A Must-Have for Gone With the Wind Fans! From Margaret Mitchell's tattered manuscript to the film's seventy-fifth anniversary, this book is a behind-the-scenes chronicle of Gone With the Wind-the book, the movie, and the phenomenon that continues today. Related in loving detail are inside stories of the writing and publishing of the novel; the Hollywood frenzy of transforming the book into film, including casting headaches, on-set tensions, and jinxed scenes; the premiere; and the Academy Awards. This updated edition also contains the scoop on the publication of two GWTW sequels; the disastrous debut of the Scarlett television miniseries; the post-GWTW lives of cast members, such as the news of Gable's secret lovechild; the restoration of three original costumes in time for GWTW's seventy-fifth anniversary; and much, much more. The reader-friendly format-fact-packed features, profiles, quizzes, and photographs-will delight any GWTW fan and make this the one book that no "Windie" can do without.

Gone with the Wind: Day by Day chronicles the production, premieres and reception of the iconic film from January 1, 1939 to December 31, 1939. Engaging, daily behind-the-scenes entries provide a snapshot of what was happening on and off the set. Sidebars sprinkled throughout the months provide insightful, expert commentary about the cast, the costumes, the filming and more. A supporting section chronicles other significant dates in Gone With the Wind's history, outside the 1939 time period, including: July 7, 1936 when producer David O. Selznick instructed his story editor to acquire the film rights to Margaret Mitchell's best-selling book August 25, 1938 when Clark Gable signed the contract to portray Rhett Butler February 29, 1940 when Gone With the Wind won a record-setting eight Academy Fans will enjoy following the day-by-day drama and intrigue of Gone With the Wind's production, on each event's exact date. This will be the one book that fans will turn to eagerly again and again. After all, when it comes to Gone With the Wind's history, tomorrow is another day.