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.

Cast

Shannen Doherty

Margaret

Dale Midkiff

Red

John Clark Gable

Army Officer Terry

Matt Mulhern

John Marsh

Ann Wedgeworth

Mrs. O'Flaherty

Morgan Weisser

Clifford

Rue McClanahan

Grandma Stephens

Robin Mullins

Medora

Shannon Eubanks

Mrs. Cathcart

Joanne Pankow

Mrs. Pinchot

Crew

Larry Peerce

Director

Nina K. Noble

First Assistant Director

Stefania Girolami Goodwin

Second Assistant Director

Dennis A. Brown

Executive In Charge Of Production

Billy Goldenberg

Original Music Composer

Ron Clark

Key Makeup Artist

Harker Wade

Producer

G. Michael Graham

Supervising Sound Editor

Joseph Litsch

Set Decoration

Robert Hamilton

Executive Producer