Gone With The Wind - Part Four

Some other facts about Gone With The Wind.

1) The infant who was cast as Melanie's son was Patrick Curtis - he was married to Raquel Welch from 1967 through 1972.

2) In the scene with Rhett Butler and Mammie, they are having a drink of scotch to celebrate the birth of Bonnie. In reality, iced tea was used. However, during one of the takes, Clark Gable, unbeknownst to Hattie McDaniel, substituted the real thing!! She was obviously caught off guard.

3) Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American to receive an Academy Award. She won the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in this movie.

4) Although Victor Fleming is credited with being the Director of GWTW, there were two directors involved.

The first was George Cukor, who was fired by Selznick. He was considered a woman's director and this upset both Vivien Leigh and Olivia DeHavilland - after he was fired, they still sought out his opinion on various scenes.

Then Victor Fleming was hired. During the filming, he fell ill.

During Fleming's absence, Sam Wood had the reigns of Directing.

5) Author F. Scott Fitzgerald did some uncredited writing for the movie, but the scene(s) was/were not filmed.

6) The scene where Scarlett makes her way through rows of thousands of wounded and dead Confederate soldiers was filmed using the largest known crane at the time.

Also, for this scene, the filmmakers were unable to get enough extras so for the injured soldiers lying in the distance they used dummies. The extras lay beside the dummies and by using strings, the filmmakers were able to move the arms and legs making it look like the dummy was moving.

Cast of Gone With The Wind:

Clark Gable as Rhett Butler
Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara
Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes
Olivia de Havilland as Melanie Hamilton
Thomas Mitchell as Gerald O'Hara
Barbara O'Neil as Ellen O'Hara
Evelyn Keyes as Suellen O'Hara
Ann Rutherford as Carreen O'Hara
George Reeves as Stuart Tarleton
Fred Crane as Brent Tarleton
Hattie McDaniel as Mammy
Oscar Polk as Pork
Butterfly McQueen as Prissy
Victor Jory as Jonas Wilkerson
Everett Brown as Big Sam
Howard Hickman as John Wilkes
Alicia Rhett as India Wilkes
Rand Brooks as Charles Hamilton
Carroll Nye as Frank Kennedy
Laura Hope Crews as Aunt Pittypat
Eddie Anderson as Uncle Peter
Harry Davenport as Dr. Meade
Leona Roberts as Mrs. Meade
Jane Darwell as Mrs. Merriwether
Ona Munson as Belle Watling
Ward Bond as Tom, Yankee Captain
Cliff Edwards as Reminiscent Soldier
Cammie King as Bonnie Blue Butler