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Posted by Faye Bell on June 26, 2001 at 22:48:50:
We'll have you some simple TRUE or FALSE questions for the next fews days, as we breeze through some trivia questions.
1. The MGM official with chief creative responsibilities in 1936 was Irving Thalberg, who, on hearing the story of GWTW promptly saw the money-making possibilities.
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2. Margaret Mitchell believed, while writing GWTW, that her classic movel would utilimately be adaptable to a movie which would be virtually timeless in popularity.
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3. Katherin Helpburn, after reading GWTW, envisioned herself as Scarlett, and pestered her studio to buy the film rights to the book.
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4. Tara and Tweleve Oaks were actually mansions in Beverly Hills which were rented by producer David Selznick.
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5. When the screen rights of GWTW were first offered, the asking price was $65,000. but, for a time, the most any studio considered was $35,000.
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6. David Selznick constructed Atlanta sets to be burned on one famous scene.
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7. When Selznick International Studios bought GWTW, S-I had only completed one film.
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8. Margaret Mitchell worked very closely with GWTW's film production department.
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9. Of the $50,000 paid for movie rights to GWTW, Margaret Mitchell received one-third.
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10. Margaret Mitchell insisted that the name "Tara" be pronounced with a long "a" to accent the Southern drawl.
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