"Gone With The Wind" Rarity

Here's a rarity (thanks to Lee Pecue for finding it).

The above photo is a behind-the-scenes shot taken during filming of the Gone With The Wind opening scene featuring Fred Crane (near the camera), Vivien Leigh (fixing her make-up) and George Reeves. Crane and Reeves portrayed the Tarleton Twins (or Tarleton Brothers) who were wooing Scarlet O'Hara and discussing the upcoming barbecue at the Wilkes's plantation during the beginning of the movie.

Note the size of the the three-strip technicolor camera used. The movie was produced in 1939.

Above, the familiar publicity shot of Fred Crane, Vivien Leigh and George Reeves.

Toho Cinemas Bringing Clark Gable and George Reeves To Japan

Above, Fred Crane (left), Vivien Leigh and George Reeves.

Toho Cinemas in Roppongi Hills in Tokyo will be screening the 1939 classic, Gone With The Wind, starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. The movie also features the screen debut of actor George Reeves as one of the Tarleton Brothers (also called the Tarleton Twins). Reeves went on to fame as television's first Superman. Gone With The Wind will be screening February 8-21, 2014.

According to Time Out Tokyo:

Toho's popular 10am Film Festival – a season of morning movie screenings that allowed audiences to revisit classics from Belle de Jour to Back to the Future – looked set to bow out in 2013, yet another victim of the switchover from celluloid to digital. But fret not, cineastes: after some last-minute wrangling, the event will be continuing in a new, all-digital format. That's not the only change, either – there are now four Tokyo-area cinemas taking part, with each film now getting an extended, two week run.

 For details, go here.

Fred Crane, Brent Tarleton from "Gone With The Wind," Dies

Fred Crane - March 22, 1918—August 21, 2008

Gone With The Wind (1939) actor Fred Crane passed away in Atlanta, Georgia at age 90. He played Brent Tarleton in the opening scenes of the movie with George (Superman) Reeves as his twin brother Stuart. Crane and Reeves immediately hit it off and were good friends until Reeves's death in 1959.


Above, George Reeves and Fred Crane as the Tarleton Twins.

In later years, Crane was a classical music radio host and then opened a bed & breakfast in the Atlanta area called Tarleton Oaks.

Glass House Presents has posted a tribute page to Fred Crane. Please feel free to take a look.