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Budget. $3.85 million. Box office. >$390 million. Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming.
- Carroll Nye
Biography. Nye was born in Akron, Ohio. His mother, Myra...
- Harry Davenport
Early life. Harry Davenport was born January 19, 1866, in...
- Everett Brown
He often portrayed natives or slaves, including the "Big...
- Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943) was an...
- Leona Roberts
Life and career. Roberts was born in a small village in...
- Irving Bacon
Early years. Bacon was the son of entertainers Millar Bacon...
- Louis Jean Heydt
On set of Gone With the Wind (1939). L-R: Director Victor...
- Jackie Moran
Early life and Hollywood career. A native of Mattoon,...
- Carroll Nye
Gone with the Wind: Directed by Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood. With Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Vivien Leigh, Evelyn Keyes. A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and ...
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood
- 1940-01-17
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It is the year 1861 just before the American Civil War. Scarlett O'Hara lives with her parents, two sisters, and slaves at a plantation in Georgia. The plantation is called Tara. Scarlett is in love with Ashley Wilkes, but he will be marrying Melanie Hamilton. At a party at Ashley's plantation, Twelve Oaks, one guest Rhett Butler admires Scarlett. ...
Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'HaraCasting
Selznick wanted Clark Gable to star as Rhett Butler. Selznich had to make a deal with MGM to get Gable. Selznick would have to pay Gable's salary directly. It took a long time to find the right actress for Scarlett. Many other famous actresses were considered. Katharine Hepburn wanted to have the role, but was rejected. The following actresses were screen-tested: Ardis Ankerson, Jean Arthur, Tallulah Bankhead, Diana Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Nancy Coleman, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew (as Terry Ray...
Screenplay
Selznick wanted Victor Fleming, who directed The Wizard of Ozto be director. Fleming did not like the script. Screenwriter Sidney Howard and Selznick revised the script a couple times. Others participated in the writing, but it is unclear how much each wrote.
Filming
Selznick had Director George Cukor removed after three weeks. Several people and some of the actors did not like it. Victor Flemingwould end up directing the movie. Most of the movie was shot at "the back forty". This was a movie studio backlot. At the time, it was owned by Selznick International. Other locations were in Los Angeles County and neighboring Ventura County. For the house Tara and the burning of Atlanta, facadeswere used. The movie was expensive to make. Some estimate it was $3.8...
The movie was first released at Fox Theatre in 1939. There was a standing ovation. When it was released in Atlanta, there were 300,000 visitors. There were several festivities including a parade. There were three days of parties in which the stars of the movie wore costumes. Many stores in the city were decorated to look like they would have in the...
Critical Response
The movie had good reviews from critics. Critics considered the movie to be an ambitious and a technical achievement. Critics liked the first half better. Some critics were critical of the movie. They thought it was too long. Others said the movie was forgettable and not memorable. Some said the movie is a major event in history, but a minor one in movies. The movie has a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.The movie got several awards.
Awards
Gone with the Wind received 10 Academy Awardsin 1940. 1. Best Picture - Selznick International Pictures (David O. Selznick, producer) 2. Best Actress in a Leading Role - Vivien Leigh 3. Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Hattie McDaniel 4. Best Cinematography, Color- Ernest Haller, and Ray Rennahan 5. Best Director - Victor Fleming 6. Best movie Editing- Hal C. Kern, and James E. Newcom 7. Best Writing, Screenplay- Sidney Howard 8. Best Art Direction- Lyle Wheeler 9. Honorary Award- William...
Response from African-Americans
Black commentators criticized the portrayal of African Americans in the movie. Some said the movie created African-American stereotypes. The movie was compared with The Birth of a Nation. Commentators said The Birth of a Nation was more of a direct attack on black people and obvious lies. Gone with the Wind, however, was a more subtleattack and lie. In the African-American community, there were different views. Some believed the movie to be insulting. Others thought that the performances of t...
The movie has been criticized for ignoring slavery and depicting the Confederacy in a positive way. The movie is a form of historical negationism or denialism. This is when the historical facts are not represented accurately. The movie glorifies the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. This false Lost Cause claims the South had heroic and just reasons fo...
It made 394 million dollars when it came out. After inflation Guinness World Records says makes it the most successful moviethat anyone has ever made.
5 days ago · Gone with the Wind, American epic film, released in 1939, that was one of the best known and most successful films of all time. It enjoyed a more-than-30-year reign as the all-time Hollywood box office champion, and it won eight Academy Awards (in addition to two honorary awards).
- Pat Bauer
Gone with the Wind is the book that S. E. Hinton's runaway teenage characters, Ponyboy and Johnny, read while hiding from the law in the young adult novel The Outsiders (1967). A film parody titled "Went with the Wind!" aired in a 1976 episode of The Carol Burnett Show.
Jun 21, 1998 · Roger Ebert June 21, 1998. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Gone With the Wind” presents a sentimental view of the Civil War, in which the “Old South” takes the place of Camelot and the war was fought not so much to defeat the Confederacy and free the slaves as to give Miss Scarlett O'Hara her comeuppance.
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Winner of eight Academy Awards® (plus two special achievement Oscars) Celebrate the 85th Anniversary of one of the most celebrated motion pictures of all time, Gone With the Wind!
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