1. Why Was Gone With The Wind So Successful
... costume fabric to Bonnie's bedroom wallpaper. To write the screenplay Selznick hired Sidney Howard, a respected playwright, although he rewrote Howard's script himself and gave it to other writers to improve it until he finally came back to Howard to produce the script, Selznick himself adding the scene at the end of the film that brings Scarlett back to Tara. Selznick himself also ... character of Scarlett breaks the conventions of movies at the time, instead of being virginal and homely, Scarlett is flirtatious and has driving ambitions for herself, and Vivien Leigh brings out these f...
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