num_pages: 72
description: 1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel. The screenplay, you see, just doesn’t work. So what’s an all-powerful movie mogul to do? While fending off the film’s stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick sends a car for famed screenwriter Ben Hecht and pulls formidable director Victor Fleming from the set. Summoning both to his office, he locks the doors, closes the shades, and on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the three men labor over five days to fashion a screenplay that will become the blueprint for one of the most successful and beloved films of all time.
language: English
title: Moonlight and Magnolias - Acting Edition
titlecomplete: Moonlight and Magnolias - Acting Edition
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Drama, 21st Century
ratings_count: 98
publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.