[mrs. a]

“And, there was not a dry eye in the movie theater when Bonnie Blue Butler, the daughter of Rhett and Scarlett, was killed in a pony accident.”

I had some friends who saw the movie in a theater long before VCR’s, when they were children. This scene was quite traumatic for them. Their mother had to take them out of the theater because they were sobbing, “He shot the pony! He shot the pony!”

[re_nortex]

“And, there was not a dry eye in the movie theater when Bonnie Blue Butler, the daughter of Rhett and Scarlett, was killed in a pony accident.”

Without a doubt, that's a memorable moment from the film. But what always triggers a "Yee Haw!" and Rebel Yell from me is when Scarlett O'Hara kills that rapacious drunken Yankee at the bottom of the stairs at Tara.

[miss marmelstein]

My mom as a child had to be removed from the theatre because of the amputation scene in the hospital.

One of my favorite movies and my absolutely favorite book.

[fso301]

The nation was very nearly founded as a free land for all with the slave trade listed as a grievance against the king in a draft version of the Declaration of Independence.

he has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life & liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating & carrying them to slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportations thither. this piratical warfare, the opprobrium of infidel powers, is the warfare of the Christian king of Great Britain. determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought & sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain determining to keep open a market where MEN should be bought & sold

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/rough.htm

[Tailback]

While in Charleston, SC my Wife and I took a historical walking tour of the old town. The historian tour guide was incredible and talked a lot about “Gone With the Wind”. It turns out that many of the names of the characters in the book came from rivers, streets, prominent figures from Charleston. It was a fascinating tour and well worth it for a history buff visiting Charleston.

[annieokie]

I am now reading the Bio of Margaret "Peggy" Mitchell, "The Road to Tara".

Scarlett is based on her life. Rhett Butler was her first husband Red Upshaw. Most everyone she knew had a part in that story. Her first love (who was a homo), she wrote as Ashley Wilkes.

Margaret loved horses and was thrown twice, severly injuring her right leg, this was the basis for the fall of Bonnie Blue.

She lived in Atlanta, had interviewed many old people including her grandmother who remembered the war, and the devestation Sherman did, this was the basis for the other parts. Very interesting read.

[djf]

If you can get it, the four disc collevtors edition is the best - period!

Two discs are the movie itself, and the remaining two are bonus material including material about the actors and audition process, bonus stuff, films taken at the premier, detailed descriptions of the technicolor process, and much more!

The movie itself, transfer-wise is jaw dropping. They re-processed the original technicolor reels, and digitally resynced them. Truly, it’s stunning. And I say that as a person who has watched the movie maybe a half dozen times in my life but I’m not obsessed with it... (my wife was!!)

[georgiabelle]

I was in Germany with my husband who was in the Army. I had read the book and of course cried at the end. The movie was on at the base theater and I had to promise everything that I would not boo hoo at the end of the movie.

I didn't. When the movie starts it shows rolling red hills and apple and peach trees in blossom. Just like at home. I burst into tears before the first words were spoken. My husband was so embarrassed. But I do love the book and the movie.

[SparkyBass]

Gone With The Stimulus Money

Frankly Michelle, I don't Give a D****

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