Gone With the Wind

		Winner '39: First Saw It:		Gone with the Wind June 26, 1998, at the Sony Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA
		Bridesmaids:		Dark Victory, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Love Affair, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Ninotchka, Of Mice and Men, Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights
		My Vote:		I'm tempted to say Stagecoach, but you can't go wrong with at least six of these
		Overlooked:		Young Mr. Lincoln; The Rules of the Game didn't bow in the U.S. till years later

Gone With the Wind

Director: Victor Fleming. Cast: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Hattie McDaniel, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Rand Brooks, Carroll Nye, Laura Hope Crews, Alicia Rhett, Harry Davenport, Leona Roberts, Ona Munson, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, Butterfly McQueen, Oscar Polk, Everett Brown, Howard C. Hickman, Victor Jory, Isabel Jewell, Ward Bond, Jane Darwell, Cammie King, Lillian Kemble-Cooper. Screenplay: Sidney Howard (based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell).

Not yet reviewed in full. A–

(in June 1998: A)

Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
✓	Best Picture
✓	Best Director: Victor Fleming
✓	Best Actress: Vivien Leigh
	Best Actor: Clark Gable
	Best Supporting Actress: Olivia de Havilland
✓	Best Supporting Actress: Hattie McDaniel
✓	Best Screenplay: Sidney Howard
✓	Best Cinematography (Color): Ernest Haller & Ray Rennahan
✓	Best Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler
✓	Best Film Editing: Hal C. Kern & James A. Newcom
	Best Original Score: Max Steiner
	Best Sound: Thomas T. Moulton
	Best Visual Effects: Jack Cosgrove, Fred Albin, and Arthur Johns
✓	Honorary Award: William Cameron Menzies
✓	Special Award for Technical Achievement: R.D. Musgrave

Other Awards:
	New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actress (Leigh)

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