A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story

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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TV Movie
Drama
Release Date

Mar 28, 1994

Duration: 1h 35 min

Popularity: 0.2023
4 votes
Directed by

Larry Peerce

Casting: Melinda Gartzman

Budget

Revenue: NA

Crew & Team

Larry Peerce

Director

Stefania Girolami Goodwin

Second Assistant Director

Nina K. Noble

First Assistant Director