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ONCE UPON A TIME , an actress named Bette Davis ruled Hollywood . Well, mostly. When Davis lost the plum role of Scarlett O'Hara in the film version of " Gone With the Wind " to Vivien Leigh , her studio ...

SHNS photo courtesy Turner Classic Movies) Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh star in the movie, "Gone with the Wind." The film will be shown at the Paramount Theatre on Friday and Saturday.

These are just some of the events that happened on July 8th. 1822 , English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned.

Angela Pierce is Blanche DuBois and Jonno Roberts is Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" at Intiman Theatre, opening July 9. / KRT Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh in the 1951 film of "Streetcar." ...

BARNEGAT LIGHT- A slow but steady stream of fans of Dick LaBonte stopped by Wildflowers by the Sea Saturday to talk to the prolific Bay Head artist about his work and to purchase copies of his book and many ...

Scarlett O'Hara "The unexpected happened: it made me, for these months at least, and whether I wished it so or not, into the character known as Scarlett O'Hara. Now the difficulty is to view that character ...

LONDON Gone With the Wind will soon be gone with the wind, at least in London where a musical version of the famous novel and movie has failed to draw large crowds.

Clark Gable as Rhett Butler and Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in a scene from the 1939 Hollywood classic Gone With The Wind.

Imagine the excitement in Georgia when on December 15, 1939, "Gone With The Wind" made its worldwide premiere in Atlanta's Lowe's Grand Theater.

“Moon River, a lazy stream of dreams”

Who was the first actress on a U.S. postage stamp? Strictly speaking, it was Ethel Barrymore, on a 1982 stamp with her brothers Lionel and John. via Contra Costa Times

“It's full speed onto the White House”

In his memoir, the legendary Elia Kazan wrote about directing Vivien Leigh in "A Streetcar Named Desire." While he did not think that Leigh was a great natural actress, he was impressed that she would crawl ... via Detroit News

Salem Repertory Theatre is currently doing a comedy based on the rewriting of the script for the classic film 'Gone With the Wind,' but it also is sponsoring two showings of 'Gone With the Wind' itself. via Statesman Journal

“We haven't had a proper, massive theatrical disaster for ages”

NOT since the early-1990s days of mega-flops such as King, Moby Dick and Which Witch has the West End seen reviews as savage as those which greeted Trevor Nunn's 4.75 million, four-hour musical adaptation of ... via Scotsman.com Living

Most identified with her unforgettable role as self centered and strong willed Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With The Wind," Vivien Leigh more than earned her place in Hollywood history. via Associated Content

“It felt as if I'd spent years watching Gone With The Wind and I'd not just missed the Beijing Olympics...but also the London games for 2012.”

Darius Soldiers On SCOTS pop star Darius Danesh has vowed to soldier on in the crisis-hit new stage musical Gone With The Wind. via The Sunday Mail

“School is great, it really is life-changing. Earning the doctorate was enormously liberating.”

As her adaptation of Gone With the Wind hits the stage, Margaret Martin tells Maddy Costa why she's just like her musical's leading lady Tuesday April 22, 2008 The Guardian In most respects, the production of ... via Surrey Hants Star

“The whole Gone with the Wind story is much bigger than just the movie, or just the book or just the author”

In Kathleen Marcaccio's collection of Gone with the Wind memorabilia is a piece of a dress that actress Vivien Leigh wore in a scene from the movie. via Hometown Life

“I was the only Negro in the [film] theatre, and when Butterfly McQueen went into her act I felt like crawling under the rug.”

Gone with the Wind is so deeply etched in the public imagination that only sheer artistic chutzpah could carry off a stage version. via Telegraph.co.uk

Playwright Tennessee Williams' famed love-tragedy "A Streetcar Named Desire" will be performed April 17-20 and April 24-27 at Texas A&M University Coprus Christi. via KIII

“Tennessee Williams wrote characters that need extensive development and talent to portray with any sort of depth.”

It sounds like the perfect role for a Southern belle who has seen better days and is desperate to restore her fortunes. via Daily Express