A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994)
1h 35m
Running Time
March 28, 1994Release Date
A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994)
1h 35m
Running Time
March 28, 1994Release Date
Plot.
Margaret Mitchell, portrayed as rebellious and spirited as Scarlett O'Hara, grows up in a comfortably middle-class Atlanta home, absorbing her grandmother's stories of the Civil War and the burning of their city by the Yankees. Young Peggy, as she likes to be called, goes to Smith College in Massachusetts and hates it. Back in Atlanta, her mildly scandalous reputation is made more so by her first marriage, to Red Upshaw, a bootlegging rake. Later, her second husband encourages her to expand her writing talents beyond feature articles for The Atlanta Journal. Her first and only novel becomes one of the best-selling books of all time.
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Cast & Crew.
Shannen Doherty
Margaret
John Clark Gable
Army Officer Terry
Dale Midkiff
Red
Matt Mulhern
John Marsh
Ann Wedgeworth
Mrs. O'Flaherty
Morgan Weisser
Clifford
Larry Peerce
Director
Robert Hamilton
Writer
Rue McClanahan
Grandma Stephens
Harker Wade
Producer
Robin Mullins
Medora
Billy Goldenberg
Composer
Shannon Eubanks
Mrs. Cathcart
Don E. FauntLeRoy
Cinematographer
Joanne Pankow
Mrs. Pinchot
Paul LaMastra
Editor
Evan Kelly
Will
John Ward
Beau
Zach Hanner
Tom
Joseph Litsch
Set Decoration
Jean-Pierre Dorléac
Costume Designer
Gary Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
G. Michael Graham
Supervising Sound Editor
Stefania Girolami Goodwin
Second Assistant Director
Details.
Wiki.
A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story is a 1994 biographical television film directed by Larry Peerce. The film is about the early life of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Margaret Mitchell, who rose to fame after publishing Gone with the Wind.
The film was praised by critics, with them especially complimenting Memphis, Tennessee-born Shannen Doherty's Old Southern accent.