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Gone with the wind [videorecording].

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1419878778
  • ISBN: 9781419878770
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (233 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Two-disc 70th anniversary ed.
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2009, p1939.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from container.
Standard version.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
[From the novel by Margaret Mitchell]
Third disc is "The making of a legend".
Special features: Commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Directed by Victor Fleming ; produced by David O. Selznick.
Participant or Performer Note:
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'Neill (Ellen), Evelyn Keyes (Suellen), Ann Rutherford (Carreen), George Reeves (Brent Tarleton), Fred Crane (Stuart Tarleton), Hattie McDaniel (Mammy), Oscar Polk (Pork), Butterfly McQueen (Prissy), Victor Jory (Jonas Wilkerson), Everett Brown (Big Sam), Howard Hickman (John Wilkes), Alicia Rhett (India), Rand Brooks (Charles Hamilton), Carroll Nye (Frank Kennedy), Laura Hope Crews (Aunt "Pittypat" Hamilton), Harry Davenport (Dr. Meade), Leona Roberts (Mrs. Meade), Jane Darwell (Mrs. Merriwether), Ona Munson (Belle Watling), Cammie King (Bonnie Blue Butler), Paul Hurst, Ward Bond, Cliff Edwards, Yakima Canutt.
Awards Note:
Academy Awards, 1939: Best Picture; Best Actress (Vivien Leigh); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Hattie McDaniel); Best Director (Victor Fleming); Best Writing (Screenplay) (Sidney Howard); Best Cinematography (Color) (Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan); Best Art Direction (Lyle Wheeler); Best Film Editing (Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom); Special Award (To William Cameron Menzies for outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of Gone with the Wind); Scientific or Technical Award (Class III).
Subject: Mitchell, Margaret 1900-1949 > Film adaptations.
O'Hara, Scarlett (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Plantations > Georgia > Drama.
Plantation life > Georgia > Drama.
Widows > Georgia > Drama.
Women > Georgia > 19th century > Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Georgia > Drama.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Georgia > Drama.
Feature films.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Drama.
Georgia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Drama.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Drama.
DVDs.
Video recordings.
Genre: Feature films.
Romance films.
Historical films.
Film adaptations.

Available copies

  • 15 of 17 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Creston Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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