By Margaret Mitchell. Previous Next. Ashley Wilkes Scarlett is the main character in Gone With the Wind , and its natural to see parallels between her and the author, Margaret Mitchell. What's Up With the Ending? Setting What's Up With the Epigraph? Tired of ads? Join today and never see them again. Get started. There is also a 39 cent stamp of Hattie McDaniel of which ,, pieces were issued in as part of the Black Heritage Series.
She is and lives in Paris. She memorably played Melanie Hamilton, who marries Ashley Wilkes and was nominated for an Oscar for her subtle, but strong performance. Patrick Curtis, 81, who was infant Beau Wilkes in the film uncredited , became a producer and married actor Raquel Welch, is also alive.
Sidney Howard, a much in demand, Pulitzer-winning playwright of the s, was hired by producer David O Selznick for the job. He spent five months converting it into a page script that would have made the film six hours long. A crop of other writers, even Selznick himself, had a go at lopping off a few hours from the script since Howard could not be in Hollywood to chop and change it as GWTW began filming, since he was tending to his acre farm out in Massachusetts.
When Gone With The Wind was on the floors, its new director Victor Fleming, apparently on the insistence of Clark Gable who felt the film was too Scarlett-centric, required extensive changes in the script. The talented Ben Hecht Spellbound, Notorious. Wuthering Heights, Casino Royale working on hour shifts fuelled with just peanuts and bananas, with Selznick breathing down his neck, reworked the first half of the script in one week flat. Howard returned to adjust the second half.
Howard reluctantly agreed to leave his Massachusetts farm and come to Hollywood to work on another draft with Selznick and then-attached director George Cukor.
As Selznick was preoccupied with problems on the set of The Prisoner of Zenda , Howard had to wait five weeks before he was able to start working on another draft in the meantime contributing some rewrites for "Zenda". The second draft turned out to be 15 pages longer than the first. Selznick 's first choice to direct Gone with the Wind was George Cukor , with whom Selznick had a long working relationship, and who had already spent almost two years in pre-production on the film.
After filming had been officially commenced, Cukor came into conflict with Clark Gable and Selznick on the set. Gable thought Cukor, seen as a "woman's director", was giving too much attention to Vivien Leigh and Olivia de Havilland , while Selznick felt the film, under Cukor's direction, lacked dynamism.
The director and producer also quarreled against each other on the direction of the film and the script, the latter of which had not been completed yet and still going through countless revisions from different writers.
After less than three weeks of principal photography, Cukor was fired by Selznick. With the budget and production problems accelerating to the extreme, Selznick was frantic to find a new director as soon as possible.
At Gable's suggestion, the producer, then, thought about Victor Fleming. To be sure before he made an official decision, Selznick went to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio to view footage from Fleming's latest picture, The Wizard of Oz , which was not yet released. After viewing all of the footage, Selznick was astonished. He was highly impressed by the film and Fleming's direction. He saw Fleming as a visionary filmmaker, who can expertly 1 create a film with an epic size and scope of titanic proportions and with great ambition; 2 create a world-building universe where audiences can instantly be transported to, where they can be part of the story and action; 3 mix and blend different film genres that would work beautifully and perfectly with a particular story; 4 imbue great sensitivity to the characters; and 5 coach great performances from his actors.
Just from watching the footage for "Oz", Selznick believed that Fleming, as a director, would have the same qualities, ambition, and vision that Selznick had and needed for Gone with the Wind When talking about the director with Louis B. Mayer , then-head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Selznick learned that Fleming was also a consummate studio director, who was capable of doing the job, keep it under control, take it home, get it done, and deliver exactly what the studio wanted, while adhering true to his own instincts and vision in filmmaking.
That further endeared to Selznick. After reviewing other potential candidates for the position, he decided that Fleming should be the one to direct the film.
The director, himself, initially had some reservations about directing the film, but after a couple of meetings with Selznick, he shared the producer's ambition for the film and began to believe that he can do it and, after a short time, finally agreed to direct the picture.
King Vidor stepped in to direct the sept-tone Kansas sequences and a couple of re-shoots for "The Wizard of Oz" in Fleming's absence. From that moment on, progress had gained momentum on the production. Fleming had managed to halt filming, in order to work with Selznick and Ben Hecht to revise and complete the script, which eventually resulted in restoring Sidney Howard's original script at the behest of both Fleming and Hecht.
