GONE WITH THE WIND from MGM (1939). The epic film won 8 Oscars including Best Picture. It also became the biggest selling movie of all time. Hattie McDaniel won the best supporting actress Oscar who would became the first black actress to win the award.
The online streaming platform "HBO Max" removed the film from its' library - for now.... The reason is because of the film's depictions of Black Americans in the South. (The current murder of George Floyd who is black by a white police officer has influenced HBO to remove the film).
The movie still remains popular despite that removal. The online competitor "Amazon" has "Wind" climbing to number #1 in rankings and has sold out with DVD and Blu-ray copies.
"Gone with the Wind" is based on the best-selling 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. Two of the biggest female stars of that era turned down the role of Scarlett O'Hara. They were Katherine Hepburn and Bette Davis. British actress Vivien Leigh won the role after a year long search for Scarlett. Several up and coming actresses were screen-tested for the role. They included Lana Turner and Susan Hayward. Those screen tests are now on YouTube.
Black filmmakers criticize the romanticism of Blacks in the American South. "Wind" is set during the Civil War that eventually ended the slavery of Blacks.
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(1940. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Hattie McDaniel, on left, is the first Black Actress to win an Oscar).
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