Video showcases exhibition “The World At War: 1914–1918”
A recent Longhorn Network video featured the Ransom Center’s exhibition The World At War: 1914–1918 as part of The Alcalde’s magazine program. The video includes interviews with exhibition co-curators...
View ArticleIn the Galleries: Producer David O. Selznick defends casting Vivien Leigh as...
British actress Vivien Leigh is best remembered for her part as Scarlett O’Hara, the beautiful Southern belle who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Her inspired performance won an Academy...
View ArticleMeet the Staff: Film Curatorial Assistant Albert A. Palacios
Meet the Staff is an occasional series on Cultural Compass that highlights the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center. Albert A. Palacios has been the Film Curatorial Assistant...
View ArticleIn the Galleries: A discarded happy ending for “Gone With The Wind”
Gone With The Wind’s scriptwriter Sidney Howard had the difficult task of converting the 1,000-page novel into a film script that was not too long, without sacrificing key elements of the novel. One of...
View ArticleIn the Galleries: “Gone With The Wind” producer David O. Selznick demanded...
Letters poured into producer David O. Selznick’s office on the proper use of Southern accents in Gone With The Wind. One woman wrote, “Come South and study our dialect. I don’t know your people as you...
View ArticleMeet the Staff: Digital Collections Librarian Liz Gushee
Meet the Staff is a Q&A series on Cultural Compass that highlights the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center. Liz Gushee has been the digital collections librarian at the...
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Scholar explores rich collections of stage photographs
David S. Shields, the McClintock Professor of Southern Letters at the University of South Carolina, visited the Ransom Center this year to research the history of theatrical photography in North...
View ArticleShakespeare scholar explores the Bard’s role in American culture
James Shapiro, Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, discusses Shakespeare in America at 7 p.m. this Thursday, May 1, at the Harry Ransom Center. A...
View ArticleWorld War I Film Series highlights films made during and about the First...
In conjunction with the current exhibition The World at War, 1914–1918, the Ransom Center, Austin Film Society, and Paramount Theatre are presenting a series of 13 films centered around World War I....
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Meet the Staff: Archivist Amy Armstrong
Meet the Staff is a new Q&A series on Cultural Compass that highlight the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center. The series kicks off with a Q&A with Amy Armstrong,...
View ArticleVideo showcases exhibition “The World At War: 1914–1918”
A recent Longhorn Network video featured the Ransom Center’s exhibition The World At War: 1914–1918 as part of The Alcalde’s magazine program. The video includes interviews with exhibition co-curators...
View ArticleIn the Galleries: Producer David O. Selznick defends casting Vivien Leigh as...
British actress Vivien Leigh is best remembered for her part as Scarlett O’Hara, the beautiful Southern belle who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Her inspired performance won an Academy...
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Meet the Staff: Film Curatorial Assistant Albert A. Palacios
Meet the Staff is an occasional series on Cultural Compass that highlights the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center. Albert A. Palacios has been the Film Curatorial Assistant...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In the Galleries: A discarded happy ending for “Gone With The Wind”
Gone With The Wind’s scriptwriter Sidney Howard had the difficult task of converting the 1,000-page novel into a film script that was not too long, without sacrificing key elements of the novel. One of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In the Galleries: “Gone With The Wind” producer David O. Selznick demanded...
Letters poured into producer David O. Selznick’s office on the proper use of Southern accents in Gone With The Wind. One woman wrote, “Come South and study our dialect. I don’t know your people as you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meet the Staff: Digital Collections Librarian Liz Gushee
Meet the Staff is a Q&A series on Cultural Compass that highlights the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center. Liz Gushee has been the digital collections librarian at the...
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