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A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994)

A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994)

Drama TV Movie
Release Date: 1994, March 28
Directors: Larry Peerce
Countries: United States of America
Production: NBC, Renée Valente Productions, Renée Valente Productions
Cast: Zach Hanner, Joanne Pankow, Rue McClanahan, Shannon Eubanks, Dale Midkiff, Shannen Doherty, Ann Wedgeworth, Robin Mullins, John Ward, Matt Mulhern, Evan Kelly, John Clark Gable

Overview:

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.