GWTW 75th Anniversary & Exhibit

[Frank W. Baker]

"The Making of 'Gone With the Wind' " opens Tuesday and runs through January 4 at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. The exhibition features a Web-related component and a companion book.

The exhibit traces the long, arduous process of how producer David O. Selznick adapted Mitchell's best-seller, offering up more than 300 items, including storyboards, casting call sheets, photos, scripts,screen tests, letters from fans and critics alike, audience preview cards, and, of course, memos from Selznick. The exhibit received "generous support" from Turner Classic Movies, which shares a parent company with CNN.

See also: Producing Gone With The Wind- an online exhibition; and the LIFE magazine special publication "Gone With Wind: The Great American Movie 75 Years Later."