Scary fact that in America that`s the dress code/time period that republicans want to go back too, also the slavery days, woman not having rights etc... just the other day a republican governor can be seen wearing clothing like that... she also legalized child labour.... her father has links to a child molester and founder of a church too where a mass shooting happened.
This movie was shot in Technicolor, and was always color. Color movies showed up in the late 1930's. The most famous one is _The Wizard of Oz_ where all the scenes in Oz are filmed in color while the scenes in the real world are filmed in black and white.
Yes and people easily forget that planes and tanks was present during world war 1, and the same goes for military drones that are in use from over 60 years now but still some people call it "modern weapons" lol
Actually color movies have pretty much always existed, Technicolor started in the 20s. The first smash hit Technicolor was Douglas Fairbanks' "The Black Pirate" (which is STILL spectacular to watch, and free on You Tube. And only about an hour). But even before then, Technicolor was used in "Down To The Shea In Ships", that was 1922. Anna Mae Wong is in that. But "The Black Pirate" put Technicolor on the map (saved it from bankruptcy, in fact!). The late 30s definitely saw an increase, though.
@@kruk_7279 Calling it "modern weapons", cause now "the public" has more of an easy access to it. That's how it goes, whatever invention someone makes, first thing is army seeing if can be used as a weapon. Then I guess you can change it into a kids' toy if you've got something better now.
@@davidsumner7604 But plenty did. "Adventures of Robin Hood" , "Becky Sharp", "Drums Along The Mohawk", "Private Lives Of Elizabeth & Essex", "Dodge City", "A Star Is Born", etc
My wife met her once, after winning a national High School essay contest. She was totally charmed by Ms Dehaviland and that is partially why we named our daughter Olivia.
I got to meet Miss de Havilland back in 1979. She was kind, gracious and everything you would hope she would be. I later wrote her and she wrote me back.
One of my absolute favorite actors of all time. She started in many Errol Flynn swashbuckling films, sued Warner Bros for keeping her on her restrictive contract longer than agreed, didn’t work for a few years due to that, went on to win two Best Actress Oscars after finally getting to play more complex characters.
@@oaf-77depends on what you consider to be “better”, all the dirty work and sacrifices were done by scarlett and it allowed her entire family to survive and keep tara, her motives were kindhearted.
No cretinism entailed. Unless it's the universal cretinism all humans are prone to. CS Lewis has a phrase... chronological snobbery. Every succeeding generation holds the generations before it in some degree of contempt..."they should've known better." It's a long and difficult road to wisdom and enlightenment. Long and bitter. No shortcuts. No substitute for experience.
Old man here: Gone with the Wind was shot in color. The 3 strip Technicolor system produced some of the best color ever put on film. It was abandoned because it was terribly expensive and difficult to work with, not because of its quality.
I'll go to my grave thinking 3 Strip Technicolor films are the best looking in cinema history. There's something about those vibrant colors that film stocks that came after struggled to match and especially digital could never replicate.
Agreed. Gone With The Wind and The Wizard of Oz were both filmed in Technicolor and many other classic films were as well. Another quality of Technicolor was that the color did not fade over time. Wizard of Oz audiences were wowed and surprised when Dorothy opened the front door of the house to be met with brilliant color. There were many WW2 films filmed in color. Black and white copies were produced for distribution to the public.
Eastman Kodak introduced "Kodachrome" film in 1935. Kodachrome was actual color film. That is to say, you could shoot Kodachrome film in a movie camera and you'd get a single negative strip of color film. The problem was, the color was really dull. It couldn't produce anything like the brilliant, vibrant color of the Technicolor process. That's why Kodachrome was never used for anything more complicated than silent, 16mm home movies or documentary/newsreel footage. It was utterly unsuited for a big-budget Hollywood production like GWTW or The Wizard of Oz. The quality of the Technicolor process couldn't be beat until the 1970s or 1980s (and some might argue, until the Digital Age, or even that it STILL hasn't been surpassed). It was just so 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙-𝙗𝙤𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙮 complicated and expensive (as well as traumatic for actors and anyone else who had to work on the sets in the days of Hell-Hot incandescent lighting!).