Not only did he worked closely with Selznick and the crew, but also with the actors. Despite his reputation as a "man's director", due to his robust attitude and love of outdoor sports, he was also proven an effective director of women. Due to the sheer giant magnitude of the film and his tireless commitment to complete both the film, Fleming collapsed from exhaustion and was temporarily excused from production in order for him to fully recover.
Fleming eventually recovered and returned back to work to oversee the editing and post-production work of the film. As of the end of principal photography, Cukor had undertaken eighteen days of filming, Fleming ninety-three, and Wood twenty-four. Clark Gable wasn't convinced that he was suited to play Rhett Butler in 'Gone With the Wind' which most readers of the book were certain that author Margaret Mitchell had conceived Rhett with Clark in mind.
While the character was in keeping with the public image of Clark - dashing, dangerous and a spirit of adventure Miss Mitchell disputed this and fact was on her side as she conceived Rhett when Clark was still a field worker in Oklahoma In the public's eye he was the only one to play Rhett and even his pal Spencer Tracy took to calling him Rhett whenever they met at the studio.
Lillian Gish had originally been approached to take on the part of Scarlett's mother. According to a poll, the modern readership of the novel consisted mostly of women, those aged 44 or more, both Southerners and Midwesterners, both whites and Hispanics. The problem was that Selznick wanted the length reduced but was against anything already in the script being cut. Selznick and Howard spent months revising each scene countless of times until finally, in October, Howard quit.
Selznick took all the material, enough to fill a four draw filing cabinet, with scriptwriter Jo Swerling to Bermuda to try and produce a workable script but 2 months later it was in the same shape as when they started.
Meanwhile other work was continuing, the characters in the book had been reduced to 59, a record for any production at the time. From to , David O.
Selznick called Tallulah Bankhead the "first choice among established stars" to play Scarlett O'Hara in the upcoming film. Although her screen test for the role in black-and-white was superb, she photographed poorly in Technicolor. Selznick also reportedly believed that at age 36, she was too old to play Scarlett, who is 16 at the beginning of the film.
Selznick then offered Bankhead the role of prostitute Belle Watling in the film, but she turned it down. The idea of a sequel to this film was scrapped, but in the s there was a sequel in the form of a television miniseries.
The series was Scarlett , based on the sequel novel of the same name. Producer David O. Selznick and production designer William Cameron Menzies also directed parts of this film, uncredited. Counting write-in nominations, this is the first year that the Best Actress Oscar winner, in this case Vivien Leigh for her role in this film, was up against competitors who were all nominated for performances in Best Picture nominated films. David O Selznick wanted the railroad scene of the Confederate wounded to be the longest and highest 'pull back' in film history to depict the shocking human wastage of war.
Today it would be easy with a helicopter shot but it was impossible in A search through California found a crane rig of feet with a 90 foot extension.
The Screen Extras Guild, hearing of this demanded real people were used for all the wounded. Selznick agreed but the Guild could only supply 1, Filming started with George Cukor directing but Clark Gable complained that he was being overworked. Selznick felt he needed a director experienced in spectacle aspects. Cukor resigned upsetting Vivien Leigh and Olivia de Haviland but their protests were ignored by Selznick who consulted Clark Gable on a replacement director.
Clark suggested Victor Fleming who took firm control. At the fire sequence stuntman Yakima Canutt Gable's long time double drove the horse and buggy while another stuntman stood in for Scarlett, who at that time hadn't been cast. MAD magazine published a parody of the film in In it the counterparts of Rhett and Ashley fall in love with each other and run off together.
Just returned from the war, Ashley Wilkes is back at Tara helping mend fences by splitting rails. In a conversation with Scarlett, he uses the word "tommyrot". This is a word that was first coined almost 20 years later, in the early s. Besides the film, the novel "Gone with the Wind" has received other adaptations.
Among them are the Japanese-British theatrical musical "Scarlett" , the Japanese theatrical musical with an all-female cast "Kaze to Tomo ni Sarinu" , the French theatrical musical "Autant en Emporte le Vent" , the Hungarian ballet of the same name , the British theatrical musical "Gone with the Wind" , and the Canadian theatrical version of the same name The title comes from a Dowson transaltion of an Ancient Greek poem: "Dowson had been educated in France, and he was a translator of Verlaine.
This week's poem, "Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae", owes some of its dreamy music to the syllable French line, the Alexandrine, which dominates the beginning of each stanza, and carries the poem's story, such as it is. Mitchell was a fan of this line and used it for her famous book; and the rest is history.
