Gone With the Wind premiered 70 years ago today. On December 15, 1939 in Atlanta Georgia, movie goers got their first look at the epic film depicting life during the Civil War and Reconstruction from a southern perspective. In the seven decades since its release, Gone With the Wind is the number one grossing film of all time when figures are adjusted for inflation. The love story starring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler has brought in more than 1.2 billion dollars.
1939 was a great year for Hollywood! Here is a partial list of other films released during the year that many film historians call the greatest in the history of Hollywood: The Wizard of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Dark Victory, Beau Geste, Gunga Din, The Women, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Wuthering Heights, Golden Boy, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Roaring Twenties, Stanley and Livingstone, Of Mice and Men, and Stagecoach.
Gone With the Wind will air on Turner Classic Films on December 15, 2009 at 8:00 PM.
