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Moonlight and Magnolias

  • Laurel Mill Playhouse 508 Main Street Laurel, MD, 20707 United States (map)

Performances: Feb 21 - Mar 15 ; Fri/Sat: 8pm. Matinees: Mar 8 & Mar 15 @2pm. No show on Feb 23 or Mar 1.

It's 1939 and Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, 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 of The Wizard of Oz. 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.

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