Author
Margaret Mitchell was born on November 8, 1900. To mark the occasion of
what would have been her 115th birthday, there are trivia and tributes
all over the internet. Flavorwire brings you one focused on the
movie based on Mitchell’s novel
Gone With The Wind. It premiered in Atlanta on December 15th in 1939.
But
the premiere was not without its controversy. Racial tensions in the
city abounded, and black actors were banned from appearing at the gala,
as well as all promotional material, due to segregation laws. This upset
producer David O. Selznick who tried to include star Hattie McDaniel in
the celebrations, but MGM advised against it. Clark Gable came to the
defense of McDaniel and threatened to boycott the premiere, but the
actress convinced him it would be better to attend.
You’ll
also learn about the big stars who were rejected for roles, the
egregious pay differential, and the real reason Clark Gable wouldn’t
work with director George Cuckor, in
a Gone With The Wind retrospective at Flavorwire.
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