January 30, 2005
Scarlett as an Adjective
In 1968 MGM re-released a reformulated, cleaned up version of Gone With the Wind. 30th anniversary, and all that. They had a premiere at Loews' Grand in Atlanta, and the Senator took us. Wonderful movie, that, but I can remember having to piss when I thought it was over, but it was only the intermission. Long movie.
The next day the Senator took us to Stone Mountain to see The Gods etched in the mountainside, just finally completed and marketed. I do not recall seeing many nigras there, oddly enough. Go figure.
We took the backroads to Atlanta those days, by Junior's Supper Club, and the Goat Man, hewing his trade, if he really had one. I recall going back through Athens for some reason, and down state road 15, past the Iron Horse, and Rock Eagle on what is now 441. Why? No idea. Dad probably had a client along the roadside. Or a mistress. Blare of the horn, baby. Catch you on the upside. That was my dad.
I think it was 1969. I think it was the 30th anniversary of GWTW. March, 1969, right before baseball season opened.
Of course I could be wrong.
Sounds good to me. I'm lucky to get the decade right. And GWTW did come out in 1939. Did we see the Braves that trip? I think I had discovered the glory of glue sniffing that year. It's all a haze.
Posted by: Velociman at January 30, 2005 10:52 AM