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advance praise for , FRANKLY MY DEAR “Beautifully written and fascinating to digest, Molly Haskell’s Frankly, My Dear towers above any other book that’s yet been written about Gone with the Wind. It has the kind of insights into the Windphenomenon that only a writer of Molly Haskell’s stature, wisdom, and clarity could give us. It is quite the perfect toast to both the book and to the film version of Windon the lat- ter’s seventieth birthday.”—robert osborne, Host of Turner Classic Movies “A stunning piece of criticism, written with fever-pitch intensity, that demonstrates so movingly why it’s impossible to name the kind of greatness found in Gone with the Windand impossible to refrain from trying.”—alan trachtenberg, author of Lincoln’s Smile and Other Enigmas “With her sharp feeling for movie culture, sexual politics, and the elusive mores of the old South, Molly Haskell brilliantly sketches the contribution of everyone who shaped Gone with the Windinto a problematic but enduring popular classic.”—morris dickstein, author of Gates of Eden andLeopards in the Temple “In engaging and witty fashion, Haskell seamlessly weaves together biographical and autobiographical issues, production information, sharp critical commentary, and cogent analysis of the literary, social, and political context of both the Margaret Mitchell novel and the David Selznick adaptation. She gives us numerous impor- tant insights into the deep mythology of the film and its ability to function as ‘the Bible of America.’”—james naremore, Indiana University This page intentionally left blank Frankly,My Dear Frankly, yale university press new haven & london My Dear Gone with the Wind Revisited Molly Haskell Disclaimer: Some images in the printed version of this book are not available for inclusion in the eBook. Also by Molly Haskell From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies Love and Other Infectious Diseases: A Memoir Holding My Own in No Man’s Land: Women and Men and Film and Feminists Copyright © 2009by Molly Haskell. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107and 108of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Designed by Sonia Shannon. Set in Janson by Integrated Publishing Solutions, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Printed in the United States of America by R.R. Donnelley, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Haskell, Molly. Frankly, my dear : Gone with the wind revisited / Molly Haskell. p. cm. (Icons of America) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-300-11752-3(cloth : alk. paper) 1. Gone with the wind (Motion picture) 2. Mitchell, Margaret, 1900–1949. Gone with the wind. I. Title. pn1997.g59h37 2009 791.43(cid:1)72—dc22 2008037296 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To My Girlfriends Northern and Southern And, always, to Andrew This page intentionally left blank Contents Introduction ix one The American Bible 1 two Boldness and Desperation 39 three Finding the Road to Ladyhood Hard 86 four E Pluribus Unum 152 five Beautiful Dreamers 188 Bibliography 229 Acknowledgments 233 Index 235 Illustrations follow page 142
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