"at auction with the rest of her collections by owner actress Debbie Reynolds for $510,000 (not including the buyer's premium) in June 2011. The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Widely considered to be one of the greatest films in cinema history, it is the best-known and most commercially successful adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's book ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."" It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming (who left production to take over direction on the troubled ""Gone with the Wind"" production). It stars"
"as Lincoln's Gettysburg speech"", while Sheilah Graham called it the ""best talking picture ever made"". ""Screen Book"" magazine stated that it ""should win every Academy Award"". Frank Capra, the director, and James Stewart, the film's star were considered front runners to win awards. ""Gone with the Wind"" premiered in December 1939 with a Gallup poll taken shortly before its release concluding that 56.5 million people intended to see the film. The New York Film Critics Award was given to ""Wuthering Heights"" after thirteen rounds of balloting had left the voters deadlocked between ""Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"" and ""Gone with"
"15, 1939, Atlanta hosted the premiere of ""Gone with the Wind"", the epic film based on the best-selling novel by Atlanta's Margaret Mitchell. The gala event at Loew's Grand Theatre was attended by the film's legendary producer, David O. Selznick, and the film's stars Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, and Olivia de Havilland, but Oscar winner Hattie McDaniel, an African American actress, was barred from the event due to racial segregation laws and policies. Atlanta played a vital role in the Allied effort during World War II due to the city's war-related manufacturing companies, railroad network and military bases, leading to"
"the Wind"" Gala, whose attendees included Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Olivia de Havilland, Claudette Colbert, Victor Fleming, Louis B. Mayer, David O. Selznick, Margaret Mitchell, and several other notable guests. The premiere of Gone with the Wind was in Atlanta in 1939. All of the stars and the Director of the movie (with the exception of Vivien Leigh and her lover at the time, Lawrence Olivier) stayed at the Georgian Terrace. The pre-premiere party was held at the hotel. Contrary to popular belief, the premier showing of ""Gone With the Wind"" was not held at the"
"subtle performance effectively presents this character of selfless love and quiet strength in a way that keeps her vital and interesting throughout the film. ""Gone with the Wind"" had its world premiere in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 15, 1939, and was well received. Frank S. Nugent of ""The Times"" wrote that deHavilland's Melanie ""is a gracious, dignified, tender gem of characterization"", and John C. Flinn, Sr., in ""Variety"" called her ""a standout"". The film won 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and deHavilland received her first nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Within days of completing her work in ""Gone with"
"Victor Fleming Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were ""The Wizard of Oz"" (1939), and ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director. Fleming has those same two films listed in the top 10 of the American Film Institute's 2007 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list. Victor Fleming was born at the Banbury Ranch near what is now La Cañada Flintridge, California, the son of Eva (née Hartman) and William Richard Lonzo Fleming. He served in the photographic"
"hours per week at a local hospital. Mickey Kuhn Theodore Matthew Michael Kuhn Jr. (born 21 September 1932), better known as Mickey Kuhn, is an American former child actor who was very famous in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s. His most remembered role was in ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939), which received widespread critical acclaim. He also appeared in ""Juarez"" (1939), ""A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"" (1945), ""Red River"" (1948), and ""Broken Arrow"" (1950). Born in Waukegan, Illinois of German descent, he started as a child actor in the 1930s and appeared opposite Conrad Nagel and Leslie Howard, amongst"
"at the time of the casting, Fleming was working on the film ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"", which featured a British producer and a cast largely composed of British or British Commonwealth actors. Furthermore, Revere did not know Fleming beyond their professional relationship. Victor Fleming Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were ""The Wizard of Oz"" (1939), and ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director. Fleming has those same two films listed in the top 10"
