This page will contain external links about Gone With The Wind, as they become available.Gone With the Wind(Redirected from Gone With The Wind) Gone With the Wind was an instant success.Gone With the Wind, an American novel by Margaret Mitchell, was published in 1936 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. The novel is one of the most popular of all time, and an American film adaptation released on Decemeber 15, 1939 became the highest-grossing film in the history of Hollywood and received a record-breaking number of Academy Awards. Mitchell's work relates the story of a rebellious Georgia woman named Scarlett O'Hara and her travails with friends, family and lovers in the midst of the antebellum South, the American Civil War, and the Reconstruction period. It also tells the story of the love that blossoms between Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler. The bookCritics and historians regard the book as having a strong ideological commitment to the cause of the Confederacy and a romanticized view of the culture of the antebellum South. This is apparent from the book's opening pages, which describe how Scarlett's beaux, the Tarleton twins, have been expelled from university and are accompanied home by their elder brothers out of a sense of honor: a metaphor for the South's viewpoint on the statehood of Kansas. Nevertheless, the book includes a vivid description of the fall of Atlanta in 1864 and the devastation of war (some of it absent from the 1939 film), and shows a considerable amount of historical research. Mitchell's sweeping narrative of war and loss helped the book win the Pulitzer Prize on May 3, 1937. The official sequel, Scarlett, was written by Alexandra Ripley in 1991. In 2000, the copyright holders attempted to suppress publication of The Wind Done Gone, a book that told the story from the point of view of the slaves. A federal appeals court ruled against the plaintiffs in 2001. The successful defense was based on the court's acceptance of the book as parody. The filmIn 1936, film producer David O. Selznick decided that he wanted to create a movie based on Gone With the Wind. He bought the rights for $50,000, a record amount at the time. A well-publicized casting search for an actress to play Scarlett resulted in the hire of young British actress Vivien Leigh, although many other famous or soon-to-be-famous actresses had been auditioned, considered for the role, or tested, including Katharine Hepburn, Norma Shearer, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Susan Hayward, Carole Lombard, Paulette Goddard, Irene Dunne, Merle Oberon, Ida Lupino, Joan Fontaine, Loretta Young, Miriam Hopkins, Jean Arthur, Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee and Lucille Ball. Shooting began on December 10, 1938 and was completed on November 11, 1939. The film premiered in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 15, 1939, with estimated production costs of $4 million, and has become the highest-grossing movie of all time (adjusted for inflation). It garnered thirteen Academy Award nominations and eight Awards. Although some have criticized the film for sanitizing or even promoting the values of the Old South, filmgoers in 1939 had a different view. Scarlett O'Hara's father, Gerald, deferred to his wife, Ellen, who was portrayed as the real head of the O'Hara household. A black woman, Mammy, was not shy about upbraiding her white mistress, Scarlett. In early 1940, an African American would win an Academy Award when Hattie McDaniel walked to the podium to accept her Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry and has undergone a complete digital restoration. CreditsA full list can be found at The Internet Movie Database: Gone With the Wind (1939) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/fullcredits)
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A full list can be found at The Internet Movie Database: Gone With the Wind (1939) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/fullcredits). Jame Gumb is evidently based on four real-life serial killers:. The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry and has undergone a complete digital restoration. Finally, to Starling, he sends a promise that he will not come after her, "the world being more interesting with you in it." He also reminds her that she owes him an answer in future; he would like to know about it, should she ever defeat her inner demons, and find herself in the silence of the lambs. In early 1940, an African American would win an Academy Award when Hattie McDaniel walked to the podium to accept her Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. To Barney, a nurse at the ward who was civil, Lecter appends a generous tip. A black woman, Mammy, was not shy about upbraiding her white mistress, Scarlett. To Chilton, he promises horrible retribution. Scarlett O'Hara's father, Gerald, deferred to his wife, Ellen, who was portrayed as the real head of the O'Hara household. He is planning some self-administered cosmetic surgery to keep his anonymity, but for now he has some loose ends to tie up. Although some have criticized the film for sanitizing or even promoting the values of the Old South, filmgoers in 1939 had a different view. In a Detroit hotel room (one with windows), we find Lecter writing farewell letters. It garnered thirteen Academy Award nominations and eight Awards. She has approval