Gone with the Wind movie museum opens in Marietta

MARIETTA - Fans of Scarlett and Rhett will soon celebrate the opening of a new temple of ``Gone With the Wind&#39;&#39; movie memorabilia Sunday on the square in downtown Marietta. <br> <br> The Shaw-Tumblin Collection ``Gone With the Wind&#39;&#39; Movie Museum will exhibit a frequently changing selection of original costumes and props, autographed scripts and letters and two Academy Awards including the one given to Vivien Leigh for best actress. <br> <br> Former Hollywood makeup artist Jim Tumblin even has film of numerous screen tests and footage cut from the original six-hour version of David O. Selznick&#39;s 1939 classic. <br> <br> The footage, which must be restored and transferred to safety film and then to videotape cassette before it can viewed at the museum, showed up on Tumblin&#39;s doorstep -- a gift from a friend. <br> <br> Among the screen tests in the collection are those by a host of well-known actresses, including Lucille Ball, Lana Turner, Tallulah Bankhead and Edythe Marrenner, who later changed her name to Susan Hayward. <br> <br> Scarlett&#39;s ``Shanty Town&#39;&#39; costume, the first piece acquired by Tumblin, will be on display along with 38 costumes worn by Leigh, Leslie Howard (Ashley), Olivia de Havilland (Melanie) and Clark Gable (Rhett).

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