"the second of these two nominations. Primary Secondary David O. Selznick filmography David O. Selznick (1902–1965) was an American motion picture producer whose work consists of three short subjects, 67 feature films, and one television production made between 1923 and 1957. He was the producer of the 1939 epic ""Gone With the Wind"". Selznick was born in Pittsburgh and educated in public schools in Brooklyn and Manhattan. He began working in the film industry in New York while in his teens as an assistant to his father, jeweler-turned-film producer Lewis J. Selznick. In 1923, he began producing films himself, starting"
"""Gone With the Wind"" (1939), an opinion shared by the critic David Shipman. The leading ""nouvelle vague"" director François Truffaut once said: ""I would give up all my films to have directed ""Children of Paradise"""". The film was voted ""Best Film Ever"" in a poll of 600 French critics and professionals in 1995. As noted by one critic, ""in French, 'paradis' is the colloquial name for the gallery or second balcony in a theater, where common people sat and viewed a play, responding to it honestly and boisterously. The actors played to these gallery gods, hoping to win their favour,"
"decision to embrace the unflattering qualities of the character while Crawford remained with her glamour. Best Cinematography Ernest Haller Ernest Jacob Haller (May 31, 1896 – October 21, 1970), sometimes known as Ernie J. Haller, was an American cinematographer. He was most notable for his involvement in ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939) and his close professional relationships with prominent actresses of the time, such as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and Ingrid Bergman. Haller was nominated for the Academy Awards the total of seven times and won for Best Cinematography once. He was killed in a car accident in Marina Del"
"with the Wind""), contemporary affairs (""Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"" and ""Of Mice and Men""), love stories, classic novels (""Wuthering Heights""), fantasies/musicals, (""The Wizard of Oz""), tragic plays (""Dark Victory""), westerns (""Stagecoach""), and comedies (""Ninotchka""). Each of the five nominees for Best Director of 1939 went on to become a legendary film director with multiple acclaimed films to his credit: Frank Capra, Victor Fleming, John Ford, Sam Wood, and William Wyler. These figures, as reported in the ""Box Office Digest"" of March 1940, are not necessarily the sums that were taken in during 1939 – and in particular for films"
"The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind is a 1988 documentary outlining the successes and challenges of the casting, filming, and legacy of the 1939 film ""Gone with the Wind"", from concept to finished product. The documentary focuses on David O. Selznick from the time of the book's publication to the Academy Awards ceremony of 1940. Included are interviews with many of the crew and office personnel involved in making the film. Producer David O. Selznick struggled to control his project, working with three directors along the way--George Cukor,"
"reinforced black inferiority. On December 15, 1939, Atlanta hosted the premiere of ""Gone with the Wind"", the movie based on Atlanta resident Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel. Stars Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, and Olivia de Havilland were in attendance. The premiere was held at Loew's Grand Theatre, at Peachtree and Forsyth Streets, current site of the Georgia-Pacific building. An enormous crowd, numbering 300,000 people according to the ""Atlanta Constitution"", filled the streets on this ice-cold night in Atlanta. Noticeably absent was Hattie McDaniel, who would win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy, as well as"
"Ernest Haller Ernest Jacob Haller (May 31, 1896 – October 21, 1970), sometimes known as Ernie J. Haller, was an American cinematographer. He was most notable for his involvement in ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939) and his close professional relationships with prominent actresses of the time, such as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and Ingrid Bergman. Haller was nominated for the Academy Awards the total of seven times and won for Best Cinematography once. He was killed in a car accident in Marina Del Rey, California, on October 21, 1970 at the age of 74. Ernest Haller was born in Los"
"Mickey Kuhn Theodore Matthew Michael Kuhn Jr. (born 21 September 1932), better known as Mickey Kuhn, is an American former child actor who was very famous in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s. His most remembered role was in ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939), which received widespread critical acclaim. He also appeared in ""Juarez"" (1939), ""A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"" (1945), ""Red River"" (1948), and ""Broken Arrow"" (1950). Born in Waukegan, Illinois of German descent, he started as a child actor in the 1930s and appeared opposite Conrad Nagel and Leslie Howard, amongst others. His first fame came in playing"
"David O. Selznick David O. Selznick (May 10, 1902June 22, 1965) was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive. He is best known for producing ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939) and ""Rebecca"" (1940), both earning him an Academy Award for Best Picture. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Florence Anna (Sachs) and silent movie producer and distributor Lewis J. Selznick. His parents were Ukrainian Jews, and he had four siblings. His father was born in Lithuania in 1870. Selznick added the ""O"" to distinguish himself from an uncle with the same name. He studied at"
