Gone With The Wind Actor Dies at 90

He was a part a history.
The article says he was the last credited actor....i wonder how many credited actresses are living.

A google google here, a google google there. GWTW actors still living: Olivia de havilland(Melanie), Ann Rutherford (Careen O'Hara), Cammie King( Bonnie Blue Butler), Alicia Rhett(India Wilkes), Mickey Kuhn(Beau Wilkes). other persons who porrayed infants. Evelyn Keyes (Suellen) died July 4th this year. Info from AJC Aug. 25 2008

just call you Barney, eh?

Iam related to Margaret Mitchell on my grandmother's side. I think I could cue the cast on its lines! lol!

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Originally posted by earthmomma:
Iam related to Margaret Mitchell on my grandmother's side. I think I could cue the cast on its lines! lol!

cool

I've seen the movie about 20 times and read the book twice.
I didn't read the book until after seeing the movie and was so surprised at the difference in the two.

Granny Elmina Mitchell Burks(died 1940) used to tell us stories about the Yankees stealing food. The family Bible is on display in The GA archives. This has all been researched and is on the internet. I most definitely would be too lazy to do it! Off topic, but interesting! The play at the Ritz implies that the screenplay was written in five days by a sequestered crew??

Has anyone read Rhett's people by Donald McCaig? I have it but haven't read it yet.

I went to the Mitchell home in Atlanta and it was very interesting. She based Rhett on her first husband, Red. Careen was based on a relative who was a nun.

First hand accounts of the removal of the citizens of Atlanta are heartbreaking. Sherman was the devil incarnate.

Hi to all,

Have you read "Scarlett" -- the sequel to Gone With The Wind? I bought the book because I am such GWTW fan; but did not read it for a long time. I guess I felt it would spoil GWTW for me.

But, one day, I did not have another interesting historical novel to read; so I began it. And, I will tell you that I really enjoyed it. It did not spoil GWTW for me -- but, instead, completed the story. And, the ending REALLY surprised me.

If you have not read this -- I highly recommend it.

A side note: In the late 1960s, my California girl friend and I moved to Huntsville for six months. While there we decided to drive to Atlanta for a long weekend. As we were approaching Atlanta, she said, "Can we go see Tara while we are here?"

I looked at her to see if she was for real; she was -- then told her, "Duh, Blondie, GWTW and Tara are fictional; we will not find them here or anywhere except in the movie."

Well, what can you expect from a blonde from Oklahoma, transplanted to California -- and now in Atlanta?

Please no "blonde joke" rocks -- she was for real.

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill

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Originally posted by Bill Gray:
Hi to all,

Have you read "Scarlett" -- the sequel to Gone With The Wind? I bought the book because I am such GWTW fan; but did not read it for a long time. I guess I felt it would spoil GWTW for me.

But, one day, I did not have another interesting historical novel to read; so I began it. And, I will tell you that I really enjoyed it. It did not spoil GWTW for me -- but, instead, completed the story. And, the ending REALLY surprised me.

If you have not read this -- I highly recommend it.

A side note: In the late 1960s, my California girl friend and I moved to Huntsville for six months. While there we decided to drive to Atlanta for a long weekend. As we were approaching Atlanta, she said, "Can we go see Tara while we are here?"

I looked at her to see if she was for real; she was -- then told her, "Duh, Blondie, GWTW and Tara are fictional; we will not find them here or anywhere except in the movie."

Well, what can you expect from a blonde from Oklahoma, transplanted to California -- and now in Atlanta?

Please no "blonde joke" rocks -- she was for real.

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill

I read Scarlett when it first came out, i also have the movie.
The movie did a good job of sticking to the book.... but for me it took a different mindset to watch it because of the casting.
As far as looks, Timothy Dalton was a pretty good Rhett, but Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as Scarlett took some getting used to because of the brown eyes. However, she did capture the spirit.
I think a lot of people objected to the book and movie because they thought it ruined the romance of original's ending. Some people had rather use their imagination than to know for sure....

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Originally posted by *PuckerupFrog*:

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Originally posted by Bill Gray:
Hi to all,

Have you read "Scarlett" -- the sequel to Gone With The Wind? I bought the book because I am such GWTW fan; but did not read it for a long time. I guess I felt it would spoil GWTW for me.

