Drama set in Georgia during and after the Civil War, adapted from the best-seller by Margaret Mitchell. For once a novel has been transferred to the screen with its story unaltered. Scarlett O'Hara, the beautiful and tempestuous daughter of a Southern land-owner of Irish descent, is a shameless flirt. She is in love with quiet Ashley Wilkes, who, attracted as he is by her lawless, vivid personality, is yet going to marry gentle Melanie, because the Wilkes always wed their cousins. Suddenly the War begins, and all the young men ride off. Scarlett marries one of them, out of spite. He is killed almost at once, and she is bitterly resentful of the restraint which the conventions impose upon widows, however young. She has already met, attracted, and been attracted by, Rhett Butler, a wild Southerner with a bad reputation. The war goes on, and the South is defeated. In a welter of misery, bloodshed, and devastation Scarlett and Melanie nurse the wounded, the former resentful, the latter compassionate. When Melanie's time comes there is no one to help her but Scarlett, who competently but angrily brings her baby into the world, and with Rhett's help, takes her the perilous journey back to Tara. There she finds the abomination of desolation. But undismayed she sets to work to restore her home and make the land fertile and profitable again. She shoots a Yankee deserter, and robs him before burying his body. Ashley returns, but Scarlett cannot win him away from Melanie. She marries her sister's beau because he has money. He is killed, and she marries Rhett, because he too has money. Melanie dies, and only then does Scarlett realise that she never really loved Ashley. Rhett. disgusted with her, leaves her after their child's death, and Scarlett remains at Tara, alone.
9 Academy Awards (Best Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress, Writing, Art Direction, Cinematography, Film Editing and Technical Achievement Award). 13 Nominations.
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