The behind-the-scenes tidbits of gone with the wind

Gary cooper refused to play Butler (Rhett) in the film. He was very disgusted with the film. In the "Top 100 Movie Lines" selected by the Motion Picture Association of America, clark gable's line "Frankly speaking, honey, I don't care at all" topped the list. Photographer Lee Garmes was fired one month after filming started because the images he took were too dark. 1September 9, 939, the producer released the film for the first time at Fox Theatre. Before the film was released, the producer called the theater manager and asked not to disclose any film information to the audience before the film was released. Viewers can leave because they don't know the title, but they won't be able to re-enter. When the film started, the audience cheered with excitement. They didn't expect Gone with the Wind to be put on the screen. After victor fleming was hired as a film director, he was dissatisfied with the script, so he suspended filming for 17 days and rearranged the script. Clark gable's dancing skill is not good, so all his dancing scenes are done on roller skates. Olivia Sir Geoffrey de Havilland's performance contract belongs to Warner Bros. She even spared no effort to persuade her boss to agree to star in this film. Leslie howard was supposed to attend the premiere of the film, but his plane was shot down by Germans over Britain, and Howard was killed. There are as many as 2400 extras in the film. Margaret Mitchell, the original author, thinks that basil rathbone is more suitable to play Butler. Olivia de Sir Geoffrey de Havilland had to go to a maternity hospital to learn the experience and feelings of childbirth because she had not given birth yet. In actual shooting, director George Chuk sometimes pinches Sir Geoffrey de Havilland's toes outside the camera, which makes her feel pain. Scarlett's role has 1400 actors auditioned. The whole film is directed by George Chuck, victor fleming and sam wood, and the film directed by George Chuck is only 33 minutes. Due to the Georgian apartheid system, Heidi mcdaniel could not attend the premiere of the film. In the filming of Scarlett's Walking 1600, 800 were performed by extras and 800 were all dummies. When filming the scene of Butler delivering drinks to the nanny after Bonnie was born, Clark Gable made a joke. The cup was filled with wine instead of tea. Heidi mcdaniel drank too much eloquence and found out. Vivien Leigh worked 125 days and earned $25,000, while clark gable only worked1day and earned120,000 dollars. It is said that Vivien Leigh didn't want to kiss Clark Gaby because Gaby's smoke was too strong. The producer once conducted a poll on Scarlett's actor, and Vivien Leigh got only two out of hundreds of votes. It is said that Vivien Leigh smoked four packs of cigarettes every day during filming. The title of the film, the original title "Gone with the Wind", comes from the poem "Sinatra" by the English poet ernest dowson. The original sentence is: "I have always been loyal to you in my own way, Sinatra!" /I've forgotten a lot, Sinatra, and I've been in blowing in the wind. I have always been loyal to you, Sinatra! In my way. /I have forgotten a lot, Sinatra! Gone with the wind The scene of the fire was shot for the first time, including the scene used in King Kong 1933, which lasted 1 13 minutes and cost $25,000. At that time, the fire was fierce, and the uninformed public thought MGM was reduced to ashes, so they called the police. When filming Scarlett Escaped from the Fire, the crew needed a bony old horse. After several searches, they finally found one. However, when the horse was taken to the set a few weeks later, the original clearly visible rib marks disappeared because of its weight gain. Because of the tight time, the makeup artist had to draw shadows on the horse's ribs. Wearable lens:

When Scarlett walked out of the temporary hospital in the church, the shadow of the camera appeared on the door.

When preparing to join the army and kiss Scarlett goodbye, Butler threw his hat on the ground, but later picked it up from the railing.

After Scarlett visited the temporary hospital in the church, the camera gave her a close-up behind her; In the next distant shot, the door opens again; In the close-up of Scarlett leaving the door, the door closes again.

When India and Suellen stand in front of a big mirror and talk about Scarlett flirting with suitors, the landing and railing on the left are reflected in the big mirror. At this time, Scarlett happened to meet Frank upstairs when she went downstairs, and flirted with him in the middle of the stairs, and the mirror just reflected this scene; When the sisters commented on this matter, Scarlett and Frank in the mirror disappeared.

When Scarlett and Frank met in the hospital, a pitcher appeared out of nowhere.

When Ashley was preparing to go back to the front on vacation, a scene happened under the stairs. Scarlett met Ashley in a coat, and then the coat disappeared.

Scarlett didn't wear a hat when she fled Atlanta; When Scarlett and Rhett walked through the warehouse, Scarlett wore a black bonnet on her head; On the next trip to Tara, this soft hat disappeared.

When Rhett and Scarlett fled Atlanta, he stopped their carriage on the road and then expressed his views on the decline of the American South before the Civil War. When Rhett made his comments, the background of the picture was a group of injured people stumbling on the road. At this time, the picture shows a man with a pipe and a beard carrying his dead comrade-in-arms; After several scenes, the man in the previous photo is holding a rifle; Then he gave the gun to another comrade-in-arms to carry the dead comrade-in-arms who appeared in the previous scene.

Scarlett was sitting on the pillow when she was talking to Tarleton's twin brother on the steps of the corridor. When she got up and hurried to see her father, the pillow was gone.

After the war, all the residents of Tara flocked to the auditorium; Then the audience saw Han melanie running to the audience empty-handed. But in the next scene, Melanie and Han are holding their baby.

In a set of scenes, when Scarlett is talking to Rhett, Scarlett's handkerchief disappears after several shots; Later Rhett gave her a new handkerchief.

When Rhett and Scarlett fled Atlanta, Rhett stopped the carriage at the crossroads leading to Tara; Then he pulled up the brake; After Rhett left, Scarlett went back to the carriage and went straight to Tara. Note that she didn't release the brake at this time.

When Scarlett was attacked on the bridge, her hat came and went with the camera.

When Ashley refused to run away with Scarlett, Scarlett turned around and began to cry. At this time, her shawl only covered part of her shoulders askew. After a few seconds, the shawl neatly covered the neck.

At the beginning of the film, there is a huge oak tree outside Tara's front door; Then the war broke out, so everything was burned and the oak tree was not spared; But when the war was over, the oak tree appeared in front of the audience again.

When Rhett and Scarlett fled Sherman's army, their horses were frightened and refused to advance in the burning ruins; So Rhett tied a piece of cloth on the horse's face so that the horse could not see the flame; When they drove the horse through the ruins, the cloth fell off, and the horse seemed to be no longer afraid of the flame.

When Scarlett and Rhett came down the stairs in tandem, she was holding a lamp near the wall; Although this lamp was the only light source in the environment at that time, there were still their shadows on the wall.

When Scarlett and Han Melanie were nursing the wounded, their shadows were inconsistent with their movements.