The importance of watching these classic films - completely unedited - cannot be overstated. No matter what horrible words or actions may be in them, they are an important part of U.S. History. They should never be shunned or "cancelled". We must learn from them and never fear them.
Absolutely. To overcome prejudice, you can't cover up or gloss over history. These things should be kept preserved as they were when they were released. Teach, not erase.
@@ChrisWake I agree, but at the same time you have to offer some context to works like Gone With the Wind. The book/movie glamorized plantation life and paints a lot of southern slave owners the victims
@@dontworry5696 Oh definitely. There are some less than ideal depictions and glamorization of slavery. But I think that's where the benefit of teaching can come in.
That’s why I liked the original cartoons like Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes. I have the original sets, and even WB stated a disclaimer that these movies were products of their times, but are going to be shown in the original format, because changing said format would be just as prejudice as it was today.
Agree. They have to be seen as products of their time, and in this case a picture about an era even further in the past. No one can "correct" that storytelling without massacring the lessons that can be learned. And watching the original edit, doesn't mean one agrees with everything that is happening in this picture.
As an old person who saw this IN THE THEATER in a re-release (in the 1960's), this movie was MADE in color, NOT black & white. It was a VERY expensive picture to make, and one of the EIGHT Oscars it won was for use of color in the movie. Literally the first African-American to win an Oscar was Hattie McDaniel, who played Mammy. She wasn't supposed to be allowed to come to the premiere in Atlanta. Gable told the powers that be that if she couldn't come, he wouldn't come. And she did... Thanks to him.
The baby would be 83 actually. Prissy's line "I don't know nothin' about birthin' no babies" was a classic line and a joke around our house for years every time a relative announced someone was going to have a baby
Back in the 50s my daddy worked for the Fort Gordon bus company in Augusta Georgia and the lady who played that role was a regular passenger on his bus.
The Overture played while the audience were taking their seats. Intermission was so people could visit the washrooms. As long as you heard the music playing, you knew you still had time.
in some theatres, heck as late as the 2000s, they would play the movies' audio in the washrooms so you could know when the trailers and intermissions were over.
Yes it was all so polite back then- if you were having a conversation in the lobby, the Overture would give you time, after you heard the music start, to finish, maybe go to the "ladies" room and still get to your seat without actually missing any of the movie.
The film ran 3 hrs and 42 minutes. Few people could sit that long without going to the bathroom. Selznick knew this, and timed the intermission right after the superb scene where Scarlett vows never to be hungry again.
Hattie McDaniel (Mammy) and Clark Gable (Rhett) became very close during the filming of Gone With the Wind. The premiere of the film was in Georgia. Georgia had very strict segregation laws and McDaniel was told she could not attend. Clark Gable said he would not attend if Hattie was not allowed. However, McDaniel convinced Gable that he should attend
No disrespect to Ms. McDaniel, and I understand that it was in her interest to play along with the system, but she was wrong. He should have walked TF out of there.
@@Guitcad1 Well, it's just too bad Ms. McDaniel didn't have you there to be her moral guide...she would have received the Enlightenment of the Ages, especially with that giant brain of yours that can't think up anything else but the current popular "TF" as your best expression of emphasis.
Not just Georgia. The hotel in California where the Academy Awards were held at was also white only and refused to allow Hattie McDaniels to attend even though she was nominated for best supporting actress. That was until David Selznick, the producer of GWTW stepped in and told the hotel management if McDaniels could not attend he would have the hotel black listed. Back in the 30s and 40s Selznick was so influential in Hollywood that just one word from him could have that hotel shutdown in a month if he just told Hollywood stars and producers etc. to no longer stay there. The hotel allowed McDaniels to attend. However, they played her table in the back of the banquet hall. Back then the Academy Awards was a sit down dinner banquet. Seeing where she was seated, Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh had their tables moved to the back next to McDaniels and then Olivia De Haviland followed suit. Leslie Howard, who played Ashley Wilkes was not in attendance. He was serving the British on the war with Germany as a spy. Yes Leslie Howard was a spy for England during WW2 and his plane was shot down in 1943 over the English Channel. While not proven, many believe it was done purposely by the Germans when they found out he was a British spy.
