GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

Scarlett invented high maintenence.

In 1939 there were not only people who remembered the Civil War, but there were at least 10,000 army veterans still alive.

The actor playing the role of Scarlet’s father is the same actor that played the role of “Uncle Billy” in “It’s A Wonderful Life”!!

Olivia De Havilland (Melanie) only recently passed away in 2020 at age of 104. Considering this movie was released in 1939, she far out-survived the cast. Also, Star Trek legend actor Patrick Stewart has a very touching storing on YouTube of his experience watching GWTW decades later in a movie theater re-release while accompanied by Vivian Leigh and her reaction watching the film.

My absolute favorite moment in this film was after Rhett brought the wounded Ashley home after the men had gone to clean out the shantytown. Rhett swore to the Yankee officer that the men had been with him at Belle's, drinking and playing cards. After saving her husband's life, he apologized to Melanie for not being able to come up with a more dignified alibi. For her sake. Rhett enjoyed being an absolute scoundrel and despicable cad in practically every other situation. But to him Melanie was the perfect lady who deserved to be treated as such, and who treated him like the perfect gentleman. Melanie brought out the best in people, and brought out the best in Rhett Butler, and Rhett appreciated her for rekindling the nobility in him. It's the most beautiful and underrated relationship in the story.

lol "Scarlett, fix your face".

This movie premiered 74 years after the Civil War. To put that in perspective, WWII ended 81 years ago.

The theme is seldom recognized: idealism vs realism. Ashley is idealism, an idealized version of the old South ("Dreams, always dreams with you"), and Rhett is realism (he's always bursting the bubbles of idealized fantasies and pointing out the cold, hard facts). Scarlett is deluded by idealism until the very end, when she finally snaps out of it. The movie presents an idealized version of the old South while simultaneously questioning that very fantasy through the subtle treatment of this theme. It's about the cost of trying to live in idealized fantasy versions of reality. There is a very great cost indeed.

My father, born in 1930, got to meet a Civil War veteran at Gettysburg when he was 7 or 8. He told the man, "you have no idea what this means to me." "Why, yes I do, young feller," the old man replied. "When I was about your age my father took me to Philedelphia where I met veterans of George Washington's army." The US just isn't that old.

When Rhett carries her up stairs in a drunken state…the following morning… “Why is she happy?”…😂😂😂