Hattie MacDaniel, 1st AA, won OSCAR, Gone with the Wind
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00) All characters are strong portrayals of the human spirit, so I've watched it often—a testament to the film's lasting cultural significance. "Tomorrow is another day!" has been my favorite quote. Spoken by the resilient and determined Scarlett O'Hara, the quote reflects a sense of hope and the belief that, despite the challenges of the present, a new day brings the opportunity for a fresh start and a better future. The character of Scarlett O'Hara, as portrayed by Vivien Leigh, is known for her strength of risk-taking and innovation, resilience, acumen, and tenacity in the face of adversity. Her journey throughout the film is a compelling exploration of the human spirit's ability to endure and persevere.
1) Hattie MacDaniel won an Academy Award (1940) for her performance in "Gone with the Wind." She was the first African-American to win an OSCAR. Importance of Mammy (Hattie McDaniel's Character): Mammy's role is highlighted as crucial to the character of Scarlett and as a force of morals within the story. (She was againt a caucasian icon co-actress, Dame Olivia de Havilland (England Queen knighted) (cast as Ashley's wife Melanie in the film)
2) Clark Gable said he wouldn’t go to the awards if Mammy was not allowed to go. Clark Gable and actress Hattie McDaniel were good friends. Gable insisted on McDaniel sitting with the rest of the cast at the Academy Awards ceremony, challenging the segregation norms of the time.
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4) A comparison of the book and the movie shows that some people believe the book is superior to the movie. Additionally, the absence of Scarlett's two other children in the film may have disappointed some viewers who were familiar with the book.
5) Scarlett’s eye color was GREEN. Vivien Leigh’s eyes were blue.
6) Artistic Aspects of "Gone with the Wind": The mention of hand-painted cell work for the exteriors of The Twelve Oaks and The Butler Mansion adds an interesting detail about the artistic aspects of the film.
The competition to win the part of Mammy in Gone with the Wind was almost as fierce as that for Scarlett O'Hara. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt wrote to film producer David O. Selznick to ask that her own maid, Elizabeth McDuffie, be given the part.[9]:?151? McDaniel did not think she would be chosen, because she had earned her reputation as a comic actress. One source claimed that Clark Gable recommended that the role be given to McDaniel; in any case, she went to her audition dressed in an authentic maid's uniform and won the part.[22]
Loew's Grand Theater on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, 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.[23]
Most of Atlanta's 300,000 citizens crowded the route of the seven-mile (11 km) motorcade that carried the film's other stars and executives from the airport to the Georgian Terrace Hotel, where they stayed.[24][25] While Jim Crow laws kept McDaniel from the Atlanta premiere, she did attend the film's Hollywood debut on December 28, 1939. Upon Selznick's insistence, her picture was also featured prominently in the program (Refer to above photo).[9]:?172?
McDaniel experienced racism and racial segregation throughout her career, and was unable to attend the premiere of Gone with the Wind in Atlanta because it was held at a whites-only theater. At the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles, she sat at a segregated table at the side of the room. In 1952, McDaniel died of breast cancer. Her final wish to be buried in Hollywood Cemetery was denied because the graveyard was restricted to whites only at the time.
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Vivien Leigh had blue eyes; Scarlett is described as having green eyes, not beautiful but handsome. Vivien Leigh lived an immoral life, Scarlett didn't, so I don't know where you're getting your information from. Vivien left her husband and only child to live with Laurence Olivier, who in turn left his wife and child.
The main issue during the making of GWTW was Vivien and Larry could not be together as that would have caused scandal since hollywood was at that time being portrayed as morally good, a clean up act from the silent movie era which in effect produced the golden age of nonsense. Vivien was tired, homesick and needed Larry. O. Selznick actually allowed them both to stay at one of his homes for a dirty weekend. This weekend revived Vivien so much so that the first scene in the movie to show Scarlett was the last to be filmed as Scarlett at the start of the book is 16, and the end of the book she's 26 and Vivien was 25/26 while filming and before the infamous weekend she looked drawn, tired and older.
From the time Vivien read GWTW she said she would play Scarlett and she fought tooth and nail for the role. This determination to get what she wanted was the same as when she had first seen Olivier, even though she was a married woman and mother she exclaimed to the shock of a close friend that one day she would be his wife.
Cable caused a lot of trouble during the making of the movie as he felt the movie should be about Rhett and not Scarlett, hence why there were so many changes with the producer. Cable couldn't dance and Leigh was a trained ballerina, so during the auction waltz, a rotating floor had to be used so it looked like Cable was dancing correctly, this also annoyed him as he felt demoralised.
GWTW is indeed a classic movie not only for the story and actors but also for the hand painted cell work, The Twelve Oaks and The Butler Mansion exteriors were both hand-painted into the movie something that is rarely mentioned. The book is much better than the movie and to the annoyance of many seeing the movie for the first time Scarlett's two other children are never brought into it. Scarlett wouldn't be Scarlett without Mammy, who is everything to Scarlett and a force of morals within the story.