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Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind. Quick Civil War Facts. More than 3 million fought in the war. More than 620,000 (2% of the population) died in it. Siege of Atlanta (part of the novel & film) May 7 – September 2, 1864 North’s Losses: 4,423 killed, 22,822 wounded, 4,442 missing/captured

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Gone with the Wind

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  1. Gone with the Wind

  2. Quick Civil War Facts • More than 3 million fought in the war. • More than 620,000 (2% of the population) died in it. • Siege of Atlanta (part of the novel & film) • May 7 – September 2, 1864 • North’s Losses: 4,423 killed, 22,822 wounded, 4,442 missing/captured • South’s Losses: 3,044 killed, 18,952 wounded, 12,983 missing/captured

  3. Margaret Mitchell

  4. Childhood • Margaret grew up in a wealthy Atlanta family. As a young woman of the 1920s, she was well-educated and social. She considered herself a flapper & had the attention of many young men. • Mitchell’s mother would drive her through the plantations hoping to instill two lessons: • “Gumption gives us the will to survive when other don’t.” (This is seen in the heroine, Scarlett O’Hara.) • One must be educated in order not to repeat history’s past mistakes. (Mitchell did not understand that the South had lost the Civil War until she was 10.)

  5. Facts on the Novel • Published in 1936, the novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. It is based on the fall of Atlanta & the Reconstruction. (It is written in five parts.) Set in the Old South during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877) • Four Major Characters: Scarlett O’Hara, Rhett Butler, Ashley Wilkes, & Melanie Wilkes • Setting: Clayton County and Atlanta, Georgia • It cost an unprecedented $3 when released, but within six months, had sold a million copies. • Selznick purchased the movie rights one month after its release for $50,000.

  6. Quick Film Facts • Estimated production costs were $3.9 million. • Half a million feet of film were shot. The Film was edited down to 20,000 feet. • There are more than 50 speaking roles and 2,400 extras. • All four principal characters only appear in the same scene one time in the film. (Watch for it!)

  7. Quick Film Facts Continued • 1,400 actresses were interviewed for the part of Scarlet. 400 were asked to do readings, but only two, including Vivien Leigh, did the reading in color. • Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz were filmed at the same time and shared two directors, Victor Fleming and George Cukor.

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