| 1938/12/10 |
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Principle photography begins on "Gone With the Wind" with the burning of Atlanta scene. The part of Scarlet O'Hara has yet to be cast. |
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| 1939/01/00 |
F Scott Fitzgerald |
Work |
F Scott Fitzgerald works briefly on Gone With the Wind |
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| 1939/05/00 |
Clark Gable |
Actor |
"Gone With the Wind" producers rent Busch Gardens for a number of days to shoot the picnic scene. |
Busch Gardens Cultural Landscape Historic District |
Pasadena, CA |
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| 1939/06/27 |
Victor Fleming |
Director |
Director Victor Fleming shots the scene of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara parting in "Gone With the Wind". |
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| 1939/09/09 |
John Hay Whitney |
Financier |
David Selznick, his wife Irene, investor John Whitney and film editor Hal Kern drive out to view a rough cut of "Gone with the Wind" at the Fox Theatre in Riverside, California. |
Fox Performing Arts Center, Riverside |
Riverside, CA |
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| 1939/09/09 |
David O Selznick |
Producer |
David Selznick, his wife Irene, investor John Whitney and film editor Hal Kern drive out to view a rough cut of "Gone with the Wind" at the Fox Theatre in Riverside, California. |
Fox Performing Arts Center, Riverside |
Riverside, CA |
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| 1939/11/11 |
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Principle photography on "Gone With the Wind" is completed. Post-production work will continue until 11 November 1939. |
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| 1939/12/15 |
Clark Gable |
Actor |
With reluctance, Clark Gable turns out for the "Gone with the Wind" premier in Atlanta. Gable tried to boycott the event, because Blacks are not allowed to attend. Black co-star Hattie McDaniel convinced him to attend. |
Degive's Grand Opera House |
Atlanta, GA |
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| 1939/12/15 |
J P Morgan Jr |
Audience Member |
Celebrities attending the "Gone with the Wind" premier in Atlanta include the Vanderbilts, the Rockefellers, the Astors, J P Morgan, and all the Governors of what used to be the Confederacy. |
Degive's Grand Opera House |
Atlanta, GA |
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| 1939/12/15 |
Victor Fleming |
Director |
The "Gone with the Wind" premier is held in Atlanta, Georgia. A Jim Crow city, Black people, including the cast, are not permitted at the segregated event. |
Degive's Grand Opera House |
Atlanta, GA |
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Gone with the Wind Premiere |
| 1939/12/15 |
William Henry Jackson |
Technical Advisor |
The "Gone with the Wind" premier is held in Atlanta, Georgia. A Jim Crow city, Black people, including the cast, are not permitted at the segregated event. |
Degive's Grand Opera House |
Atlanta, GA |
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Gone with the Wind Premiere |
| 1939/12/15 |
David O Selznick |
Producer |
The "Gone with the Wind" premier is held in Atlanta, Georgia. A Jim Crow city, Black people, including the cast, are not permitted at the segregated event. |
Degive's Grand Opera House |
Atlanta, GA |
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Gone with the Wind Premiere |
| 1939/12/15 |
Martin Luther King Jr |
Singer |
Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir, an all-black boys choir directed by the Revend Martin Luther King Sr, sings at the premiere of Gone With The Wind. |
Degive's Grand Opera House |
Atlanta, GA |
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Gone with the Wind Premiere |
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Gone With the Wind is shown at the New Orpheum Theatre |
New Orpheum Theatre |
Champaign |
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| 1961/04/26 |
David O Selznick |
Producer |
"Gone With the Wind" gala at the Loew's Grand Theater is attended by Produced by David O Selznick and stars of the film, including Vivien Leigh and Olivia de Havilland. |
Degive's Grand Opera House |
Atlanta, GA |
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| 1968/00/00 |
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Gone With the Wind is shown at the New Orpheum Theatre |
New Orpheum Theatre |
Champaign |
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Ending a 34-year-old tradition, the Orpheum announces that it will not show GWTW in the future because of the film's racial content. The Orpheum showed GWTW on August 11, the same night a white nationalist rally took place in Charlottesville, VA. |
Orpheum Theatre |
Memphis, TN |
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