Gone with the Wind

With the 1998 restoration, Roger Ebert wrote that: "it will be around for years to come, a superb example of Hollywood's art and a time capsule of weathering sentimentality for a Civilization gone with the wind, all right--gone, but not forgotten."^[50]

Recent historical studies of the Civil Rights Movement have focused on the idyllic portrayal (epitomized in the opening credits) of the Civil War-era South in the film. Professor D.J. Reynolds wrote that "The white women are elegant, their menfolk noble or at least dashing. And, in the background, the black slaves are mostly dutiful and content, clearly incapable of an independent existence." Reynolds likened Gone with the Wind to Birth of a Nation (based on The Clansman) and other re-imaginings of the South during the era of segregation, in which white Southerners are portrayed as defending traditional values and the issue of slavery is largely ignored. Hattie McDaniel's performance (for which she became the first black American to win an Oscar) and Butterfly McQueen's have been described as stereotypes of a 'black Mammy' and a childlike black slave (in the novel, the character of Prissy was twelve years old, but played in the film by an adult). Malcolm X recalled that "when Butterfly McQueen went into her act, I felt like crawling under the rug."^[51]

It was the winner of ten Academy Awards (eight regular, one honorary, one technical).^[52]

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   ^ Awards for Gone With the Wind at the Internet Movie Database
   
2. 
   ^ Awards for Ben-Hur at the Internet Movie Database
   
3. 
   ^ Awards for gone with the wind. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/awards
   
4. 
   ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Friedrich, Otto (1986). City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20949-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=0x8AFchW4JsC&lpg=PP1&dq=city%20of%20nets&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q&f=false.
   
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   ^ Selznick, David O. (2000). Memo from David O. Selznick. New York: Modern Library. pp. 172–173. ISBN 0-375-75531-4.
   
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   ^ ^{a b c} Staff. Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2012. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
   
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   ^ Haver, Ronald (1980). David O. Selznick's Hollywood. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-394-42595-2.
   
8. 
   ^ Pratt, William (1977). Scarlett Fever. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.. pp. 73–74, 81–83. ISBN 0-02-598560-4. In a memo to George Cukor on October 21, 1938, Selznick said he was "still hoping against hope for that new girl." Memo, p. 184
   
9. 
   ^ Letter from David O. Selznick to Ed Sullivan, January 7, 1939.
   
10. 
    ^ ^{a b} Yeck, Joanne, Dictionary of Literary Biography – American Screenwriters (1984) Gale Reaearch
    
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    ^ Keelor, Josette, Northern Virginia Daily.com, [1] Behind the Scenes, August 1, 2008
    
12. 
    ^ Moonlight and Magnolias pressconnects.com January 22, 2009
    
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    ^ Hutchinson, Ron (2004). Moonlight and Magnolias, Moonlight and Magnolias", The Times, October 3, 2007.
    
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    ^ ^{a b c d} MacAdams, William, Ben Hecht – a Biography, (1990) Barricade Books, N.Y.
    
15. 
    ^ Myrick, Susan (1982). White Columns in Hollywood: Reports from the GWTW Sets. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-86554-044-6.
    
16. 
    ^ Molt, Cynthia Marylee (1990). Gone with the Wind on Film: A Complete Reference. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp. 272–281. ISBN 0-89950-439-6.
    
17. 
    ^ Bridges, The Filming of Gone with the Wind
    
18. 
    ^ "G With the W", Time, vol. 34, December 25, 1939. "Record Wind", Time, February 19, 1940, specified $3,850,000.
    
19. 
    ^ Robertson, Patrick (2001). Film Facts. New York: Billboard Books. p. 33. ISBN 0-8230-7943-0.
    
20. 
    ^ Leonard J. Leff and Jerold L. Simmons, The Dame in the Kimono: Hollywood, Censorship, and the Production Code, pp. 107–108.
    
21. 
    ^ "Soundtracks for Gone with the Wind (1939)". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/soundtrack. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
    
22. 
    ^ "G With the W", Time, vol. 34, December 25, 1939.
    
23. 
    ^ Thomson, David (1992). Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-394-56833-8.
    
24. 
    ^ Berger, Meyer (December 15, 1939). "Atlanta Retaken By Glory of Past" (PDF). The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=2&res=F50B11FC3E5A11728DDDAC0994DA415B898FF1D3. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
    
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    ^ Harris, Warren G. Clark Gable: A Biography, Harmony, (2002), page 211
    
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    ^ In February 1940, the movie was playing in 156 theatres in 150 U.S. cities.
    
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    ^ "London Movie Doings", The New York Times, June 25, 1944, p. X3.
    
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    ^ Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
    
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    ^ Dirks, T. "Top Films of All-Time: Part 1 – Box-Office Blockbusters". Filmsite.org. http://www.filmsite.org/greatfilmssummary.html. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
    
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    ^ Gone With the Wind (1939). "Gone With the Wind Poster – Internet Movie Poster Awards Gallery". Impawards.com. http://www.impawards.com/1939/gone_with_the_wind_ver1.html. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
    
31. 
    ^ The American Widescreen Museum, Gone With the Wind.
    
32. 
    ^ Haver, Ronald (1993). "David O. Selznick's GONE WITH THE WIND." New York: Random House. pp. 84–85.
    
