On this day – 15th December 1939 – Gone with the Wind premiered
Gone with the wind is based on Margaret Mitchell’s novel with the same name from 1936. The movie is set in 19th century Southern USA and is
based around the love-life of Scarlett O’Hara, her pursuit of Ashley Wilkes and
her marriage to Rhett Butler. Vivien Leigh played Scarlett and Clark Gable
played Rhett Butler, after a strong wish from the producer, Selznick. The movie was actually postponed for two years, only so Selznick could hire Clark Gable. Victor
Fleming directed the movie, which is something that won him an academy award.
Leigh also won for best actor and Hattie McDaniel won for best supporting role,
making her the first African-American to win an academy award. In total, it won
10 academy awards, including for best movie. It became the highest earning
movie up to that point, and the movie kept this position for over a quarter of
a century.
The movie premiered on December 15th in Atlanta,
USA. Over 300.000 people showed up for the premier and the three days
festivities that followed.
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