@shannoncurry2037, Hattie McDaniel is all MY standout character too. She had the BEST lines and best facial expressions when regarding Scarlett's actions, and words. I just LOVE her, and YES, Miss McDaniel was so deserving of the Oscar!
The overture was playing as the audience was filing into the auditorium. The movie was shot in color. Color in movies has been around since the 1920s, girls. You two are so adorable!!! 🥰❤️🌹
Back then movies were structured like stage plays, which people were more familiar with. At the start of the movie they showed the characters and actors in a style similar to a Broadway playbill.
@@nrkgalt That's right!!! I remember reading about the opening night of KING KONG at Radio City in 1933. They had a whole stage musical prologue that was performed before the film began. Imagine being in that auditorium and seeing that!!! 👏👏👏
17:33 I’m currently reading the book version of Gone With the Wind, and the portion in it on mourning practices in the South was so interesting I felt the need to share it here! Back then, if a woman’s husband were to die she was expected to remain in mourning for multiple years. This included wearing all black, a veil that went down to her ankles, and no jewelry. Also, she wasn’t to be seen at any social events, nor was she allowed to smile or laugh in front of others. If a woman was caught breaking any of these rules, her reputation would be ruined which was a big deal back then. In Scarlett’s case, I do feel sympathy for her in this situation, as she was only 17 I believe when Charles died, so the mourning process was incredibly stifling for her. Sort of a fun fact I felt the need to share!
@@ruthsaunders9507 I saw Scarlett miniseries. Casting was good, but I think they dropped a lot of "growing up" Scarlett did and turned Fenton into a monster. Didn't like that. One thing I did like is that they showed Will in the miniseries after dropping the character in the movie. Considering how vital Will was for Tara, Scarlett and the family - he should have been in the movie.
And now you should look up Carol Burnett's Gone with the Wind sketch, called "Went with the Wind.". It's one of the most famous sketches from her famous variety show. It is hilarious.
The scenes where Rhett Butler was driving the horse and buggy as Atlanta burned was the movie studio burning the old King Kong film sets to make room for the Gone With The Wind sets. Vivien Leigh had not been cast yet so you never saw her face. Casting Scarlett O'hara was a huge big deal. Finally, they settled with Vivien Leigh from England, of all places. From what I've read, however, the producers found Vivien Leigh early on, they just wanted to generate publicity for the film. It must've worked, because Gone With The Wind sold more tickets than any other movie, ever. The information I saw said 202,000,000 tickets. Others made more money, but none sold more tickets. In real life, over 600,000 Americans died in the Civil War, the most ever for our country.
The scene you described was the very first actually filmed in the movie the night of December 10, 1938. Selznick had not even found an actress to play Scarlett yet, but started the production anyway. The woman in the buggy with Gable was a stunt double. Legend has it that while shooting this scene, Selznick's brother arrived on set with a young lady he had recently met. Introducing the two, he said, "Here genius, this is your Scarlett O'Hara: meet Vivien Leigh."
I remember reading that there was a bit of an uproar amongst southerners that the British Vivien Leigh was cast to play the southern belle Scarlett O'hara. She won best actress for it. She won another for playing southern belle Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. Guess she showed them.
Hattie McDaniel, the lady who played Mammy won an Oscar for her performance. In 1940, this was unheard of. She opened the door, albeit just a little bit, for other great actors of color to get the recognition they deserved. Also, the director of this film was 'poached' from another movie being filmed at this time. You may have heard of it - 'The Wizard of Oz'.
Sadly, she was still treated like a second class citizen. Hattie wasn’t allowed to attend the movie premier and was placed at a segregated table during the Oscar’s
Wikipedia says: "Georgia was selected by the studio as the site for the Friday, December 15, 1939, premiere of Gone with the Wind. Studio head David O. Selznick asked that McDaniel be permitted to attend, but MGM advised him not to, because of Georgia's segregation laws. Clark Gable threatened to boycott the Atlanta premiere unless McDaniel were allowed to attend, but McDaniel convinced him to attend anyway."
