... and social customs to represent the films setting as vividly and authentically as possible, Mitchell herself did not want any personal involvement in the film at all, due to the books success she neither needed or wanted to work for Hollywood, and she also did not want to disappoint her fellow southerners with a possible mis-representation of their home. The outcome ... , most notably the Tara set, Scarlett's family and spiritual home. When designing the sets, researchers consulted period photographs particularly for the 1864 Atlanta set, whereas the Tara set was more free to the produce...

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