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- That Cukor was gay was something of an open secret. However, he was careful to be discrete about his sexuality in a Hollywood that was still prey to homophobia. Indeed, it was long a staple of Hollywood lore that Cukor was fired as the director of Gone with the Wind (1939) as a result of homophobic obstinance on the part of male lead Clark Gable.
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Dec 8, 1991 · The story had long circulated within Cukor’s social circle that as a young man Gable had once had a drunken sexual encounter with silent screen actor-turned-decorator William Haines, one...
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- Scarlett Wascast After Filming began.
- Leigh Almost Lost The Part After Her First Test Reading.
- The Daughters of The Confederacy Campaigned Against Vivien Leigh
- There Is screen Test Footage of The Women Considered For Scarlett.
- The Author’S Own Choice For Rhett Was Groucho Marx (or not).
- The First Director Was Fired ...
- Ultimately,The Film Had A Total of Three Directors.
- There Is long-lost, Behind-The-Scenesfootage of The Filming.
- Leslie Howard Absolutelydespised Playing Ashley.
- Gable Begged Not to Be Shown Crying on Camera.
Producer David Selznick still hadn’t decided, between the many leading actresses at his disposal, who would be best to play Scarlett. But he only needed a stand-in to start filming, since the tremendous “Burning of Atlanta” scene was one of the first. As the fire blazed in the background, actress Vivien Leigh joined Selznick on the director’s platf...
Leigh was English, and she didn’t change her accent when she gave her first informal reading. As a popular actress on the London stage, Leigh was accustomed to clear projection and regal pronunciation. Says director Cukor, “She began reading this thing very sweetly, and very, very clipped.... So I struck her across the face with the rudest thing I ...
The Ocala, Florida chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy were greatly offended that a British actress had been chosen to play such an iconic southern character. However, when they were told that the role could go to Katharine Hepburn, they stopped their protest. Better an Englishwoman than a Yankee.
It’s fascinating to watch a parade of different actresses declare their love for Ashley in the library scene, each with a mildly different take on who they thought Scarlett was.
The Rhett Butler Margaret Mitchell described in her book was a great deal more dark and nefarious than the one portrayed by the swaggering and polished Clark Gable. Mitchell had been "deviled by the press and the public" since she'd sold the film rights to her novel and would joke in exasperation that comedian Groucho Marx best inhabited the qualit...
Gone with the Wind's original director was George Cukor, who had spent more than two years in planning and developing the film. Officially, he left the picture when he and producer Selznick couldn’t come to terms on the pace of filming and on how much expensive authenticity and detail Cukor was insisting on. However, the rumors surrounding his depa...
After Cukor left 18 days into shooting, he was replaced with Victor Fleming, who had been directing another timeless classic, The Wizard of Oz. Later in production, Fleming reportedly had a (possibly faked) nervous breakdown, threatening to drive his car off a cliff. He left for a few well-earned weeks to combat exhaustion, at which point Sam Wood ...
Howard Hall was an Iowan business magnate and film enthusiast. At some point during the filming of the barbeque scene, Hall was allowed access to the set. There, he filmed the famous cast and crowds of extras lolling around Busch Gardens, where the scene was filmed. The film lay inside Hall’s Brucemore Mansionuntil the 2000s, when it was discovered...
Howard was a wan, slim man in his early 40s, and had done a lifetime of roles portraying weak men. He only agreed to portray Ashley Wilkes, who was supposed to be a handsome man of 21 at the start of the film, because Selznick offered him a producer credit in an upcoming film. He described his feelings in a letter to his daughter: He even disdained...
Toward the end of the film, Melanie must gently tell Rhett that Scarlett has miscarried, after Rhett dodged a blow that caused Scarlett to fall down stairs. The news is supposed to bring Rhett to tears, but Gable was afraid such a sight would ruin his image, to the point he threatened to walk off the set. Fleming—who was famous for his ability to w...
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Dec 15, 1991 · The commonly told story of the "Gone With the Wind" incident is that Cukor was fired as director because Clark Gable suspected that his performance was being neglected for the sake of Vivien...
Selznick dismissed director George Cukor three weeks into filming and sought out Victor Fleming, who was directing The Wizard of Oz at the time. Fleming was dissatisfied with the script, so Selznick brought in the screenwriter Ben Hecht to rewrite the entire screenplay within five days.
Cukor spent many hours coaching Vivien Leigh and Olivia de Havilland before the start of filming Wind, but Clark Gable resisted his efforts to get him to master a Southern accent. However, despite rumors about Gable being uncomfortable with Cukor on the set, nothing in the internal memos of David O. Selznick indicates or suggests that Clark ...
Jun 29, 2016 · He is George Cukor. From left: Clark Gable, as Rhett Butler, Vivien Leigh, as Scarlett O'Hara, and and original director George Cukor on the set of Gone with the Wind in 1939.
Jun 21, 1998 · Several directors worked on the film; George Cukor incurred Clark Gable’s dislike and was replaced by Victor Fleming, who collapsed from nervous exhaustion and was relieved by Sam Wood and Cameron Menzies.
