A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story

Release Date: 1994-03-28

Overview: 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.

Rating: 7 / 10

Cast

Shannen Doherty

as Margaret

Dale Midkiff

as Red

John Clark Gable

as Army Officer Terry

Matt Mulhern

as John Marsh

Ann Wedgeworth

as Mrs. O'Flaherty