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Vivien Leigh, English Southern Belle

She struggled with alcoholism and mental illness most of her life, was a heavy smoker, and died of tuberculosis at the young age of 53. She only made 20 films. Yet she won 2 Best Actress Awards playing...

4 comments    entertainment actress hollywood
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The Style of Scarlett O Hara

Close your eyes and think of the name "Scarlett O Hara." What do you see? No doubt you hear certain movie quotes and maybe think of her spunk, but chances are, you see her wardrobe just as clearly as any of...

7 comments    movies books style
Author Margaret Mitchell78

The Inspiring Story of "Gone With the Wind" Author Margaret Mitchell

I subscribe to a number of email lists and one particular email caught my eye yesterday. It was from Daily Inspirations. Yesterday's quote was from Margaret Mitchell. I knew I recognized the name, but did not...

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Gone With The Wind, Frankly My Dear, I Love It

Gone With the Wind is an unforgettable movie, and represents a major milestone in the art of movie-making. Conceived from the outset as the ultimate Hollywood movie, it became the benchmark for popular epic...

3 comments    entertainment movies hollywood
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Clark Gable The King of Hollywood

"His ears are too big and he looks like an ape." So said Warner Bros. executive Darryl F. Zanuck about Clark Gable after a screen test. Some ape. Clark Gable was to become an Academy Award-winning American...

1 comment    entertainment movies celebrity
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My Favorite Movie Roles

These choices are of course my opinion only and are not in any way meant to be anything more than entertaining. After writing my original draft of this hub, I have since decided to add one more actor but...

6 comments    entertainment actress john wayne
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Why I Love Old Hollywood

    The beauty, the romance, the timelessness. There is nothing quite like an old movie. They can sweep you off your feet and drop you right into the past. Lines fade away and its as if no time has passed....

19 comments    entertainment movies beauty
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My Top Ten Favorite Movies Of All Time

Released in 1941, starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable and Olivia DeHaviland Set in Atlanta during the Civil War, the story follows the life of debutant daughter Scarlett O'Hara as she attempts to make it...

6 comments    entertainment movies movie
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women i love

They are icons, women who, despite the constraints presented by the world around them and the medium they chose to express themselves in, have been in our collective cultural awareness for the longest time....

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