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Gone With the Wind released on this day 80 years ago...
Posted on 1/18/20 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 1/18/20 at 12:59 pm
After premiering in 1939 and being in limited release, Gone With the Wind finally had its much-anticipated wide release on this day in 1940.
It broke attendance records everywhere, with almost half the U.S. population seeing it in theaters during its initial release. It has since been re-released in theaters multiple times and is currently the highest grossing film of all-time when adjusted for inflation.
It is estimated that it sold more than 200 million tickets in the United States across all releases.
It broke attendance records everywhere, with almost half the U.S. population seeing it in theaters during its initial release. It has since been re-released in theaters multiple times and is currently the highest grossing film of all-time when adjusted for inflation.
It is estimated that it sold more than 200 million tickets in the United States across all releases.
This post was edited on 1/18/20 at 1:00 pm
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Posted on 1/18/20 at 1:15 pm to RollTide1987
It's hard to believe that was 80 years ago....
some of those sets/scenes look amazing for 1939
some of those sets/scenes look amazing for 1939
Posted on 1/18/20 at 1:16 pm to RollTide1987
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Gone With the Wind released on this day 80 years ago...
frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.
Downvoted for quoting the best line in the movie
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Posted on 1/18/20 at 1:25 pm to beerJeep
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frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.
I remember thinking “hell yeah” when I saw it the 1st time. F*ck Scarlett O’Hara and her BS behavior.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 2:00 pm to PeteRose
Hard to believe Olivia de Haviland (Melanie Wilkes) is still alive
Posted on 1/18/20 at 2:14 pm to hsfolk
And she was a babe in her day:
She's 104 this year and by all accounts she's still spry and lucid.
She's 104 this year and by all accounts she's still spry and lucid.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 11:09 pm to chinese58
That’s a good one. Another fav line is when Mamie calls Scarlett and Rhett “mules in horses’ harness”.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 11:11 pm to RollTide1987
Still one of the best films ever made. Stands the test of time
Posted on 1/19/20 at 8:23 am to DustyDinkleman
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Still one of the best films ever made. Stands the test of time
Say what you want about Scarlett, but she was the ultimate survivor and one not afraid to make a hard decision in a crisis. Only a man like Rhett Butler could tame that screw.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 9:34 am to RollTide1987
There are several theaters in the US that never stopped screening it and still do to this day.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 9:44 am to RollTide1987
Scarlett O hara has to be the most Southern Belle name i ever heard. Haha
Posted on 1/19/20 at 9:49 am to RollTide1987
Leslie Howard (Ashley) was killed in action 2 years after the films release.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 12:25 pm to RollTide1987
Mitchell sold the rights to her book for $50,000 in 1937 (that would be $1 million today).
According to a 2014 Harris Poll, it is the second favorite book of American readers, just behind the Bible.
According to a 2014 Harris Poll, it is the second favorite book of American readers, just behind the Bible.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:54 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
I wonder if there’s a film out there that has been seen by more eyes than Gone with the Wind or The Wizard of Oz?
Posted on 1/19/20 at 9:51 pm to RollTide1987
Rip to the golden age, couldn’t imagine coming up with that talent today
Posted on 1/19/20 at 11:34 pm to Globetrotter747
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I wonder if there’s a film out there that has been seen by more eyes than Gone with the Wind or The Wizard of Oz?
Both 1939 films.
Probably not, unless possibly Citizen Kane?
It's A Wonderful Life perhaps .... because of TV.
Posted on 1/20/20 at 12:28 am to scrooster
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It's A Wonderful Life perhaps .... because of TV.
If there was a Jeopardy question about that, this would be a good guess.
Because the rights ran out and it ran free on TV for 50 years...so it was played over and over and over again on late night TV .
Posted on 1/20/20 at 7:04 am to Magic Helmet
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That’s a good one. Another fav line is when Mamie calls Scarlett and Rhett “mules in horses’ harness”.
I adapt "I don't know nothin' about birthing no babies" whenever I am near one needing a diaper change.
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