A bit of film history: That Overture, is that it used to be played in cases where people were late for the premiere. There are versions in which they are not, because they are not necessary, but in this case it was left not only for its historical value, but also to preserve intact the complete soundtrack.
I have NEVER seen GWTW on TV or when brought back to the theaters every now and then, WITHOUT the Overture and the Intermission music. I was wondering when the girls talked about a shortened GWTW. When TCM shows airs it, they always show the film intact, overture and intermission.
Cursive writing, no longer required to be taught in school, has quickly become a lost art to the younger generation. I can guess some peoples' age by their writing. It used to be assumed that "writing" meant that it would be in cursive. We started being taught to write (meaning in cursive) in 3rd grade and it was a a teaching subject: part of the three "Rs" -- Reading, wRiting and 'Rithmetic. All this aside, I thank you two for your reactions to these old classic films. It's fun as well as worrisome sometimes to learn of your "blank spots" of historical knowledge on various subjects. But, I know that you're learning a lot in the process. I say, "Onward and upward!" 😊
I saw the 75th anniversary re-release of Gone with the Wind back in 2014. The work done to re-master it was superb. Seeing this classic film on the big screen was worth the price of admission. Olivia de Havilland was still alive when this special screening was done. Adjusted for inflation, GWTW is still the top grossing movie of all time. Over $4.1 billion (USD) in 2022 dollars. The average ticket price in 1939 was around $0.23. When GWTW was released in December 1939, WW II had started in Europe just three months prior. It was the last full year of the Great Depression in the US. The last of three waves of the Dust Bowl began that year; John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" was published in April 1939. People were looking for an escape at the movies. The timing for GWTW was perfect.
I have always gone to see it in the theaters every time it was brought back, just love watching it on the big screen. It's one of my favorite movies of all time.
Vivien Leigh gave quite an extraordinary performance didn't she? Her performance in STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (which won Leigh her 2nd Oscar) is IMO the greatest performance to ever win this category. STREETCAR also stars a young Marlon Brando as well.
@@TTM9691 There are so many classics no one reacts to. Probably because they won't get many views. But many of this movies from the 30s to the 60s have been considered the best ever made or best of their specific genre for decades. It's a shame that they don't get their deserved recognition. Not to praise them over modern film, but to appreciate for what they are.
V! Ya gotta pay attention in school. For Ms Cherry, I should explain that the "North" teaches high school kids about "The Civil War". The South teaches high school kids about "The War of Northern Aggression". The second half of this film deals with the (failed) Reconstruction Era - the consequences of which are still with us today. So the line about how the Union was always presented as the good guys - it depends on where you grew up.
Gettysburg is the bloodiest battle in American history, July 1st-3rd 1863. I actually had the honor of visiting the battlefield this past February and man it was absolutely spectacular!
Color film has been around long before sound was added to movies. The problem with color film is that it was not only very expensive, but it could easily burn while going through a projector. There were quite a few movies that were filmed in color prior to World War II. The Adventures of Robin Hood was another one.
The popularity of the book was such that when the movie was announced, it was a nationwide phenomenon, and everybody was abuzz about who was being cast in which role. Every single major actor in Hollywood was at one time associated with this movie. Frontrunners included Lucille Ball, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn and Paulette Goddard, Tallulah Bankhead Lana Turner. Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy. In my opinion, it was the greatest film ever made for at least five or six decades, and is still high on the list. Vivien Leigh is absolutely perfect, and I've had a crush on her since I was a child. Looking forward to the conclusion on Mary's channel. Fun to see both of you collaborating together!!
If either of you are ever interested in watching another epic Best Picture winner, I highly recommend LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. It represents the gold standard of filmmaking IMO and has a complex screenplay as well! It is also my personal favorite movie ever. Movies like DUNE, STAR WARS etc. have taken a lot of inspiration from this film. Steven Spielberg himself considers this one of his all-time favorites.
