Gone with the Wind (film)

Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epichistorical romance film adapted from Margaret Mitchells Pulitzerwinning 1936 novel. It was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming. Set in the 19thcentury American South, the film tells the story of Scarlett OHara, the strongwilled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner, from her romantic pursuit of Ashley Wilkes, who is married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton, to her marriage to Rhett Butler. Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, the story is told from the perspective of rich white Southerners. The leading roles are portrayed by Vivien Leigh Scarlett, Clark Gable Rhett, Leslie Howard Ashley, and Olivia de Havilland Melanie.

On the eve of the American Civil War in 1861, Scarlett OHara lives at Tara, her familys cotton plantation in Georgia, with her parents and two sisters. Scarlett learns that Ashley Wilkeswhom she secretly lovesis to be married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton, and the engagement is to be announced the next day at a barbecue at Ashleys home, the nearby plantation Twelve Oaks.At the Twelve Oaks party, Scarlett secretly declares her feelings to Ashley, but he rebuffs her by responding that he and Melanie are more compatible. Scarlett is incensed when she discovers another guest, Rhett Butler, has overheard their conversation a smitten Rhett promises Scarlett he will keep her secret. The barbecue is disrupted by the declaration of war and the men rush to enlist. As Scarlett watches Ashley kiss Melanie goodbye, Melanies younger brother Charles proposes to her. Although she does not love him, Scarlett consents and they are married before he leaves to fight. ........

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