Gone with the Wind
Title | Gone with the Wind |
Publication Type | Film |
Year of Publication | 1939 |
Authors | Fleming, Victor |
Running Time | 3h 58m, incl. intermission |
Date Released | 1939 |
Distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
Country | United States |
Publication Language | English |
Abstract | The Oscar-winning adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel, Gone with the Wind, Victor Flemming focuses on an elite white southern woman's life before, during, and after the American Civil War. Scarlett O'Hara, favorite daughter of a Georgia plantation owner, pursues love, lust, and wealth as the men in her life leave her or fall to war. The film presents an overly romanticized version of the Old South and a flawed interpretation of Reconstruction, best exemplified through the maintenance of white supremacy and racist stereotypes of slaves and freed people who remain committed to their masters. Nonetheless, Scarlet's thoroughly modern woman defies gender norms of the era. |
URL | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/ |
Cast | Vivien Leigh Clark Gable Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Hattie McDaniel Oscar Polk Butterfly McQueen Thomas Mitchell Barbara O'Neil Rand Brooks Carroll Nye Laura Hope Crews |
Credits | Directed by Victor Fleming Produced by David O. Selznick Screenplay by Sidney Howard Music by Max Steiner Cinematography by Ernest Haller Edited by Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom |
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- War & Politics
- War, Politics/Citizenship & Gender
- War, Politics/Citizenship & Men/Masculinity
- War, Politics/Citizenship & Women/Femininity
- War & Warfare
- War & Sexuality
- War & Gender
- War & Men
- War & Women
- War, Gender & Race
- War, Gender & Home Front
- War & Cultural Representations of Gender
- Post-war Societies & Gender
- Post-war Societies & Men/Masculinity
- Post-war Societies & Women/Femininity
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