@overanDownUnder yeah 95% accurate. The only thing they had to change around were some small details and a few pieces of timeline for story line constraints. They used the detailed army records, newspapers, and eye witness accounts to make it accurate.
@Sheri Grow been preaching this to so many reaction channels. Need someone that can bend her ear a little to understand the importance of seeing the epics on the biggest screen tv as possible!
They talked with Hattie McDaniel later on in life on how she felt about the stereotypical depictions of Black people in movies like GWTW. She was not happy about it at all, but at the time she was glad to have any role she could in a big budget Hollywood film, let alone a prominent one. She made sure that her character, Mammy, was still strong willed and as independent as she could make the role. And Mammy was no shrinking violet that's for sure! She was a towering presence in every scene, making Scarlett seem all the more petulant and childlike. Hattie was a trailblazer.
It was an unforgettable and unique character even to this day. Every main character in this movie was bigger than life. That's why we talk about them to this day!
Fun fact: the actress who played Melanie (Olivia de Haviland) died in 2020. She was 104 and the last cast member to pass away. Unless the baby who played her son is still alive. The girl who played Bonnie Blue died in 2010. That little girl voiced young Faline in "Bambi."
Wow, two of my favorites and most lovely reactors, together - I love it! While the novel was a huge best seller, it wasn't considered fine literature and as far as I know it wasn't typical school curriculum. That being said, my whole 8th grade went to see this at a afternoon showing at a movie theater. I guess it was considered "educational history" but I really think the teachers just wanted a day off. The overture and intermission are in there because it was considered a big event when it came out. Probably the biggest movie ever up to that time - maybe ever!
Adjusted for inflation, GWTW is, in fact, the biggest box office success of all time.
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The overture and intermission always were for give time to people to buy their refreshments, candies, etc and find their seats. Intermissions only existed for long movies to allow people go to the bathrooms and refill the goodies. With time the overture just turn into advertisements and the roll out of upcoming movie trailers.
Overtures, and intermission music were also featured in "THE KING and I," "MY FAIR LADY," "WEST SIDE STORY" (the original, not the recent remake), "BEN HUR," "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS," and others. A lot of musicals did that and movies that were 3 to 4 hours long, so people could to to the bathroom and/or get more refreshments during the intermission.
"OLD PEOPLE"?? My dears this was FILMED in COLOR in 1939, so was "THE WIZARD OF OZ" also filmed in 1939, everything wasn't filmed in black and white back then!
SORRY to disappoint you younglings, but any movie that says technicolor it was recorded in color. The process was invented 25 years before GWTW. It was expensive but was available. When this miniseries length movie came out. Most movies in the era were less than 90 minutes. Epic motion pictures had intros, intermission, and outros. Several minutes of wordless pictureless infomercial. Made no sense, but it was a thing. There is one for sure good thing. You can now say you've survived this marathon. Congratulations.
The time stamp 6:36 sums up this movie. “she just wants who she can’t have”. That statement couldn’t be more accurate after watching that ending scene.
The film is fairly accurate as to conditions. Rhett was right. The South was doomed from the start. The North won the war with one hand tied behind it. It had all the industry, all the reliable wealth, and never had to really exert itself with special production programs or more than only partly successful troop drafts. The Southern conspirators has holed for a long time that Europeans would support them, but it was not to be. The U.S. was too obviously a bad potential enemy for any country helping the South. The U.S. operated a very successful naval blockade, the thing Butler specialized in avoiding. But the U.S. began the war with a Navy, which the South did not have. So, the South's one real asset, cotton, could not easily be brought to market internationally. A lot of it had to be slowly hauled to Galveston to get out. They also accurately depict slaves going to fight alongside their masters. Some southern officers took their slaves along as valets and such. But many actually took up arms for the South. And a fair number simply volunteered for the Confederate Army. The phenomenon of American slavery at the social level it very complex, and you won't understand it without considerable study. Nor did every Southern man fight for the Confederacy. My own great-great-grandfather in Tennessee fought with an irregular militia supporting the union. So as the war progressed to the logical conclusion, Confederate currency was worthless. The South was essentially ruined. When men returned to Texas after the war, the ranches had been abandoned because there was no military left to protect them from Indians. All the cattle had gone wild. After the war, a Texas rancher wold not see $10 in hard money in a year. Business was done by paying in notes that could be redeemed by someone who wrote it for a cow and a calf. The notes passed as money, hand to hand, until someone claimed the cow. Men were rebuilding by catching wild cattle. And remember that there was never a Union victory in Texas.
