Gone with the Wind [DVD] [1939]

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Its sparkling dialogue, the intriguingly complex relationship between Scarlett and Rhett, a sprawlingly epic scope, a flair that transcends the maudlin or traditionally melodramatic, and its visual spectacle made the film the most colossal success of its era, and Gone with the Wind has yet to be rivaled in the seven decades that have since passed. released a particularly dazzling assortment of films to the silver screen in 1939, among them Gunga Din, Stagecoach, Mr. This exclusive 2004 documentary includes Olivia’s memories which are so vivid and detailed that it’s as if it was only yesterday as opposed to 1939! The list of smaller but memorable parts seems endless: Thomas Mitchell as Scarlett's Irish immigrant father who instills in her a profound love of the land, Evelyn Keyes as her spoiled, impossibly jealous younger sister, Butterfly McQueen whose squeaked "I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies! As adept with intimate drama as it is with the sprawlingly epic scope of the death of the Old South, few films have endured as Gone with the Wind has over the past seventy years.

Whether you're looking for a specific series/season, or a complete DVD box set collection, we will do the hard work for you! If you’ve already done that, your item hasn’t arrived, or it’s not as described, you can report that to Etsy by opening a case. She soon meets her match in the roguish Captain Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) and in the war itself which destroys the genteel way of life she has always known. As poet Ogden Nash put it, "The Civil War was quite a fight and not a mere diversion; I never knew how tough it was before [producer] Dave Selznick's version. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections—they may also appear in recommendations and other places.

It does encompass the golden age of the mighty MGM musical, after all, and "The Lion in Winter" delights in exploring the successes of such films as Meet Me in St.

Epic romantic drama based on Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning novel set during the American Civil War.Despite the extreme gender inequity of the time period, we are shown through her trials and those of other women, that their intelligence and determination to succeed rivals that of their male counterparts. He's the one man in the movie where there's no doubt that he'll go to whatever lengths necessary to protect the people he cares about, and he'll undoubtedly come out on top. The box-set folds out to present a beautiful booklet and four DVDs with one of the four main characters on each disc.

Perhaps its most singularly striking shot is Scarlett wading through the streets of Atlanta that are covered with over a thousand gravely wounded soldiers. Offered within are brief biographies, filmography overviews, headshots and promotional photos, and excerpts from some of the cast's other work. Some have been turned off by the daunting length of the film, particularly in a second half that's so intensely oriented around the relationship between Rhett and Scarlett. de Havilland speaks quite a bit about Vivien Leigh as well, contrasting their very different approaches to getting into character, the toll Leigh's self-imposed manic work schedule took on her, and revisiting with her at the Civil War Centennial premiere in Atlanta. Seemingly every man from one end of Georgia to the other is hopelessly enthralled with her, but Scarlett can barely be bothered to pay attention.I certainly respect that a film like The Diary of Anne Frank is being issued in high definition, but such an announcement as that doesn't coax the same sort of excitement as, say, Casablanca or The Adventures of Robin Hood. There's no more money, there are barely any munitions, and even something as simple and primal as food seems to be a hazy memory. This is a sumptuous 1930s colour movie, one that swept the board at the Academy Awards, and it manages the grand sweep and the chamber scenes with near equal verve. The overall construction feels even more robust than The Wizard of Oz' case, and it doesn't expose its seams to damage the way that other box does. The lead character of Becky Sharp (sorry, I mean Scarlett O'Hara) is one of literature's and cinema's great, great egoists.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. A certain strength and tenacity had long simmered inside her, and it isn't until war breaks out that it's brought to a full boil.One of the most beloved and beautiful features of this collectors edition of is the 19-page booklet that is actually a replica of the souvenir movie program sold in theatres showing Gone with the Wind! The King Remembered" certainly looks and feels dated, from its approach to the shoddy condition of the film excerpts scattered throughout. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. The film adaptation that soon followed continues to hold the record for the most box office admissions of all time, and between its many successful re-releases over the past seven decades, its tally adjusted for inflation approaches one and a half billion dollars.