C or D: David O. Selznick's 1939 production of "Gone with the Wind"

My mother was a teenager when this came out and she thought Clark Gable was a dreamboat. When GWTW was rereleased to theaters in the mid-60s she took all of her four children to the Music Box theater downtown (something unprecedented) so we could soak in the glory, just as she had when young. She talked it up a lot before we went.

As a 10 year old (approx.) I thought the first half was fairly snappy but the second half after the intermission was pretty damned boring. Clark's big line of "frankly, my dear..." just wasn't worth all the tedium that swathed it. I expect the movie was true to the book, but I never bothered to read the book.

Scorn from whom? Surely the masses enjoyed their escape into lavish mansions being burned and looted.

I saw some of it on AMC too, like when Scarlett shoots the rape-intent Yank in the face. I suppose there was a 75th anniv screening in Atlanta, as the premiere was in early December.

de Havilland interview in Garden & Gun:

http://gardenandgun.com/article/interview-olivia-de-havilland

I remember seeing this as a little girl and could not figure out Clark Gable's appeal. I remember talking about it with my mom - "women liked THAT?? That slick hair and stuff?" Burt Reynolds was the hottie in those days - that I understood.