The film was always in colour. And Melanie was a wonderful character who skillfully understood Scarlett and lived with the knowledge of what she did. I love this book and film
Color film has actually been around in one way or another since the very beginning. Technicolor's famous tricolor emulsion formula was first seen with Walt Disney's "Silly Symphonies" in the early 30s. Live action technicolor like Gone With The Wind and The Wizard of Oz first appeared in the late 30s. Part of GWTW legacy is that the technicolor film really blew audience's minds when it came out. Even though color films were around most movies would still be shot on Black and White film until the late fifties
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Both movies are actually from 1939 when Hitler was capturing the first European nations by military force.
Rhett is right about Southern stupidity. Girls watch this for the dresses ;-) No AC. Girls had 5 changes in clothes per day. No man could marry unless he was established. Daughters were married off as young as possible. Hence the age disparity.
I’m 70 years old and I’ve seen gone with the wind a “thousand times”! Give or take. They DID have color film in those days they just didn’t use it often due to the expense of that new technology. It was never in black-and-white. It was created in 1939 in color so this is the color of the time, and it has been restored to the original perfection that it had when it was first in theaters. (Please excuse my former typos. I’m currently dealing with cataracts and trying to talk and fix things so I make lots of boo-boos making comments so sorry)! Lol.
May I say girls,you need to watch this film at least 2 or 3 times b4 you can really absorb the shear brilliance of it.The portrayal of the culture,the dialogue & how perfectly the actors were selected for their parts.Enjoy
The "overture" was a feature of especially big budget movies back in the day. Whereas now, when you walk in before the movie starts, they're playing trailers and other advertisements or announcements, back then, this is what would be playing on the screen as people were taking their seats. Around the 1970s, studios realized that "Hey! We can use that time to play trailers to advertise other movies!" and the overture pretty much died out. Related to that is the "intermission", which they used to use a lot, especially with longer movies, just to give people a chance to get up and go pee.
@@Guitcad1 Please watch it. One of my favorite Westerns. I saw it in the theatre. I just watched a 50th reunion of the kids. All the kids remained close. Some best friends for life. Some of the actor become real cowboys after making the movie. They all said John Wayne was like a real father figure to them.
Clark Gable was a force on the screen, thank you for this reaction. Recommend: It Happened One Night -1934, Mutiny on the Bounty -1935, Mogambo -1953, Soldier of Fortune - 1955 , Gable's and Marylin Monroe's last film The Misfits - 1961
Clark was so worried about his waltz abilities so when they filmed the dance scene after he bid on her they never showed him below the waist because he was actually standing on a little pedestal that moved him around the room. I’ve always loved this movie and I thought that was interesting. I still have my scarlet Barbie in the iconic green curtain gown
Just in case you wanted to know: The Civil War wasn't fought for the freeing of slaves (though it became a huge part of it after a time), but rather, due to the Confederacy wanting to break away from the United States, and it was a war to make sure America wasn't divided
an Overture is a musical term for a beginning piece that generally sets the theme for the rest of the piece of music. It's loosely used in other terms to sort of just represent the beginning :)
This movie came out the same year as The Wizard of Oz, which is famous for its "color reveal". There was color movie film available, but the process for black & white film was less expensive, less complicated, and the black & white (WW2) war footage was more due to budget, speed of processing and clarity of image in less-than-ideal lighting conditions. Film makers often preferred studio settings with more control over lighting conditions when using color film which required far more light to produce a clear, saturated image.
Something to think about; Some of the Drummers, Guidon's and the youngest of the soldiers (some were as young as 12 during the war) on both sides of the civil war were still alive when this movie came out.
