Some Interesting facts about Gone With The Wind.....
You may have not know the following things!!
(from The Pictorial History of GWTW)
There were 59 members of the cast
If the movie were made today, the total cost would go over $40 million dollars
Margaret Mitchell sold the rights to the book for $50,000 in 1936
The film was given a limited release in 1998 after color restoration was done. (I did travel about 20 miles to see it, it was worth the $6 ticket for the daily show!!)
There were 2,400 extras and bit players
88 hours of film was shot
2,500 costumes were worn by the female cast
Vivien Leigh worked 125 days on the film
In both GWTW and Titanic, the lead female characters are originally from Great Britain (Vivien Leigh and Kate Winslet)
1,400 candidates were interviewed for the role of Scarlett O'Hara
Clark Gable worked 71 days on the film
The novel has 1,037 pages
Viven Leigh was not allowed to see Laurence Olivier during the filming of the movie because they were lovers and sharing a home
A movie ticket to see GWTW cost 75 cents for a daily show in 1939/1940
Paulette Goddard nearly became Scarlett before it was found out she was living with Charlie Chaplin out of wedlock
GWTW was nominated for 13 Oscars, a record that was broken by ALL ABOUT EVE in 1950 with 14 mentions, in turn TITANIC in 1998 tied ALL ABOUT EVE for number of nominations. TITANIC broke BEN HUR's record for most statues with 11!!
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