"loss as to how to use her. Cukor directed her in several films, both successful, such as ""Little Women"" (1933) and ""Holiday"" (1938), and disastrous, such as ""Sylvia Scarlett"" (1935). Cukor and Hepburn became close friends off the set. Cukor was hired to direct ""Gone with the Wind"" by Selznick in 1936, even before the book was published. He spent the next two years involved with pre-production, including supervision of the numerous screen tests of actresses anxious to portray Scarlett O'Hara. Cukor favored Hepburn for the role, but Selznick, concerned about her reputation as ""box office poison"", would not consider"
"1990s, when a sequel was finally produced in 1994, in the form of a television miniseries. ""Scarlett"" was based upon the novel by Alexandra Ripley, itself a sequel to Mitchell's book. British actors Joanne Whalley and Timothy Dalton were cast as Scarlett and Rhett, and the series follows Scarlett's relocation to Ireland after again becoming pregnant by Rhett. Explanatory notes Citations Further reading Gone with the Wind (film) Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film, adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel of the same name. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick"
"""Gone with the Wind"" (1939). The film's producer, David O. Selznick, had briefly romanced Arthur in the late 1920s when they both were with Paramount Pictures. Arthur re-united with director Frank Capra and Stewart for ""Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"" (1939), with Arthur cast once again as a working woman, this time one who teaches the naive Mr. Smith the ways of Washington, D.C. Arthur continued to star in films such as Howard Hawks' ""Only Angels Have Wings"" (also 1939), with love interest Cary Grant, ""The Talk of the Town"" (1942), directed by George Stevens (with Grant and Ronald Colman),"
"credits filed with the Screen Writers Guild, Sidney Howard was of course awarded the sole screen credit, but four other writers were appended ... Jo Swerling for contributing to the treatment, Oliver H. P. Garrett and Barbara Keon to screenplay construction, and Hecht, to dialogue ..."" Principal photography began January 26, 1939, and ended on July 1, with post-production work continuing until November 11, 1939. Director George Cukor, with whom Selznick had a long working relationship, and who had spent almost two years in pre-production on ""Gone with the Wind"", was replaced after less than three weeks of shooting. Selznick"
"industry must feel something of a sacred obligation to make the picture."" The film version of the novel, directed by Stanley Kubrick, did not appear until 1957. Howard's screenplay for ""Gone with the Wind"" echoed ""Paths of Glory"" with an unflinching look at the cost of war. After two Academy Award nominations and the Broadway success of ""Dodsworth,"" Sidney Howard was at the height of his fame in the late 1930s and appeared on the cover of ""Time"" magazine on June 7, 1937. Two years later, he was dead. Howard was the posthumous winner of the 1939 Academy Award for"
"Vivien Leigh in ""Gone with the Wind"". Max Steiner, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for both this and ""Gone with the Wind"", lost to Herbert Stothart for ""The Wizard of Oz"". The film itself lost the Academy Award for Best Picture to ""Gone with the Wind"". ""The New York Times"" named ""Dark Victory"" as one of the ""10 Best Films of 1939"", as did ""Film Daily"", and the ""National Board of Review"" picked both Bette Davis and Geraldine Fitzgerald for Best Acting that year. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these"
"survived for the enjoyment of audiences today. Leslie Howard Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 18931 June 1943) was an English stage and film actor, director, and producer. Howard also wrote many stories and articles for ""The New York Times"", ""The New Yorker"", and ""Vanity Fair"" and was one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s. He is probably best remembered for playing Ashley Wilkes in ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939). He had roles in many other notable films, including ""Berkeley Square"" (1933), ""Of Human Bondage"" (1934), ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"" (1934), ""The Petrified Forest"" (1936), ""Pygmalion"" (1938),"
"at the age of 70 on September 3, 1980. Barbara O'Neil Barbara O'Neil (July 17, 1910 – September 3, 1980) was an American film and stage actress. She appeared in the film ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939) and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ""All This, and Heaven Too"" (1940). O'Neil was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Barbara (née Blackman; 1880-1963) and David O'Neil, a businessman and poet. Her mother was a socialite and suffragist. She spent her childhood mostly in Europe and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. Her"
