Vivien Leigh was given the part of Scarlett O'Hara on Christmas Day, 1938. In all, 32 actresses did screen tests for the film. Gable was the clear choice for Rhett, while many of Hollywood's top actresses were considered for the role, including Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Miriam Hopkins, Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullivan, Barbara Stanwyck, Paulette Goddard, Lana Turner, Jean Arthur, Mae West, Tallulah Bankhead, and Lucille Ball. The novel was so well known and loved that MGM conducted national polls to determine who should play the leads.On the contrary, many said, "Better an English girl than a Yankee." But after the film's release most southerners changed their minds. The very prospect of an Englishwoman playing the part of an American Southern belle was outrageous. Many southerners (and Americans in general) were upset when Selznick cast Vivien Leigh in the role. Scores of famous Hollywood actresses tested for the part. Selznick issued a national talent search. For the part of Scarlett O'Hara, David O.Among them were Edwin Justin Mayer, John Van Druten, Ben Hecht, F. Selznick brought in a number of screenwriters in addition to Sidney Howard to help him get a grasp on the material.Selznick paid $50,000 for the rights to the book. The novel swept the nation, and everyone, everywhere, was reading it. By the time of the film's release, Mitchell's novel had surpassed 1,500,000 in sales. Margaret Mitchell wrote her only novel between 19 and then let it collect dust for six years before showing it to an editor.GONE WITH THE WIND was an original selection to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1989.GONE WITH THE WIND is number 4 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.GONE WITH THE WIND stands among the greatest epic dramas ever filmed. Heavy nostalgic tones pervade the often witty dialogue and larger-than-life charms and faults of the leads. The romantic score is every bit as lush and dramatic as the photography, borrowing folk melodies from the Old South to make the tragic war concrete. Meticulous backdrops, glorious sunsets, numerous silhouettes, and the ultrasaturated Technicolor film create a hyperreal vision. Set against the Civil War and Southern Reconstruction, this tragic love quadrangle offers the burning of Atlanta and fields of wounded Confederates as part of its lush scenery. Scarlett and Rhett finally wed, but Scarlett continues to pine for her beloved Ashley. Meanwhile, sparks fly between Rhett and Scarlett at their first encounter and continue throughout Scarlett's first two marriages. Ashley, who is also in love with Scarlett, marries his genteel cousin Melanie (Olivia de Havilland) because he believes that their quiet similarities will create a better marriage than Scarlett's passion. Smug, rebellious, honest, blockade-running profiteer Rhett Butler, portrayed gracefully and naturally by Clark Gable, loves Scarlett. Hot-tempered, self-centered, part-Irish Southern beauty Scarlett O'Hara, played to the teeth by Vivien Leigh, loves the gentlemanly Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard). DTS HD Master Audio - English, French, Spanish.Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French, Spanish.Note: Commentary by Historian Rudy Behlmer.
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