During Gone With the Wind’s filming, Vivien Leigh complained constantly about the script’s unplayable dialogue and kept a copy of Margaret Mitchell’s novel with her to bolster her arguments. David O. Selznick frequently yelled at her to “please...
In April 1939, producer David O. Selznick recognized that the grueling pace of filming Gone With the Wind was taking a toll on his cast and crew, especially director Victor Fleming. On April 14, Selznick confided in a memo to executive staff that Fleming “is so...
On March 10, 1939, Victor Fleming, cast and crew worked on “The Arrival at Twelve Oaks” sequence. Fleming directed Vivien Leigh entering Twelve Oaks and returning the greetings of the young men gathered in the hall. The camera even captured her flirtations...
On March 3, 1939, Victor Fleming directed the “Wedding Reception of Scarlett and Charles Hamilton.” Scarlett, in her mother’s wedding gown and veil, and her new husband, in his troop’s uniform, receive congratulations from the guests attending...
Gone With the Wind’s filming resumed on March 2, 1939 with Victor Fleming at the directorial helm. At his first meeting with assistant directors Eric Stacey and Ridgeway Callow, Fleming left no doubt about how he would run things. “They tell me that...