"for writing, Hawks rarely received credit. Even though Sidney Howard received credit for writing ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939), the screenplay was actually written by a myriad of Hollywood screenwriters including, David O. Selznick, Ben Hecht, and Howard Hawks. Hawks was an uncredited contributor to many other screenplays such as ""Underworld"" (1927), ""Morocco"" (1930), ""Shanghai Express"" (1932), and ""Gunga Din"" (1939). Hawks also produced many of his own films, preferring not to work under major film studios, because it allowed him creative freedom in his writing, directing, and casting. Hawks would sometimes walk out on films that he wasn't producing"
"(1938), ""Casablanca"" (1942), ""The Searchers"" (1956), ""A Summer Place"" (1959), and the film score for which he is possibly best known, ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939). He was also the first recipient of the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, which he won for his score to ""Life with Father"". Steiner was a frequent collaborator with some of the most famous film directors in history, including Michael Curtiz, John Ford, Howard Hawks, William Dieterle, William Wyler, Raoul Walsh, John Huston, Irving Pichel, King Vidor, and Frank Capra. All orchestration notes, additional composition, stock music, and main/end title notes come"
"whom she had four children including business executive Francis Goldwyn, actor Tony Goldwyn and studio executive John Goldwyn. Howard was posthumously inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981. Sidney Howard Sidney Coe Howard (June 26, 1891 – August 23, 1939) was an American playwright, dramatist and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1925 and a posthumous Academy Award in 1940 for the screenplay for ""Gone with the Wind"". Sidney Howard was born in Oakland, California, the son of Helen Louise (née Coe) and John Lawrence Howard. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley"
"contribution, and Sidney Howard received the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. In a letter from Selznick to film editor O'Shea [10/19/1939], Selznick discussed how the writing credits should appear, taking into consideration that Sidney Howard died a few months earlier after a farm-tractor accident at his home in Massachusetts: To Mr. O'Shea: Some time ago, it was my intention to have, in addition to the Sidney Howard credit on ""Gone With the Wind"", a list of contributing writers. I would rather now abandon this idea, first because, while it is true that Sidney Howard did only a portion of the"
"Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918) Mary Bebe Anderson (April 3, 1918 – April 6, 2014) was an American actress, who appeared in 31 films and 22 television productions between 1939 and 1965. She was best known for her small supporting role in the film ""Gone With the Wind"" as well as one of the main characters in Alfred Hitchcock's 1943 film ""Lifeboat"". Mary B. ""Bebe"" Anderson was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. She attended Howard College (now Samford University). Her younger brother James Anderson (1921–1969) was also an actor, best known as Bob Ewell in ""To Kill a Mockingbird"""
"David O. Selznick filmography David O. Selznick (1902–1965) was an American motion picture producer whose work consists of three short subjects, 67 feature films, and one television production made between 1923 and 1957. He was the producer of the 1939 epic ""Gone With the Wind"". Selznick was born in Pittsburgh and educated in public schools in Brooklyn and Manhattan. He began working in the film industry in New York while in his teens as an assistant to his father, jeweler-turned-film producer Lewis J. Selznick. In 1923, he began producing films himself, starting with two documentary shorts and then a minor"
"credit for the important creative contributions they made to the art of filmmaking. That attitude dramatically changed in 1939 with Gone With the Wind, when producer David O. Selznick agreed to give the new credit of “Production Designer” to William Cameron Menzies for his brilliant work on the classic film. Menzies (the dean of U.S. film art direction at the time) produced scene-by-scene storyboards and illustrations for Gone With the Wind that revolutionized the film industry. They demonstrated the vital role that production design plays in the overall look of a theatrical motion picture, establishing practices still in use today."
"Leslie Howard Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 18931 June 1943) was an English stage and film actor, director, and producer. Howard also wrote many stories and articles for ""The New York Times"", ""The New Yorker"", and ""Vanity Fair"" and was one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s. He is probably best remembered for playing Ashley Wilkes in ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939). He had roles in many other notable films, including ""Berkeley Square"" (1933), ""Of Human Bondage"" (1934), ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"" (1934), ""The Petrified Forest"" (1936), ""Pygmalion"" (1938), ""Intermezzo"" (1939), """"Pimpernel"" Smith"" (1941), and ""The"