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Gone with the wind, David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's [novel], a Selznick International Picture ; screenplay by Sidney Howard ; directed by Victor Fleming, Disc 1-3,, Fullscreen

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Gone with the wind

David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's [novel], a Selznick International Picture ; screenplay by Sidney Howard ; directed by Victor Fleming

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Scarlett O'Hara is the daughter of a wealthy southern plantation owner. Ashley is the love of her life, but he is going to marry his cousin Melanie Hamilton. At a barbecue at Twelve Oaks, Scarlett meets Rhett Butler. News of the Civil War starting arrives at the barbecue. As the war continues, Scarlett becomes a widow, all while still pining for Ashley. After the war, Scarlett travels to her family's plantation only to find it in ruins, with no food, animals and her mother dead. Later, Rhett courts Scarlett and they get married and have a daughter, Bonnie. When Bonnie dies, Rhett goes mad. Then Melanie dies. Rhett feels that Scarlett will go to Ashley to be with him. Not understanding Scarlett's intentions, Rhett walks out on ScarlettMaking of a legend: A behind the scenes look at the making of Gone with the wind, including producer David O. Selznick's struggles to turn the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel into a film, the special effects that turned Los Angeles landscapes into Tara, and screen tests of the other actresses considered for the part of Scarlett O'Hara

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David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's

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