Gone with the wind

Resource Information

The work Gone with the wind represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Worthington Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Gone with the wind

Statement of responsibility

David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's [novel], a Selznick International Picture ; screenplay by Sidney Howard ; directed by Victor Fleming

Title variation

David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's

Contributor

• Selznick International Pictures
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• De Havilland, Olivia
• Fleming, Victor, 1889-1949
• Gable, Clark, 1901-1960
• Haller, Ernest, 1896-1970
• Howard, Leslie, 1893-1943
• Howard, Sidney Coe, 1891-1939
• Kern, Hal C
• Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967
• McDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952
• Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949
• Newcom, James E
• Rennahan, Ray, 1896-1980
• Selznick, David O., 1902-1965
• Steiner, Max, 1888-1971
• Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990

Subject

• Epic films
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Historical films
• O'Hara, Scarlett (Fictitious character) -- Drama
• Plantations -- Georgia -- Drama
• Romance films
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Georgia -- Drama
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• War films
• Widows -- Georgia -- Drama

Genre

• Drama
• Epic films
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Historical films
• Romance films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• War films

Language

• por
• jpn
• eng
• eng
• fre
• spa
• por
• jpn
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng

Summary

Scarlett O'Hara is the daughter of a wealthy southern plantation owner. Ashley is the love of her life, but he is going to marry his cousin Melanie Hamilton. At a barbecue at Twelve Oaks, Scarlett meets Rhett Butler. News of the Civil War starting arrives at the barbecue. As the war continues, Scarlett becomes a widow, all while still pining for Ashley. After the war, Scarlett travels to her family's plantation only to find it in ruins, with no food, animals and her mother dead. Later, Rhett courts Scarlett and they get married and have a daughter, Bonnie. When Bonnie dies, Rhett goes mad. Then Melanie dies. Rhett feels that Scarlett will go to Ashley to be with him. Not understanding Scarlett's intentions, Rhett walks out on Scarlett

Awards note

• Academy Award for Best Picture, 1939.
• Academy Award for Best Actress, 1939, Vivien Leigh.
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, 1939, Hattie McDaniel.
• Academy Award for Best Director, 1939, Victor Fleming.
• Academy Award for Best Screenplay, 1939, Sidney Howard.
• Academy Award for Best Color Cinematography, 1939, Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan.
• Academy Award for Best Art Direction, 1939, Lyle Wheeler.
• Academy Award for Best Editing, 1939, Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom.
• Academy Award, Special Award (for outstanding achievement in the use of color), 1939, William Cameron Menzies.
• Academy Award, Scientific/Technical (Class III), 1939.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music, Max Steiner ; cinematography, Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan ; art direction, Lyle Wheeler ; editors, Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom

Intended audience

MPAA rating: G

Language note

• English (Dolby 5.1, Dolby mono.), dubbed French (Dolby 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby mono.); English, French, or Spanish subtitles
• SDH-- subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PerformerNote

Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel

Runtime

233

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action