Gone with the Wind
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Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American historical epic film adapted from Margaret Mitchell‘s Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel of the same name. It was produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Victor Fleming from a screenplay by Sidney Howard. Set in the 19th-century American South, the film stars Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, and Hattie McDaniel, among others, and tells a story of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era from a white Southern point of view.
The film received ten Academy Awards (eight competitive, two honorary), a record that stood for 20 years until Ben-Hur surpassed it in 1960. In the American Film Institute‘s inaugural Top 100 Best American Films of All Time list of 1998, it was ranked fourth, and in 1989 was selected to be preserved by the National Film Registry. The film was the longest American sound film made up to that time – 3 hours 44 minutes, plus a 15-minute intermission – and was among the first of the major films shot in color (Technicolor), winning the first Academy Award for Best Cinematography in the category for color films. It became the highest-grossing film of all-time shortly after its release, holding the position until 1966; after adjusting for inflation, it has still earned more than any other film in box office revenue.
Cast
- Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara
- Clark Gable as Rhett Butler
- Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes
- Olivia de Havilland as Melanie Hamilton
- Hattie McDaniel as Mammy
- Butterfly McQueen as Prissy
- Thomas Mitchell as Gerald O’Hara
- Barbara O’Neil as Ellen O’Hara
- Evelyn Keyes as Suellen O’Hara
- Ann Rutherford as Carreen O’Hara
- George Reeves as Stuart Tarleton
- Fred Crane as Brent Tarleton
- Oscar Polk as Pork
- Victor Jory as Jonas Wilkerson
- Howard Hickman as John Wilkes
- Alicia Rhett as India Wilkes
- Rand Brooks as Charles Hamilton
- Carroll Nye as Frank Kennedy
- Laura Hope Crews as Aunt Pittypat
- Eddie Anderson as Uncle Peter
- Harry Davenport as Dr. Meade
- Jane Darwell as Mrs. Merriwether
- Mary Anderson as Maybelle Merriweather
- Ona Munson as Belle Watling
- Ward Bond as Tom, Yankee Captain
- Cammie King as Bonnie Blue Butler
- Mickey Kuhn as Beau Wilkes
- Paul Hurst as Yankee deserter
- Isabel Jewell as Emmie Slattery
- Yakima Canutt as Shantytown renegade
- Cliff Edwards as voice of unseen Reminiscent Soldier
(The credits in the film contain an error: George Reeves and Fred Crane appear as the Tarleton brothers. Reeves plays Stuart, but is listed as Brent, while Crane, playing Brent, is listed as Stuart.)
As of 2012, there were four surviving credited cast members from the film. Alicia Rhett (born February 1, 1915), who played India Wilkes, is the oldest surviving cast member. Also surviving are Olivia de Havilland (born July 1, 1916), who played Melanie Wilkes; Mary Anderson (born April 3, 1920), who played Maybelle Meriweather; and Mickey Kuhn (born September 21, 1932), who played Beau Wilkes.