Release date december 15, 1939 running time 221 minutes 234. An enormous crowd, numbering 300,000 people according to the atlanta constitution, lined the streets on this icecold night in atlanta. Gone with the wind premiere sparked tension washington. Best bits of vivian leigh as scarlett ohara in gone with the wind clark gable duration. Gone with the wind theatrical prerelease poster directed byvictor fleming produced bydavid o. The day of the premiere was a statewide holiday in georgia. The premiere of gone with the wind at the loews grand on dec. Gone with the wind was the first colour movie to win the oscar for best picture, and hattie. It was one of the most momentous occasions in atlanta.
Frankly, my dear, syracuse goes wild for gone with. Gone with the wind was the first colour movie to win the oscar for best picture, and hattie mcdaniel was the first african american to be nominated for and to win an oscar. Gone with the wind 1939 fullhd movie, gone with the wind 1939 fullhd movie dvd quality gone with the wind 1939 fullhd movie dvdrip online free. Vancouver, british columbia sydney premiere 19 september 1940. Gone with the wind 1939 movie info release details. See rare footage from the original gone with the wind. For the three days leading up to the premiere, the city of atlanta. To add to the gala event, the loews theatre held a contest to find a syracuse woman who most resembled the. He also requested citizens not to tear off the clothes of visiting movie stars, as happened in kansas at the premiere of dodge city.
The premiere in atlanta drew a million people to the city and in 1940 the. Not what parts to film, but which parts to leave out. Car after car paused at lowes grand theater as the stars came out. When the movie of gone with the wind premiered in atlanta 75 years ago on. Atlanta premiere of gone with the wind about north georgia. None of gone with the wind s black actors were allowed to attend the film s atlanta premiere. Seventyfive years after the premiere of the movie gone with the wind, research is shedding light on the racial tensions that existed at the time between the producer and city of. Iconic civil war spectacular gone with the wind had its first public showing 75 years ago this week dec. Gone with the wind represents a monumental leap, as well as a departure, for the movies, as they were done prior to this film. So many characters that appeared in the book couldnt be introduced in the movie without extending the films. The atlanta premiere of gone with the wind spotlights swept the sky with huge beacons of light. The film version of gone with the wind, starring clark gable, vivian leigh, olivia dehavilland and leslie howard, premiered at loews grand theatre now the site of the georgiapacific center.
Clark gable and vivien leigh in gone with the wind. The official theatrical release date for gone with the wind 1939 is december 15, 1939. Whether we like the film, or not, one has to recognize the greatest achievement, perhaps, of the creative talent of the people working in the movie industry. Margaret mitchell, author of the novel gone with the wind, arrives at the world film premiere of. Sidney howards script was so long that the movie would have lasted more. Atlanta premiere of gone with the wind north georgia. America acclaims british star, vivien leigh to play the tile role of scarlett ohara in the epic film gone with the wind. The television premiere of gone with the wind on nbc in november 1976 was equally anticipated and still ranks among the highestrated programs of all time. Selznick managed to expand this concept, and margaret mitchells best. Gone with the wind movie premiere gone with the wind. Eighty years later, the classic movie is being honored with a limited rerelease.
It was most famous as the site of the 1939 premiere of gone with the wind, which was attended by the stars of the film. These 11 sites have been added to georgias register of historic places. Newcom production companies selznick international pictures metrogoldwynmayer distributed byloews inc. Seventyfive years after the premiere of the movie gone with the wind, research is shedding light on the racial tensions that existed at the time between the producer and city of atlanta officials. Hattie mcdaniel, who plays mammy, won an supporting actress oscar for her performance. About 300,000 people came out in atlanta for the films premiere at the loews grand theatre on december 15, 1939. See cover last week the cinema event for which the u. Loews grand theater, originally degives grand opera house, was a movie theater at the corner of peachtree and forsyth streets in downtown atlanta, georgia, in the united states. For the premiere in atlanta in december 15, 1939, the governor declared a. Eighty years later, the classic movie is being honored with a limited. Three days of festivities were held for the films premiere in atlanta. On december 15, 1939, gone with the wind premiered at loews grand theatre in atlanta, georgia. Gone with the wind boils down to a story about a spoiled southern girls hopeless love for a married man.
Bernstein recounts the segregated atlanta premiere of gone with. The famous burning of atlanta scene required the fiery destruction of a 30acre back lot. Seventyfive years after the premiere of the movie gone with the wind, research is shedding light. Sidney howards script was so long that the movie would have lasted more than six hours and even revised by an army of writers it ran well over. Gone with the wind premiere sparked tension the san. Gone with the wind is a 1939 american epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936.