The London premiere on 18 April was spread over three venues simultaneously. The Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue better known as a live theatre , screened the film for seven-and-a-half weeks. The search for Scarlett was born out of necessity as before he could make a deal with MGM for the loan of Clark Gable David Selznick had to fill his contract with United Artists for a number of films so he was unable to begin production on 'Gone With the Wind' for 2 and a half years after he'd bought the rights.
Ever the showman he conceived the idea of a search for the right person to play Scarlett. At one time he employed over talent scouts to cover small theatres, drama schools and universities to find the right girl. Hundreds were flown to Hollywood for a screen screen tests, one was a Brooklyn girl Edythe Marrenner, who was spotted as a model in a New York millinery show by Irene Mayer Selznick. Although she failed to become Scarlett she went on to fame as Susan Hayward.
While Selznick was insistant on casting an unknown he also tested known actresses such as Paulette Goddard and Frances Dee who made an excellent tests. During the burning Selznick's brother Myron arrived with a woman who he introduced as Scarlett. It was Vivien Leigh. After Big Sam saves Scarlett he drives her home. The next scene you only see Scarlett in the buggy. It is the first film to be nominated for more than 10 Academy Awards, as it earned 13 nominations in competitive categories.
It is also the first film to win more than five Academy Awards, as it won eight competitive Oscars. During the casting, Erin O'Brien-Moore was suggested for the role of Scarlett, although she was ultimately never auditioned or given a screen test.
Donna L. Ellithorpe, a student from the L. Jeffrey Selznick of Film Preservation, worked with the Technicolor company in Hollywood to preserve several surviving screen tests for the film in Zasu Pitts was considered for the role of Aunt Pittypat.
The film was first released in the United Kingdom in April, The poem is a quote from an Ernest Dowson poem "Cynara! Gone with the Wind! As of now, this is the longest movie made with over , votes on IMDb.
Leslie Howard's horse's name was Cochise. Davis's polo pony. So many tests were made for the part of Scarlett that Selznick ended up with some 24 hours of film. The only film in which Vivien Leigh won an acting Oscar for her performance in a film which won Best Picture. Leslie Howard was a reluctant addition to the cast saying that Ashley Wilkes was too weak a character but Selznick promised that he could be associate producer as well as star in 'Intermezzo'.
Legend has it that three directors handled the films production chores. In fact as many as eight directors were used to complete the massive job. Cukor and Fleming were the full production directors, with Sam Wood and Sidney Franklin filling in for Fleming during his convalescence.
Production designer William Cameron Menzies handled some studio scenes of Scarlett's harried journey back to Tara during the war. Reeves Eason handled the tricky stunt scenes of Bonnie's fatal pony ride. Yakima Canutt directed some stunt work, and even Selznick himself, a very hands-on producer, handled some direction.
Considering the amount of second-unit shots needed there could be a few more directors who's work will remain uncredited. One reason for the high volume of film shot for this production is that the new Technicolor cameras ran three strips of film at once.
Besides the authorized sequels and prequel of "Gone with the Wind", there is a significant derivative work: The best selling novel "The Wind Done Gone" by Alice Randall. It features the same characters under different names, re-interprets them and expands on their personal histories and interactions. It also gives a more prominent role to the slaves and freedmen of the original novel.
The fictional character Scarlett from the G. Joe franchise created in is named after Scarlett O'Hara. Her real name is Shana O'Hara and she is from Atlanta. The novel has been translated into over 70 languages and has a large international readership. According to traditional history, it was the coronation place and seat of the High Kings of Ireland. Sidney Howard presented a first draft of the script in February It was a script for a five and a half hour movie.
Selznick and George Cukor finally began to work on the script. By August, they had a second draft, which was fifteen pages longer than the first. Many years later, Dare worked as an actor on the TV series, "Sledge Hammer" at the old Selznick studio's backlot, in the episode, "All Shook Up", in the opening scene, Dare plays Elvis who walks to his car in parking lot , in the exact same location where Olivia escapes Atlanta, in the back of Clark Gable's wagon, with her infant son "Beau".
The film is included on Roger Ebert 's "Great Movies" list. Besides English-language sequels and derivative works of "Gone with the Wind", there are foreign-language unauthorized sequels.
Among them are Russian and Hungarian series by multiple authors. In a poll contacted by the BBC about the favorite novels of the British reading public, "Gone with the Wind" came in 21st.
