I will never go HUNGRY again

[Gettmore]

 

[Norm53]

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Nice photo, but what do the cabin, tent, and person represent? Where is this? What does hunger have to do with the photo?

 

[Forks of the Ohio]

Nice photo, but what do the cabin, tent, and person represent? Where is this? What does hunger have to do with the photo?

"I will never go hungry again," is a quote from the book and the movie Gone With The Wind. Scarlett O'Hara said this after Sherman's army came through the neighborhood of her Georgia plantation, Tara, and burned all of the crops.

I don't know what the photo has to do with the quote, though.

 

[Norm53]

"I will never go hungry again," is a quote from the book and the movie Gone With The Wind. Scarlett O'Hara said this after Sherman's army came through the neighborhood of her Georgia plantation, Tara, and burned all of the crops.

I don't know what the photo has to do with the quote, though.

Gone was the first novel I read fresh out of college, and I saw the movie, but I don't remember this quote and much more. Another of the many books that I need to reread.

 

[Belle Montgomery]

@Norm53 -It was the big scene before intermission!

 

[Norm53]

@Norm53 -It was the big scene before intermission!

A touching scene, but if Scarlett looked anything like Vivien, then she'd never have to worry about being hungry.

 

[7thWisconsin]

Gotta love David O Selznick and his horizon shots! Katie Scarlett certainly made good on her vow, didn't she? I like the quote as a caption. That woman in the cold, deserted by everyone is going to have a hard row to hoe staving off starvation.

 

[Forks of the Ohio]

Gotta love David O Selznick and his horizon shots! Katie Scarlett certainly made good on her vow, didn't she? I like the quote as a caption. That woman in the cold, deserted by everyone is going to have a hard row to hoe staving off starvation.

Back when I was a teenager and "Gone With the Wind" was my favorite book, I read a bunch of stuff about the author, Margaret Mitchell.

I'm under the impression that Mitchell grew up with a bunch of family baggage that influenced her when she wrote the book. For instance, Mitchell's mother wanted her to grow up to be a doctor. I read that Mitchell wasn't enthusiastic about this, and may have also displayed a lack of enthusiasm for school. Mitchell's mom took Mitchell to some place out in the countryside outside of Atlanta to show her where their family had lived and suffered during the Civil War. Mitchell's mom gave her some kind of lecture about how she just didn't "get it," and how their family had really struggled and starved during the War, and that Mitchell needed to have more ambition so that she, too, didn't end up starving one day.

I read that Mitchell's grandmother, who had lived through the War, had a reputation for not "playing by the rules" of a proper lady, and also had a reputation for not being very nice to other family members. I am under the impression that Mitchell based the character of Scarlett O'Hara partially on the stories that she heard about her own grandmother.

Margaret Mitchell's fiance died during World War I, and then her mother died in the Spanish flu outbreak at the end of the war. I wondered how badly WWI and its aftermath, and the war's traumatic effects, may have influenced Mitchell when she wrote "Gone With The Wind."

 

[7thWisconsin]

That's a particularly well-written book, especially by an "amateur" author. It has a good sense of pace, solid structure and the real twist is that the heroine, who the reader needs to root for, is unlikable and does not grow in depth as a character, despite what she goes through. That's my Mom's favorite book. She has a copy that was a movie promo back in the days of the movie premier that features several full-color photos from the movie. I am very fond of the movie, problematic though it is. The color is beautiful, the score magnificent. Made for the big screen. That scene in the Atlanta trainyard is one of my favorite movie scenes ever. How we go from seeing a close-up of self-absorbed Scarlett, to the pan out to so many wounded that you really kind of lose her in the crowd... They just don't make 'em like that anymore. My African-American daughter has a neat perspective on it: "That Mammy," she says "really held all those white people together, didn't she?" I never truly appreciated Mammy as a character until she weighed in on her. That speech when she gets Melanie after Bonnie's death... THAT'S why she got an Academy Award. (sigh)

 

[Nathanb1]

The funny part is--it's not even a real sunset. That's some more of Selznick's great matte painting in Technicolor...here are two interesting articles about it...and the second explains why it was used even for things like sunsets.

Gone With the Wind’s Special Effects – Pauline Bartel

paulinebartel.com

Gone with the Wind – FX Making Of

Posts about Gone with the Wind written by FX

fxmakingof.wordpress.com

 

[Forks of the Ohio]

That's a particularly well-written book, especially by an "amateur" author. It has a good sense of pace, solid structure and the real twist is that the heroine, who the reader needs to root for, is unlikable and does not grow in depth as a character, despite what she goes through. That's my Mom's favorite book. She has a copy that was a movie promo back in the days of the movie premier that features several full-color photos from the movie. I am very fond of the movie, problematic though it is. The color is beautiful, the score magnificent. Made for the big screen. That scene in the Atlanta trainyard is one of my favorite movie scenes ever. How we go from seeing a close-up of self-absorbed Scarlett, to the pan out to so many wounded that you really kind of lose her in the crowd... They just don't make 'em like that anymore. My African-American daughter has a neat perspective on it: "That Mammy," she says "really held all those white people together, didn't she?" I never truly appreciated Mammy as a character until she weighed in on her. That speech when she gets Melanie after Bonnie's death... THAT'S why she got an Academy Award. (sigh)

Mitchell's husband, John Marsh, was a seasoned journalist and public relations professional. Mitchell briefly worked for him as a journalist prior to their marriage.

I am under the impression that Marsh provided assistance in editing the book.

I am under the impression that allegations exist that Marsh actually wrote the book.

In my opinion, this might very well have been a "group project," but oh well.

 

[7thWisconsin]

Every author needs a good editor. If he acted essentially as her editor that doesn't diminish the effort. Plus a spouse who is willing to undertake the stress of working on such a task as a major work of fiction is some kind of hero.

I think those shots are supposed to be super-real. They establish mood so well. The first time I saw GwtW was in a drive-in; those scenes just swallow you up!

 

[Nathanb1]

Every author needs a good editor. If he acted essentially as her editor that doesn't diminish the effort. Plus a spouse who is willing to undertake the stress of working on such a task as a major work of fiction is some kind of hero.

I think those shots are supposed to be super-real. They establish mood so well. The first time I saw GwtW was in a drive-in; those scenes just swallow you up!

I saw it in the theatre with friends--my mom took us--during its first re-release at the age of 12. I'd already read the book in a day and night session (my first "overnight" read!) and couldn't wait. It is absolutely amazing on-screen. As a side note, I took my granddaughter to the Selznick Collection exhibit at UT several years ago and not only got to read his notes and find out some really interesting tidbits about the film's production...but they had the DRESSES. I cut the T-Sips some slack for that one!

 

[Nathanb1]

Found the thread...the kid's now 19 and in her second year of college. And I NEVER leave my phone at home!

Selznick Collection at University of Texas | Non-Fiction History of the Civil War

The most wonderful day of my recent Christmas vacation in the Austin, Texas, area was....ironically, for those who know me....spent on the University of Texas campus at the Harry T. Ransom Center. The David O. Selznick Gone With the Wind collection was on exhibit, and we spent a good hour or so...

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