Gone with the Wind

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Gone with the Wind

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.

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

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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film by Fleming [1939]

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Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind (1939).

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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.

Gone with the Wind

Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939).

© 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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.

Gone with the Wind

Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939).

© 1939 Selznick International Pictures with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

(From left) Hattie McDaniel, Olivia de Havilland, and Vivien Leigh in Gone with...

Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell

The author of Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell, with her book, c. 1938.

William F. Warnecke, New—York World-Telegram & Sun Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-109613)

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.

Victor Fleming directing Gone with the Wind

Victor Fleming (standing right) directing Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable (background)...

© 1939 Selznick International Pictures with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

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.

Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard while promoting the film Gone with the Wind (1939), in which...

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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.

A historic Oscar winner

Hattie McDaniel with the Academy Award plaque recognizing her as best supporting...

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