a sequel to Catcher in the Rye or to use the character of Holden Caulfield in any other work belongs to Salinger and Salinger alone. (Boston Globe)
Forget Taxes - What About Death? Jun 28, 2009
Benjamin Franklin borrowed from Defoe and refined it: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." And, in Gone With The Wind, Margaret Mitchell included a play on the now famous maxim: "Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.". Columns such as mine talk a lot these days about taxes maybe too much. (Townhall.com)
Blasts for the Fourth Jun 26, 2009
Margaret Mitchell House Celebration ... Margaret Mitchell House, 990 Peachtree St., Atlanta. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Some thermally correct travelin’ music for y’all Jun 20, 2009
When it comes to popular literature and the romantic epic, Margaret Mitchell s Gone With the Wind is without parallel. Sadly, though, perhaps the most influential insofar as the South s detractors are concerned is Erskine Caldwell s Tobacco Road. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Playhouse parodies literary classic in opener Jun 4, 2009
The Mountain Playhouse season debut, I ll Never Be Hungry Again, is a musical spoof of Margaret Mitchell s Gone With the Wind. But those hoping to hear the classic s most famous line at least in its entirety might be disappointed. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Greene: Permission to relax -- denied! May 26, 2009
(On June 30, 1936, Margaret Mitchell published "Gone With the Wind."). The months ahead are a time for the hammock, the , the backyard patio. (CNN -- US)
David Denby: The forgotten man behind two of Hollywood’s most enduring classics. May 18, 2009
An adaptation of Margaret Mitchell s thousand-page blockbuster novel, from 1936, about the Old South, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, the movie was the largest and most expensive production in Hollywood up to that time, with a huge cast, massive sets (the city of Atlanta was burned down and then rebuilt), and hundreds of unshaven and bandaged extras trudging across the landscape ... Margaret Mitchell set up the conflict, but it was Fleming who got the two actors to embody it ... Haskell has... (New Yorker)
Art key for Atlanta hotels May 17, 2009
Gone With the Wind novelist Margaret Mitchell poses with her famous book. JASON GETZ / jgetz@ajc. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
These names are not gone with the wind May 4, 2009
In the case of Margaret Mitchell, it was all focused on her only novel - "Gone With the Wind" - whose character names still resonate today ... It wasn't until the early 1980's that it really crossed the gender line, when it started to appear as female characters on soap operas like "The Young and the Restless." Margaret Mitchell would have been shocked to see it become the No. 1 girls' name in the United States in 1991. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
REVIEW: Moonlight and Magnolias offers backstage glimpse Apr 28, 2009
Apparently lots of fancy writers, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, have failed to bring Margaret Mitchell s purple prose to life ... So, with the great producer David O. Selznick playing Scarlett O Hara, and Victor Fleming doing the rest of the cast Rhett Butler, Prissie, pregnant Melanie, and the Confederate Army 1,000 pages of Margaret Mitchell s book get turned into 150 pages of screenplay ... But there are also some nice moments where the three question whether Clark Gable will be able to say... (Westerly Sun, RI)
Frankly, my dear, youll love Moonlight & Magnolias Apr 17, 2009
In the course of Hutchinson s play, Selznick and Fleming get to act out all of the famous scenes from Margaret Mitchell s book, while Hecht types away at his screenplay. The much putupon secretary, Miss Poppenguhl (Beth Jepson), is called upon to keep the three men alive and happy enough to keep from killing each other. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Author revisits 'Gone With the Wind' Apr 12, 2009
Thus, she can't escape the Mount Everest of Neo-Confederate nostalgia, the 1936 Margaret Mitchell best-seller that became the Top-Grossing Film (in inflation-adjusted dollars) of All Time. The result: Her new book, "Frankly, My Dear," released as part of Yale University Press's "Icons of America" series. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Book examines power struggle at UGA Mar 26, 2009
A press conference to discuss the book will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, La Rosa said. A limited number of copies of the book will be available. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Brass in pocket Mar 19, 2009
Margaret Mitchell commented in Gone with the Wind: "Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never a convenient time for any of them.". She was wrong: it turns out that death and childbirth can be, and are, rescheduled thanks to tax incentives. (BBC News -- UK)
Real Estate Search Widget from TheRealEstateBook.com Mar 16, 2009
"As tough as things are in real estate these days, I'm actually quite happy about the new direction some companies are taking," said Margaret Mitchell, an Atlanta-based real estate blogger. "Their services and information on the Web are constantly informative and easy to use.". (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Why The Book of Negroes matters Mar 15, 2009
la Margaret Mitchell; he writes more in the mode of Charles Dickens's tales of exploited urchins. Think Oliver Twist, a novel that examines child labour, poverty, street kids, petty crime, unwed mothers, domestic violence and murder, which Dickens seduces us into reading in entertaining ways. (Globe and Mail)
Winter Park keeps its old Florida elegance Mar 14, 2009
Vail pointed out the former Alabama Hotel, where Margaret Mitchell stayed after writing Gone With the Wind. The hotel, built in 1922, went condo in 1979. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
The Civil War Depicted In Film Mar 13, 2009
Based on the Margaret Mitchell 1936 best-selling novel of the same name, Gone With The Wind predominately shows the war from the viewpoint of the Southern plantation owners. Set in Georgia, it follows the tribulations of Scarlett O Hara (Vivien Leigh), her kinsmen, and various other people of the community. (Suite101.com)
Art walks, music, dance, gardening Feb 28, 2009
1 Margaret Mitchell Square, Atlanta. 404-658-1877. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'A Circuit Rider's Wife' gets new life from KSU Feb 28, 2009
Other furnishings authentic to Harris era were brought in by Hill, such as the bed in the room where Gone With the Wind author Margaret Mitchell stayed when she visited. University officials plan to open the site to the public next year, Howell said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Frankly, we still give a damn about 'Gone With the Wind' Feb 27, 2009
Through juicy scholarship, feminist-leaning film expert Molly Haskell who hails from Richmond, the heart of the Confederacy rises to the task of explaining this uniquely American cultural phenomenon by boldly burrowing into both the 1936 best seller by Margaret Mitchell and the big-screen epic it inspired. She points to three figures who made what could have simply been a glorified chick flick into a fractured reflection of a struggling young nation. (USA Today -- Life)
They're rewriting the record book Feb 8, 2009
For those of you who doubt Atlanta's ties to Ireland, remember that Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone With the Wind," was Irish-American. Noon. (Boston Globe)