The last movie I know of with an overture was “The Black Hole.” Remember, back in the day there weren’t a bunch of trailers before movies started. It’s ironic that many condemn this movie because of the slavery when the Civil War was fought to end it. Also, Scarlet, Mammy and Melanie are three of the strongest women to ever grace the screen. They weren’t action figures; they powered through and persevered regardless of any obstacle. The Civil War was worse than this. I recommend “Gettysburg” and “Glory.” Both are fantastic movies.
Color films started coming out as early as the 1930s, I’m pretty sure this was always in color. Wizard of Oz came out in 1938 and was an early example of color in film 🌈
At the time the book and the movie came out, there had been a resurgence in romanticizing the pre-Civil War South with plantations being these wondrous and stunning mansions filled with happy, singing slaves glad to be in bondage toiling away in the fields, and their loving, generous slave owners. Anything but the truth. This reminds me of another earlier period in the U.S. when there was a rose tinted look at the South... that gave rise to twisted and evil films like "Birth of a Nation" and the hate group called the KKK. Now, with what is happening in certain states I fear this dark time has come again, only worse than before in some ways.
After 160 years, Gettysburg remains the biggest, land battle ever in the western hemisphere. The battle lasted 3 days. Of the casualties, 7,058 were fatalities (3,155 Union, 3,903 Confederate). Another 33,264 had been wounded (14,529 Union, 18,735 Confederate). In three days, that's nearly three times as many Americans killed in over 20 years in Afghanistan.
Thank you for being the first (that I’ve seen at least) to react to “Gone with the Wind”! I was SOOO upset when it had been decided to not air it on tv anymore for political reasons. I love the movie! I love what you thought of the way they dressed, the homes, and other things. How you wish some things would make a comeback. I can’t wait for part two on Mary’s page. Don’t make us wait a long time! Thanks again! 😘
They did not stop showing this movie. TMC pulled it for a bit so they could add historical context on why SOME parts of it are problematic (and some parts are problematic, haven't nothing to do with "political reasons," whatever that means).
Actor George Reeves (Brent Tarleton) shows up at 5:07. Baby boomers (and others) will immediately recognize him from TV's The Adventures of Superman (1952-1958) where he memorably played the title character.
Rhett's , uh, "girlfriend", dressed like cotton candy was a professional girlfriend. (Think Inara, from Firefly, not a crack hoe). That's why the hospital wouldn't accept her donation, they considered it dirty money, and why she went to Melanie to donate it, because Rhett told her she was a caring person. Food shortages are often a fact of war torn lands. The confederate army took a good share to feed their troops, and the union army burned the remaining fields as they marched across the south, to starve the confederacy into surrendering. Also, all the harbors where blocked by the Union Navy so there were few of any imports. That scene of Scarlet before intermission is iconic. When I'm out in a field and there is a deep red sunset, I've been known to grab some earth in my hands, stand up and declare, "AS GOD IS MY WITNESS, I WILL NEVER GO HUNGRY AGAIN! AS GOD IS MY WITNESS!"
Great reaction. Glad to see young people actually brave enough to watch this film and appreciate its genius in storytelling rather than falling into the trap of today's "woke cancel culture".
This movie is also important for another reason: The African American actress who played Mammy won best supporting actress at the Oscars. It was the very first time an Oscar was given to an African American. She is the first.
This is a great collaboration! Two of my favorite reactors on one of the most iconic movies ever! I appreciate both of your comments & analyzing the characters etc. The Overture & Intermission was (from what I've been told by older family members) so that people had plenty of time getting to their seats & for long films time for a break in the middle. Born & raised in the South, this film is representative of the best & worst of people. After educational curriculums taught slavery was the single cause, thats what most believe but there were so many factors involved. The script could've included more but I know they had limited time to work with. Every time I watch this I see something new. Scarlett is such a complex character but she always got on nerves. I liked Melanie much more, she is genuinely sweet at heart. [You mentioned wanting more like this, here are three more epic films that are among the best ever seen on screen; "Lawrence of Arabia", "Ben Hur" & "Dr. Zhivago". Hope y'all watch them all as the cinematography is breathtaking, set design, casts are fantastic...and the scores are fantastic!]
this movie is originally in color. the remastering id to clear up the picture. movies were in color way before color TV. first color movie was in 1908. first color TV show 1957.
