Our World "Gone with the Wind: Making of a Classic" Part 2 of 2

Starring Linda Ellerbee and Ray Gandolf
As broadcast on ABC Network Feed on February 19, 1987

[@Spiderman7Bob7]

In my humble opinion GONE WITH THE WIND was and always will be the greatest film ever made.

[@debbieking5171]

The role of a lifetime, VIVIEN LEIGH, as SCARLETT O'HARA ❤. Doesn't get any better.

[@ron-waynehoekstra7007]

The epitome of Hollywood, before or since . True talents , it’s zenith of story telling , the colours , the scope , the romance . Pure entertainment. Not a bloody History lesson . So settle down all u detractors .

[@sherribrtn]

Saw it the first time with my mom who saw it in 1939 when she was 8 years old; I was 13 and have seen it more times than I can count. The last time was on its 80th anniversary.

[@suzyfarnham3165]

I wish they had showed Hattie's Oscar speech...Makes me sob every single time. It will go down in history as one of the most heartfelt speeches in history.

[@annnee6818]

She cried. And it makes me cry😢

[@janicehudson4373]

They even removed her photo from the back offical program. It was added decades later. When interviewed about being excluded, she said they would still have to look at me on their big screens. 😄😅😂😆🤣💯%💖

[@pumpupjam9648]

there r now 2 survivors of this film left. 1 man who played BOW WILKES, now 87 yrs old and a lady who was an unaccredited extra at the 12 Oaks Lawn party: she is now 101 yrs old. Olivia De Hvailland, died last week at 104 yrs old July 2020.

[@cynthiawilliams737]

It was a grueling to make especially for Viven Leigh who was in almost every other scene but oh what a treasure it is to see over & over again!!

[@rachel-hb4xj]

My grandparents loved movies, my grandfather worked at a theatre when this was made, I first watched it on tv in the 80s, I was only 10..I went to see the authors home 20 years ago..even took a ride on a riverboat called Scarlett in Stone Mountain..I still like the drama..VL was so talented..she only lived to be 53...She was so good at playing Scarlett..

[@vivianpickering8182]

This is still after all this time, my favorite movie. I will always remember as an 8 year old with a remote in hand, changing the stations to the scene of Scarlett walking down the grand staircase at Twelve Oaks, asking about the man staring at her and her friend, “the nasty dog.” Lol. It was that moment, I set eyes on one of the most beautiful women in the history of our planet, actress Vivian Leigh. I remember when my Mom discovered I was watching “Gone With The Wind,” how a conversation started about it’s history and how beloved the movie was! She became so excited to tell me about it! You’d think she starred in the damn movie herself. Lol. Well now, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been to the Thearter to see it, or how many times I’ve put in my Blue Ray to watch it again in the coziness of my own living room. I have two DVD’s of it and so many books on it and still until this day, I’m just as fascinated by it (and every character featured), as I was the first time I saw my Vivian’s face as an 8 year old. Cheers! Forever Gone With The Wind. (Rest In Peace Melanie Wilks, Olivia DeHaviland who died just last year July 26, 2020. The last living cast member). NOTE: I did a quick Google and found that little Beau Wilks, Melly’s and Ashley’s son played by actor Theodore Matthew Michael Kuhn Jr. is still alive at 88years old. He was born September 21, 1932. Wow! That’s something wonderful to post.

[@lilymaniquis8460]

I think Clark and Vivien were absolutely perfect in their roles and this movie. Will forever be one of if not the greatest classic american story. And the quote frankly my dear I don't give a damn has become a popular expression too.

[@annnee6818]

The story of a beech and a bassterd. I love that description😂😂Ich

[@brunoantony3218]

I usually hate commercials but what time travel these are! Especially the Lee Iacocca one. Thank you for the upload!

[@moonchild8422]

The commercials are unlocking memories of my childhood I had forgotten about

[@MicaRayan]

I felt so delightful to see this! GWTW is just epic ❤

[@marymadleneroulette4088]

One of my All time favs!💖💖💖💖💖👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@MicaRayan]

Such nice insights... I love GWTW almost watching it 50 times! I especially adore the wardrobe, cinematography, set, production, music, acting and everything apparently

[@lass-inangeles7564]

This is a magnificent film and a piece of American history. We should not shelve it due to racism overtones. My argument to the NAACP is this: 1. Hattie McDaniel broke ground for American Blacks with her Oscar. Bravo! 2. Hattie McDaniel got paid $700 per week acting as a maid rather than $7 a week working as one. Broke ground there too. 3. It is true that all the Black characters were stereotyped mostly negatively and not humanized much or given more complexity as human beings. This is unfair and wrong and very hurtful to the Black community. However, a lot of racist terms in the book, were removed from the film by Selznick. This was already progress. Despite segregation, Hattie McDaniel was at the Oscars. Despite segregation, McDaniel won an Oscar. Despite segregation, she made very good money acting in this film as did all the other Black actors. That is progress for those times. 4. The film is about the civil war. The film was released while the US was segregated. How do you not expect to see racist overtones in the film and in character depictions. Watching this film makes us all wince today by comparison. This is progress. The film is an important historical reference point. It is painful to watch slavery, slaves, racism, lynching, and the terrible situation for Blacks in the South, but it also reminds us how bad that was. We must never forget that. 5. Every year around April, Jewish people remind us of the Holocaust. They show us how bad it was. We must never forget those atrocities of WWII. And we must never forget the atrocities of segregation and the reason for the civil war. Gone With the Wind is an American classic. It is not perfect. Instead of banning it, we should create more dialogue around controversial points. I think it is a perfect tool to teach children about racism.

[@annnee6818]

Nobody is arguing that it shouldn't be shown. I really don't know why people think that. But small kids need context for this stuff, so many teachers talking about how difficult 10 year old boys are who look up to Andrew Tate. That's all. No one is suggesting to burn the negatives. And of course it's a gem of cinema, racist af (which it is) or not.

[@Jojomo564]

My favorite movie of all time. I watch it every time it's on tv.

[@hankaustin7091]

a fabulous video tribute to an exquisite movie, absolutely wonderful!

[@LaPetiteBoulin]

Thank you for uploading this! I use to say I wanted to be like Melanie with Scarlett's wardrobe.

[@denisegore1884]

Thank you for this treat. I even enjoyed the ads.

[@shirleylake7738]

I saw another video and they said Vivian Leigh had to adopt a southern accent as she was English.

[@gidgitvonlarue679]

Old bearded man - "I'm talking about a film I've never watched all of" Oh piss off

[@johnfd0210]

He is so smug.

[@jolee3633]

Now here we are in 2023 and they want to cancel this movie ,because people have become skin color obsessed

[@skalle0302]

XD e

[@rl839]

I could have played Scarlet better had I been that old back then? Because,I was born in the SOUTH!

[@annnee6818]

They had loads of girls from the south try out. Guess that alone wasn't enough.

[@amyclarke41]

Its a long soap opera

[@annnee6818]

Yes.

[@janetownley]

Good movie in many ways, but the depiction of slavery is a fairy tale.

[@justicewokeisutterbs8641]

@janetownley "the depiction of slavery was a fairy tale" There really was no depiction of slavery in Gone With the Wind. There were just a few characters who were slaves. But the movie isn't about slaves or "the south" or the Civil War. It's about Scarlet O'Hara and her journey.