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Marietta,
GA – April 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / It’s been 75 years since the Academy
Award-winning movie, “Gone With the Wind,” premiered, yet the 1939 film
classic starring Vivien Leigh remains one of the most popular movies of
all time. On June 6 to 8, 2014, this milestone will be celebrated with
cast members, television and child stars, authors of books and novels relating
to Gone With the Wind, plus a Costume Bazaar Ball, movie wardrobe presentation,
an exhibition of Civil War-era paintings by a friend of Margaret Mitchell,
a live auction of GWTW memorabilia, and lots of surprises. The event is
hosted by the Marietta Gone With the Wind Museum, Scarlett on the Square
in Georgia, which has drawn visitors from all 50 states and more than 80
countries. Visit www.GWTWMarietta.com
for event schedule.
The
Stars
Headlining
the event will be Morgan Brittany, child star (“The Birds,” “Yours Mine
and Ours” and “Gypsy”), who played Vivien Leigh in the big screen film,
“Gable and Lombard,” and on the small screen in “The Scarlett O’Hara Wars”
with Tony Curtis. Brittany is also known for her role as Katherine Wentworth
in the original “Dallas” TV series.
From
“Gone With the Wind”: child star Mickey Kuhn (Beau Wilkes), from “Red River,”
“Juarez” and “Streetcar Named Desire,” also with Leigh; child star Patrick
Curtis (Baby Beau), who played Buzz on “Leave It To Beaver; and Greg Giese,
who was less than 2 weeks old when he was cast as infant Bonnie Blue Butler
and infant Beau in “Gone With the Wind.”
Adding
to the fun will be soap opera star Judith Chapman (Gloria Abbott Bardwell
on “The Young and the Restless”); Wilbur Kurtz III, who will discuss his
grandfather Wilbur Kurtz Sr.’s friendship with Mitchell and his work as
technical advisor on the set of “Gone With the Wind”; art conservator Cara
Varnell, who cares for the bengaline honeymoon gown worn by Leigh in her
role as Scarlett O’Hara that is on permanent display in the Marietta Gone
With the Wind Museum; artist Joseph Yakovetic, who has designed award-winning
sets, costumes and props, and Chris Sullivan, owner of the museum collection.
Authors
include Kendra Bean, Vivien: An Intimate Portrait; Phillip Done,
The
Charms of Miss O’Hara: Tales From Gone With the Wind & the Golden
Age of Hollywood (biography of Ann Rutherford, “Careen O’Hara” in GWTW);
Anne Edwards, Road to Tara (re-release), Scarlett and Me and
Vivien A Biography; Susan Lindsley, The Bottom Rail, Margaret Mitchell:
A Scarlett or a Melanie and Susan Myrick of Gone With the Wind:
An Autobiographical Biography; and David O’Connell, The Art and
Life of Atlanta Artist Wilbur G. Kurtz: Inspired by Southern History.
Also
attending: Sally Tippett Rains, The Making of a Masterpiece: The True
Story Behind Gone With the Wind; Doug Tattershall, Belle Brezing:
American Magdalene; Marianne Walker, Margaret Mitchell and John
Marsh: The Love Story Behind Gone With the Wind and The Graves County
Boys; Victoria Wilcox, Inheritance (Southern Son: The Saga of Doc
Holliday) and Gone West (Southern Son Book 2); John Wiley, Margaret
Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind: A Bestseller’s Odyssey From Atlanta to Hollywood
(with Ellen Brown); and Kathryn Witt, Atlanta: A Photographic Portrait
and The Secret of the Belles 75th Anniversary Edition (re-release)
featuring new content, photographs and cover art by Joseph Yakovetic.
The
Events
Friday
fun includes “The Wind Has Left,” old-fashioned radio program starring
the actors; Wilbur Kurtz Exhibit tour; and the Gone With the Wind Costume
Bazaar Ball and Dinner with dancing to Civil War music. Saturday brings
“Curtains and Crinolines: The Costumes of GWTW”; “Vivien,” a one-woman
play starring Chapman; and the Author’s Forum. On Sunday, the Marietta
Gone With the Wind Museum will have a live auction followed by an autograph
signing with the actors and authors.
A
Weekend of ‘Wind’
The
Hilton Marietta Hotel and Conference Center is offering a special rate
for the June 6-8 weekend. For reservations, call 770-427-2500 or click
www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/A/ATLMAHF-GWTW-20140604/index.jhtml.
Use Group Code GWTW.
Tickets
for “Seventy Five Years of Gone With the Wind” are on sale now. Tickets
to individual events are available. A discounted weekend ticket package
that includes all events is $200 (a savings of $50). Tickets and information:
Marietta Gone With the Wind Museum, 770-794-5576, www.GWTWMarietta.com.
Media
Note: All actors, experts and authors are available for interviews.
Contact Connie Sutherland for arrangements.
Media
Contact:
Connie
Sutherland
Executive
Director of the Marietta Gone With the Wind Museum
770-794-5145
www.GWTWMarietta.com
Photos:
Morgan Brittany as Scarlett O’Hara; Mickey Kuhn; Judith Chapman as Vivien
Leigh.
Hi-
and Low-Res Images Available
About
the Marietta Gone With the Wind Museum
The
Marietta
Gone With the Wind Museum, Scarlett on the Square houses the privately
owned collection of Dr. Chris Sullivan of Ohio. The collection features
artifacts relating to the novel and film, including original scripts and
contracts, conceptual artwork, a foreign edition library and the original
bengaline honeymoon gown worn by Vivien Leigh in her role as “Scarlett.”
Group tours and facility rentals are available by reservation. Special
events held annually. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Closed
Sundays. facebook/MariettaGoneWiththeWindMuseum |