But, one day, I did not have another interesting historical novel to read; so I began it. And, I will tell you that I really enjoyed it. It did not spoil GWTW for me -- but, instead, completed the story. And, the ending REALLY surprised me.

If you have not read this -- I highly recommend it.

A side note: In the late 1960s, my California girl friend and I moved to Huntsville for six months. While there we decided to drive to Atlanta for a long weekend. As we were approaching Atlanta, she said, "Can we go see Tara while we are here?"

I looked at her to see if she was for real; she was -- then told her, "Duh, Blondie, GWTW and Tara are fictional; we will not find them here or anywhere except in the movie."

Well, what can you expect from a blonde from Oklahoma, transplanted to California -- and now in Atlanta?

Please no "blonde joke" rocks -- she was for real.

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill

I read Scarlett when it first came out, i also have the movie.
The movie did a good job of sticking to the book.... but for me it took a different mindset to watch it because of the casting.
As far as looks, Timothy Dalton was a pretty good Rhett, but Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as Scarlett took some getting used to because of the brown eyes. However, she did capture the spirit.
I think a lot of people objected to the book and movie because they thought it ruined the romance of original's ending. Some people had rather use their imagination than to know for sure....

Hi PUF,

Once I got into the book, I really enjoyed it. But, reading the book I could still imagine the characters the same as in the GWTW movie. I don't believe I could enjoy the movie without the original Rhett and Miss Scarlett.

What did you think about the ending of Scarlett? It was a real surprise to me. Even approaching the last chapters, I never imagined that ending. But, I liked it.

And, I liked the Scarlett book because I have always loved anything to do with Ireland.

It must be me Irish blood.

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill

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Originally posted by Bill Gray:
Hi PUF,

Once I got into the book, I really enjoyed it. But, reading the book I could still imagine the characters the same as in the GWTW movie. I don't believe I could enjoy the movie without the original Rhett and Miss Scarlett.

What did you think about the ending of Scarlett? It was a real surprise to me. Even approaching the last chapters, I never imagined that ending. But, I liked it.

And, I liked the Scarlett book because I have always loved anything to do with Ireland.

It must be me Irish blood.

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill

I loved the ending. It wouldn't have been as enjoyable if there had been a predictable ending.
The Irish scenery in the movie is great. I may be wrong about this, but i think it was shot on location.
The part of me that isn't NA is Scot-Irish. ...I've always been enchanted with that part of the world.

....methinks i'll be watching Scarlett this weekend. It's been a few years since i've seen it.

Hi PUF,

Regarding the book, Scarlett, you tell me, "I loved the ending. It wouldn't have been as enjoyable if there had been a predictable ending. The Irish scenery in the movie is great. I may be wrong about this, but i think it was shot on location. The part of me that isn't NA is Scot-Irish. ...I've always been enchanted with that part of the world. ....methinks i'll be watching Scarlett this weekend. It's been a few years since i've seen it."

You and I must be related, at least in spirit; for Ireland has always held a fascination for me -- even before I discovered my Irish roots. Another inner tugging I have long felt is Native American. I have always said that I must have NA blood somewhere in the past; especially with North Alabama having been Creek and Cherokee nations long before we came in and messed it up. Sitting on the stand beside my desk are two statues of NA warriors; one ten inches, the other eighteen inches high. These were gifts to me because of my NA feelings.

On that subject, there is a great series of books written by Kathleen and Michael Gear. She was a state historian and an archeologist who worked for the Dept of Interior. Michael is an archeologist and historian who has his own archeological research company.

Together, they have written several series of historical novels about the Native Americans. One series is called The People Series, novels of Prehistoric North America. The first, People of The Wolf, traces the migration from Siberia, across the Bering Strait, into North America -- the beginning of the Native American civilizations. Other books in the series trace the different Native American civilizations across America -- from the cliff dwelling Pueblos, to the Great Lakes tribes, to Florida and the Gulf Coast -- each one an interesting story of the people and their civilization. Americans think we brought civilization to North America. Most would be surprised to know of the large cities and the civilization of the early Native Americans.

I have read the first eleven in their People Series and plan on getting the news ones to catch up.

You can read about the Gears and these books at: http://gear-gear.com/pb.shtml

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill

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