This movie was groundbreaking as the actress who played Mammy (Hattie McDaniels) was the first African American to win an Academy Award for best supporting actress. And Clark Gable was THE man back then. He initially didn't want to do this movie but when people found out they were making this movie, thousands wrote letters wanting to see him play Rhett Butler. Fans didnt want to see anyone but him. He was the biggest movie star in the world.
I grew up in eastern NC and there are Civil War battlegrounds scattered all through out. The Yankees burned/pillaged their way through the south. The worse was General Sherman. Look him up. My hometown has a historical plaque on a road that he marched on. Loved watching your reaction. I look forward to part 2
Sherman is often credited, if that is the term, for industrially-reinforced Total War, as it is called. Sherman's "March to the Sea" was incredibly destructive and was used as shock and awe.
Oh, gawd... I was excited seeing you were going to react to GwtW, but then you showed Mary Cherry. I can only imagine what her modern mind will make of this classic tale.
At this barbecue, Scarlet meets all 3 of her husbands for the 1st time. You should really read the book, so much in the book that isn’t in the movie. Oh by the way I am one of those “old people”.
I’ve been waiting on first timers for GWTW. It’s a fun story🙂 my favorite scene is the one we’re Margaret showcases the struggle of food and suffering by Scarlett eating the vegetable she found.
So glad that you reacted to THE MOVIE. The book is beautiful of course! The movie had such a long,long history and very interesting,too. Leigh was mostly a theatrical actress but then she suddenly became a star. I think everybody who loved cinema should watch it at least once. It has not yet bored me after many,many views.
Gone with the wind was shot in color. The process was new at the time it was called technicolor. It was never shown in black and white because it was not filmed in black and white.
I saw this film in a theater in Dallas Texas back in the ;80s, and when Mammy observed, "What gentlemen say and what they think are two different things!" every woman in the audience laughed and groaned, "That's the truth!"
Mind you ladies, it's a well made classic. The reality is much darker. The most costly war in U.S history. The slaughter on both sides was staggering. On a lighter note, Vivian Leigh is stunning!!!
Fun fact: In the scene where Rhett leads the horse and wagon past the huge burning building, the director set fire to the old fortress that was used in the 1933 film, King Kong.
"Twelve Oaks" mansion was a sound stage at Selznick studios. They built the entrance around the doors of the stage, and the interior on the stage itself. when Scarlett enters you can see the stage lights come up.
For more 'Melanie' (Olivia de Havilland), you can watch the epic Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn, also in Technicolor, from 1937. Color was always around, by various processes that got perfected over time, but hideously expensive for many years.
If you'd like to see Olivia de Havilland playing an Anti-Melanie character, see "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" made in 1964 with Bette Davis, Agnes Morehead, Mary Astor, Joseph Cotten and a long list of great character actors too.
What a fun pairing. FYI: This movie was shot long before there was a way to digitally enhance the scenes. In the scene with all the soldiers and the doctor, they were all extras in costume. It was extremely groundbreaking in its use of color and its grandeur.
in the scene where Scarlett walks out into a field full of injuried soldiers - many of those were fakes - sometimes a wooden arm was setup so that a nearby extra could move it
There's a great documentary called The Making of a Legend: Gone With The Wind. It traces the development from the book to the screen. It's very fascinating to see what went on behind the scenes, like which actors were passed over for different roles. If i recall right, they actually started filming before they found Vivian Leigh for the role of Scarlett.
Patrick Curtis who played baby Beau died in 2022. Caron Marsh Doll, who was one of the extras in the barbeque scene was still alive last I heard (today is November 27 2023). She was born April 6 1919, so is currently 104.
This is a very entertaining collaboration. If you decide to do it again, I would like to see the two of you react to the 1965 film version of Dr. Zhivago. It is another romance film, based on a book and set during a Civil War, only this time it is the Russian Civil war.
