On the evening of December 15, 1939, Atlanta, Georgia became the epicenter of the cinematic world. Searchlights cut through the Southern night sky, streets overflowed with spectators, and anticipation hung thick in the air as one of the most ambitious films ever produced prepared to make its debut. Gone with the Wind was more than …
On November 26, 1942, in the middle of a global war that was reshaping the world map, rewriting destinies, and redefining what humanity thought it understood about itself, something quietly remarkable happened in New York City. It didn’t happen on a battlefield or in a strategy room or in the smoke-filled offices of wartime diplomats. …
