GONE WITH THE WIND is 82 Today I ran this post eight years ago, in 2011. How time flies! As rumours seem to continue about a possible remake of the movie (starring Hugh Jackman is Rhett Butler, Yum!!), the interest in Gone With The Wind continues. –t. Gone With The Wind, a romance movie staple, is 74 […]
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Yeah, I perked up when I saw the headlines, too. It has been confirmed that Hugh Jackman will play Rhett Butler in a remake of Gone With The Wind, scheduled for 2017. Only thing is, everyone seems to bewailing a) the remake and b) that it’s Jackman in the classic role. I was a Gone
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The movie Gone With The Wind premiered today, in 1939. How long since you watched it and sighed over the dresses and Scarlett’s pertness? Actually, I love the movie for the dresses and I love reading the book for the sheer detail and fascination of watching Rhett Butler dash himself to pieces over Scarlett’s self-centered
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Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell [link] I fell for this story with a loud thunk when I was in my early teens. I remember seeing the cover and that gorgeous white dress of Scarlett’s (from the movie) around the bookstores for years before I actually picked it up. It took matching up “big,
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One concert photo — especially one without the band members on stage — looks very much like another. Unless you were there. I was there. Twice. On both sides of the world. I’ve been crazy stupid over Pink Floyd and The Wall since it came out in the mid ’80s. (I was one of those
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Goodies I’ve found from chatting and cruising this week: Interesting Posts/Articles Thirty-Two Shades of Green!!! Erotic Romance writer Sahara Kelly’s reaction to Fifty Shades of Grey My Kitchen “Miracle” Cleaner! For all the frugalists out there. Top 1,000 Romance Novels of All Time Interesting in an intellectual way only. I lost faith in the list
This post is part of a series. Part 1: Damn Good Romances Part II: Romantic Tension Part III: Romantic Conflict Part IV: Emotional Intensity Part V: Heart-Stopping Moments Part VI: Uncertainty of Outcome Part VII: Moment of Ultimate Vulnerability Part VIII: Happy Ever After…For Now _____________ Heart-Stopping Moments Heart stopping moments in romance novels are
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This post is part of a series. Part 1: Damn Good Romances Part II: Romantic Tension Part III: Romantic Conflict Part IV: Emotional Intensity Part V: Heart-Stopping Moments Part VI: Uncertainty of Outcome Part VII: Moment of Ultimate Vulnerability Part VIII: Happy Ever After…For Now _____________ Romantic Tension Romantic Tension is one of those invisible
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Even when I was in hospital, I didn’t get huge amounts of time to read — shocking, I know. Mark smuggled my laptop into isolation, and saved me from going insane. I wrote blog posts and my latest book instead of reading. But there were times when I simply too tired to do either, and
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Gone With The Wind, a romance movie staple, is 74 years old today. How long since you watched it and sighed over the dresses and Scarlett’s pertness? Actually, I love the movie for the dresses and I love reading the book for the sheer detail and fascination of watching Rhett Butler dash himself to pieces
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