
The Movie: By the Numbers:
449,512 feet of color film were shot totalling 88 hourse!! 160,000 feet of film were printed 20,300 feet of edited film totalling 222 minutes (3 hrs., 45 minutes) 1,500 sketches were drawn 200 sets were designed 90 sets were constructed 3,000 sketches of shot setups were made covering every scene in the film 53 buildings were erected to re-create the city of Atlanta 7,000 feet of streets were laid for the city of Atlanta 3,000 feet of the reconstructed Peachtree Street were laid 1,000,000 feet of lumber were used to make the sets 1,100 horses were used 375 other animals were used including dogs, mules, oxen, and pigs 450 vehicles were used including wagons, ambulances, and gun-caissons 59 members of the cast 12,000 days of employment in shooting schedule 2,400 extras and bit players 1,350,000 feet of film ran through the cameras 10,000 antiques were offered for sale in the Charity Bazaar Scene 25 cameos were purchased in the U.S. and Europe for Scarlett's dresses 7 Technicolor Cameras filmed the burning of Atlanta scene with flames leaping 500 feet from a set that covered 40 acres 10 peices of fire equipment from the Los Angeles Fire Department, 25 policemen, 50 studio firemen, and 200 studio helpers helped control the massive fire. 15,000 gallons of water doused the Atlanta fire after the filming 1,000,000 feet of film would have been required to film the entire novel and the final copy would have taken on week non-stop to view 250,000 man hours were spent in pre-production before on foot of film was shot 750,000 man hours spent in actual production 2,500 costumes worn by female characters 7 bales of cotton went in to the women's wardrobe $10,000 cleaning bill for wardrobe during production 34 different carpet desings were created for the film 36 wallpaper designs were hand painted 12 days the shooting closed down when George Cukor was dismissed $30,000 Vivien Leigh's salary $10,000 total salary of supporting characters from Hattie McDaniel and down $446,688 stars and supporting payroll $108,469 extras payroll (Hey, there were over 2,000 of them!) $1,408,997 technicians payroll 550 seperate items of wardrobe were created 337 costume sketches made by Walter PlunkettNext ->(Here's one of Plunkett's designs) 44 costume sketches for Rhett 21 costume changes for Melanie 11 costume changes for Ashley $153,818 cost of costumes $2,500,000 projected production cost, half of which was paid for by MGM and the rest by Selznic backers $3,700,000 actual production cost $3,957,000 final cost including advertisement, overhead for prints, publicity (like they needed it), and distribution 125 shooting days of Vivien Leigh 71 for Clark Gable 59 for Olivia de Havilland 32 shooting days for Leslie Howard 21 weeks for principal photography 23 weeks for editing