where it counts, though: from Crawford, from some of her instructors, and of course from Catherine and Ruth Martin. Shooting began on December 10, 1938 and was completed on November 11, 1939. The film premiered in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 15, 1939, with estimated production costs of $4 million, and has become the highest-grossing movie of all time (adjusted for inflation). With her roommate's help, she plans to graduate. A well-publicized casting search for an actress to play Scarlett resulted in the hire of young British actress Vivien Leigh, although many other famous or soon-to-be-famous actresses had been auditioned, considered for the role, or tested, including Katharine Hepburn, Norma Shearer, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Susan Hayward, Carole Lombard, Paulette Goddard, Irene Dunne, Merle Oberon, Ida Lupino, Joan Fontaine, Loretta Young, Miriam Hopkins, Jean Arthur, Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee and Lucille Ball. She is not going to flunk out, but they are cutting her very little slack. He bought the rights for $50,000, a record amount at the time. Life returns to normal for Starling. Selznick decided that he wanted to create a movie based on Gone With the Wind. Starling calls for back up and Catherine Martin, finally, is rescued. In 1936, film producer David O. Starling hears and fires back, killing him. The successful defense was based on the court's acceptance of the book as parody. Gumb, wearing night vision goggles, creeps up behind Starling and cocks his gun. A federal appeals court ruled against the plaintiffs in 2001. She manages to make contact with Catherine Martin, who is fortunately still alive, and is hunting Bill when the lights go out and Starling is left in darkness. In 2000, the copyright holders attempted to suppress publication of The Wind Done Gone, a book that told the story from the point of view of the slaves. She follows him down. The official sequel, Scarlett, was written by Alexandra Ripley in 1991. Starling attempts to arrest Gumb, who flees into the basement. Mitchell's sweeping narrative of war and loss helped the book win the Pulitzer Prize on May 3, 1937. (The FBI, we find out later, had a business address.) Starling has no idea who he is, but when she spies a Death's Head Moth flapping around in the background, she knows who she is dealing with. Nevertheless, the book includes a vivid description of the fall of Atlanta in 1864 and the devastation of war (some of it absent from the 1939 film), and shows a considerable amount of historical research. At Lippman's house, however, the door is answered by Jame Gumb. This is apparent from the book's opening pages, which describe how Scarlett's beaux, the Tarleton twins, have been expelled from university and are accompanied home by their elder brothers out of a sense of honor: a metaphor for the South's viewpoint on the statehood of Kansas. Lippman, who lived in Belvedere, Ohio. Critics and historians regard the book as having a strong ideological commitment to the cause of the Confederacy and a romanticized view of the culture of the antebellum South. Starling learns that Bimmel once worked for a woman named Mrs. It also tells the story of the love that blossoms between Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler. Crawford instructs Starling to continue interviewing friends of Bimmel. Mitchell's work relates the story of a rebellious Georgia woman named Scarlett O'Hara and her travails with friends, family and lovers in the midst of the antebellum South, the American Civil War, and the Reconstruction period. Lecter's transsexual-surgery theory has yielded a positive ID from Johns Hopkins: a Jame Gumb who lives just outside Columbus. The novel is one of the most popular of all time, and an American film adaptation released on Decemeber 15, 1939 became the highest-grossing film in the history of Hollywood and received a record-breaking number of Academy Awards. She telephones Crawford, who is already on the way to make an arrest. Gone With the Wind, an American novel by Margaret Mitchell, was published in 1936 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. Recalling Lecter's summary of Buffalo Bill's motive - "He wants a vest with tits on it" - Starling figures that Buffalo Bill wants to make himself into a woman by fashioning himself a "woman suit" of real skin. Moulton (Samuel Goldwyn SSD). Dresses in her closet have triangular templates on them, identical to the patches of skin removed from Buffalo Bill's latest victim. Best Sound, Recording - Thomas T. There, Starling discovers that Bimmel was a tailor. Best Music, Original Score - Max Steiner. She accepts that she will flunk out of Quantico and Crawford sends her to Bimmel's home town, Columbus, Ohio. Best Effects, Special Effects - Fred Albin (sound), Jack Cosgrove (photographic), and Arthur Johns (sound). Starling surmises that she knew Bill in personal life. Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Olivia de Havilland. With the help of her roommate, Starling realizes that there is something significant in the way Buffalo Bill's first victim, Frederica Bimmel, was killed: she was killed first but found third, suggesting that Bill wanted to hide her body. Best Actor in a Leading Role - Clark Gable. Starling's shock at all these events is put on hold when she realizes that Lecter has left some further clues for her.
