Gone with the Wind
Welcome to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday4
I came across this Photoshop that I did a few years ago in which I replaced Vivian Leigh's head with my daughters head. She is a huge Gone With the Wind fan.
It was an epic novel and a big silver screem hit .
1. Have you read the book or seen the movie Gone with the Wind and what did you think of it?
Oh, yes, I've seen the movie several times. And even though I do have a very ancient and worn copy of the book (that I picked up at a school library discard book sale for 30 cents about 40 years ago), I don't believe I've ever actually sat down and read the whole book in its entirety.
I think you can see why it was in the "discard" pile. LOL. The copyright page says the book was copyrighted in 1936, but this particular edition was the seventy-first printing in 1961!
2; Which character was your favorite? If you didn't read it or see it. who is your favorite fictional character from a book or movie and why?
Well, certainly the most memorable character was Scarlett, but Prissy, the house servant (Butterfly McQueen) had one of the best lines that I remember in the movie:
- "Prissy: Lawzy, we got to have a doctor. I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies."
And of course, Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), telling Scarlett, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn", has to be THE most remembered line of the whole movie. LOL
3. Are you a fan of big epic films like Dr. Zhivago, Gone with the Wind, etc." If not what kind of films do you enjoy the most?
I do love those old epic films. The ones I remember most are the Charlton Heston movies, "The Ten Commandments"and "Ben Hur", and also The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews. Those were movies that were classic films, the like of which I don't think we'll ever see again, and it's too bad!
4. The Ante Bellum era is indeed gone with the wind. Is there an era in history that you are interested in or that you have a good deal of knowledge about? Perhaps there is an era you would like to learn more about?
4. The Ante Bellum era is indeed gone with the wind. Is there an era in history that you are interested in or that you have a good deal of knowledge about? Perhaps there is an era you would like to learn more about?
I wouldn't say I have a great deal of knowledge about any particular era in history. I'm intrigued by the 19th century, but know that I couldn't live like they did without some modern conveniences, unless I was wealthy enough to have some servants. LOL. But I loved the look of that era, the clothes, the horse and buggy, the homes, the elegance and peacefulness of the day. (Prior to and after the Civil War) But that era is also "Gone With the Wind", and will never come back. We've gotten too modern, too much in a hurry to get places and do things...we don't know how to slow down and just enjoy the ride anymore.
This would be more the way I'd love to be...
(from the June 2025 John Sloane Country Seasons Calendar)
Psalm 121 NKJV
1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not allow your foot to be moved;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper;
The Lord is your shade at your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil;
He shall preserve your soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in
From this time forth, and even forevermore.
Good place to stop and say that I hope you all have a lovely day! Thank you, Annie, for coming up with these questions each week! Now let's go see what others are writing about, shall we? Bye for now!
