Gone With the Wardrobe: Save Scarlett O’Hara’s Gowns
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: MGM, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Classics, Drama, Romance,
Gowns worn by Vivien Leigh’s Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind are in need of some serious renovation. The Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, is trying to raise $30,000 to restore five iconic gowns from the movie, which fascinated the world and swept the Oscars in 1939.
An exhibit of the gowns is planned in 2014 to mark the 75th anniversary of the famous film, but most of the dresses are not suitable for display.
The gowns in question are some of the most famous and well-loved from the epic motion picture: Scarlett’s green curtain frock, the burgundy ball gown she wore to Melanie’s party, the blue velvet night gown she wore during her fight with Rhett Butler and her wedding dress. The Ransom Center did not acquire the gowns until the 1980s, after they had toured the world.
Donate to the Ransom Center website to aid in the cause.
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: April 13, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Disney, Lionsgate, New Line, Sony, Universal, Animation, Biopics, Classics, Drama, Family, Horror, Science Fiction, Comedy, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options today:
- Apollo 13: Blu-ray
- The Best Man: DVD
- Defendor: DVD
- Gone with the Wind (The Scarlett Edition): DVD, Blu-ray
- The Great Mouse Detective (Mystery in the Mist Edition): DVD
- A Nightmare on Elm Street: Blu-ray
- Nightmare on Elm Street Collection: DVD
- Pirate Radio: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Slammin’ Salmon: DVD, Blu-ray
- Tenderness: DVD
- Tenure: DVD
Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: November 17, 2009
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, FOCUS, Magnolia, Miramax, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Action, Adaptation, Classics, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Romance, Science Fiction, Comedy, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:
- Brüno: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Canyon: DVD
- Chasing Amy: Blu-ray
- Clerks: Blu-ray
- Fight Club: Blu-ray
- Galaxy Quest: Blu-ray
- Gone with the Wind (70th Anniversary Edition): DVD, Blu-ray
- How to Be: DVD
- Is Anybody There?: DVD, Blu-ray
- My Sister’s Keeper: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Professional: Blu-ray
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Film Academy Pays Tribute to 1939
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Action, Adaptation, Drama, Period, Political, Comedy, Awards,
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to pay homage to one of the greatest years for movies by honoring ten legendary films from 1939. The Goldwyn Theater will offer up one of these treats every single week.
The tribute starts with what I believe to be the greatest of all stories told in book or cinema, Gone With the Wind. This Oscar-sweeping hit won most all the big awards in ‘39 and features the amazing pairing up Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. Gable’s famous exit line remains the greatest in film history, as named by the American Film Institute. Scarlett O’Hara’s last spoken line - “tomorrow is another day” - is ranked twelfth by the AFI.
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Five Lovable Big Screen Couples
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Adaptation, Musicals, Romance, Comedy, Casting,
Love is in air in February - or at least, it’s all over the entertainment industry. Retailers vie for our money, love-soaked television episodes hope for big ratings. The sappier the better, because doesn’t romance put everyone in a spending mood? In Hollywood, love stories are popular all year ‘round - but which lovable big screen couples continue to endure when other romances seems to fade? Some leading ladies and big screen hunks seem to have more chemistry than the average pair, and we love to watch them fall in love again and again.
Let’s look back at five lovable big screen couples, and see what happens when pretend romance is done right.
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta - They were both in their twenties when they filmed Grease, but they were the perfect High School couple. The enduring tale of bad-boy-falls-for-good-girl is perhaps best represented with rollicking music and 50s-era fashion - or at least, it’s more enjoyable that way. It’s all thanks to Sandy and Danny, who are so very lovable together.
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