Honorary Award - William Cameron Menzies - "For outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of Gone with the Wind." (plaque). (Krendler later figures prominently in the plot of the sequel Hannibal.). Best Writing, Screenplay - Sidney Howard. She is further ordered by Justice Department deputy Paul Krendler to return to Quantico and study like she's supposed to; failure to do so will result in her flunking out. Newcom. Starling is escorted from the building. Kern, and James E. Lecter now understands Clarice Starling, but Chilton interrupts the conversation, preventing Lecter from transmitting to her a parallel understanding of Buffalo Bill. Best Film Editing - Hal C. One night at the ranch, she awoke to hear lambs screaming as they were being slaughtered. Best Director - Victor Fleming. Their conversation continues from before, with Lecter giving clues as to Buffalo Bill's identity in exchange for stories about Starling's childhood. Best Cinematography, Color - Ernest Haller, and Ray Rennahan. She suspects that Lecter has given false information to the Senator. Wheeler. The next day, with Lecter held in a makeshift cell, Clarice Starling confronts him. Best Art Direction - Lyle R. This information in hand, the FBI races off to save Catherine. Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Hattie McDaniel. In Tennessee, Lecter toys with Senator Martin briefly, enjoying the woman's anguish, but eventually gives her some (misleading) information about Buffalo Bill. Best Actress in a Leading Role - Vivien Leigh. He knows that once he is outside the asylum, he will be in the custody of police officers who will use handcuffs on him, rather than strait-jackets. Selznick, producer. Chilton agrees. Unknown to Chilton, Lecter has managed to fashion and conceal a handcuff key. Best Picture - David O. Lecter insists that he'll only give the information to Senator Martin in person, in Tennessee. Oscar Record
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Frank Kennedy, a guest. In exchange, Lecter explains that Bill is seeking to change himself, and that he is a transsexual, or rather, someone who thinks he is a transsexual; Bill's obsession with moths stems from the metamorphosis they go through, caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. Carroll Nye ... He starts by asking Starling about her worst childhood memory: the death of her father, a policeman who was killed by two crooks on a night patrol. Charles Hamilton. (It is not a particularly good one, though it at least has windows.) Lecter, in a position of power, demands information from Starling: in exchange for details of her personal life, he will offer his views on who Buffalo Bill might be. Rand Brooks ... Unknown to Starling, however, the deal is a phony, concocted by Crawford as a last-ditch effort to get Lecter to talk. India Wilkes. She presents Lecter with a deal: if he gives information which leads to Buffalo Bill's arrest and saves Catherine Martin's life, Lecter will be transferred to a new institution and given greater freedom. Alicia Rhett ... Starling is sent back to Lecter to obtain more information from him. John Wilkes (as Howard Hickman). When Buffalo Bill kidnaps a new victim, Catherine Martin, the daughter of the junior US Senator from Tennessee, Ruth Martin, the urgency of the Buffalo Bill case is heightened even further. Hickman ... It lives only in Asia and, in the United States, must be hand-raised. Howard C. Starling takes the chrysalis to the Smithsonian, where (much later in the book) it is eventually identified as the "Death's Head Moth," so named because of the signature skull design on its back. Big Sam, the foreman. Lecter, however, is not going to reveal such information easily. Everett Brown (I) ... On the basis of Lecter's prediction, Starling believes that he knows who Buffalo Bill really is. Jonas Wilkerson, The Overseer. Autopsy reports, furthermore, indicate that he killed her within four days of her capture; whatever it is he does with them, he's getting better and faster at it. Victor Jory (I) ... Triangular patches of skin have been taken from her shoulders. Prissy. She has been scalped. Butterfly McQueen ... A moth chrysalis is found in the throat of the victim. Pork. Regardless of home-life distractions, he and Starling perform the autopsy. Oscar Polk ... Crawford's wife has a terminal condition and is not expected to survive for much longer; many at the Bureau marvel at Crawford's ability to function. Brent Tarleton. When Bill's sixth victim is found, Starling helps Crawford perform the autopsy. Fred Crane ... What he wants is a room with windows. Stuart Tarleton. He draws pictures of his favorite