Gone with the Wind, Is Not Gone Yet

Title

Gone with the Wind (1939)

Directed by

Victor Fleming

Writing Credits

Margaret Mitchell (novel)
Sidney Howard (screenplay)

Selected Cast

Clark Gable .... Rhett Butler
Vivien Leigh .... Scarlett O'Hara
Leslie Howard .... Ashley Wilkes
Olivia de Havilland .... Melanie Hamilton
Thomas Mitchell .... Gerald O'Hara
Barbara O'Neil .... Ellen O'Hara (as Barbara O'Neill)
Evelyn Keyes .... Suellen O'Hara
Ann Rutherford .... Carreen O'Hara
George Reeves .... Stuart Tarleton
Fred Crane .... Brent Tarleton
Hattie McDaniel .... Mammy
Oscar Polk .... Pork
Butterfly McQueen .... Prissy

Review

Gone with the Wind, one of the most successful films of all time, is the story of a young manipulative Georgia woman searching for happiness during the Civil War.

Gone with the Wind is an excellent epic with bold characters and powerful dialog. This film shows the Civil War from an unusual perspective by focusing on the lives of people who really did not want to be involved with the war but could not escape its wrath.

Gone with the Wind contrasts the elegance of the Old South with the horrors of war. Furthermore, Gone with the Wind shows us what true love is by showing us what it is not.

The film’s main weakness is that it is unnecessarily long, but the unusually strong character development allows this weakness to be forgiven.

There is no mystery why Gone with the Wind has endured for more than half a century. This is a classic that everyone should see at least once.

Rating (1-10)

9

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