The ethnic origin of Frank Kennedy, Scarlett's second husband, is uncertain. The name Kennedy is Gaelic in origin, popular in both Ireland and Scotland. There is also a prominent family called O'Kennedy or Kennedy in Ireland, active since the 11th century. They were Lords of Ormond. Screenwriter Sidney Howard refused to come out to Hollywood to write the script for Selznick and insisted on doing it from his house in New England. In the era before fax machines, Howard's multiple drafts and Selznick's many memos had to be sent by mail and telegram.
Eventually Howard's final script was rejected by Selznick who enlisted Ben Hecht, among others, to rewrite it. Both Hect and director Victor Fleming consistently went back to Howard's final draft to use for filming when it became clear that the rewrites of Howard's script were inferior to his final draft. The final film of Peaches Jackson. In June , the new HBO Max channel decided not to stream "Gone With the Wind" due to severe racial tensions and nationwide protests against racism at the time.
But within a week, it came up with a plan to present the film with a scholarly four-minute intro that put its dated view of a romantic antebellum Southern plantation life supported by slavery into perspective. And the the film was following by a nearly hour-long special feature with four additional experts in a panel discussion entitled "Gone With the Wind: A Complicated Legacy.
Is this interesting? In the barbecue scene, the shot of Scarlett climbing out of her carriage and entering the Twelve Oaks mansion was a first of its kind production. The Wilkes' front door was built up around an actual studio door, so that Vivien could go from an outdoor shot with real sunlight into the fully decorated studio set of the grand foyer, in one take.
This studio door was also just across the lot from MGMs famed bungalow dressing rooms, enabling Vivien to conveniently walk in costume only a few yards across the pavement and into her carriage for the shot. Italian censorship visa delivered on 12 March Italian Language Subtitles. Italian censorship visa delivered on 28 March Italian Language Version. Spoilers The trivia items below may give away important plot points.
Clark Gable was so distressed over the requirement that he cry on film when Melanie is comforting Rhett after Scarlett's miscarriage that he almost quit. Olivia de Havilland and director Victor Fleming convinced him to stay. It is a quote from Benjamin Franklin. Three of the four principal actors-- Leslie Howard , Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh --died at the relatively young ages of 50, 59 and Olivia de Havilland outlived them all by 50 plus years and was the only one who remained alive until her death in at Ironically, her character is the only one who dies in the film.
In the Hollywood Production Code dictated what could and could not be shown or said on screen, and Rhett Butler's memorable last line presented a serious problem.
A few of the suggested alternatives were "Frankly my dear I just don't care," " I don't give a hoot," and " Henceforth, the words "hell" and "damn" would be banned except when their use "shall be essential and required for portrayal, in proper historical context, of any scene or dialogue based upon historical fact or folklore The movie's line "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. Wiki User. He is obviously older than Scarlett and Melanie who are 16 and 17 respectively at the beginning of the story which from what I can tell begins onf April 15th, His sister India is 20 at the beginning and Ashley has already spent three years on his Grand tour in Europe, and he has already been home for 2 years.
Most likely he had spent 4 years at a university, which he most likely started at, at the age of So that would probably put him at 24 or 25 at the beginning.
I just went back through the novel to see if there were any other indicators of Ashley's age and I could find none. But I fairly certain that the age of 24 or 25 is a safe guess. TO be fair at the beinning he was in his mid twenties. By the end of the novel, which by my research end somewhere in the latter hald of , he would have been about 37 or His birthday coincides with the Barbeque at Twelve Oaks right before they hear that they are going to war on April 16th. Being a character from a story, he has no "real life" age.
Probably because it's such a long movie and an old fashioned one too! She knew Ashley married but she continued to flirt with him. That's probably what makes it so horrible. Born , she was 47 in when Gone with the Windcame out. Source of the title "Gone with the Wind"The phrase "Gone with the Wind" refers to the swift and complete destruction of the "Old South" -the culture, economic system, infrastructure, wealth, and the people themselves - as a result of the Civil War.
The film's opening credits refer to the "Old South" as "a civilization gone with the wind That's no movie line although a movie script could have quoted it. It's a quotation from Benjamin Franklin:But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. The grammar of the initial phrase "But dost thou love life" is a bit unfamiliar to most of us; it uses an old form of "you" and an inverted subjunctive construction.
Here's how we would say it now:If you love life, do not waste time, for that is the stuff that life is made of. It is on the sign leading into twelve oaks where Ashley Wilkes lives. It is from Gone With the Wind. I don't know how the first respondent could claim it isn't from a movie, when it is from one of the most classic movies of this century.
She was
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