Hi! Welcome to my tribute to the best movie and book of
all time, Gone With The Wind! It is an unforgetable novel written by
Margaret Mitchell. Released in 1936, it sold more than 50,000 on the first
day. It won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize. Now available in many languages, it is
still as popular as day one.
All 1037 pages are wonderfully written. Within the
pages, rests the memorable saga showing the hardships and effects of the
Civil War on the South. A woman, once a young southern belle, fights these
hardships, vowing never to be hungry again. All her life she has loved
Ashley Wilkes, who married Melanie Hamilton, a kind, loving, honorable
woman. Married three times to men whom she did not love, Scarlett O'Hara
Hamilton Kennedy Butler finally realized at Melanie's death that it was
Rhett Butler whom she really loves.
The GWTW film, running 222 minutes and one of the
first in color, premiered in Atlanta on December 15, 1939. Directed by
Victor Fleming, it was the first color film to win an Oscar. It was best
picture in 1939. Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara) won as best actress and
Hattie McDaniel (Mammy), won best supporting actress and Victor Fleming won
best director.
These great works, the movie and the book, have
been popular for over half a century, and always will be!!
   
   
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