sights ("The Duomo, as seen from the Belvedere" in Florence, Italy is brought to our attention early on) but these can be taken away. George Reeves ... He suggests an insight on Buffalo Bill's motivation: "He wants a vest with tits on it." And finally he offers some thoughts of his own: he has been in a windowless, stone-walled cell for eight years and will never get out while he is alive. Carreen O'Hara. Back at the asylum, Lecter explains that the head is that of a man named Klaus; he was Raspail's lover before, Raspail claimed, he killed Klaus in a fit of jealousy over a new partner. (Lecter is dubious about Raspail's explanation, telling Clarice "The Swede probably died in some banal erotic asphyxia transaction") Lecter predicts that the next victim will have been scalped. Ann Rutherford ... Hidden in Raspail's vintage car is a severed head in a jar. Suellen O'Hara. The information leads Starling to a rent-a-storage lot where the possessions of Lecter's last victim, Benjamin Raspail, are contained. Evelyn Keyes ... He later talks this inmate into killing himself by swallowing his tongue. Barbara O'Neil .... Ellen O'Hara (as Barbara O'Neill). Lecter, offended at this display of bad manners, calls Starling back and gives her some cryptic information. Gerald O'Hara. As she leaves, the prisoner in the cell next to Lecter flings semen at Starling. Thomas Mitchell (I) ... Eventually, Starling gets to talk to Lecter, who is seemingly quite polite and civil, but after toying briefly with Starling, he refuses to take the questionnaire. Mammy. Frederick Chilton. Hattie McDaniel ... At the asylum, Starling is clumsily chatted up by its warden, Dr. Melanie Hamilton. The nickname was started by Kansas City Police Homicide Division, on the theory that "he likes to skin his humps." Starling asks if she should ask Lecter about Bill, but Crawford tells her not to. Olivia de Havilland ... We also learn of the hunt for a serial killer dubbed Buffalo Bill, who has abducted five different women, keeping them for up to three weeks before killing them and taking parts of their skins. Ashley Wilkes. Starling is asked to present a questionnaire to a serial killer named Hannibal Lecter, a former psychiatrist and genuine sociopath, currently serving a life sentence in a Maryland insane asylum. Leslie Howard ... The novel opens with Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, being asked to carry out an errand by Jack Crawford, the head of the FBI division that draws up psychological profiles of serial killers. Scarlett O'Hara. See below for differences between the book and film version. Vivien Leigh ... Note: This summary is based on the novel, but the movie adaptation remains rather faithful to the book. Rhett Butler. It is thus only the third picture to win the five most prestigous Academy Awards (after It Happened One Night, 1934 and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975). Clark Gable ... Hannibal Lecter, respectively); the film won additional Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture. Cast (in credits order)
Jo Swerling (uncredited) &. In the novel and the film based on it, Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, is sent to question an imprisoned sociopath/psychiatrist to get information on one of his former clients, a serial killer given the name Buffalo Bill, who is abducting women and skinning them. Selznick (uncredited) and. Hannibal Lecter. David O. The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris, his second to feature sociopath psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Ben Hecht (uncredited) and. Gary Heidnik, who held women captive in a deep hole in his basement. Sidney Howard - adapted screenplay. Ed Kemper, who killed his grandparents when he was an adolescent, just like Gumb. Margaret Mitchell (I) (novel). Ted Bundy, who killed dozens of women in the 1970s, often luring victims by pretending he was injured with a cast on his arm, a technique Gumb used to lure Catherine Martin into his van; also offered to help investigators find other murderers by "giving insights", while he was in death row. Writing credits
Victor Fleming. After escaping from his cell in Memphis, Lecter is next shown at the end of the movie contacting Starling by telephone immediately followng her graduation ceremony from the FBI Academy. George Cukor (uncredited). Lecter never tells Starling that Buffalo Bill wants "a vest with tits in it." Starling deduces this specific motive of Buffalo Bill on her own after seeing a dress in Bimmel's closet. Directed by
Starling's struggles as an FBI trainee are downplayed, with only occasional hints at difficulties, often based on sexism. |