Gone with the Wind: Quick Facts

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Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1940)

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Clark Gable as Rhett Butler stands indoors in formal 19th-century attire, holding a cigar, in a scene from the 1939 film Gone with the Wind directed by Victor Fleming.

Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, wearing a wide, floral-patterned gown with dark ribbons, seated on brick steps in a dramatic black-and-white scene.

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Victor Fleming directs Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable on the set of Gone With the Wind, with film crew and equipment visible in the foreground.

Leslie Howard sits with his arms crossed on the back of a chair, looking thoughtfully to the side, in a black-and-white promotional portrait from 1939.

Hattie McDaniel stands indoors holding her Academy Award plaque, wearing a dark dress with a sequined shawl, with flowers and framed photos on a table behind her.

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