33. 
    ^ "Media Advisory: Gone with the Wind in HD at Cineplex Entertainment Theatres on Saturday, November 14th". Reuters. October 28, 2009. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS117574+28-Oct-2009+MW20091028. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
    
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    ^ "Gone with the wind (1939)". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=gonewiththewind.htm. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
    
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    ^ Miller, Frank; Stafford, Jeff (January 5, 2007). "The Critics Corner: Gone With the Wind". Turner Classic Movie. http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/136727%7C0/The-Critics-Corner.html. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
    
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    ^ Shone, Tom (February 3, 2010). "Oscars 2010: How James Cameron took on the world". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/7144424/Oscars-2010-How-James-Cameron-took-on-the-world.html. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
    
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    ^ Will, George F. (June 26, 2006). "'Wind' captured change". St. Petersburg Times: p. 11A.
    
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    ^ "Highest box-office film gross – inflation adjusted". Guinness World Records. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-10000/highest-box-office-film-gross-inflation-adjusted/. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
    
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    ^ "Top Grossing Films of All Time in the U.S. Adjusted for Inflation". The Movie Times. http://www.the-movie-times.com/thrsdir/alltime.mv?adjusted+ByAG. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
    
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    ^ "Top 10 Grossing Movies Adjusted for Inflation". Scene-Stealers. August 19, 2008. http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-grossing-movies-adjusted-for-inflation/. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
    
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    ^ "The Ultimate Film Chart". British Film Institute. http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/index.php. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
    
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    ^ "Gone with the Wind tops film list". BBC News. BBC. November 28, 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4049645.stm. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
    
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    ^ ABC.net http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200506/s1398449.htm
    
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    ^ Eforgan, Estel. Leslie Howard: The Lost Actor. London: Vallentine Mitchell Publishers, 2010. ISBN 978-0-85303-941-9
    
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    ^ Los Angeles Times, May 17, 1959, p. G10.
    
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    ^ Jennifer W. Dickey, "A Tough Little Patch of History": Atlanta's Marketplace for Gone With the Wind Memory, PhD dissertation, Georgia State University, 2007, pp. 85–89.
    
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    ^ Murray Schumach, "Hollywood Gives Tara to Atlanta," New York Times, May 25, 1959, p. 33.
    
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    ^ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9807E2DA153EE432A25753C2A9649D946894D6CF Movie Review Gone With the Wind (1939) THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; David Selznick's 'Gone With the Wind' Has Its Long-Awaited Premiere at Astor and Capitol, Recalling Civil War and Plantation Days of South--Seen as Treating Book With Great Fidelity]
    
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    ^ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/may/28/archive-gone-with-the-wind-1940 From the archive, 28 May 1940: Gone with the wind at the Gaiety / Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 28 May 1940]
    
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    ^ Gone With the Wind (1939)
    
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    ^ 'America, Empire of Liberty', D J Reynolds, p. 241-2; 'Making Whiteness', Grace Elizabeth Hale, p. 52
    
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    ^ "The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/12th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
    
53. 
    ^ Newsreel footage of Menzies receiving award, seen in The Making of Gone With the Wind (1988).
    

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   ^ From a private letter from journalist and on-set technical advisor Susan Myrick to Margaret Mitchell in February 1939:
   

Myrick, Susan (1982). White Columns in Hollywood: Reports from the GWTW Sets. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-86554-044-6. Selznick had already been unhappy with Cukor ("a very expensive luxury") for not being more receptive to directing other Selznick assignments, even though Cukor had remained on salary since early 1937. In a confidential memo written in September 1938, Selznick flirted with the idea of replacing him with Victor Fleming. (Memo from David O. Selznick, 179–180.) Louis B. Mayer had been trying to have Cukor replaced with an MGM director since negotiations between the two studios began in May 1938. In December 1938, Selznick wrote to his wife about a phone call he had with Mayer: "During the same conversation, your father made another stab at getting George off of Gone With the Wind." (Scott Eyman, Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer, pp. 258–259.)

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  Bridges, Herb (1998). The Filming of Gone with the Wind. Mercer University Press. ISBN 0-86554-621-5.
  
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  Bridges, Herb (1999). Gone with the Wind: The Three-Day Premiere in Atlanta. Mercer University Press. ISBN 0-86554-672-X.
  
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  Brown, Ellen F. and John Wiley (2011). Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind: A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood. Lanham: Taylor Trade. ISBN 978-1-58979-567-9
  
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  Cameron, Judy; Christman, Paul J. (1989). The Art of Gone with the Wind: The Making of a Legend. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-046740-5.
  
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  Harmetz, Aljean (1996). On the Road to Tara: The Making of Gone with the Wind. New York: Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 0-8109-3684-4.
  
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  Lambert, Gavin (1973). GWTW: The Making of Gone With the Wind. New York: Little, Brown and Company.
  
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  Myrick, Susan (1982). White Columns in Hollywood: Reports from the GWTW Sets. Mercer University Press. ISBN 0-86554-245-7.
  
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  Pratt, William. (1977). Scarlett Fever: The Ultimate Pictorial Treasury of Gone with the Wind. Macmillan. ISBN 0-02-012510-0.
  
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  Vertrees, Alan David (1997). Selznick's Vision: Gone with the Wind and Hollywood Filmmaking. University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-78729-4.